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Because you like 'projects?' Looks like a lot of work's required.

It is art, I believe it's a genre called conagullibletwat.

Age Concern, seriously? Or are you talking about the band?

[attachment=205976:Bamboo bass.JPG] Why haul one with all that bamboo around?

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1448550703' post='2916387'] I think there was a brief period after Adamson's death but before Peters joined where Tony Butler did lead vox, presumably they gigged as a 3 piece for that time, did a live album 'Twenty Five Live'. [/quote]I also heard Tony did lead vocals for a bit. He's retired these days and teaches music in the West Country.

I managed to turn down Genesis on the Selling England etc tour and Bowie doing Ziggy in a twelve month period. And Floyd at the '93 Earls Court shows. I have however made some good decisions in my life.

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1448383131' post='2914952'] Big country. Wish I had went to a gig before Stuart a damson had died. Unfortunately wasn't in a position to do so really as they were just a little before my adult years. Got chance to see them with that guy from the alarm a few year ago, no one would go with me. They still do tour in a fashion. But there lineup isn't great mainly the singers have been crap. Ah least the guy from the alarm gave it some. [/quote]Saw them Sep. '83 in Southampton and I still think it's one of the best gigs I've ever seen. Saw them the next year at Wembley Arena and they'd lost none of their energy. Stuart's death brought me great sadness, he was one of rock's nice guys.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1448382148' post='2914942'] I was well into Little Feat in the mid 70s, saw them with The Who at Charlton FC but the sound was rubbish for the earlier bands, could harldy hear them and as it was early in the day, people still arriving didnt get to watch anything properly till Alex Harvey came on and the volume went up a bit. Would have loved to have seen them in a small club though. Would have loved to have seen the original Feelgoods. I'm told that I saw them in Brum around 75, but I have no recollection of it. [/quote]I saw Robin Trower at the Birmingham Odeon around then and Dr Feelgood were the support?

[quote name='Bassassin' timestamp='1448375867' post='2914864'] Top of my particular heap would be Alice Cooper - the original 5-piece band of Dunaway, Smith, Buxton, Bruce & Furnier. Split in 1974 so well before my time. The Skids - the Absolute Game lineup, with Russell Webb on bass. The Who with Moony & Entwistle. Pistols, preferably with Matlock. Dio - era Rainbow. Nirvana @ Studio 24, Edinburgh. Dunno why I didn't go. I'll probably think of a few more in a bit... Jon. [/quote]+1 for Alice Cooper - I don't recall them being over here much in those days?

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1448374876' post='2914849'] +1 for the Sex Pistols. I could have seen them in Middlesbrough in '77, but thought, nah... Todd Rundgren's Utopia supporting Led Zeppelin at Knebworth, a year or so later. I'd recently got in to Todd, but didn't fancy standing in muddy field full of Led Zep fans... little did I know that the next opportunity to see Todd would be several years later, and a full decade for the one after that! [/quote]I was at the first of those gigs and I can safely say that Utopia were a very poor choice for the last band before Led Zep; poor because they were outstanding and dangerously close to upstaging them, and prior to that night I'd never heard a note of their stuff and I was still impressed.

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1448370222' post='2914789'] Jeff Buckley at the Fleece in Bristol. Could've gone but didn't. [/quote]That's gotta hurt!

Has anyone ever messaged him and asked if he is, in fact, MENTAL?

This started as a thread about tonight's Brit Floyd show in Portsmouth but I thought I'd broaden things a bit. It was all going so well; all the usual stuff - a huge chunk of Dark Side, the usual suspects from Wish You Were Here, See Emily Play and an excellent updated version of Set The Controls etc., even the mahoosive bum note the bassist played in Another Brick gave me (and him) a grin. The musical director/guitarist introduced the band before playing the last few songs, 'in fact we're gonna finish with a whole side from an album.' I licked my lips and waited with baited breath for the effects laden piano note from Echoes....... hang on a minute.... side four of The Wall? The Gilbert & Sullivan of the Floyd back catalogue? Are you kidding me? I was going to put this in the recent Encores thread but I thought it deserved special attention as possibly the biggest encore let down ever.

[quote name='randythoades' timestamp='1447160465' post='2905346'] Is some of it just down to the fact that manufacturers need us to buy new gear and therefore change their emphasis on products?. Thus, 100-200w amps are now classed as practice amps, whereas 800w+ are classed as Pro? No one wants to turn up to an audition with a 'practice amp' so we are conditioned to buy bigger than we need. Kind of like with cars or motorbikes... no one actually needs a 2.5 litre v8 engine in the UK, a 0.6 litre Smart car or 1 litre Micra will easily go faster than the legal speed limit, and yet people believe that they need a big executive car or a 4x4 in order to lead the life they aspire to. The power of advertising is a wonderful thing! [/quote]A shocking assumption about manufacturers who have nothing but our interests at heart!

[quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1447138749' post='2905106'] These discussions do make me chuckle when they come up. My first amp was a 75W Laney Linebacker 1x15 combo. "As much as you'll ever need for a good few years and will see you right when you are playing in bands." said the guy in the shop (who was a mate of my brothers and in his band so we pretty much trusted his advice. And so it did, struggling manfully against drummers and guitarists. A few years later I upgraded to a 200w TE 1215 combo when they first came out. Didn't go for the 80 or 150w combos as they had the 7 band graphic and (for no good reason other than wanting it) I wanted the 12 band... More watts than I could ever dream of needing and, sure enough for 20 something years it worked on all sorts stages and settings and I don't think I ever had the volume past 50%. Back then 200w was more than anyone ever needed in real life and beyond the dreams of headroom. 500w amps were for people who played the local Enormodome and had roadies, and artic lorries... OK I never played death metal but played with a few loud drummers. The guitar player in Threshold even borrowed it off me for a couple of side project gigs where he was playing bass. All agreed, great sounding amp and more than you would ever realistically need. Reading all these threads about how I couldn't possibly play the Dog n Scratchett without a 500w rig at least does make me smile about the good old days. Sometimes I wonder how come the design and efficiency of bass gear has gone so badly backward over the last 20 or so years that 200w is barely considered a practice amp these days. ;-) Today I have a 500w amp - coz I liked the sounds the look not for a volume upgrade - (TE RIP) and it barely goes over about 30%! Always set up an amp in the same way. Play as hard as you will ever play in a gig. Input gain up until clipping just starts. Back off a smidgen. Master volume to taste. Sorted. Funny how times and attitudes change over time. 200w used to be a truly aspirational spec. Mind you, there will be some around here who remember when 17 and 30w were truly aspirational and more than anyone could ever realistically need! #oldfogeyme [/quote]Damn good post.

[quote name='Chienmortbb' timestamp='1447958892' post='2911882'] They look very like Matsumoku basses. [/quote]Off topic a bit but Aria got that body shape totally spot on. Iconic.

I like what I interpret to be Bowie's outlook. Megastars often have to be very guarded with their opinions but he gives plenty of hints in his musical output. I also interpreted the space suit to be a reference to Major Tom and personally I'm glad he's still making use of the character.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1448142557' post='2913338'] Don't give up by Peter Gabriel. Probably featuring Tony Levin. [/quote]Yep Tony Levin. Look up So on the Classic Albums series, he explains how he did the bass to Sledgehammer too.

[quote name='White Cloud' timestamp='1448142215' post='2913336'] "Head over heels" - Tears for Fears [/quote]Nice one.

I like it. I haven't bothered with his new stuff but I will now. And Bowie's an icon, even The Laughing Gnome was a seminal work.

Alexander O'Neal, Criticize.

Probably not there fault but Hawkwind, Birmingham Odeon, Feb '73 (thanks to the Hawklord gig list for jogging my memory). Power cuts, lateness due to motorway traffic and half the band had flu I think. Lemmy came on and asked the crowd what they wanted to hear - a far cry from the orchestrated Space Ritual. While I'm here, RIP the Birmingham Odeon as a band venue.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1447971353' post='2912031'] Back in the late 70s, I was going to see Black Sabbath. A friend told me that the support band were absolutely fantastic, with a demon lead guitarist. So I went, Dickens-like, with great expectations, only to be sorely disappointed by Tanzder Youth (Sabbath were good though). It turned out there had been different support bands, and the one I'd missed through going on the wrong night were called Van Halen. [/quote]Yeah I saw Sabbath in '78, the support was a band I think called Van Halen. I NEVER tire of saying that line!

[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1448028233' post='2912470'] Can I add Madonna's Into The Groove to that? Synth bass, and awesome to boot. [/quote]+1 more. I loved those '80's synth bass lines.

[quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1447796023' post='2910559'] I believe the re recording of the greatest hits was significantly influenced by the financials. JL received writers royalties on the originals, but I believe the performance royalties were poor, and he also had no control over the tracks. By re recording, he owns all the royalties and the actual ownership of the masters. It also cuts out all the ex band members I would imagine. [/quote]I wouldn't have thought Jeff needed the cash?