tegs07

wasting my young years - london grammar

together in electric dreams - human league (i think)

god is in the radio - qotsa

Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High? / Arctic Monkeys

do it again- qotsa

say it again - badly drawn boy

take me back to eden - sleep token

man at c&a - the specials

rebel rebel - bowie

all the things you are - charlie parker

fixing a hole - you know who

smugglers - the men they couldn’t hang

the sick bed of cuchulainn - the pogues

Really nice neck, light, looks great IMO, black ones are a swine for fingerprints, for a (relatively) expensive bass the pickups and loom are a bit meh. Replaced mine with some Geezer Butlers and it sounds great. I’m not keen on the ergonomics of a Jazz bass so will probably sell it/trade it at some point.

“I think we got rid of religion, essentially, which may or may not be a good thing, but there’s a vacuum that we created that we don’t really know what to do with” I agree with this. To be honest many of the foundations that previous generations based their moral and spiritual character upon have been torn down, for good reason in many instances, but IMO there does appear to be some floundering in the void and more tearing down than creating. As my old boss used to say “bring me solutions not problems”.

I was actually using the mean calculation as median can skew the figures somewhat (for the 1977 and 2022 dates). If you want to use median then in 2022 the average USA wage was over $54000 a year. Two weeks would buy nearly 2 new Fender Jazz basses. Edit: No it was median. Results here: https://dqydj.com/individual-income-by-year/ Either way using your link or mine instruments have still fallen in price relative to wages.

Looked it up on the internet and yes $200 second hand in 1977. Average income in the USA in 1977 was around $7000 a year so the (used) bass cost him nearly two weeks salary for the average worker. The average salary in 2022 was $33,000 so 2 weeks salary would be around $1300. Nearly enough for a new Fender Jazz. For simplicity income tax and sales taxes not included.

John Lennon bought a six bedroom house in Weybridge for £20K. Shyster estate agents now want several million for it: https://www.thepinnaclelist.com/design/kenwood-home-weybridge-surrey-england-uk/ I expect inflation has something to do with the price discrepancy.

dear landlord - janice joplin (and many others)

green and grey - nma

can your pu55y do the dog? - the cramps

Forgot about that! The days of innocence when “do you know what it is yet” didn’t have seedy and sinister connotations.

chop suey! - system of a down Anyone ever go to Wong Kei’s in London China Town in the 90’s?

There are some who would argue that description applies to all Fenders!

I don’t think the Gibson Garry Glitter or Fender Rolf Harris are going into production anytime soon.