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quite a few Bob Dylan songs, All along the Watchtower, If You Gotta Go Now, Mighty Quin, Mr Tambourine Man, probably be some more, Oh yes, the covers are always better than Bob's originals 😂

there you go https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363444685395?hash=item549efdca53:g:OGgAAOSwezRg06C8

once saw an obviously competent bass player, he was part of the band on a cruise ship, he played slap all over the verse of Alright Now, I'm still traumatised, so yes, taste is very important and can't be taught or learnt

not for better players than me but, luminous tape stuck to the neck where the spots go so you can see them at dark gigs

yes, see what you mean with Surrender, one of my justifications for nicking idea's when writing a song is they probably stole from someone else 😃

tenuous link I'd say, now Duchess and the Manics Tolerate is another story altogether.

doesn't surprise me, each to their own eh? I can think of a Jazz song I like if take 5 counts 😊

well that is the title of the thread, if it helps I have a friend who also doesn't like the Beatles, when pressed he admitted he quite liked Only a Northern Song 😊

but you must surely you must like ONE song of theirs 😊

The Ramones do seem like that, but it's all about the melody line and Joey's voice with them, IMO they do pull off the very hard trick of making something very simple, special, it's indefinable, if it was definable everyone would be able to do it

I take a spare bass and an amp (if we're the only band on) to gigs, not practice, in the back of my mind we could use it as a PA amp in an emergency, once the guitarists amp packed up (or so he thought, in the end it was just power light bulb that had blown 😂), he had to use my spare, not ideal but got him through the gig. We were on a multi band gig once, 30 minute sets, the bass player in one of the other bands broke a string, refused the offer of another bass, spent 5 or 6 minutes replacing it, completely ruined the momentum of the set

the first mistake does sound really odd, the second one sounds good, which is probably what they thought

I'm a big fan of the Beatles but can't fault you on that comment Pink Floyd - Wish You were here Chis De Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling Blur - Song 2 Elton John - Rocket Man Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours Queen - Sheer Heart Attack Radiohead -Creep Ronan Keating - When You Say Nothing at all (strangely enough, my partner doesn't like it 😂) Eric Clapton (apart from Cream) - Layla Genesis - You Know What I Like ELP - Fanfare For the Common Man

you've got to admire the guy for attempting postage even at £50 😂

we had our first full pub set gig last Sunday for 15 months, with a newish guitarist after a couple of crash rehearsals, bit ropey, but as Basil would say "I think we got away with it"

Compressors? I'll get my tin hat out 😀

I think Sue Ryder basses were just a one off block purchase, when they're gone they're gone, I would think by now every owner has removed the decal 😁, they were bought because they were a perceived bargain, but it's only a bargain if you really need it, would be interesting to see if anybody still uses one though,

you obviously aren't loud enough, at one gig my amp packed up, believe me it was very noticeable and everybody seems to notice when I play a bum note 😂

punk.....................................................or New Wave 😊

just done a comparison and I can hear very little difference, (disclaimer, the song is not my cup of tea)

punk and new wave must the most widely defined of all the genres, early punk has very little to do with the shouty shouty hard core stuff that came later, originally New Wave started just after the explosion of punk, any band that was a bit more musical was put in that bracket, but the lines are very blurred, the genres continue to this day

It's so pretentious having a stage name 😂

yep, I have mentioned before I use a Trace series 6 ,200 watt head 13Kg (plenty loud enough), with very rare but very good Fender V2 cabs, 1 x 10 and 2 x 8, both 13 Kg, best of both worlds

I seem to remember an interview with Macca where he said he'd done multiple vocal takes and when he got one he was happy with it he noticed he'd got the names mixed up at the end, but he thought fcuk it that'll get then thinking 😀

has nobody mentioned Macca getting Molly and Desmond the wrong way round on the last verse of Ob-la -De Ob-la -Da?