Chienmortbb Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 I helped do the sound (A2) at a two day Ska festival some years ago. Now my musical taste is broad although Contry and Weston and most current "urban" music are nails on a chalkboard. Anyway back to the Ska Fest. Eight bands over two days all but one did Monkey Man, some very badly and to this day the song drives me crazy. The only band that did not and really stick to the narrow gamut of Ska Classics was a band that did Ska versions of Pink Floyd songs and they were brilliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 2 hours ago, Phil Starr said: Hate is a strong word for something as simple as a song. I'll happily play most things if my bands want to play them and the audience want to hear them However there are a few songs i just can't bring myself to because of irrational lyrics. If you write a song called Ironic then there should be some examples of irony rather than just misfortune in the song. Carly Simon you can't write a song about someone and then call them out for recognising that you are pointing a great big finger at them. They may well be vain but 'probably thinking the song is about them' isn't the thing that makes them vain. Carly Simon should have called her song "Ironic", then Alanis Morissette would have had to think of a different title for hers, like "Oh bollocks". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 49 minutes ago, tauzero said: Carly Simon should have called her song "Ironic", then Alanis Morissette would have had to think of a different title for hers, like "Oh bollocks". On the plus side, I did like to play bass on Ironic when I was in a band with a female singer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 On 15/09/2024 at 11:24, tauzero said: Carly Simon should have called her song "Ironic", then Alanis Morissette would have had to think of a different title for hers, like "Oh bollocks". I'm currently at a friend's wedding reception and the happy couple were outside being photographed when the heavens opened. On the grounds that I'd not long ago said that it raining on your wedding day wasn't ironic, I think rain on their wedding day was probably ironic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiewharton Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 28 minutes ago, tauzero said: I'm currently at a friend's wedding reception and the happy couple were outside being photographed when the heavens opened. On the grounds that I'd not long ago said that it raining on your wedding day wasn't ironic, I think rain on their wedding day was probably ironic. Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Not sure if I’ve mentioned it ,but if anything by Robbie Williams, will young or James Arthur comes on I have to switch channel, and a rather irritating song came on the radio today that I wouldn’t want to hear again called ,You Can Call Me Al 😬 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 Yeah, bass player on that, what a tosser. Amateur! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted Saturday at 22:14 Share Posted Saturday at 22:14 4 hours ago, Reggaebass said: I wouldn’t want to hear again called ,You Can Call Me Al 😬 Oh god, we tried to have that one as a song, and it didn't work, managed to bin it. However, the guitarist keeps wanting to bring it back. It has to be one of the most boring songs in existence to play, and also listen to it. 1 hour ago, songofthewind said: Yeah, bass player on that, what a tosser. Amateur! Well, yes, the bass line is two groups of 3 notes all the way through in a never ending durge, followed by a break that on the record is the same pattern on three strings going down, then the recording is played backwards to make it go up, which makes it hard to play as it was never played in the first place. In fact if you go and look on any online tutorial on the song, you will find that they spend 90% of the tutorial showing you how to play the 6 second bass solo and about 20 seconds playing the other 10 minutes of the song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted Saturday at 22:29 Share Posted Saturday at 22:29 On 27/03/2024 at 20:39, TheGreek said: Relating to my thread about "Stairway to Heaven on bass" - I sent the link to a guitarist friend who replied "aren't you sick to death of that song?". Well TBH, yes....but there are other songs which I could quite happily never listen to again. Firstly, "Hey Joe" - the Hendrix version, the full length version of Layla, including the 4 hour piano solo - by Eric Clapton and (for now) "A Bat out of hell" - actually anything on that whole album - by Meatloaf. IMO the world would be a much better place if none of these were ever played again. Your turn... Yep "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I Would Do Anything" have me reaching for the off switch. Also anything by Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, and Guns'n'Roses. Oh, and thanks whoever mentioned "Come On Eileen" - that's now going round in my head! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted Sunday at 08:11 Share Posted Sunday at 08:11 9 hours ago, prowla said: Yep "Bat Out Of Hell"…reaching for the off switch. 9 hours ago, prowla said: Also anything by Status Quo Likewise. An overblown, overlong piece of schlock opera, with the nastiest, wasp in a jam jar guitar tone ever (what was Todd Rundgren thinking?). I’ve also fallen out of love with the Quo recently, no particular song, although Just Supposin’ grinds my gears; ‘runny nosing’ WTF? The skip function on the Planet Rock app is a blessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted Sunday at 08:25 Share Posted Sunday at 08:25 9 hours ago, prowla said: Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, and Guns'n'Roses Don’t really know many by status quo or guns n roses except what was in the charts, but anything by Springsteen especially Born in the USA has to go off 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH73 Posted Sunday at 11:14 Share Posted Sunday at 11:14 12 hours ago, prowla said: Yep "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I Would Do Anything" have me reaching for the off switch. These just go on and on and on..same as Whitney Houston.always love you. And everything by Oasis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted Sunday at 11:32 Share Posted Sunday at 11:32 3 hours ago, Reggaebass said: anything by Springsteen especially Born in the USA I have never understood the attraction of Springsteen. I find that kind of music quite tedious. I realise it takes all sorts of tastes, but the big thing about Springsteen is that his live shows give "great value for money" by going on for 4 hours or something like that. I couldn't think of anything worse. Bands tend to forget that people have been standing for a good few hours longer than their set. Even when I was young I hated standing for a long time. Now we never book standing tickets. I usually end up being behind some tall bugger anyway. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted Sunday at 11:36 Share Posted Sunday at 11:36 Promoter: -you only played for 28 minutes! Rat Scabies: -yeah, but you got 30 songs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted yesterday at 13:43 Author Share Posted yesterday at 13:43 On 21/09/2024 at 23:29, prowla said: Yep "Bat Out Of Hell" and "I Would Do Anything" have me reaching for the off switch. Also anything by Status Quo, Bruce Springsteen, and Guns'n'Roses. Oh, and thanks whoever mentioned "Come On Eileen" - that's now going round in my head! I could have written this word for word... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassy Posted yesterday at 14:20 Share Posted yesterday at 14:20 Anything by REM. Most things by The Eagles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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