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[quote name='Funky Dunky' timestamp='1431272670' post='2769485'] I was in a band and I hated when people asked me the name. I apologised in advance, explained that I didn't name them and then told them the name. They would then look at me, puzzled, and tell me it was a terrible name for a band. Then they'd ask me what it meant, and explaining the origin of the name was met with more bemusement than the name itself. I can't even bring myself to say it here in case my dear mate ever finds out how much I detested the name of his band. [/quote] Been in that situation a good few times. I wont mention the band I play with now, not because I don't like the name - I do, but after almost 3 years, dozens of gigs and countless reminders, they still have somebody elses name as Bass Player on the websites. Maybe they dont like my name eh

I cant think of a worse name than The Beatles.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431198393' post='2768787'] Well they don't... you can't argue with that. [/quote] Good point. Knew a band once called Caterpillars Dont believe in Butterflies. They might, who knows ?

Goats Dont Shave. Theres TWO unconnected bands with that name.

I remember a Neil Young single - Probably Heart of Gold not sure. The B side was Sugar Mountain, which got played more on pub jukeboxes than the A side. iirc Stevie Wonder released I Don't Know, as an A side with Cherie Amor as the B side, 6 months later My Cherie Amor as an A side, with I Dont Know Why I Love You as the B side. Now that's what I call clever marketing.

I once had the drummer from one of the bands on the same bill shout out, mid set " I love your playin mate, your like Entwhistle - you just dont give a f***" I'm still not sure if it was a compliment or not.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1430058575' post='2757539'] I've learnt the best way ever to deal with compliments, because as was said above, people in the black country are stupidly friendly and you have to get used to it fast! I just offer a grin, a handshake, and say "Thanks, really glad you enjoyed it!" [/quote] Me too, but I add 'Thanks for coming' I'm not from the Black Country, but have gigged here a lot and recently migrated from Brum.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1429951423' post='2756559'] I've replaced the feet on my Streamliner with larger ones, so that it will clear the handle on my Compact when used on its side. The 'feet' are in fact doorstops from Wilko, which can be cut down a bit if necessary, but they're not very grippy. If anyone knows a source of large grippy rubber feet, please do share. (Cue links to pics on fancy dress websites.) [/quote] RS do cabinet feet 20mm wide; http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/product/2032380/?grossPrice=Y&cm_mmc=UK%7CShopping-_-Google+PLA-_-3M%7CFixed+Height+Mounts+%26+Feet-_-2032380&kpid=&kpid=2032380&istCompanyId=f7e7b05b-2daf-4c0e-8825-3633baf8113b&istItemId=xitllxqwx&istBid=tztx&gclid=CO_jwuiNkcUCFWsCwwodhhAAmw

Non slip rubber mat, or one of these; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-Long-Easily-Adjustable-Luggage-Strap-Suitcase-Baggage-Travel-Hiking-Tie-Down-/251863429023?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa43aef9f

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1429885005' post='2755997'] I'm always complimenting other bass players and I never talk about gear. Haven't had a knock back yet, but maybe they all secretly wish I would go away. Hey ho, I'm just trying to spread a little happiness. [/quote] Is it my imagination, or does really depend on where you are as well ? Black Country seem far friendlier than in Birmingham, And way way friendlier than say Coventry or Nuneaton. Leic's is good as well, especially Hinkley for some reason.

[quote name='Iain' timestamp='1429870021' post='2755725'] One thing I've realised lately - I'm not fussed about people singling my out as good or not but a compliment on the show the band puts on is where it's at. [/quote] Yeah, I feel the same. Its nice when someone you rate as good yourself takes the trouble to compliment you, and then strike up a proper conversation though isnt it ? Its punters that start conversations with "I'm a Bass player myself" and then start rambling on about gear and suchlike that I struggle to be any more than polite. I know they are being nice, and I know that for some reason they get nervous and it sometimes takes a bit of courage to approach even a member of an unknown pub band. But I just dont feel the enthusiasm they seem to anymore, and I'd hate to come across as thinking I.m to good to speak to them.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1429839397' post='2755505'] I get it. I admit I think to much about my age. However,it is barrior to some opportunities. Blue [/quote] Yes, thats true. I wouldnt play in a band with much younger people in it, and I'll probably pack it in completely, when my current band splits. But they keep coming back for 're union tours'

I'm 62 as well. Looks like its the optimum age on here. For various reasons, I aint gigged since November, but got a few booked for the summer, so back on track I hope. I still get the odd compliment from people of all ages, but I try not to get into long conversations. Mainly because I'm a miserable git.

[quote name='Dr.Dave' timestamp='1429619519' post='2753254'] I tell them the truth - which is that I'm not gifted , I worked hard and have been doing it a long time. I go on to tell them about my office bound work pals who can knock out an email in ten seconds with all 8 fingers whereas I use 2 and take ages. Same thing. Practise and a long time doing it. Each another audience outside the gilded cage. A bigger gripe for me is that often [b]the folk who say such things wouldn't know a decent bass line from a hole in the ground - so I never pay compliments , or criticism for that matter , much mind[/b]. BTW - one or two of you have PM'd me asking about my whereabouts of late. My lovely wife hasn't been very well and is still recovering in hospital so I haven't had the head space to think about playing much. [/quote] This is 100% on the nail. Hope the missus gets better soon.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429522326' post='2752142'] Yes, it did start around then by NME, and loads of other publications, by phoning shops asking for the 10 best sellers. Every chart was different. But then the British Marketing Research Bereau was formed .They started compiling the charts, and had 250 postal returns from record shop sales, which were randomly selected from 6000 (would there be 6000 record shops today?) Obviously it is all computerised today. Apparently, all the data was put onto punch cards and fed into a computer to sort out the data back then. So 1969 is the start of the official charts as we know today. [/quote] There was a big change around 1978 following a few scandals. Problem was too many people knew which record shops they were, and buying 20 copies each from a dozen of them would make a huge difference. I think BMRB lost it and Gallup took over, but their system was open to abuse of a different kind. There were a lot of small electrical shops back then, almost all sold records, and for some reason, so did cycle shops. But most got them on some sort of sale or return deal from larger ones. All Woolworths and Boots branches sold records, so did most of the larger department stores. 6000 doesnt surprise me at all.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429519609' post='2752091'] Anyway, the reason i asked if Henry VIII wrote it was because i looked it up. Although it seems there is a slight chance he did, it seems to be discredited. When someone comes out with things like that, i have to look it up, and find it very interesting. Who wouldv`e thought basschat could be so educational As for Gallows Pole, by Leadbelly, i also learned something else. It could have been a contempory hit in America, as it was released in 1939, and the hit parade in America started in 1936. So yes, i was wrong about that as well. Charts before that were based on sheet music sales.It seems that the beginning was very genre specific, and only tracked Rythm and Blues, Pop, and Country and Western, by the Billboard Magazine.The jukebox was responsible for the start of record charts. The proper charts as we know it today started in 1961 in America, and 1969 in UK. Before 1969, it seems that NME used to phone 15 shops to find out how many sales were made, and based the charts on this. I found it interesting anyway [/quote] I thought music charts in the UK started in 1952. I do remember in the 60s, the charts on Radio Luxembourg on Sunday nights often being different to the BBC one a few hours earlier, which were different again to the music papers. Hard to believe that went on till 1977 when it was finally realised that record companies had been hyping the charts all along.

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1429492054' post='2751966'] What..? Can't even [i]agree [/i]with you now..? Hmm... [/quote]

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1429484849' post='2751929'] ... or missing and/or badly placed apostrophes. Truly sad, indeed. [/quote] Thank you sir. Now would you like me to bend over for six of the best ?

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429480774' post='2751875'] Ok, i have been admonished, and will refrain from posting in this topic again [/quote] Wasnt aimed at you mate. There are sad people who like to pick out spelling mistakes and grammatical errors.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429476525' post='2751814'] Are you sure Henry VIII wrote it? [/quote] Well, I wasnt there at the time.

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429475803' post='2751803'] It wasn`t if you had read the first bit of the sentence, as there were no charts in those days. [/quote] And the first sentence in post #1 is ? If it hasnt been a contemporary hit, it doesnt count - does it ? To me that means it has to have charted. Which Gallows pole hasn't as far as I know. Although Zep 2 or whichever it was on presumably did. So far the oldest one thats been mentioned, which has actually been a 'hit' as far as I know, has been Gaudete. In the UK anyway. [i]Edited. to correct a typo and prevent the pedantic people on here offending me by pointing it out.[/i]

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1429465163' post='2751630'] Too right, BP. The Latin must have scrambled my brain. The Strawbs did Benedictus, an entirely different opus and not a particularly early one. 1972 actually. [/quote] Wasnt the Latin, it was the finger in yer ear.

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1429399236' post='2751147'] Me too! [/quote] And me. Just comes naturally doesnt it ?

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1429448749' post='2751435'] Gaudete goes back to the 15th Century and was covered by Steelye Span and turned into a hit by the Strawbs. [/quote] Probably the oldest one mentioned that actually was a big hit, or at least it seemed to be on the radio and pub jukeboxes a lot. Mid 70s Dunno where the Strawbs come into it though

[quote name='timmo' timestamp='1429389951' post='2751081'] What is a hit though? If you took Leadbelly- Gallows Pole, that would have been way before any chart . Who knows what could have been a hit back then. That song goes back to the 17th century [/quote] Gallows pole was a hit - when ? Greensleeves was written by Henry VIII, so early 16th Century, well known song. But I dont know of a hit version.