paul h Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422832025' post='2677437'] You mean when you ARE wearing it, you're younger..? [/quote] Time warp. Not the song...the orthotic. Quote
discreet Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422832122' post='2677441'] How about we get four grumpy, middle aged men together and form a Little Mix tribute band? I would do it in a heartbeat! [/quote] Genius. I've already got bigger tits than all of them put together. Quote
discreet Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422832166' post='2677444'] Time warp. Not the song... the orthotic. [/quote] Just one orthotic? Doesn't it make you walk round in circles? Quote
paul h Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 No...that's my musical career you're thinking of. I still have one good leg. I could always hop. Quote
seashell Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422831851' post='2677430'] I'm a doddery 44 year old. Especially when I'm not wearing my orthotic [/quote] Not forgetting your prosthetic nose. Quote
TimR Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422831594' post='2677421'] What irks me most about this insistence of bands covering turgid, dull, old man rock is that it means missing out on literally thousands of really great songs. I wish we had more of a tradition of "top 40" bands in this country. At any point in time there are dozens of great songs in the charts which would be awesome fun to play and would go down well pretty much anywhere. But alas we can't because some doddery old granddad always asks for Sweet Home Alabama! [/quote] Anyone would think we only play All Right Now 30 times in one night and have no other material. I did a survey here just before Christmas. Only a few of us on the forum play it. In fact contrary to the popular belief amongst us, there's hundreds of songs we all play with little crossover. If we all played the same 30 songs that would be different. When we play it people sing along. They don't walk out the pub. That indicates to me thaf they enjoy hearing it. Don't forget we're musicians playing probably the same set every week for a few months. That would give anyone quite a skewed view of some tunes. Quote
spacey Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Wait until the end and ask if the guitarists would like to see how the chords are really played, "go on then" O fk yeah man that sounds bang on, that some country thing ?. Quote
Maude Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I like to wildly flail around in an Ian Curtis fashion until my I'll fitting trousers fall to the floor and then masturbate furiously until the chorus. One day someone will notice the bass player Quote
Monckyman Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1422917019' post='2678474'] I like to wildly flail around in an Ian Curtis fashion until my I'll fitting trousers fall to the floor and then masturbate furiously until the chorus. One day someone will notice the bass player [/quote] See, if you'd said that earlier we could have saved a lot of typing. Quote
xilddx Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) I wouldn't know. I'd be asleep by the verse. Edited February 2, 2015 by xilddx Quote
discreet Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1422918481' post='2678501'] I wouldn't know. I'd be asleep by the verse. [/quote] What, you'd be w@nked off to sleep by Maude? ...Didn't think I'd be typing those words today... Edited February 2, 2015 by discreet Quote
paul h Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I know this thread has morphed into an All Right Now bashing exercise...which is fine by me...but let's not forget all the other dull, dim, dirgey(sp?) dad rock out there! The real crux of the matter is that I can't find a band that will let me play the right mix of J-pop/rock, Luther Vandross, current chart stuff and film soundtracks That's not too much to ask is it? Is it? IS IT? Quote
discreet Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422918840' post='2678506'] I know this thread has morphed into an All Right Now bashing exercise...which is fine by me... ...but let's not forget all the other dull, dim, dirgey (sp?) dad rock out there! [/quote] You're right, of course. So in the interests of fairness and parity, I list the following songs: If your band covers them, it's minus ten points; if you WANT to cover them, it's minus twenty points; and if you do five of them (or more) in your set, it's PLUS a million points... Free Bird More Than A Feeling Daddy Cool Sweet Child 'O Mine Start Me Up Down Down Money For Nothing Summer Of '69 We Will Rock You Radar Love... and... Mustang Sally. Edited February 2, 2015 by discreet Quote
discreet Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422919380' post='2678513'] List makes me sad [/quote] If you're not in a band that regularly plays them, you should be happy! Quote
paul h Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422919429' post='2678514'] If you're not in a band that regularly plays them, you should be happy! [/quote] Yay! Except it means no band at all Actually I think it's all over for me. I don't want to play dad rock. And I don't to play music for that pissed up middle aged twat who manhandles all the women in a misguided attempt to get them to dance at every gig. Quote
discreet Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='paul h' timestamp='1422919703' post='2678518'] I don't want to play dad rock. And I don't to play music for that pissed up middle aged twat who manhandles all the women in a misguided attempt to get them to dance at every gig. [/quote] Who, Jay-Z? Quote
paul h Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 I got 99 problems and bitches wanting to dance is one of 'em. Quote
xilddx Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422918784' post='2678505'] What, you'd be w@nked off to sleep by Maude? ...Didn't think I'd be typing those words today... [/quote] Not seen Maude since Christmas. Quote
drTStingray Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 There's much to be said for attempting an authentic Andy Fraser TOTP approach to this IMO. He rocked backwards and forwards in a very gentle manner looking vaguely towards the ceiling with a facial expression as if contemplating the meaning of life with his arms crossed against the upper bout of his EB3 - if he had been smoking a pipe it would not have looked out of place - the perfect counter to Simon Kirk blowing his hair away from his face on beats 1 and 3, Paul Kossoff's guitar faces and Paul Rogers front man singing. It has to be said they looked a little out of place surrounded by teenage girls on that show - in stark contrast to their normal audiences of mainly long haired make musos at that time. The one thing you must not do (and I must say I've transgressed once or twice or more over the years) is to come in on the wrong note owing to daydreaming in the verses and worse still to have a mental aberration and actually forget how to play the high G and D pattern correctly - it sounds quite bizarre backwards. Worse still trying to improvise as in the version off Free's live version and getting those G and D chords in the wrong order after the guitar solo. Classic song which suffers from terminal over exposure unfortunately - as will any song which got to number 1 or thereabouts and includes a classic guitar solo. I can think of several others .... Quote
discreet Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1422920038' post='2678526'] Not seen Maude since Christmas. [/quote] Ah... he only comes once a year, then. Quote
seashell Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1422923808' post='2678563'] There's much to be said for attempting an authentic Andy Fraser TOTP approach to this IMO. He rocked backwards and forwards in a very gentle manner looking vaguely towards the ceiling with a facial expression as if contemplating the meaning of life with his arms crossed against the upper bout of his EB3 - if he had been smoking a pipe it would not have looked out of place - the perfect counter to Simon Kirk blowing his hair away from his face on beats 1 and 3, Paul Kossoff's guitar faces and Paul Rogers front man singing. It has to be said they looked a little out of place surrounded by teenage girls on that show - in stark contrast to their normal audiences of mainly long haired make musos at that time. [/quote] Ooh I remember this well, and have just come over all unecessary. I was one of those teenage girls who genuined loved them (unlike the teeny boppers at TOTP who were forced to look enthusiastic by the floor managers). I had a poster on my wall that I got free with Jackie magazine, in one of said magazine's rare moments of cool. Quote
KevB Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Just in case anyone wants to relive the moment [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMlmISMod6s"]//www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMlmISMod6s[/url] Quote
lonestar Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1422919158' post='2678510'] You're right, of course. So in the interests of fairness and parity, I list the following songs: If your band covers them, it's minus ten points; if you WANT to cover them, it's minus twenty points; and if you do five of them (or more) in your set, it's PLUS a million points... Free Bird More Than A Feeling Daddy Cool Sweet Child 'O Mine Start Me Up Down Down Money For Nothing Summer Of '69 We Will Rock You Radar Love... and... Mustang Sally. [/quote] Oh the humanity. Enough already Quote
RhysP Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 [quote name='drTStingray' timestamp='1422923808' post='2678563'] There's much to be said for attempting an authentic Andy Fraser TOTP approach to this IMO. He rocked backwards and forwards in a very gentle manner looking vaguely towards the ceiling with a facial expression as if contemplating the meaning of life with his arms crossed against the upper bout of his EB3 - if he had been smoking a pipe it would not have looked out of place [/quote] Going by the state of his eyes in that clip he'd definitely been smoking a pipe - he's stoned off his gourde. Quote
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