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Whoops, yes I got the day wrong. Must be my age; but my intentions were good

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1479310770' post='3175533'] The problem is, students have become customers, buying their degrees. [/quote] A friend of my daughters found a place in the cayman islands that would provide her with the "wherewithalls" to qualify as a social worker. At a price?

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1479246718' post='3175102'] That's 60s urban legend, outside of Keith Moon I don't think many bands behaved that way. Plus The Stones probably own the hotel. Blue [/quote] You're probably right. I suppose it's early nights, hydration, Muesli for breakfast and 30mins of Tai Chi on the roof at dawn

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1479247806' post='3175118'] Would they be able to hold on to their Zimmer frame at the same time ? [/quote] Mick still has some 'game' doesn't he?

Channel 4 Sunday at 11pm. Following them on their South American tour. Will we see them throw a mini bar out the hotel room window?

[quote name='Barking Spiders' timestamp='1478860474' post='3172153'] ........... but she doesn't half screech as well. Ye gods. [/quote] If you like the screech thing you should give 21 pilots a listen. Although it might be a teenage thing in which ignore me

[quote name='YouMa' timestamp='1478804210' post='3171826'] An amazing artist and woman.She creates another world with her music.....She makes my tummy go funny still. [/quote] Yes, there is still something special about her

Fabulous Pino, as usual. Interesting, with what other musical genres is it acceptable to sit while playing?

Maybe I'm missing something but you can buy 'that stuff' a lot cheaper elsewhere, the difficulty is the minimum order requirement for private individuals

Again, issues with 'low post count newbies' allowed on the For Sale section

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1477329737' post='3161488'] He did. But he sounded very similar (if not IMO slightly better) when he was using his Travis Bean TB2000. [/quote] Yes, he'd already found his "tone" before the Wal. If he'd been able to keep the TB in tune he'd probably stuck with it too.

Can't be a bit of Bill. And Mick Karn adding the gravy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaFVb5JCzzw

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1476291660' post='3153127'] Placing just a single national TV ad spot on ITV costs up to £60000. That ad would be viewed by hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people who do not play bass guitar and never will. Hence there would be a very high outlay for a high level of wastage. Advertisers seeking a specialised audience use specialist media in order to minimise cost and wastage. That's why they use musical instrument magazines, websites like BassChat and low visibility programmes like Google Adwords that deliver ads in response to keyword searches. Basically, it's the difference between buying an atom bomb to drop on a city just to kill one person or sneaking up behind him in the pub with a garotte. [size=2](Sorry, I really must work on my analogies).[/size] [/quote] How much would it cost to employ two guys in Liverpool to call every UK mobile and ask if they want to buy a bass guitar?

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1475790059' post='3148864'] This is spot on. I worked in that other bastion of rudery - a record shop - for 13 years. Another intimidating environment for the casual shopper. I was (with a handful of notable exceptions...) painfully polite and helpful, which resulted in loyal, happy customers...and a few examples of real human flotsam and jetsam, but that's another story... On a good day, it was brilliant - chatting about obscure 80's U.S Alt-Rock bands, playing Nick Drake, Teenage Fanclub, Posies and NY Disco tunes as well as the typical chart fodder. The other side was The Great British Public. Oh, the stories I could tell...from the cute but confused section... a little old lady with her grandsons Christmas list in her hand, asking for a record by the Ram-oneys, a bemused young bloke asking for a CD by Suzi Cointreau, a lovely old geezer asking for a needle for his Fertility record player...and on. People getting irate when we refused to swap CDs which they smeared jam over and tried to play because they'd seen it done on "Tomorrow's World", for example. My favourite moment was when a guy complained that a compilation CD we were selling at £12.99 (in our dinky little Indie shop) was available at Sainsburys for £11.99. I asked him (not unreasonably. I feel) why he didn't just go and buy if from the aforementioned supermarket. "They ain't got it in stock", he replied. My parting comment was "When we haven't got in stock, we sell it here for £10.99". That day, I lost a sale. Satisfying? You betcha. [/quote] Although your stories could be applied to any retail environment. Customers, can't live with them and can't live without them?

"Shake some action" brings back memories

Done

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1475518432' post='3146582'] That goes for any courier. [/quote] Haven't you heard of the [i]Hermes Royal Service[/i]. The one that carries your parcel from door to door on a velvet cushion with a team of unicorns pulling a gold carriage?

Perhaps music shops should take a lesson from the masters of retailing, Supermarkets. Just walk in, spend as long as you like looking and picking stuff up. Pay at the check-out when ready? That applies to food, clothes, TV's etc etc.

[quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1475530296' post='3146759'] Somewhat late to the thread, but yes - excellent driving basslines. Are we due a little Sisters revival ? I'll bring the patchouli if you bring the eyeliner [/quote] "guyliner" not eyeliner

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1474701425' post='3139890'] [url="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjtwrfjuqfPAhWmJ8AKHWsHA5oQtwIIJTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiyzxpvKlO48&usg=AFQjCNEOCSwFdAQzBEkcV003Sk3J_mIP2w"]http://www.google.co...cV003Sk3J_mIP2w[/url] Is that blue around 50 seconds in? [/quote] Pretty ballsy move for a boy of that age, in the middle of 2 million screaming girls.

Those were the days.... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGEtjQhaWbc[/media] Bon borrowed those shorts off Freddie Mercury

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1474744958' post='3140240'] Back in ye olde Punk Rocke days, the vast majority of Popular music was deemed "boring", including The Fabs. A famous and possibly apocryphal tale is that Glen Matlock was booted out of the Sex Pistols for declaring his love for the Beatles, among other things.... If you were the Who, the Kinks, the Stooges, the New York Dolls, the MC5 and Reggae, you were OK. Oh, and Bowie and a bit of Krautrock. But Punk was all about shock and there was nothing more shocking than criticising Monarchy and the Beatles....blasphemy! Heresy! There are a few old skool punx still doing the rounds (Hi Johnny Rotten!) and topping up their pensions. PiL are still well worth seeing. Even though Johnny doesn't like the Beatles...apparently. [/quote] I'm guessing that when someone is compiling music industry quotes for the latest Beatles appreciation item everyone has something positive to say! Even Brian Pern

Wow, after browsing their website I noticed a strat pick guard up for £1000? Wow!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1474672963' post='3139845'] No, it was a different bit, the [i]"you had to be there"[/i] is old even by his standards, but it's an oldie that he plays a lot, though not the classic that "You just don't get it" has become. The one I refer to is about how anyone that ever strapped on a guitar owes it to the Beatles, which must be a bit of a pisser for Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, BB KIng, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all. After being pulled up about such a gross and repetitive overstatement by our Hiram, Blue later conceded that it was only a fact in his mind. [/quote] I wonder if anyone in the music business has ever denied being influenced by the Beatles. And if they did, was it a career ender?