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Mainly sit in front of Youtube listening to the songs I need to learn/keep on top of for my covers band (rock/pop). Have a mooch around at a scales or technique video and then also learn a tune or two from a different genre to keep things fresh. Yesterday's was Jack Your Body by Steve Silk Hurley. Think I'll have some Motown tonight.

Can't understand a word of Turkish, don't care, love this lot.

Yeah, but we'd then have had Ed Sheeran doing guitar, the drums by Luke Goss and Dizzee Rascal on bass.

All those unimaginative lines played by the chap from Coldplay. I can't be bothered to look up his name in much the same way that he can't be bothered to make his playing more interesting. See also Snow Patrol.

1991. 25th Sept - passed driving test. 26th Sept - moved in with girlfriend. 27th Sept - first gig playing at The Oakley Arms, Rushden with The Fly Agarics supporting Derik's Experiment. Played for around half an hour, mostly our own tunes. I knew root notes and not much else. Didn't matter, loved it. I now hate driving on our clogged-up roads and the girlfriend and I parted about ten years after. Still love playing bass.

First saw this lot in 2017. You can't whack a bit of Turkish psychedelic folk-rock.

Nor do I. That's why I'm glad it was an 80s back catalogue of quality hits by Madness instead.

I've just watched it, comedy gold. Some unintentionally hilarious lines that Guest would kill for. Pseudo-intellectual twaddle from the hard-of-thinking twins. Ken was well out of it. Think my favourite part was the almost total absence of any Bros songs. "Luckily, there were bubbles" "You can't play conkers in England". "I can live with that" 😂

Thought it was going to be an unjustly earnest look at their success. Now I know it's full of schadenfreude I'll watch it on Catch Up.

Many will say Public Image Ltd never bettered their first two albums, `Public Image` and `Metal Box`, the latter is stunning. Maybe a slide down in quality since, although 1986s 'Album' is great, features Steve Vai and Ginger Baker. The revolving door of members started with various drummers on `Metal Box`. They've now had around 40 odd members. The current line-up are bloody fantastic live, mind you.

Stanley Clarke is being interviewed on BBC 6music today (30th Oct) on The Radcliffe & Maconie Show. Programme starts at 1pm.

Well said, sir. Love a bit of microtonal King Gizzard.

He stated he wanted to destroy rock n roll circa 1976, long before any buttery buffoonery.

What killed Rock & Roll? Damned if I'm going to sit through half hour of some American chaps whining about its demise. I'm off to listen to some Turkish psychedelic folk rock. I hope I don't have to make a video about 'What killed Turkish psychedelic folk rock?' in the near future.

This is as mad as a box of frogs.

Fretboard is a real challenge but that's half the fun of having a go at it. Lovely sounding instrument.

But 30 (now 52) years of hurt never stopped me dreaming

I like hearing Three Lions. Means we're still in the World Cup. I hope I hear it bursting forth from televisions, radios and jukeboxes well into Sunday evening and most of Monday too.

A Merry Jingle by The Greedies. Has the added bonus of everyone already knowing the words 👍

Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division. Quite like the band and this is their shining glory, apparently. Not to my ears. Whenever it's played on the radio I lunge for the off switch.

I do try to avoid bad habits that could cause harm. There's plenty of info out there worth checking up on. Plenty of it being on here. Bravo, everyone! 👍

This is how i play. I use a pick and get around the fretboard just fine. Technique is a little slack as i'm self taught but i'm happy with what i'm doing and none of my many bandmates over the years have ever screamed at me that i've got it all wrong, and nor have any punters stormed out of any gigs tutting, "just what is he playing at?". What works, works. Just enjoy it! My wrists are just fine. As is my eyesight 😁

At the moment, the singer and the drummer. Weirdly, our guitarist is no problem 😐

We've tuned down half a step for a couple of years now and it's not an issue for either myself or the guitarist. Our singer reckons it helps him out as we play some screeching vocal stuff from the likes of Led Zep and AC/DC.

Who? WHO? I'LL TELL YOU WHO!!!!!! He's an utterly appalling waste of four minutes every time I've had the misfortune to hear one of his dirges on the radio. I am 47. I like some old music. I like some new music. Move along now.