BassTractor

Am I deaf? I hear that as a whole step, but saw the same half step claim in the YT comments. But yeah, lovely spoofing, putting in the key change after a bit of Cage.

I think I get where you're coming from. To me, the first part is more annoying than anything else, but I stuck with it because of my source, and they took me with the "Ahaa" over the banjo, the producer and engineer dancing, the closing of the piano lid so as to perform some "atonal" Cage, and the "emotion is for simple folk; art should be arcane". BTW, I suppose this is just some innocent having fun. If they wanted to make fun of anyone, it's not the avant-garde that's the "victim" of the mockery here.

This is the last time I listen to your advice! 😡 ...and relax... Silver lining: already looking into buying a new Kindle and a new MP3 player.

Now the song is as bland as they come, and I'm being very polite here, but I still liked this a lot. Enjoy!

"I Don't Believe in Miracles" - The wonderful song by Colin Blunstone from his 1972 album "Ennismore". - The powerful song, but different in every respect, by historically important christian artist Larry Norman from his 1969 album "Upon This Rock".

Indeed it does. Should've been in the "Depressing things your bandmates say when your setlist is depressing enough in itself" thread.

Not to my knowledge, and we had a thorough look into The Police tribute band names before settling for our own name: Accidentally Falling Down a Staircase.

Yes, it does happen sometimes, but when I then remember again, I just play my part from the very beginning but slightly faster, always making sure that I'm back in sync again just before the song finishes. Sadly not everyone in the band understands or appreciates this very demanding and highly musical approach, but I think they too will develop given time. I know the singer will. In fact she's already come far!

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4-0-0-3, but then again we're called The Rickenbackers (as the other three guys have the surname Hall) 😐

I'n on the fence in this. Never liked "Sie liebt dich, jawohl, Herr Obersturmtruppenführer, jawohl, Herr Obersturmtruppenführer, jawohl, Herr Obersturmtruppenführer", but could appreciate the English version "She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah".

Thanks for posting! I'd forgotten about him and badly need to revisit. Sorry to see the fans never forgave Len for doing the Cottage Delights Jam ad in the seventies. 😉

Yes, that is a serious option. Last time I tried Audacity, admittedly long ago, it would allow you to chop off bits of indescript length. You might need a paid version to be allowed to store the result as an mp3 though. There's a workaround in you just play the track in some sort of player, and record the first bit into something else, like a pedal for one shot stuff or a Waldorf Quantum or a Synclavier or... 😁 As to the drums in the background: So What? I don't see any need to try and edit them out. It's just a sample. The drummer doesn't even need to cue in, IMHO.

Just having listened to the effect, I now think they used the Yamaha organ after all (and my doubt was about me forgetting I'd never owned organs with that sound character). It would be easy to reproduce on many synths with the mod wheel set to one or two octaves (haven't checked the exact amount, but one of them should do), and have the base organ sound as one of those sixties combo organs, which means a bit sharp and raspy. Since you ask about an mp3, you could easily make an mp3 yourself by importing the song into Audacity or similar, and remove everything that is not the intro. It's as easy as making a statue of an elephant! (*) 😉 . . (*) For the uninitiated: you start with a large block of granite, and then simply chop away anything that doesn't resemble an elephant. Done.

In the vids, Donny playbacks on a Yamaha YC-30 indeed. Remarks by the band suggest that the same organ was used during the recording of the song, but I've always felt doubtful as I've never been able to recreate the sound on Ribbon Controller-equipped organs, and have never heard anyone else do it. Can't help with an mp3. Sorry.

OK then: Yes, I have indeed played in several pubs. No, I wasn't recognised. 😐

Haaaahahaha! Afrikaans is a master language (as seen by a Dutch boy like me).

Swedish band Komeda. Their first album "Pop på svenska" was kinda like pop... erm... in Swedish.

@Dad3353 Thanks for M.D.K ! Great, great version, and nicer to look at than the cover of the original album or even the cover of Theusz Hamtaahk. 🙂

@Rich, do you happen to know anything certain about the brands Mazeti and Wolf? Are they the same? Is this a cooperation?

Hey! Searching Google, I found a post by our very own Rich from 2007, where he mentioned his "Wolf/Mazeti 6-string fretless". Still don't know what that all means, but, calling @Rich.

Don't think this has been mentioned yet, and all y'all are probably way ahead of me, but just in case: I've tried to study the pics carefully, and in my mind the "W" on NFF's bass in the OP is exactly identical to the "W" from WOLF. However, it appears to be not a mother-of-pearl inlay but a shiny sticker that has been damaged. The roundness, AFAICS, is just lacking shininess. The patterns in the wood seem to indicate that. Also, the widths of the lines and the whole composition make it seem like an exact copy. The logo beneath it, some type of scorpion, seems identical to a logo used by Mazeti on different models. I wouldn't know what that all means, and I don't understand the thread anymore, but deemed it OK to mention that.

Hm. Jedistar.com says the acoustic guitar above was made by Karl Redlich in the 1990s. Personally, I still can't see the difference between the "W" in WOLF and the one on NFF's bass, unless the lower left on the "W" on NFF's bass is rounded. Still bewildered.

Thanks, Fleabag. So someone stole the shape of the W from someone?

What am I not getting here? What seems like the exact same "W" from the Korean Wolf logo suddenly belongs to a French luthier that on his website uses a different style? Colour me bewildered. Can anyone explain? Cool stuff though! 🙂