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I went to see an orchestra play music by Haydn recently. None of musicians wore frock coats, buckle shoes or powdered wigs tied at the back of the neck with a ribbon. If they had then maybe they could have been a tribute band. They didn't so maybe they were a just covers orchestra.

[quote name='Musicman20' timestamp='1400763218' post='2456742'] Problem is, depending on your job, email is actually better because you might not be able to make a personal call/get into a quiet area etc. Email? Few seconds, discreet, done! [/quote] There can't be many jobs that don't have either a tea break or lunch break. Phone? Few seconds. Get answer. Job done. Simple!

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1400874452' post='2457863'] and don't forget to include Chuck Berry in that list! [/quote] ...on what list?

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1400858625' post='2457670'] I think someone mentioned classical works earlier - should we really dismiss Mozart, Beethoven and all the other greats simple because any rendition of their work is either a cover or a tribute? [/quote] I'm sure that the experts on here will tell me different but there can't be many (if any) symphony orchestras that perform music by just one composer (the original thread was about tribute bands). Cover bands are another subject altogether.

Most of my friends who are professional or semi-professional musicians either play or have played in tribute bands and many are incredibly well supported at gigs. Well paid too it seems which is great for them. As someone who has never been payed a penny to play anywhere i can only speak as someone who as a punter has seen hundreds of bands from pubs, bars, college circuits, festivals and stadiums since the late 60s to the present and seeing a tribute band has no appeal to me whatsoever. Having seen hundreds of performers in the last 45+ years means that i've probably seen everyone i ever wanted to see when they were around so have no need to see any tribute to them but i can certainly understand why they appeal to a lot of people and people want to play in those bands. That's great but just not for me. I can understand that it must be great to play in front of a big audience but purely as a music punter some of the best gigs i've seen were in small venues in front of small audiences. Ian Dury, Joe Strummer, The Stranglers in pubs in London and UZEB (with Alain Caron) in front of (i think) 45! were just a few examples that it doesn't have to be a big venue or audience to be a great gig.

[quote name='lemmywinks' timestamp='1400773421' post='2456875'] is there a market for relic'd Badass bridges? [/quote] I sincerely hope so. I'll put it back on the rockery now for a few more months.

http://youtu.be/CZHWy6W00oM

[quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1400780410' post='2456988'] Wishbone Ash themselves are little more than a pub band these days. [/quote] Average White Band, Doctor Feelgood, Ian Dury & The Blockheads, Kilburn & The High Roads, Brinsley Schwarz, 101ers, Kokomo, Graham Parker, The Stranglers, Chas & Dave, Eddie & The Hot Rods are all bands that i used to regularly see play in pubs. All great pub bands,

[quote name='redbandit599' timestamp='1400774495' post='2456893'] Always seems a bit self limiting to just say I only like 'such and such', after all you may prefer 'fine dining', but a bag of chips on the way home the pub also sometimes hits the spot. (I'm not saying which is the chips btw ) [/quote] That's true but i always preferred my fish and chips fresh and hot out of the fryer and not something that has been left to cool down and then reconstituted and reheated so that it is resembled little of what it originally was. As for tribute bands..............

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1400773152' post='2456869'] A Be-Bop Deluxe trib is a band I'd go to see or be a member of; what a great band they were. [/quote] They were indeed a great band live. I always thought they were far better live than on their studio recordings. I saw them a few times in the 70s and once in front of maybe less than 100 punters. Still put on a great show though.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1400765088' post='2456770'] funniest tribute I ever saw was in Tenerife, billed as a Karen Carpenter tribute, her voice wasn't bad but she must have been at least 15 stone [/quote] I think it was a Carpenters tribute band that erected my conservatory. Anyway whoever it was i'm sure that they weren't real Carpenters.

[quote name='rushbo' timestamp='1400759138' post='2456678'] Maybe the time is right to start up that Be Bop Deluxe trib....? [/quote] Sounds 'Maid In Heaven' to me.

I've bought a couple of basses from GV and always found them o.k. I even enquired about a bass they had in their sale that had finished a few days ago and they said that i could have the bass at the sale price. Can't say fairer than that. This was over the phone by the way as i'd never use email if i was seriously enquiring about buying a bass.

[b] [b]Sounds interesting. Anyone seen or heard of this group/project?[/b][/b] [b].................................................................................................................................................................................................[/b] [b] Reach For It - the genius of George Duke[/b] [b] Friday 30 May @ Bulls Head Barnes, London[/b] Reach For It is a vivid musical celebration of the master keyboardist, composer all-round genius and great guy - George Duke (1946-2013). Tracing his work from the Zappa years as a key member of the Mothers through a glittering multi-album solo career, his heavyweight collaborations (Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, et al) and Montreux triumphs, Dukey's music provides a fantastic melodic canvas for these six wonderful players to express themselves. Expect impeccable ensemble musicianship of the very highest order, some rock - some funk - some jazz, with solos and vocals to take the breath away. Reach For It is: Kevin Leo on vocals - Renowned solo artist/soul & jazz singer Carl Hudson - keyboards/vocals (PB Underground, Sister Sledge, Average White Band, Jocelyn Brown) Kim Murray – guitar (Joyce Sims, Leroy Burgess, Carmen Rodgers) John McKenzie - bass (Bob Dylan, Tina Turner, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Tom Scott, Seal, David Bowie) Karl Van den Bossche – percussion (Robert Palmer, Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Joss Stone, Sade) Geoff Dunn - drums (Van Morrison, Incognito, Joe Cocker, Donna Summer)

[quote name='spinynorman' timestamp='1400704939' post='2456349'] The worst tribute I've seen was one for Queen. They were all quite unconvincing, but "Freddie" looked like Bruce Forsyth in a vest. The performance was sanitised, aimed at people who quite like hearing Bohemian Rhapsody on the wireless, but would find perspiration on a performer unacceptable. From conversations I overheard at the interval, it was going down well in Malvern. [/quote] I was never a great fan of Queen so that sounds rather good to me. Are they still going as i wouldn't mind seeing them.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1400694244' post='2456215'] Last Chance would indeed be a great name for such an act, but unfortunately Mrs Dingus would almost certainly be unwilling to launder the apparently obligatory pristine white outfit with sufficient diligence due to her allegedly having" better things" to do with her life, mostly like wasting my money on useless crap, it would seem to me . I would be too ashamed of the state my uniform to perform in public and so my friend, as yet another casualty of feminist rhetoric, I must decline your kind offer to join the band. [/quote] I can fully understand that. Domestic bliss must come first and unfortunately the other future band member has dropped out too so if i may have to go ahead on my own as 'One Last Chance'. Must go now because i have a medley of 70s poptasticness buzzing around my head.

[quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1400693019' post='2456196'] All I know about tribute acts is that my Latvian Black Sabbath project was a disaster. I would still give it another go though, and have got a sneaking suspicion that a Ugandan Emerson, Lake and Palmer could be a big hit on the college circuit . [/quote] You could well be right Dingus but you could always throw in your lot with my James Last Tribute Band which will consist of Washboard, Kazoo and Tea Chest Bass. Last Chance.

I take it all back about not wanting to ever see any tribute band, but that was before i saw this.................. http://youtu.be/jZcFUYJUiQ8

[quote name='jmchich' timestamp='1400616726' post='2455584'] Who pissed in your coffee?? [/quote] That's why i never touch coffee.

Excellent job. +1 for [u]no[/u] scratchplate!

I see that in my short time away from BC that irony is still a rare thing on here but not to worry. Of course there is no good or bad music and there is of course good and bad music depending on whether we like it or not. As you were.

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1400541746' post='2454888'] I will soon be playing James Last & Karlheinz Stockhausen vinyl LPs played back to back and will report back on my own conclusion later today. [/quote] I can happily report back my findings. I played Ra-Ta-Ta by the James Last Orchestra and Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen both on vinyl and played at the same time using two identical Rega Planar 3 turntables. I was found myself tapping my foot, clapping and shouting 'hey!' all the way through one LP but sadly couldn't get enthused or dancing to the James Last LP although i do think that the Stockhausen LP could have benefitted from some of the JLO's brass section and maybe the JLO could have been improved with someone randomly spinning the radio tuning dial throughout the LP. I could go on but i must lay down in a darkened room for a while now. Now what was the point of it again?

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1400540428' post='2454882'] Are you really interested in what I regard to be good music? [/quote] I'm just interested to find out what actually is 'good music'. I will soon be playing James Last & Karlheinz Stockhausen vinyl LPs played back to back and will report back on my own conclusion later today.

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1400537641' post='2454860'] Bad music: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5NoXaSajq0&sns=em[/media] [/quote] ....and the good?

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1400511727' post='2454486'] this is something very special from Shuya Okino. this is very cool also. when she starts singing. just WOW. groove central. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyCWKP-MnX8"]http[/url] [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyCWKP-MnX8"]://www.youtube....h?v=tyCWKP-MnX8[/url] [/quote] That's really nice and refreshing that it's been done so differently yet it works superbly. I love the arrangement and the vocals of course. The strings at the beginning remind me (for a few seconds at least) of Jerry Goldsmith's music for the film Chinatown which is never a bad thing!