BassTractor

IMHO one of the most glorious pop songs ever. Why was it only released as a press kit video? Also, why was "Can We Still Be Friends" not a UK hit (I love the Robert Palmer version, but that's the year after, so doesn't explain).

Jethro Tull: "Locomotive Breath" off Aqualung. If one can believe Wikipedia (I'm still a bit doubtful), it saw mild success (#59 or #62 on Billboard) in the USA when it was released the second time, in '76 of all possible years, but saw no success in the UK. Wot?

I love baroque names! "Go Fugue Yourself", to name a terrible, terrible oldie once again ...which reminds me of those tacky album titles on cheapo labels in the 60s and 70s - in which both fugues and saxophones ("Please Have Sax With Me" and "Saxy Sax - No Headache") often made their appearance.

Irish music played slowly and intensely, and with many details. That said, this five minute version is too short. The album's ten minute version has more musical stuff happening. Melikes. BTW, the album's called "The Livelong Day" and was released last month.

To be fair though, they're not really Led Zep tunes. 🙂

You may add 1 to your count of times you were terribly wrong. Now, the song's insufferable shït of course after a fabulous intro, but I do know someone who vehemently agrees with you. 😁

Surprise! Our superpower! That or: Amongst our weaponry... ...are such elements as fear, surprise... I'll get my coat...

No, I wasn't. 😁 I just expressed surprise - out of my Dutch background. Same with Golden Earring: one hit abroad, and dozens in Holland, like for example "Se flies on strange wings" from '71.

Hm. If I were in a predicament like that, I'd simply call my band "From Genesis to Revelation". Another job well done.

Huh? "Joybringer" and "Davy's on the Road Again" and other singles never were hits?

FFS! Fiery Firefly Squad!

- "Is he a No.1 too?"

People's willingness to share knowledge, as exemplified by @ead's explaining that if you mix yellow with green, you get orange! 😉

There you touched on my mentioned element of sadness: One might think some people act for their own sense of enjoyment and achievement - whilst actually misunderstanding their posts and motivations. I see (very few!) sad examples of this, where people unjustly hold a grudge against certain others for years after having totally misunderstood. It saddens me, but is not defining for my overall enjoyment of BC.

1) You should be sleeping right now. 😉 2) Yup, and I have one person on ignore for that reason, and previously had one person on ignore coz he only was here to try and sell his products (I think he's gone). To me, BC is not the perfect forum, with perfect people, but simply far better than should be expected, and, to me, the best. If that sounds too rosy, I have had moments of great sadness also on here. But in balance...

I feel it's relaxing to realise that 50% of people are below average. It makes me expect less, and I get frustrated less. Yes, people in a role with some authority maybe should know better, but they don't. Only real example off the top of my head was Krzysztof Penderecki telling me over a cup of coffee: "I am more musical than you are". He really should've known better. 😐 🤣

Maybe you're joking, but that very aspect always stands out to me on here: virtually no need to use it. Been on fora for keyboard players (from synth to pipe organ), guitarists and drummers, and those fora were invariably insufferable without heavy use of the ignore button. Not so here. Born as a keyboardist, I do think the bassist thing has something to do with it, but probably also the Britishness thing. Not that bassists and Brits are "better", but to me there is something with their style when disagreeing - something we call "roundness" in Norway. Dunno if that translates well, but guess you get it.

Well, that went well. 😡 So, just to help some people, I break all my ethical rules and "like" the page of an unknown-to-me band. Then Facebook immediately gives me my receipt: "You probably know Silvia" and "You probably don't know Jack".

Nearly literally what I, and I guess others here too, have experienced: someone with command over something (rehearsal room in our case) trying to decide in musical things, or else... 😡 (Yes, I left. Sadly the other two didn't right away. Luvverly they were too, and stellar musicians.)

Not a Black Friday deal per se, but as a Black Week deal, they don't come more convincing than this one: On the following page, you can get a £100 donation for a mere £10! That's a 90% discount!

I was a sacked drummer once. It went well. Cancelled their gigs and lots of other fun stuff. Salt of the earth we are, drummers. Seriously, I feel your pain from experience. Good luck!

It is to my ears too. Apparently it was made by our local "BBC", called NRK. It probably was broadcast at one point. Which reminds me: we lived in times when it was possible for national TV to give us for example a one hour prog gig... ...on Saturday... ...at 8PM. Whoa!

It would be interesting if you said more about why you ask the question. They're indeed a local band, and lack both large studio budgets, studio experience and a wide compositional scope - or depth for that matter. Not that I'm criticising them for it; one is what one is. As @NJE says, it's a bit generic sounding, and if they wish to develop, I think they do need to have harsh looks at these songs, and find out about how to improve them. The singer's not wrong to me though. I think this mainly is about lack of experience and lacks in production and mixing. Both singer and rest seem to me to be slightly overwhelmed by the studio situation, and for example the drummer seems like one who accompanies rather than one who drives. I'd love to play with that person though. Live, they indeed might be a lot better. Of course, if this is a band with 60 years of experience behind them, then I'd say "Carry on!", and scarper.

Nice. If you're interested in checking them out, the first four of these five tracks are from their '76 album "Where Do We Begin".

Methinks he made many luvverly albums under his own name as well as with The Group, and I also love much of the Wigwam stuff - a lot. That said, listening to his albums, and I think I've got all of them, I tend to feel a longing for something slightly more adventurous. Fun fact, in the late seventies or early eighties, I played in a Dutch band called "The Group". We were so famous that we sold at least 13 records, maybe even more than 15, and when I once told some Dutchman our band was called "The Group", he looked at me in awe and went: "You play with Pekka Pohjola?" Well, it's one way of hearing about a musician you later learn to appreciate! 😄