Rich

You win the nerd points!

Do you look happy when you play live? Or are you a bit of a Ringo (US journalist: "Why do you always look so sad?" Ringo: "It's just me face")? Sam Sweeney is perhaps the happiest live musician I've ever seen. He didn't stop smiling the whole time, mind you I don't blame him, the music was beautiful. 1000 nerd points for anyone who can identify the second instrument without googling it. I have to make a real effort to smile or I come across a bit glum. My bandmates gurn and leap about like idiots, but I have real trouble doing that and concentrating on what I'm playing. I do try to look like I'm having fun, which I always am.

Satan Is Real - The Louvin Brothers Repent, you filthy sinners! etc.

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Gob On You - Not the Nine O'clock News

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Just listened to that piece again and found tears streaming down my face. The power of the beauty of music.

This could well be one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard.

I agree. That is far superior to Sheryl Crow's opening title tune.

Properly upset by this. For me he was the definitive voice of modern fretless bass; his work with Brand X, Kate Bush, Judie Tzuke, John Martyn and so many others moulded my own approach to the fretless instrument in a big way. For many people, Jaco was the ultimate fretless master; for me, it was this guy. Check out the mid part of this song, beginning at 2:22, and you'll see what I mean. Those fills give me goosebumps. Rest in peace, maestro.

What's also worthy of note is that the majority of votes are going to the earlier films. With the exception of Duran2 and Cornell, everything post-Moore is getting a thumbs down.

Two big surprises for me so far: 1. So few votes for Chris Cornell. 2. So many votes for Carly Simon.

Eww. The Morse code is clever, but overall it's a big fat nope from me.

Similar story. I used to go club sailing with a mate on an old gravel pit near Reading. We used his old Mirror dinghy, it was a bit beaten up and on about its 38th coat of varnish, but we made a good crew and knew how to use the boat to its best (we were demons with the old spinnaker too), consequently we came 3rd overall one year and 2nd the next. There was another couple who had a brand new boat they'd spent a shedload on, plus matching range-topping Helly Hansen gear, all the best of everything. They came dead last by a mile in every single race. Every one. I'm not sure they even enjoyed it much.

An endless tape loop of a hyena farting through custard would have been better than Sam Smith's whiny, simpering pile of crap. Easily my least favourite JB song.

Gigging in crotchless knickers is a non-starter. Frequent adjustments to the undercarriage are necessary. Errm, so I'm told.

I've tried John Lewis boxers and while they are definitely superior to Asda George ones, I'm not sure they're worth the price difference. Hold on, you were talking about underpants, right?

You should've taken the BC marketplace approach. Can't sell that bass? Flog it as parts. Two kids, well that's 4 kidneys for starters...

It's still serving you well, I trust?

Following on from, errm, discussion elsewhere... which are your favourite bits of Bond music? Multiple choices.

Mack the Knife - Weill/Brecht

Which used to be my 6.0 IIRC

They did that with my band too. It turned out that the bass player was hiding in the dressing room crying.