Old Man Riva

[quote name='Oopsdabassist' timestamp='1436798796' post='2820849'] Oooooh a scandal! Do tell Kev. Saw Slade back in 74.....feck me they were loud!! Utterly brilliant too. Also saw Dave 'n' Don last year, still bashing out the good stuff I would have loved to meet [b]Jim Lea too, was my earliest Bass hero[/b], especially when I try to play Slade songs now and find out some of those bass lines weren't as simple as I thought! [/quote] Same here. First musical heroes were Slade. As a kid it was quite reassuring to know that pop stars couldn't spell either..

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1436824478' post='2821240'] Propaganda. There was absolutely loads of great stuff.[/quote] Saw Propaganda in the 80s with the mighty Derek Forbes on bass. Simple Minds up to New Gold Dream were good. Scritti Politti and the Blue Nile. The Comsat Angels, as mentioned above. Screaming Blue Messiahs. Prince through to 1988 was right up there. Big Audio Dynamite. Chakk and Fashion. 808 State's Pacific State is still one of my favourite tracks from that (or any other) era. Much preferred the Mondays over the Stone Roses - favourite album from the 80s is probably Bummed. Bowie's Never Let Me Down album / Glass Spider Tour a particular low point. Best musical moment of the 80s? 'Go For It' by Coventry City.. Worst part of the 80s, from a musical point of view, was being in a band with a drummer who played a Simmons kit..

Aye, not sure I was ever the same after seeing Emma Peel in a leather catsuit in the 60s Avengers as a kid. By the early 70s I'd just about gotten over it and along came Suzi Quatro.. As a kid I (and my mates) scrutinised every single little thing on a single. Every word on the label was picked over. 'Chinni Chap' has stayed with me to this day.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1436622722' post='2819616'] For me the pinnacle of bass playing had been reached by 1973.[/quote] 1973, eh? I don't suppose it's any coincidence that Suzi Quatro first appeared on Top of the Pops in that year doing Can the Can..

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1436468322' post='2818449'] But it's so boring! What is this obsession with the honky bridge sound? [/quote] It's an age thing. The older you get the closer to the neck you play. It's the law. I'm currently plucking over the seventeenth fret..

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1436198404' post='2815869'] Outstanding. The once-majestic NME becomes a college give-away pamphlet, possibly with a cover-mounted free sachet of shampoo. No matter, I preferred Sounds (until the gobsh*te fathead Bushell turned up). Did anyone know that these days there are actually college courses in 'music journalism'? No, really. That ship already sailed, I'da thought. [/quote] Same here, always thought Garry Bushell was a massive chancer and, funnily enough, seemed to show up around the beginning of the decline of Sounds. It didn't help that in the same publication (around the same era) you'd have a writer like Pete Makowski, who actually knew a thing or two about the music/bands he was writing about and did it with a bit of style. Sounds in the time of Bushell was great if you wanted to know what/who the Cockney Rejects had for breakfast, aside from that... not a lot else to see.

[quote name='RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE' timestamp='1436092862' post='2814817'] Sorry to hear that Bert;( My first ' big ' headlining gig I saw, was front row at hammy o ,highway to hell tour. I remember me and my friend bashing angus's leg with the tour programmes. I grabbed hold of Angus satchel( I was very young), dry ice coming out of it..then a roadie punched me in the face . I almost delayed Angus being carried around the venue on the roadies back. Saw them a couple of times after that; fly on the wall tour Wembley arena. Boring. You could see a cannon and a bell. Them days Wembley arena was grubby. Sound awful etc. saw them at donington . Metallica should've headlined , but insisted av/doc did . A DVD came out , but we thought they were rubbish. I think that,they should've stopped playing a few years ago tbh. Angus 's bum must be very wrinkly .[/quote] Saw them for the first time on the tour before (If You Want Blood) at Coventry Theatre in 1978. Still have the programme and ticket stub somewhere (I used to stick the tickets into the programmes) and witnessed all from the front row. Still one of the best gig memories I have. Probably at their peak for me (possibly into Highway to Hell). [quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1436096628' post='2814866'] don't buy the tickets, simple, I wouldn't go and see any band in a massive venue or festival for that matter, seen AC/DC a couple of times in the past once with Bon and once with Brian, [b]have to say Brian's screeching vocals put me off going again[/b], I did see a superb tribute a few years ago, enjoyed it immensely small venue and they had a Bon and a Brian and cannons, brilliant[/quote] Have to agree with you. Saw them twice with Bon Scott (If You Want Blood and Highway to Hell tours) and once with Brian Johnson (Back in Black tour). For me, they were never the same after Bon died. Nothing against Brian Johnson but AC/DC with him is not my cup of tea at all..

Foxton played on a couple of tracks on the Wake Up The Nation album - Fast Car/Slow Traffic is very Foxton/Jam. Went to see the Return of the Rude Boy exhibition at the same venue (Somerset House) last year and it's a really interesting place to visit.. so really looking forward to seeing About the Young Idea.

[quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1435691925' post='2811573'] See all the funs gone out of it already and we haven't even started...anyway we all know it's either Jaco or Mick Karn.. [/quote] Jaco, Khan... Is it the beginning of I Feel For You?

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1435529777' post='2809811'] I'm watching it at the moment and through my sound bar and sub,he's sound good. Needs to be a bit more up in the mix though. I saw a link a couple of months ago that he had a thunderbird pickup fitted to his bass. I can't remember if it was at the Gallery or Bass direct.,[/quote] It's a Fender Custom Shop P-bass with two Thunderbird p/ups fitted. He then had a third p/up fitted at The Gallery. [quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1435530180' post='2809818'] As it has been since Pino joined. This is the first time I've actually been able to hear a bass presence of note. True to form though, he's just buggered the My Generation bass solo completely. I've got nothing against Pino, but I still maintain he was a completely inappropriate choice for the job. [/quote] His playing on this tour is more Entwistle-esque than previously, it has to be said. The only thing I'm not convinced with is his sound - as bit more grit could be added. His My Generation solo was fine, playing wise, but he had an octave pedal on to boost the sound where a bit more bite and grit would probably be in order. I think he does an excellent job for The Who in the same way Zak Starkey does - sounds sympathetic to the songs whilst not being too sterile/safe...

Went to see Fleetwood Mac last night at the O2 and it really brought it home what a good player John McVie is. Solid, understated and not flashy in any way but always perfectly supporting the song. My kind of player. Him and Mick Fleetwood are a top rhythm section. Really impressed..

[quote name='steve-bbb' timestamp='1435167209' post='2806185'] Title track Hissing of summer lawns [/quote] The great Max Bennett. Wilton Felder on Don't Interrupt the Sorrow from the same album. As good as it gets..

[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1435147540' post='2805909'] If I've taken away anything from that review, it's the phrase "arpeggiated arsehole". Worth putting up with the exclamation marks for that alone... [/quote] It's a fair point you make, though I can't help thinking what Mr Tourette the master signwriter from Modern Toss would make of it.. He would never have used an exclamation mark.

[quote name='Dan Dare' timestamp='1435160513' post='2806094'] Most things by Norman Watt Roy. [/quote] I still find the bass line to My Old Man (and whole track actually) as life affirming today as I did when I first heard it. Definitely a beautiful bass line..

Would work better if he left out the exclamation marks! (and suggested that it be read in the voice of Mark E Smith)..

The Sundays - Joy [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD9ZRlvnh7w"]https://www.youtube....h?v=uD9ZRlvnh7w[/url] Simple Minds - Big Sleep [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsxdXFliPg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=TLsxdXFliPg[/url] Pepe Deluxe - First Goodbye [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A82n45O96Q"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A82n45O96Q[/url] Each beautiful in their own way, and bass lines you can get lost in.. (the Pepe Deluxe track finishes at about 4:25 but then goes on in silence for another 4-odd minutes for some daft reason)

The alternate version included on the recently re-released/remastered Sticky Fingers isn't a patch on the version included on the original album (to my ears, at least). It has Clapton playing slide guitar and Keef's backing vocals all over the mix and is apparently the version that Keef was pushing to get released as a single - Lord only knows why..

Some great mentions on here already - Bullitt, Dirty Harry, The Persuaders, The Sweeney, Get Carter etc... I've always loved this one from my youth (and not just because of Alexandra Bastedo) and it really opens up after about 50 secs (for the series it was edited to finish after about 50 secs)... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vERE274OdFc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vERE274OdFc[/url]

Knew a Welsh chap once who was into Indian cooking and whose rice dishes were superb. No surprise that my favourite dish was a Pilau of Wyn's.. I'll admit it was an interesting idea for a concept album when I decided to look at the temper tantrums and bleak moods of the Who's now deceased drummer, but stopped when I couldn't come up with a title for it..

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1434556953' post='2800771'] funnily enough we were discussing this last night. There's a bit of humbug here from both sides. Bands play BS because punters love it. They don't play the song to educate people or 'keep the issue' alive. Most bands and audiences would have no more idea of what the lyrics say and mean than say, Lady Marmalade where ironically the only bit they get is the French Given the rest of the Stones output at the time it was probably just meant to be a sexy song, I don't suppose Jagger would write those lyrics now. Fortunately they wrote a load of great songs so there is no need to look at it and I wouldn't play it, but wouldn't get in a huff if someone else does. Most singers in cover bands have no idea what they are singing about anyway.[/quote] Spot on for me. And at least let's be honest enough to admit it's a throwaway rock 'n' roll song (and a good one at that) and not the son of Strange Fruit. Also, this whole "it's PC gone mad" argument if someone has a differing view gets right up my hooter. When I was a lad political correctness didn't exist. You either had good manners and an empathy for others or you didn't. It's freedom of speech gone mad, I tell yer..

[quote name='ras52' timestamp='1434445079' post='2799562'] In my Floyd tribute band, we were playing the whole of Dark Side. I got some funny looks when I kicked off side 2 when the rest of the band were only halfway through side 1. Ah well, time is money.... [/quote] Ooh, nicely done..

Not being a fan of the band I didn't know any of the story behind Jason Newsted's time in the band. Doesn't reflect well on the rest of them at all. Bands can be right ar*eholes at times... Still can't believe what the Osbournes did to Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake (and why Daisley kept going back to work with him/them). http://www.bobdaisley.com/interview/website

Heard years ago it was Rojas who played the line - a 'degree of separation' link between The Power Station (band and NY studio), John Taylor from Duran Duran/Power Station, Tritec (DD's managers at the time - run/owned by the Berrow Brothers) and Belouis Some (who was signed to Tritec for publishing purposes).. Could be wrong, mind... it was all a very long time ago!

Excellent and really enjoyable interview. I'm always interested in how the older more established players (technique or otherwise) view the modern world/music industry. He seems to have a good handle on it all..

I was at Spitalfields Market yesterday and came across Shabaka Hutchings doing this.. [url="http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2015/shabaka-hutchings-spitalfields-re-sounded-tour/"]http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2015/shabaka-hutchings-spitalfields-re-sounded-tour/[/url] Very pleasing on the ear and good fun to see him and a tuba player (Oren Marshall?) strolling along Liverpool St with a swarm of tourists/fans following along.