Rich

Rocking till he drops is obviously what he'd love to do, but if he keeps having to walk off stage 15 minutes into gigs surely even he can appreciate that it's not worth it. All that's going to happen is that he'll p1ss off more and more fans and cost them money. Rock'n'roll cred is all very well, but not at the expense of the fans surely? And yes, FWIW I wish him all the best and hope he's soon on the mend. It's never nice to see a legend faltering.

[quote name='TimR' timestamp='1441187499' post='2856691'] I was referring more to his recent statement of taking over the world. [/quote] Yes, but when Kanye said he was going to take over the world, he was talking [i]literally[/i]. We all thought he meant through the medium of music, but he was referring to the huge army of indestructible killer robots hidden away in his top secret mountain headquarters, poised and waiting to enslave all who comply and unleash a hideous electric death on those who do not. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-haaaa, and so on.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1441176291' post='2856583'] And at some point Horace's influence go back to The Beatles. Protest, yeah The Beatles had a big foot print there too, especially John. Guys, were not talking about a record or a show. It was like a religion as I have said many times before, a way of life. Blue [/quote] Horace's influences lay in the Jamaican [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ska"]ska[/url] artists such Prince Buster. I'm not sure where the Beatles fit in there. And to the best of my knowledge, John Lennon did not invent the protest song. Look, I know you're not talking about [u]a[/u] record or [u]a[/u] show. Neither am I. But can you [i]please[/i] understand that for many people, the introduction to a different way of life and opening of eyes and so on might, just [i]might[/i], have had nothing to do with the Beatles? And can you please accept that while our epiphanies may not have been as genuinely world-changing as yours, they are just as [u]personally[/u] valuable? I can well understand that the world really did actually change when four Scousers stepped off a plane in 1964 or whenever, but for me it happened on Top of the Pops one night in 1979 when Madness, The Specials and The Selecter introduced me to a new way of life.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1441115405' post='2856132'] Dance the night away [/quote] I played this once, many many years ago on a dep gig. [i]Never[/i] again.

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1440976371' post='2855114'] No, you can't. But then I can't imagine your magic being at the same level as mine. Thats the way with magic, and experience, it is personal and non transferable. [/quote] + about a million. My musical epiphany was the 2-Tone/ska revival of the late70s/early 80s. Horace Panter made me want to play bass, Suggs made me want to be silly, Dave Wakeling made me want to protest about stuff, they all made me want to get up and dance. It grabbed me in a way I cannot possibly explain and changed music, changed life, for me forever. That was my magic. Didn't hear much Yellow Submarine influence in there either

All I really have GAS for is a YOB Jazz. In the absence of a lottery win, that won't be happening so realistically it's a Limelight or other similar facsimile.

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1440935384' post='2854796'] I remember seeing a video of him doing a solo bass arrangement of Hendrix's Little wing. [/quote] It's on his Elegant Punk album from 1984, when I first bought it I spent ages learning that piece off by heart -- I must have driven my parents nuts. It's my music-shop bassline

Take the gig, definitely.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1440693213' post='2853064'] I doubt my preferred 'signature' solution would meet with his community's approval, i.e. deserted warehouse, shoot in face. [/quote] Skank, surely you must be running out of deserted warehouses by now? You seem to get through quite a few

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/266871-the-beatles-curse/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/266871-the-beatles-curse/[/url]

I was born a few months too late to actually be defined as a Baby-Boomer, but I'm pretty sure you won't find a single one who has ever asked their parents to stop going on about the war -- we/they know that it was rather more important than four poorly-coiffed Scousers emerging from a 707. BTW, we now have two almost identical Beatles-based threads. so I'm closing the other one.

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1440514551' post='2851424'] Pabst, Schlitz, Miller and Blatz all started in that fair city though only Miller remain (iirc). In its day, Milwaukee probably produced more beer than anywhere in the world and even now, Wisconsin boasts an enviable roster of brewers large and small. I would imagine one could find a decent brew if one tried. [/quote] Oh yes, I'm sure that between them Papst and Schitz and Millerpede and Batz brew [i]a lot[/i] of 'beer'. There's no doubting that. And it probably goes down very nicely on a warmish day as an accompaniment to the snick of vinyl on plywood, or whatever it is they make their baseball racquets out of. But the question is, [i]is it any good[/i]? How would it square up to a nice brown pint of Scruttock's Old Dirigible?

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1440512490' post='2851391'] And were it possible I'd love to buy him a beer[/quote] You do realise they don't drink [i]proper[/i] beer over there, don't you?

Moved to GD for better visibility.

That rarest of basses... a Ricky that I actually like the look of Lovely instrument, congrats.

We used to play a place in Stroud that was like this. Getting the monobrows to move aside was so difficult, you'd think we were asking them for money. An "excuse me" was generally met with a tut and a 2" shuffle in the wrong direction. Don't play there any more thank god.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1440473911' post='2851057'] [i]"If your standing up playing in a rock band, doesn't matter what genre, you have been influenced by The Beatles at some level whether you know it or not."[/i] IMHO [/quote] And therefore, by extension: "If your (sic) standing up playing in a rock band, doesn't matter what genre, you have been influenced by the artists The Beatles were influenced by at some level whether you know it or not." I don't believe any of this for a second, but hey we all have opinions.

Big Jonas fan here. I actually jammed with him for a short while at the Rotosound (I think?) stand at the 1987 British Music Fair. I kept up with him for what felt like a few seconds but he basically ate me for breakfast

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1439682053' post='2845024'] I assume it is because Blue believes that if you don't like the music he likes, you aren't allowed to like any music. Which is a bit of a disappointing attitude. [/quote] [quote name='blue' timestamp='1440199689' post='2849121'] [b]Sort of[/b] [/quote] 'Sort of' what? It's sort of what you believe, or it's sort of a disappointing attitude?

One of my favourite moments in that Enormous Room video is the look on the guy's face in the background at 1m26s... complete "What the fu..?"

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1440177660' post='2848921'] My brain immediately leans towards Lousiana/New Orleans/Cajun references for some reason: Molasses Chicken Grease Gumbo Black & Gold The Crawfish [/quote] This I like. Molasses has been taken alas. Redfish Succotash

[quote name='ambient' timestamp='1440097326' post='2848340'] I'm hoping he does some gigs too. [/quote] Yes! And please please PLEASE can some of them be outside London.

Give it a couple of minutes. Someone will be along to tell us how dreadful it all is and that the bass guitar should never be a solo instrument and so on.

No, the bass is long gone. Unfortunately so is the hair.