blue Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 I've met Doug a few times. Last time he came to Milwaukee with Vernon, they played our Shank Hall. It's not a Hall, it's 150 seat bar. It's still an awesome venue for headliners. I always thought Doug would have been the best match for The Rolling Stones. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Nice bass, but couldn't agree more with the comment about Reid's playing and tone. Never liked it, even on Defunkt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Am I the only one that finds Corey Glover's voice wearing and tiresome after a couple of tracks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I've never been a huge fan of Living Colour really. It just seemed like everyone was shredding non stop. Too maximalist for my tastes, and Corey Glover's voice does make my teeth grate after a while. I have a similar problem with Levitation, despite loving both Bickers and Bic's guitar work. There's just too much of it all at once. I always much preferred Doug's playing with the various Tackhead related projects. There was just a lot more space but the playing was still totally insane. Watching them as a duo or a quartet, it's interesting that the number of musical events don't really change. I think it helped having Sherwood at the controls. A non playing band member making the executive decisions cut out a lot of potential clutter. Just my opinion obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 [quote name='radiophonic' timestamp='1490957039' post='3269362'] I have a similar problem with Levitation, despite loving both Bickers and Bic's guitar work. There's just too much of it all at once. [/quote] Really? There's only so much Living Colour I can take, but I love Levitation. "Need For Not" is one of my favourite albums ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiophonic Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1490958265' post='3269375'] Really? There's only so much Living Colour I can take, but I love Levitation. "Need For Not" is one of my favourite albums ever. [/quote] A bit OT, but I preferred Dark Star by some margin, for the reasons above. "Levitation with all the chrome ripped off and sprayed matt black" as Dave Francolini put it. I don't think a guitar player as good as Bickers needed another guitar player as good as Bic in the band and the last thing either of them needed was a keyboard player too! I'd still count myself as pro-Levitation and both albums get played periodically (the restored/as originally intended 'Meanwhile Gardens' was surprisingly good too), but I go to 20/20 Sound far more often. YMMV of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 I love 20/20 Sound but I feel it's let down by the vocals, which are pretty weak in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 Some lovely bass on Diva by Annie Lennox (great production too) and Seal's first album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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