Old Man Riva

[quote name='Slipperydick' timestamp='1441636690' post='2860451']I spotted McCartneys frog record in Ozzys kitchen last time I was there, and he used to live near the inner circle 8 route. Probably just goes to prove what goes around comes around, or something [/quote] Ozzy's a massive Beatles fan. Remember reading as a kid that he was obsessed with them and, being young and naive, couldn't get my head around the Prince of Darkness bopping along to Love Me Do (around the same time I also had it in my head that Angus Young probably actually did wear a school uniform as his everyday garb). Always thought the bass line on Tonight (off one of his first solo albums) was very Macca-esque (courtesy of the underrated Bob Daisley).

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1441463872' post='2859075'] Uh oh , I feel a 'my Slade curse' coming on On the other hand my Ambrosia curse is obvious for all to see [/quote] Well Nod is only one letter away from God, after all! I might start up a Church of Slade. The 'Him Buk' would be fun..

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1441460600' post='2859053'] Can we all agree that Slade are goddamn brilliant. Please? [/quote] Yep. Hearing Slade Alive genuinely changed my life. Got me into music in a massive way. First musical heroes. Know Who Are, Know Where You're Going To..

At the time (as a kid) I thought Monty Python was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Now it barely raises a chuckle. Monty Python, Derek & Clive, The Goodies, Kenny Everett, Morecambe & Wise, The Two Ronnies, Jasper Carrott and Billy Connoly were all people I got into as a lad in the 70s. Monty Python the ones I look back on with least affection. If we're looking at the effect The Beatles had on popular music then I'm afraid we have to blame them, and only them, for the monstrosity that was/is Black Pudding Bertha. Mr Blue wasn't there so won't have got it, and he can think himself lucky. If The Beatles were comedy in the 70s they'd have been Michael Bentine's Potty Time..

A[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1441399673' post='2858714'] 1973, my last year at junior school. My parents bought me what I think may have been one of the first replica football kits. Man Utd full strip, including George Best boots with rotating studs on the soles and laces up the side, not the top. So what did I do? Bought the first edition of a new series of Marvel comics - with a free gift of a Spiderman iron-on transfer - yes - yes - I did! Went from trendy bugger of the team to sad git in one week. Now - George Best wasn't from Liverpool - but he was Irish - and that's close enough; if it wasn't for The Beatles, there'd have been no George Best! [/quote] Ah, yes, Georgie Best's Stylo Matchmakers (not forgetting Alan Ball's white Hummels). Flamboyant footwear for the up and coming nippy winger. Talking of nippy wingers, Steve Heighway was one. David Fairclough was a supersub. Keegan and Toshack were a potent strike force. Emlyn Hughes was a crazy horse. Hughes, you say? Nerys Hughes was in the Liver Birds. The Scaffold sang the theme tune. Hang on, wasn't a certain Mike McCartney in The Scaffold? And isn't Mike McCartney the brother of... Paul McCartney?!? Blimey, is there nothing that They weren't responsible for?

[quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1441398604' post='2858706'] What, Echo and the Bunnymen? [/quote] I was thinking more Flock of Seagulls, but as you never know where or when Ian McCulloch may pop up next - and as I wouldn't want to be on the end of one of his legendary tantrums - Echo & the Bunnymen it is..

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1441396929' post='2858685'] Growing up in the 70s child here. Power cuts Harold Wilson & Ted Heath both being impersonated to hell on comedy TV shows. Power cuts Top Of The Pops in black & white - or at least it was on our TV. Power cuts Slade going straight to Number One three times in one year. Osmonds and David Cassidy fans out-screaming Beatles fans at various airports. Northern Ireland's "troubles" Raleigh Chopper bikes, Airfix models, Action Man [/quote] Two-tone tonic trousers Patch pockets Star jumpers Budgie jackets The Sweeney Cup final It's a Knockout Blokes with permed hair Red Robbo Black football boots Texan chocolate bars Bowie Kung fu The Fonz Eric and Ernie Nationwide Digital watches None of the above would've been possible had it not been for four lads from Liverpool!!

What a shame. I saw him playing with Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra last year and he looked really frail and not at his best at all. Memories of happier times.. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTzit75q0s"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vTzit75q0s[/url]

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1441193502' post='2856782']The Beatles Curse thread is interesting also in that the band resutled in a generation or three of guitar based bands knocking out A Hard Days Night..[/quote] Probably not the best example you could have chosen, given that most bands would struggle to make the first chord sound like the record! http://www.beatlesbible.com/features/hard-days-night-chord

[quote name='NancyJohnson' timestamp='1441032496' post='2855489'] Rich Kids - Ghosts of Princes in Towers. [/quote] Great shout. Overlooked at the time, I think mainly due to Matlock's (perceived depleted) status after being ousted from the Pistols and also the feeling (in the press) that it was somehow 'punk lite'. It's a top album.

Some Sunday funk... This was one of Sly Stone's 'Sly's Stone Flower' projects from '69/'70 I'm Just Like You by 6ix (unsurprisingly it has a fabulous bass line - a Jazz played with a pick??) [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAc04Nh6M4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAc04Nh6M4[/url] There's a really good article about the Stone Flower project here.. [url="https://medium.com/cuepoint/sly-stone-the-original-rhythm-king-da29241897b5"]https://medium.com/cuepoint/sly-stone-the-original-rhythm-king-da29241897b5[/url]

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1440708961' post='2853261'] In re: Bolan, Bowie, Slade and the Sweet being influenced by the Beatles: * Mr Bowie covered 'Across the Universe'.[/quote] Mr Bowie MURDERED Across the Universe, and I say that as someone who loves Bowie and has been known to listen to Tin Machine through choice..

Mississippi Johnny & the Swamp Crawl Deluxe You can be Johnny and the rest of the gang can be the SCDs. Edited to say: Just heard MJ & the SCDs have split... now known as JJ Martell & the Dirty Gumbo Band (not to be confused with JJ Hunsecker & the Sidney Falco Express)..

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1440260915' post='2849443'] Ooh me please!! [/quote] Dropped you a line..

Bought this on the above recommendation and have since read it - it's a decent read, with an excellent interview with Lee Sklar as the stand out piece for me (he comes across as really open and honest and sounds like a really top bloke..). I'm trying not to hoard things these days so am happy to post it out to anyone interested so they could then read it and maybe it forward to it on to someone else etc etc..

I think Inner City Blues has two Bob Babbitt bass lines working together. Though I change my mind most times I hear it..

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1439400192' post='2842521'] The gentleman bass player eschews scrunchies in favour of a smart [i]foulard[/i] or - in extremis - a Tootal cravat in a fetching paisley pattern. [/quote] Tootal scarves are the best. I have a deep red one with blue paisley pattern, and a vibrant yellow one, again with blue paisley. Not silk, mind. Both vintage and made in England of a rayon mix. That said, they should be treated as silk when cleaning. Such a lot of things to consider for such a simple item. Dandy-tastic..

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1439158598' post='2840507'] Listen to "Back to Nature" from "Secondhand Daylight" - totally prog, even the bass part sounds like Chris Squire. [/quote] For the keyboard parts alone, yep, it's definitely prog! Also noted on the Wikipedia page that the album wound Garry Bushell up at the time so that's another plus point..

Pretty much self taught. Had a few initial lessons from a local player and then it was up to me. Managed to blag my way into a really good covers band (the brother of Jonny the Notes of this parish was the guitarist) where the players were all slightly older than me and hugely better musicians (really top players) and held on for dear life. Practiced every morning before work and every night when I got home - I had to, just to keep in touching distance with the rest of them. It was the best learning experience I could have wished for. Played along to the radio, whatever the song/genre as well as records - challenged myself to learn a song a day (properly), which I did for years. Picked up all sorts of different styles this way, which meant it was never boring. The one thing I do regret is not learning how to read music - daft, really, as I played cello at junior school so had a basic grasp of it when I was a young kid. That would have certainly helped in later years.

Blimey, that's something else. Takes a lot to make members of an orchestra smile..

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1439128869' post='2840229']I would also class Magazine as a prog band. [/quote] Never would have thought of Magazine as a prog band (not sure I do now!), what makes you think of them as prog? I've seen early Simple Minds included in prog rock conversations but never Magazine. Edited to say, I've just revisited The Light Pours Out Of Me and I'm shifting my stance!

[quote name='Baxter' timestamp='1439147931' post='2840423'] Really pleased to see that people remember The Prisoners!! Tremendous act and extremely influential if you're playing in the garage/mod/60s vibe circuit. I recently got an LP from their latest incarnation Graham Day and the Forefathers [/quote] Graham Day was on Eddie Piller's Modcast a while back talking about the band.. Probably still available to download from iTunes?

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1438905829' post='2838657'] Both of those songs are part of the Englishness of The Beatles. They are essential to the perfection of Revolver. [/quote] Agreed.. For me it's [i]the[/i] Beatles album.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1438962876' post='2839043'] I'll need to give it a listen but at the moment my favourite is Fragile by Yes. It's been my favourite album for the past 10 years at least[/quote] I can't get my head (or ears) around Close To The Edge, it does absolutely nothing for me... Fragile, on the other hand, I love.. [quote name='Sonic_Groove' timestamp='1438967809' post='2839094'] To play safe I would go for Close To The Edge. But I do love Tarkus & Brain Salad Surgery All this was embarrassing in the late 70's when I was a post-punk!!![/quote] Always good to remember that a lot of punks were rock/prog fans before punk came along. Most punk bands too - Mick Jones was a rock fan; The Pistols used to do Faces covers in rehearsals etc (Matlock ended up IN the Faces). I subscribe to the Danny Baker theory that it wasn't prog that sparked punk; more bands like Queen, Sad Cafe, ELO etc.. When did anyone (other than if you were a fan and heard the records) hear Yes, ELP, King Crimson, Camel? Queen et al were all available on the radio and available to all. Danny Baker is a wise man..

[quote name='toneknob' timestamp='1438847672' post='2837857'] Another favourite of mine. Would you consider this to be a "solo"? (same goes for The Fish by Chris Squire). [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RunHx-LTgo[/media] [/quote] I think this is much tastier from the same player... 2:16 to 2:38 [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzeDE-pXfjY"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzeDE-pXfjY[/url] If there's a four string solo to be done then I much prefer something like this from Willie Weeks than any shredding/slapping/tapping/gonzoid/80-notes-a-second type of affair... from Donny Hathaway's live album... 8:06 to 12:16 - fun, fat, funky and pours like aural treacle out of the speakers [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUNz3A1cVus"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUNz3A1cVus[/url]