Grimalkin

14 minutes ago, xgsjx said:

Fantastic song off a great album. 

It's one of my all-time favourite tracks, I first heard the album in 1992 and loved it. I was very saddened to learn around 20 years later that the bassist Terry Jackson was killed in a plane crash in 1991. I had tried to find information about his whereabouts for years, he was an influence for me.

https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Terry_Jackson/590965

"In the face of a tragedy too bleak to know
The death of some grand illusion
All the treasure we pilloried, splendour we stole ...
They never told you that in school..."

"Both of the dogs are now in the care of Prince Andrew and ex-wife Sarah Ferguson..."

17 minutes ago, casapete said:

Think this must been down to when creativity / attitude / being younger were all major factors

in how their music was made. Who would have thought that say the punk bands of the late 

70’s would still be touring now, with them being so rebellious and dismissive of the older

bands back then? It’s down to earning a living I guess, so long as there are punters who will pay

to see them. Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be etc....

Bands like the Stones haven’t produced much of note for a long time but they still get massive

audiences willing to cough up hundreds to stand half a mile from the stage, just to be there.

When acts become ‘legends’ it guarantees them a good living till they peg it. Having a healthy

and memorable back catalogue is the goose that laid the golden egg.

Beat me to it.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Sick Boy: It's certainly a phenomenon in all walks of life.

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: What do you mean?

Sick Boy: Well, at one time, you've got it, and then you lose it, and it's gone forever. All walks of life: George Best, for example. Had it, lost it. Or David Bowie, or Lou Reed...

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: Some of his solo stuff's not bad.

Sick Boy: No, it's not bad, but it's not great either. And in your heart you kind of know that although it sounds alright, it's actually just s**t.

Mark "Rent-boy" Renton: So who else?

Sick Boy: Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren, Elvis Presley...

Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting.

"The fleas cling to the golden fleece, hoping they'll find peace..."

"Nations around the globe, especially in Europe, have lost confidence in the United States to act rationally, much less lead, in issues of international finance, trade, diplomacy and war. These nations are quietly dismantling the seven-decade-old alliance with the United States and building alternative systems of bilateral trade. This reconfiguring of the world’s financial system will be fatal to the American empire, as the historian Alfred McCoy and the economist Michael Hudson have long pointed out. It will trigger an economic death spiral, including high inflation, which will necessitate a massive military contraction overseas and plunge the United States into a prolonged depression."

Chris Hedges.

Britain lost the world's reserve currency status after the Suez crisis. As far as I can see, it's a smash and grab, the institutions know it's coming to an end.

They should quit when they know that performance-wise, they are flogging a dead horse to the fans. Or destroy your own mystique for the money.

It's a pickup joint guitar. Unfortunately done in the wrong order... Supposed to reward yourself after you've done the work.

"I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go..."

Before they become a parody of themselves.

France introduced a 4% energy cap, ours stands at around 82%.

"You are responsible for the predictable consequences of your actions."

Noam Chomsky.

Britain didn't so much shoot itself in the foot, it shot itself in the face.

I suppose it fills a hole.

Look at those staggered pickups, all the mod cons.

I always felt that Yes were the 'Blue Peter' of prog rock bands. Indeed, it always felt that at any given moment, Steve Howe could produce an empty Kellogg's Corn Flakes box and show you how to make something from it. Spaceship or something.

"We're today's scrambled creatures

Locked in tomorrow's double feature..."

Yes?

No.

I like a couple of tracks but they never had the songwriting ability or lyrical finesse that Gabriel era Genesis had.

No. But I do prefer lyrics that rhyme phonetically. 

5 hours ago, T-Bay said:

I have always been the least experienced musician in every band I have played in. It has been the driving force for me to improve throughout. I might not be the best so I made sure I made up for it by practicing harder, being more organised and generally putting more effort in than the rest of the band. If I hadn’t had that driving force to be better and better I don’t think I would have been half as dedicated. I can only begin to dream what it must have like to have been a pair as talented as those two in a band.

“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”

Aldous Huxley - Brave New World.

Nothing comes for nothing. True happiness has to be worked for.