spectoremg

Davina (and the Vagabonds) did some boogie woogie!

But this LX TW is awesome cos it's mine! I gassed over a helium before too though - they look good.

Used this NS-4 to try an amp out in BD on Thursday. Nice.

Doesn't Tony Levin do a reduced string thing?

Great, loved it on these guys in the '90's too!

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1429356838' post='2750729'] Oh I don't know look on the bright side, at least you can't hear boogie woogie piano either [/quote]No worries, I've got my Joolz Big Band does Boogie Woogie Stravinsky to fall back on.

[quote name='RandomBass' timestamp='1429343932' post='2750545'] Ditto to Radiohead. I like to think I'm fairly broad minded musically, with very little I don't like. Radiohead, however, is just impenetrable for me - except for Creep. Maybe I'm just not clever enough to 'get it'. [/quote]I love OK Computer but can't get on with anything else of theirs.

[quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1429341656' post='2750521'] Hotel California - The Eagles. Hate it. Awful, annoying guitar solo. Riddled with clichés. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits. Symbolic of everything that was wrong with the 1980s Don't Stop Me Now - Queen The ultimate "I'm going to force my idea of a good night on everyone else" anthem. Beloved of people who think that if you haven't put 1500 pictures of your evening on Facebook to show everyone just HOW MUCH FUN you're having then you can't possibly be enjoying yourself. All of the subtlety of a brick in the face but with none of the charm. Awful, awful, awful. [/quote]Yep, I hate those 'if you're not enjoying this you're not having a good time' songs.

Looks like I'm overdue a hearing test

Cheers.

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1429294183' post='2750233'] What gets me about MacArthur Park isn't necessarily leaving the cake out in the rain, although that is a foolish thing to to. It is the fact that she'll never have that recipe again, why? Why did she get rid of the recipe, that is carelessness in the extreme, and what happened to it, did she leave it with the cake and the paper became so wet that it broke? Did she throw it in the bin? Did she accidentally drop it on a fire? Anyhow..... For mine: Wonderful tonight - Eric Clapton lay down Sally - Eric Clapton Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton I think you can see a theme [/quote]I'll be the Roundabout, the words will make you out and out, we'll spend the day your way!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1429273438' post='2749905'] [i]Sex on Fire[/i], [i]Dakota[/i], and [i]Valerie[/i] all feel like they have been flogged to death since 1 million years BC, but I'm guessing that's not what you mean... [/quote]Heh heh!

Cheers for the replies guys. I didn't go back and buy it - £519 is quite a bit of wedge, but I'm still GASsing, especially as I just missed one in the classifieds

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1429276247' post='2749943'] Thanks for the sound advice guys! I've taken the gig, but a little polite questioning on my part has got me a fee as well. Not allowed to divulge any more info at present, and it may not yet come off, but fingers crossed you'll spot my ugly mug on the telly. There'll of course be a thread with updates if/when. [/quote]Nice one. Can you divulge it in code? Tell us a bit of bass gear you could buy with it.

[quote name='Jazzneck' timestamp='1429275159' post='2749931'] The bottom line, young man, is that I'm too old, hate crowds, hate drunks and druggies, need my own toilet, need my own space and my ears are shot. That's why I'll only go to small gigs where I can feel and be comfortable. In the olden days I did every Hyde Park, Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, Windsor and Reading Festivals (and a few others) up until 1972 when I reached the grand age of 23. Let me know how you feel when you reach you 66th. birthday BTW, I'm still gigging at least once a month. [/quote]Well said.

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1429270925' post='2749868'] As usual, oldies moaning about festival prices and line ups, it was better back in the day, I remember this and that etc. Too commercial etc. Isn't this the usual clap trap you guys come out with? At least get something a bit more original. [/quote]You sir, are a gentleman's appendage!

In fairness, Lizzy is so done to death by lazy pub bands it's a shame when you get sick of cracking songs.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1429206449' post='2749281'] Agghh, nooooo!!!! The embodiment of early 90s blue-eyed soul. It's fairly inoffensive to the casual listener, but I tell you this - if you listen to it on constant rotation for about three months straight you won't want to hear it ever again, so I'll pass if it's all the same to you. [/quote]It made it onto Classic Albums so it must be good! :-)

Anything with a blues lick followed by 'woke up dis mornin'...'

Someone left the cake out in the rain... when the hell did great lyrics have to start making sense?

Cheers bud - actually very helpful cos it's the paint job I like. I'll keep looking.

Just checked that line-up link... Florence and the Machine - have they got an utterly overrated sh%te stage now (sharing with Paloma Faith)?

Do it - what have you got to lose? I must say though that for an organisation that pays it's top execs footballer salaries it's a bit cheeky to only pay expenses.

MacArthur Park is awesome! Most punk, and particularly the whiney mantra of people saying how it rescued music.

Just tried one out at Bass Direct - any owner feedback please?