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Hi Eddie, check out James Hill. He is a virtuoso on the uke, and writes (and sings) some great songs too. I saw him twice last year at the Shetland Folk Festival, playing with his wife Anne Janelle. There is plenty of his stuff on YouTube.

29 minutes ago, Monkey Steve said:

my favourite version - it's the B-side on one of their singles...can't remember which

Yes, I like that version too. Used to play it live back in the 90s. But the Buggles version is hot, too ...

2 hours ago, bazzbass said:

Javed Miandad to Ian Healy's remark of "why are you so fat?", "your mum gives me a biscuit every time I f@#$ her"

 

This would be accurate if the people mentioned were Eddo Brandes, Glenn McGrath and Glenn's wife ...

Three which haven't yet been mentioned (I think ...):

Jethro Tull - Thick as a brick

David Bowie - David Live

The Clash - Sandinista

Hi Karl, Google gave this: http://www.mikehaneytheguitardr.com/. The site is there but of course I have no idea how active it is. FB link, too: https://www.facebook.com/The-Guitar-Doctor-191435240910766/

[quote name='12stringbassist' timestamp='1449031991' post='2920226']
Saxon 1979 supporting Slade.
[b]Vardis[/b] 1982 supporting Slade

Slade were of course magnificent every time I saw them.
Those two support bands got booed off.
[/quote]
When I first saw this thread, I thought of Vardis. I saw them supporting Hawkwind in Dublin in about 1980 and they were dismal. And loud.

Ticket signed by Al di Meola, and a program from a 1989 gig in Swaziland signed by Eric Clapton. Not a lot, really ...

[quote name='Ajoten' timestamp='1438065910' post='2831233']
Despite being a bassist, I'm looking for a good guitard-related forum based in the UK, and d@mned if I can find one.

Anyone heard tell of such a thing?
[/quote]

Try this one : http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/

[quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1426072274' post='2713968']
The Joe Santriani/Coldplay suit seemed to be based on a chord progression. There's no distinctive melody there that I notice. IMHO the JS piece sounds completely generic, and I think it's very unfair for Coldplay to be found to be in breach of JS's copyright.
[/quote]
Not quite. A distinctive part of the Coldplay song's melody ('rule the world ...') is identical to phrases in the Satriani tune. In fairness it's only a little bit, so the judgement may or may not have been fair, but in both numbers the disputed phrases are a major part of the music.

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1404299681' post='2491244']
music that come out of Canada[/quote]
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned Arcade Fire, especially since they just played at Glasto.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1356713401' post='1912851']
[font=arial, sans-serif][size=3]"I have been lucky. But it's funny, the harder I've worked, the luckier I've been."[/size][/font]
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Very old quote from Gary Player, although, to be fair, GP may have read it somewhere too.

Will my cats be able to speak after chewing this cable?