hiram.k.hackenbacker

Whilst I'll try not taking offence as I do listen to Planet Rock, what songs should replace them in your opinion?

@rwillett - Don't want to mess with your numbers, but I just noticed #97 Paint It Black is shown as being released in 1996 😬

The song is in there, just not by Thin Lizzy 🤷‍♂️

More than happy with Bo Rhap at #1, although #1 and #2 could easily be reversed. How is Thunderstruck the best that AC/DC has to offer?

Very interesting @rwillett. Thanks for crunching the numbers. I’m not surprised that the likes of Queen, Sabbath and Zeppelin are leading the way. It would almost be wrong if they weren’t there. I’m not knocking the content of the list because I do genuinely love most of what’s on it, but it can be summarised thus (IMHO)…. Clutch (at present) have only one song in there - Electric Worry. It’s the song everyone who doesn't really know them, knows them by. It’s OK, but the band are far far more than that. I will be stunned if any other of their songs are in the remaining 70 or whatever we’re up to now. It is what it is. Love the music, ignore the list.

It can't be anything else but that - can it? Listeners voting for their favourite songs. The very definition of subjectivity. I quite like it, even if some of my favourite bands aren't in there. There's quite a few I've not heard before, so I'll be checking them out. There's also quite a few I would never listen to again and I'm quite glad I've dodged them.

It is….

Been a staple of our set for ages. I’m fairly sure Cover Solutions did a tab version of it which should still be on You Tube. I believe that’s where I learn it.

It was Peach Guitars in Colchester. Not a dedicated bass store obviously, but a good selection and great staff.

There is a heck of a lot to unpack there. There are things I like in a bass that have no bearing on whether it's actually good or not. I'm partial to binding, lollipops, matching headstock and a slim neck with a smooth satin finish. I also like a sparkle paint job, but these things are irrelevant if I don't like playing it. You only have to look at some of the sale threads to realise that. I sat down with a bunch of new Fender Custom Shop basses the other day. I think I tried five in the end. The one I really liked the look of was the one I liked least in hand. The best one didn't have binding, lollipops or flashy paint, but wow! What a bass! Given your list of pro's and con's, there's compromises that need to be made unless you go the CS route. Here are 3 of the ones I tried.

Show is SOLD OUT and I now cannot go due to my fathers worsening health. It’s the final date of the European Tour and I’m hugely disappointed not to be there. Seems a shame to waste the ticket.

To be fair to Guitar Guitar, they do offer that on certain instruments too.

The one shown on their web site looks fine. But it would, wouldn’t it? https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/250312438273008--cort-space-4-star-dust-black

Surely the thing that IS wrong with it is that it doesn’t look anything like the one pictured on their web site when you bought it?

Apologies - I saw my drummer friend last night and we were talking about both the drum and bass series’ that Sky produced. I mentioned about the Neil Peart thing and he said it wasn’t Neil Peart after all, it was Cozy Powell that wasn’t mentioned. A slightly less glaring omission, but as we know from the bass series, only a small percentage of known players get mentioned.

Yes, 100% agree with this 👍

I’ve just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it and thought the final episode was the best. In the scope of basslines that are great, it actually covers little ground, but I can see potential in a further series.

I cannot be in a band environment than even has this relatively minor level of toxicity. It saps any level of enjoyment out of it for me. I’d have to find something else.

I'd like to say I'm shocked that he's got that wrong 🙄

Didn’t Sky Arts produce a three part series on drummers that didn’t once mention Neil Peart? N.B. I haven’t seen it, but I was told this by a drummer who had.

Torn on this one mate tbh. Not sure I can do the o2 two days on the bounce.

I'm inclined to agree with you there mate. I know they've played big venues (MSG for example) which have similar capacity, but for me, they work best in venues like the Academy. I know I've shared this before, but it always makes me laugh. I was there with the singer from the Bowie band (were you there as well @ASW?) and he couldn't believe people were singing along to what is essentially a bass solo. It was a cracking gig.

I'm in one of those dep musicians groups on FB. About a week ago and for the first time ever, I responded to a post asking for a bass player for very local gig at a venue I know. The guitarist sent me a list of 80 songs and I picked about 40 that I knew I could play without having to learn anything new. I turned up at the gig and we rattled through them like we'd played together for years. A not massive, but pleasantly entertaining pub crowd and we went down well. A weirdly liberating experience. Hopefully a gig or two more will come my way as a result. There was a really drunk guy in the audience who kept singing Naive by The Kooks at the top of his voice. It's not a bad song actually. Might have to learn that one.

I can only guess at what type of music that might be, but I'm fairly sure I wouldn't like it.