mikel

Thanks for that complete and easy to understand answer. Why are you not employed writing user manuals?????

I saw them at the City Hall in Newcastle when they toured Topo, they played it, all of it. It was interesting but too overblown for me. Have a listen to the first album "Yes" and you can hear them trying to find their direction and morphing between 60s psychedelia and the invention of prog. Their cover of the Beatles "Every little thing" is a standout for me.

The OP listed "Condenser Microphone" in the recording essentials. I already have a Shure Beta 58A vocal mic. Would that be ok or do I need a condenser mic?

Wonderful Land by the Shadows. Perfect, and simply beautiful.

Was Foxtons signature sound not the Ric?

A mate taught me 5 chords at a party. Blues in A and E. We learned half a dozen songs in said keys and played a gig at a CIU club in West Alotment in 1967. I was 15 and also had to sing in public for the first time. I bet the miners and their wives just loved it.

I have a Squire Telecaster I bought in new 1995. Not old in the scheme of things but with sunlight etc the red finish is now faded to almost pink. The back of the body is still bright red. Because it was not expensive it never gets put in a case and spends its life on a guitar stand so I can play it when the mood takes me. Natural relicing.

Aye, two great musicians. I could mention one of Jacka's epic harmonica solos from their Xmas shows. Any of them.

The sax solo on "Will you" by Hazel O'Connor. Heartbreaking in its beauty. Dont listen if you have had a few and feel a bit sad.

Of course its possible, if you have a bass that can only produce one tone you have the wrong bass. Add in amp tone shaping and pre amp/effects and you have a multitude of sounds.

Perhaps because lots of Overwaters are specific builds for customers. One mans meat etc.

This. Job done.

Depends what you are "Investigating" Personally I look into a bass part to find out why it appeals to me and if it is really simple how it fits into the music, and why I didnt think of it. That is the genius. Not being able to play something, but playing it first in the context it is in. Almost anyone can copy. Regardless of complexity you simply learn by rote. Be original, come up with something different and creative

Again, so its only worth investigating if its difficult? I prefer to investigate things that are musical and lend more to the music. Be they difficult or the simplest thing. Its more about who used it in a certain context and how much it pleases me. In that respect Chris is right up there whereas, for me, widdle merchants are simply trying to squeeze in as many notes as possible.

So because something is difficult to copy it is by default better or more worthy? That's the "Musician" thing again.

That's why I put "Musician" in italics.

Agree 100%. Thats the "Musician" problem right there. Believing chops are more important than the music. Chris had a unique musical fingerprint, how many so called chopmeisters would die to be original.

He left Floyd. End of. Getting stroppy about your career choices is juvenile. Give it up Roger, you walked and they went on to have two great albums and lots of sold out tours. You pays your money etc.

Weird wasn't the adjective that sprung to mind.

The sign of a true genius for me. To come up with something iconic and musical, and keep it accessible. The "Why didn't I think of that" syndrome.

Leaving my body to science, I don't go in for all that mournful tosh. When you dead you dead. No religious service just a party and as long as they play "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac it will do. I am only attached to that music as my mum and dad both had it played at their funerals, so I cant think of a better tribute to their memories. As a joke I want "Close to the Edge " played in its entirety, and no one is allowed to leave till its finished.

Top man, if only it were in tab. Tab always made much more sense to me. Apart from that, a difficult job well done. Respect.

A voice to die for. Soulful and full of expression. Lovely to hear someone singing rather than shouting or showing off vocal gymnastics.

Nasty. But accidents will happen.

I don't know why when they are thinking about doing one of these lists they cant simply call it "My favorite bass players" or "The 100 most influential bass players....probably" Its all subjective. What constitutes "Greatest" anyway? Fastest, longest solo, most genres played, best stage moves, longest hair, most endorsements? Who cares, you either like the music or you dont.