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i wanna be your dog - stooges

walk on the wild side - lou reed

Sun, Arise! - Phosphorescent

u got the look - prince

Found it. a young Vic Reeves:

Some bloke on the back playing drums. (Bobby Gillespie). Was trying to find an indie band video from the early 90’s was shown on a TV music show presented by John Peel and on stage in the background is a very young Vic Reeves. Anyone remember this?

Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr

white lines (don’t do it) / grandmaster flash

What is your budget? A mex fender neck is around £270. Last one I bought was from Andertons I think. Someone also has a Mighty Mite neck on ebay at the moment but it has several days to run. If budget is less than £150 then the suggestion above is a fair one. I put one on a Bitsa around a year ago. It was OK for the money but I would probably look out for a used Fender Mex, Mighty Mite or Allparts in preference.

away from the numbers - the jam

so lonely - the police

the man with the child in his eyes - kate bush

new york city cops - the strokes

Doh! That was on my to do list to get tickets for. Totally slipped my mind. Glad you enjoyed it.

paradise city - GnR

the wind cries mary - hendrix

Its all in the song writing and live performance. If I had to pick my favourite musician of all time it would most likely be Tom Waits. The best description I have heard of him was he has a voice like a worn out shoe. As for behaviour most of the bands that I really relate to tend to be comprised of flawed and dis-functional individuals that find some from of release or expression through music. I certainly don’t look to them for moral guidance or social etiquette!

I doubt if there are many bands I really like that I would want to share a house with or date my daughter. Coldplay seem like a nice bunch of lads though but I wouldn’t want to listen to their music.

Maybe I am missing something but I would have thought the flaws, complexities and life experience of the individuals in a band (particularly the songwriters) shape the art they produce so I really can’t agree that any of the above bands would have been better with a different singer. I also don’t get when society started to take the opinions of people that kick bladders up and down a football pitch or sing for a living seriously let alone comment about it on the news. Really strange world where rock stars are meant to be PR experts and brand ambassadors.

loose change - royal blood

Anarchy in the UK - Pistols

nothing compares 2U - (Sinead O’Connor) Prince

Waterloo sunset / the kinks

terror in the canyons - phosphorescence

I thought saying and doing stupid and crash things was part of the appeal of becoming a rock star. I guess I grew up in a different era!