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not seen/heard live by me ... this (ed.not in this line-up at this time anyway but did see him knebworth 79 with his white P) [media]http://youtu.be/Rhf5_tqxatc[/media] seen live by me ... pat badger extreme wembley arena 1992 ish i think

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1370645147' post='2104042'] I was always a bit disappointed with people who didn't like The Smiths. [/quote] I was always a bit disappointed with people who were disappointed with other people who didnt like the smiths and that made me studiosly ignore them even more i did however listen sometime later after id sort of gotten over the whole prog-to-excess phase and quite like them as for morrisey and marr spouting blx what more needs to be said that hasnt already ....marr's recent little puerile outburst forbidding 'call me dave' to like the smiths? johnny if you're reading this i would seriously go ask patsy kensit for a refund on those life coaching lessons

[quote name='bbrich' timestamp='1370631020' post='2103807'] Asalam a-leykoum Steve-bbb. Izdihar Hotel Riyadh? What did it used to be? When were you there? [/quote] it was the compound for the 'big' company

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1370602835' post='2103252'] Matron..! Matron..? Xilddx is being troublesome again..! Shouldn't he still be in the corner..? Matron..? (Never there when needed..! Typical...) ([i]goes into corridor, in search of authority[/i]...) [i][size=3]Matron..! [size=2]Matron..?[/size][/size][/i] [i][size=3][size=2] [/size][/size][/i] [/quote] this made me lol teehee

Nige can i ask? is your John Lennonophobia similar to my Liam Gallagherophobia like youd rather rip his face from his skull with a claw hammer than listen to his insidious nasal whining ?

[quote name='SpaceChick' timestamp='1370550260' post='2102666'] This weekend I have to put some SERIOUS practice in..... Only three weeks tomorrow until my festival gig, and Ultimate Floyds first gig!! [/quote] youre going to debut a new band at a local festival gig?

[quote name='Mr Fretbuzz' timestamp='1370591649' post='2103051'] TRAIN CRASH :-D. I learned a few more songs off the new set list and after I posted this thread, the next rehearsal was supposed to be last night. I told them at the beginning of the week I couldn't go as I've got a nasty virus. Just got an email from the drummer that the rehearsal didn't go ahead .... The keyboards didn't turn up and the singer was late so they say that they've knocked the project of the head. Looking for a proper project now but I'll be contacting the singer and keyboards :-) It certainly was an experience and my first experience of a Band. Can't imagine it could get any worse but I guess it probably could :-D [/quote] im guessing that the kybds and singist will be possibly thinking along similar lines

how about just using 3 5 7 9 (after all you know 12 is same as 0) and 2 4 6 8 are just the sharp or flat of the one below or above wouldnt bother with 10 and 11 tho nobody goes up there much

these are quite expensive (about 100-120) but worth trying out if you have back problems persoanlly i find them very comfortable

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370546351' post='2102574'] Is the music INDUSTRY still thinking that to get another Beatles on their disgusting leeching books, they have to find a band that sounds like them in modern guise? Have the Beatles unwittingly created a set of boundaries that the industry is incapable of transcending in its quest for massive pop hits? Have they misjudged the young so much that they think they cant accept real innovation in mainstream pop music? [/quote] Nigel old chap I get your point but cant help thinking your logic is slightly flawed there will never be 'another beatles' in the same way there has never been another mozart or bach - there will be many who achieve similar or equal critical acclaim and popularity, but never 'another' if im reading your OP correctly then im reading that your not blaming the beatles for being so good, but more the music industry execs for trying to exploit anything/everything that even remotely copmpares? after all to blame the beatles for causing our current malaise of mediocrity would be like blaming tim berners-lee for the pernicious targetted advertising tactics of google [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1370546351' post='2102574'] Have they misjudged the young so much that they think they cant accept real innovation in mainstream pop music?[/quote] On the contrary they seem to be judging them very well and very cynically with force feeding them the sort of pap that will continue to help line their pockets - unfortunately for the 'record machine' the increasingly rapid changes of format have proved to be a tiny bit irksome for their rather one-sided marketing models and as times change ever more rapidly so their tactics will become ever more desperate and shoddy to keep apace i fear but as Alanis would say, isnt it ironic that vinyl is becoming soo fashionableagain and i bet theyre absolutley seeting about it as the resurgance in interest seems to be driven more by the music buying public supporting independent music shops (we have one here in medway which is thriving while neighbouring hmv struggle!) than anything promoted or driven by the industry edit- i think skank and risingson points about moral fibre and mediocrity can be influenced by geography too - if youre unfortunate that you live in an area with hardly any local creative arts scene then the wealth and diversity of new and young bands who shun the Simon Cowell marketing model will not be readily available for your entertainment and if you dont have the means to be able to easily travel to the next 'big town' then you can find yourself unfortunately at the mercy of whatever the tv/radio/internet is trying to force feed you this week - to demonstrate a simple point ive not even checked and im not going to even bother thinking about checking, but i am very confident in predicting that the recent tulisa/coke slow-mo car crash being dragged out in the media will only increase the poor unfortunate trollop's sales/download figures (back to skanks lack of moral fibre again) further edit (just for Nige) - FZ summed this up quite nicely many years ago in the lyrics of 'I'm The Slime' (as did Hiphoprisy with their one hit wonder!)

if my back is playing up i will often sit for a while but that usually depends on the venue and space/seating available - our drummer has a spare drum stool with the added small back support which is very comfortable - i have in past experience of big band / stage band stuff and that was always seated

never mind you soon have the L series gas

mr mickster i hope you didnt buy that nikon rubbish did you? should have gone for canon mate

Saturday 8 June, The [b][url="https://www.facebook.com/kickbacks13"]Kick Backs[/url][/b] at [b][url="http://www.oldplantation.co.uk/"]The Old Plantation[/url][/b] in Bearsted (Kent) come laugh and point at my coffee table bass

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1370529470' post='2102264'] See [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/209456-the-contrabass-shop/"]http://basschat.co.u...ontrabass-shop/[/url] ... well worth a punt and making the suggestion to any music shop that doesn't currently do that . [/quote] i must admit that ive never come across that but now im puzzled how thta differs from actually buying it and asking for a refund/return get the yamaha - you wont regret it

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1370459539' post='2101349'] perhaps the shop will let you borrow one for a couple of days and then the other - most shops are pretty good that way if you are going to buy one or t'other for definite [/quote] i dont know of any shops that do this and i reckon any shopkeeper who did would seriously need their business acumen tested (unless of course it is to some well known pro) im sure though that a good local shop would allow you to spend a considerable amount of time in the shop testing and comparing the two or save time and just get the Yamaha

plus another one for abbey road

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1370411807' post='2100365'] The Ibanez might feel more comfortable just because it's familiar. I've never had an Ibanez bass and to me their necks feel weird and too thin. In six months you might be perfectly happy with the Yamaha neck. [/quote] this - you will grow used to the size of the BB in no time

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1370428215' post='2100593'] Of course the Zappa back catalogue is enormous but the official albums up to his death totalled around 45. I have over 35 of these and have listened to most of the others. Listening to 45 LPs over a period of 27 years isn't difficult. Most peoples opinions are based on these 40+ LPs and not the numerous posthumous releases so that whittles it down the essential albums. The Beatles mention is interesting though as i suppose we are all familiar with most of the Fab Four's recorded work so everyone can comment on it but if you've listened to a lot of Zappa LPs you obviously liked it in the first place. You wouldn't have heard much (if any) of Zappa's music on the radio like you would have The Beatles so you would had to make an effort to seek FZ's music out. [/quote] id be inclined to disagree slightly on the first bit only because tastes change and you ten to drift a bit and spend lots of time listening to new stuff although if id had my blinkers on then i probably would have the entire catalogue on special collectors editions etc etc but yes indeed - only remember hearing the occasional tune on radio caroline in the late 70s but nothing on mainstream commercial radio at all - whereas the beatles i remember extremley well from the age of four from all the incessant daily airplay!!

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1370127095' post='2096860'] About five years ago you could buy these basses new for £200 , so the seller might not be losing that much in the scheme of things . [/quote] this - i got my TRB1004 on evilbay a couple of years ago 380 compared to RRP of 800 - similar sort of percentage without bothering to get the calculator out by the looks of it oh and it was essex too - maybe its an essex bargain thing

there is an obvious paradox here that makes this whole argument almost inevitably subjective there are very very few artists with such a massive and diverse catalogue of music anybody's comments will be subjective in as much as they will only relate to the FZ material they are familiar with anybody on here (or anywhere) claiming they were sufficiently familiar with his entire catalogue to make musicologically sound and objective opinions is probably some sort of musical crazy cat lady - ive been listening to FZ for the last 37 years and I would say i know about 25% of it very well - i would estimate about 50% of the catalogue i have never listened to oh and he's such a beatles rip-off isnt he? look what he did with the sgt pepper/only in it for the money album covers

did they do ...... walk on by ?

congrats for getting out of new cross with all your gear and wallet still intact