Old Man Riva

Many mixes (and re-recordings) of this out there but this one really shows that killer bass line.. Flares are compulsory! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mls04iVmU9o&list=RDmls04iVmU9o"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mls04iVmU9o&list=RDmls04iVmU9o[/url]

Two from Change.. with Luther Vandross on Searching [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKm8B1540_w"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKm8B1540_w[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UVT6-i224"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8UVT6-i224[/url]

Not necessarily the greatest technically but they can convey emotion, tell a story and sound utterly believable.. So Joni Mitchell singing Hejira, Roberta Flack singing The First Time Ever I Saw Your face, Karen Carpenter singing Goodbye to Love, Dusty Springfield singing Goin' Back, Aretha Franklin singing Until You Come Back to Me... Jeff Buckley singing Last Goodbye, Curtis Mayfield singing Now You're Gone, Steve Marriott singing The Autumn Stone... If I could sing like anyone, though, it'd be Rod... Rod the Mod taking on Man of Constant Sorrow [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvfItj_qzNg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=nvfItj_qzNg[/url]

Part 2... Tim Lefebvre comes across as such a nice bloke. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc37lAINTBw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc37lAINTBw[/url]

[quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1458455456' post='3007671'] Goodbye to Love, The Carpenters (the verses), then back in the world with that soaring guitar break at the play out. [/quote] The opening line is enough..

Always have a lot of time/admiration for those who play in the house bands we see on TV - e.g. Dave Swift on Later, Will Lee on Letterman, the bassist on BBC's The Voice (not sure who it is?).. etc. A huge array of styles/songs covered expertly due to their versatility.. JPJ was phenomenal in the 60s but for me the modern player who shows the most versatility would be Pino - the list of acts he's played with (see post above) is so diverse and I can't think of another bassist who could match that level of diversity. Edited to give an honourable mention to Chris Chaney - another hugely versatile player..

Life on Mars - Bowie The Downtown Lights - The Blue Nile Flamenco Sketches - Miles Davis Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye - Roberta Flack That said, the older I get I find I blub at pretty much anything..

Some great tracks mentioned so far. To add.. Standing in the Road - Blackfoot Sue What's the Colour of Money - Hollywood Beyond Soul Train - Swansway Breakin' Down - Julia & Company John Wayne is Big Leggy - Haysi Fantazee Ever So Lonely - Monsoon

Another one for AC/DC in 1978 (Coventry Theatre). And again another one for Slade - the annual Birmingham Odeon Christmas gigs after their 'comeback' at Reading (in 1979 I think).. Noddy Holder used to do the same thing each year: "Is it loud enough?" "No" "Turn it up Charlie.." And Charlie turned it up. Thanks Charlie..

Sadly no room for vinyl these days so have ripped CDs to my iTunes on my laptop and transferred the music to an iPad/iPod. I can then play either of these through a Marantz CD player which is part of a Hi-Fi set up (an old NAD C350 amp through a set of B&W 685 speakers - recently upgraded from B&W 300s that I'd had for 13 years). For the car it's the iPod through a USB interface or Radio 4.. It's fine for me and I really enjoy the whole 'shuffle' approach to listening to music - i.e. one long random playlist - but have challenged myself to listening to albums in their entirety, with no skipping allowed. Not many albums where I'm not tempted to skip a track or two if I'm honest..

Just bought a Lakland Bob Glaub PJ Bass off Mikkel. Bass arrived from Denmark today via UPS tracked courier, on time, packaged with great care and perfectly matching the description as set out by Mikkel in the original Basschat ad. With excellent communication throughout (both email and telephone) Mikkel was an absolute pleasure to deal with and I wouldn't hesitate for a second recommending him as someone to have complete trust in, whether buying or selling. Thanks Mikkel and good luck with the house project!

Ah, okay.. I wonder whether we'll hear the upbeat Hunky Dory-style track at some point in the future?

Thanks for that.. Have you come across part two?! Can't find it on YouTube

I've had a set of Bose Quiet Comfort 2 headphones for a while now and have found them to be great for planes, trains and automobiles etc.. That said, they're the chunkier ones and I now wish I'd bought the lighter version (which I think they've since discontinued). Recently bought a set of Sennheiser IE80 in-ear headphones, which I can't recommend highly enough - fabulous sound overall with a rich warm bass and whilst they're not noise cancelling keep out a fair bit of external noise. They were £169 from Richer Sounds which, whilst still expensive for a set of in-ears (IMO), was a bit of a bargain..

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1457030649' post='2994690'] Sly & the Family Stone had a dig at Motown's copying of their psychedelic soul style in their song 'Hot Fun in the Summertime': "I 'Cloud nine' when I want to" referencing the Temptations song [/quote] They also referenced a number of their own song titles in Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)..

[quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1457040720' post='2994820'] Brilliant. Think I have a new favourite band! [/quote] It's a shame as one of the guitarists (non singer in the live clip) and drummer have left since the last album so not sure who they've been replaced by or how it will sound now. That single is ace, mind..

I love them. The track (new single) is funkier than their previous stuff, which also has that slightly retro feel without ever sounding derivative (that said, it can be fun playing 'spot the reference' with their music). They're really good players - the bassist plays/sounds a little like Chris Squire to my ears - and the 'D' and Corsicana Lemonade are both well worth a listen.. A couple of other things they've done.. (prev. single and a live instrumental - with a nod to Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac?) [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4_fy9DMR0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd4_fy9DMR0[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKMIDHUwHmM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKMIDHUwHmM[/url]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1456682127' post='2991363'] I think that the bass player is normally subtly grooving it looks cooler than jumping around doing solos then not being sure what to do with yourself for 2 verses on guitar, but I'm someone who also enjoys defensive tactics in football [/quote] So Franco Baresi playing a bass would be your ideal?! I'd go with that..

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1456434626' post='2989099'] I thought it was ok, but a very bland reading of Life on Mars? to be honest. I thought Lorde got more comfortable as the song progressed, but the overly emotive breathing and bizarre over-enunciation sounded pretty amateurish, and her voice couldn't quite go deep enough to pull off the choruses. The real mistake though came from Earl Slick. The guitar bridge between the first chorus and second verse was a total trainwreck. He repeated the first lick twice and got thrown off by the underlying chord progression; like a musical carpet being pulled out from under him. This was followed by various fret squeaks and scrapes, culminating in him finally catching up with the 2nd (undermixed) guitarist and still somehow messing it up. His choice of tone, a very bright and fizzy Strat sound, didn't serve the song at all. I saw some criticism of this online today, but it was strongly rebuffed by those that simply pointed out that Slick was in Bowie's band and therefore incapable of making mistakes. My thoughts are simply that Slick didn't record or perform with Bowie during the period Life on Mars was composed, recorded or part of his live set. Mick Ronson had quite an orchestrated, legato guitar approach (which sounded slightly antiquated by the end of the Ziggy period) , whereas Earl Slick had a scratcher, fidgety guitar approach that was more heavily reliant on effects and textures. Bowie claimed he had 'found his Jeff Beck' when he discovered Ronson, whereas Slick was part of a bigger band that had moved away from roots-rock element of the Ziggy-era live band. I believe Slick has absolutely every right to participate in a Bowie tribute, and is no lesser a musician or 'Bowie person' in that regard. Simply put, his approach to guitar doesn't work so well with reproducing Ronson's parts. This is possibly why the Ronson-era tracks on the David Live album sound so different. The other thing to consider is that Slick didn't want to be, or wasn't allowed to be, anything like the visual focalpoint that Ronson was, so a lot of casual observers may have been wondering why a mystery guitarist was playing such an idiosynchratically re-worked guitar part on what was, otherwise, a fairly straight reading of Life on Mars. I would personally have preferred to see Adrian Belew up there, but that is just my opinion. Gail Ann Dorsey seemed to nail everything, but she was down in the mix. A shame as she is a brilliant player. I noticed that the audio mix went to pot when Lorde sat down on the piano stool, as her mic was picking up a lot of drums from the pianist's monitor. She also got a bit of feedback as well. This was the UK's high profile send off to Bowie, but it seemed sloppy, stilted and a little under-rehearsed in my opinion. There were technical and musical issues that should have been ironed out well in advance in sound-checks and rehearsal rooms. I'm also not impressed that this has been turned into some sort of Gaga vs Lorde pissing match. A poor effort, in my opinion. Adele blew everybody else away at the Brits, in my opinion. [/quote] Really interesting and informed points, but a harsh analysis of Earl Slick, in my humble opinion. I really love his playing on David Live for the fact that I feel it nails Mick Ronson's Aladdin Sane era guitar parts perfectly and also actually adds something to tracks like Width of a Circle - and let's be honest, anyone up against Ronson has a challenge on their hands to say the least. David Live has been trashed over the years but I feel it stands up as a terrific live album in terms of it being a perfect snapshot of where Bowie was at that point in his career - finally laying Ziggy to rest and moving on to new (more soulful) areas (i.e. next up, Young Americans). Earl Slick's playing (to these ears at least) gives it a renewed energy. I've a lot of time for Earl Slick for the way he goes about his business as a hired hand and what he has added to the Bowie sound over the years. On a similar note, someone was telling me only today to look out for the Nile Rogers/Lady Ga Ga tribute, in terms of it being horribly off piste in content, approach and Rogers' guitar sound/playing on anything non-Let's Dance. And if we're talking guitarists interpreting Mick Ronson's parts I'd say that Adrian Belew (as great as he is) served up some horrible examples on the Sound and Vision gigs with respect to Ronson era tracks. This would make for a great 'pub' conversation back in the day..!

Something that's often overlooked when it comes to Freddie Tavares is that he had absolutely nothing to do with the 1970s pop act Tavares.

I went to Liverpool/Anfield once in the 80s as an away fan. Got chased all over the place back to Lime Street. No amount of Beatles trivia/admiration I spouted forth seemed to placate the (red) locals.. As soon as I mentioned a Flock of Seagulls, well that was a different story..

[quote name='Hutton' timestamp='1455385217' post='2978702'] I do have the original knackered pot. I would rather have a replacement pot than go to all the hassle of getting a pot refurbished just to retain value. Why in all seriousness should a bass be worth any less because a small worn out electrical component is replaced? [/quote] Why should a toy car be worth more if it's still in its original box? It's just the way it is.. In your case, if it doesn't bother you (and you're not thinking about future resale value - in the much longer term at least) chuck the knackered component in the bin, replace it and have fun playing the bass...

It was probably the trembling excitement at having a '63 Jazz on there that sent it into a bit of a tizz..

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1454773736' post='2972881'] Love the bass line. a better (imo) take on Chrissie Hyndes's record. [/quote] I like both, but The Pretenders' version shades it for me, due in no small part to James Honeyman-Scott's guitar solo..