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Oh, I'm quite partial to a bit of parpy fretless. Which songs in particular exhibit this, please?

and yes I'd love to see them in top form again but with Neal's tendons, Alex's hands and Geddy's voice I'd rather they bowed out gracefully than went on forever and couldn't deliver.

Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Counterparts, Exit Stage Left, A Farewell To Kings, 2112. (off the top of my head)

Another bump - the eagle-eyed among you will have seen from my recent post in the "Gigs" section that our Sunday night monthly residency has moved to Thursday nights. All other details remain the same! Jazz-rock-fusion kind of material, £3 to get in, nice beer, paid gig, close to the tube station. If your band fancies appearing, drop me a line. Anything that you think fits the bill will be considered: instrumental rock, eclectic jazz, avant garde, etc

Thursdays are the new Sunday! Our monthly residency has moved to Thursday night, and the next one is this week on Thursday December 3rd. Doors at 7pm and support is again from The Motherfunkers, on stage 7.30pm. Velcro Pelmet on about 9pm and curfew is at 11pm. Come and say hi if you're there!

what's the OM?

Tickets go on sale next week for her "I'd rather play 12 years at the Barfly than one night at the O2" megadome arena tour. Sign up on her website for advance tickets.

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1448476645' post='2915778'] I have nothing, but am sick that I dumped all my ticket stubs from years ago. I had loads and it was a real bit of nostalgia ! [/quote] Oh do ticket stubs count? https://flic.kr/s/aHsjyttj4A

Funk Fingers signed by Tony Levin a ticket for the premiere of Genesis tour film "When In Rome" signed by Phil Collins a copy of Star Fleet Project signed by Brian May

From KC's facebook feed: "King Crimson will be touring Europe next year. The band return to Aylesbury once again but from there will play countries not included in the 2015 itinerary. It will be the first time King Crimson have performed in Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Denmark and Norway since 2003. Sunday 4th Sept Aylesbury Waterside Theatre UK Monday 5th Sept Aylesbury Waterside Theatre UK Thursday 8th Sept Stuttgart, Beethoven-Saal, Germany Sunday 11th Sep Berlin, Admiralpalast, Germany Wednesday 14th Sept Prague, Forum Karlin, Czech Republic Saturday 17th Sept, Zabrze, House of Music & Dance, Poland Sunday 18th Sept, Zabrze, House of Music & Dance, Poland Tuesday 20th Sept, Wroclaw, National Forum Of Music, Poland Wednesday 21st Sept Wroclaw, National Forum Of Music, Poland Friday 23rd Sept Copenhagen, Falkoner, Denmark Monday 26th Sept Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Norway Tuesday 27th Sept Oslo, Sentrum Scene, Norway Please note that Aylesbury tickets will go on sale Saturday 5th December at 10.00 a.m. All other tickets will go on sale Friday 27th November"

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1448370957' post='2914798'] Queen (with freddie) [/quote] 24 years ago today, gawd bless him.

The Oo (with John Entwistle) Bowie when he was good and still touring and had George Murray in the band, eg 1978 U2's Zoo TV tour Peter Gabriel's Secret World tour (sorry there's only one proper "not around any more" answer)

Dave does a move straight out of the Dancing In The Street video in Blackstar. Ffwd to about 5m46s, under the lyric "you're the flash in the pan".

Or, I usually get lucky on Scarlet Mist. Not as sexy as it sounds.

I avoid this kind of problem by only seeing really unpopular bands

He picked it up on his travels.

Well, the astronaut is clearly Major Tom, who's crash-landed on another planet (or maybe future Earth). Everyone's evolved and grown tails and lost their sense of rhythm. Tom is hailed as a god of that new planet. The narrator in the lyrics is a prophet of the new Major Tom religion, and is referring to Tom as the "he", ie "something happened on the day he died". The "Blackstar" is where Tom appeared from - a black hole - and is the symbol of the new religion, much like the cross in Christian religion.

We'll all be "doing the Blackstar" at Christmas parties this year

Alan Spenner fans with good taste should check out the original Jesus Christ Superstar album (there's a myriad of versions, don't get the film OST by mistake which is I believe someone else) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5F8jLt9XiI Check out Superstar at 1:18:15 and What's The Buzz at 0:09:54.

I learnt this version. Trousers n'all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waIhJDgC5dQ

I fell asleep standing up watching the Quireboys some time in the late 80s. Ditto Transatlantic more recently. Good stuff but a 3.5 hour gig and the opening song is 80 minutes. Learn some self-editing, chaps!

[quote name='Hector' timestamp='1447955248' post='2911833'] Yeah, I was there too! Pretty full on gig. I actually just really love hearing Hiromi chill out sometimes and play straightahead. That blues section with just her and Anthony was lovely - she's got great touch. [/quote] Yep, some amazing moments. I was fifth row centre, and even so AJ's right had was obscured by his music stand, and Simon Phillips face had a large cymbal right in the way. Cracking kit though. First thing I did when I got out was spotify a couple of live versions of Toto's Rosanna.

More R40 clips... Xanadu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlmvdK3yzvs ...and Subdivisions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaSQHNg9UtE

Hiromi with Anthony Jackson and Simon Phillips last night at the RFH. Pretty hot stuff.

How about http://zculbert.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/view-teentown-bass-on-scribd.html