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I was just getting into buying my own records (with the small amount of pocket money I got!) when Golden Brown came out. It's one of those where I played so much, quite often several times in a row, the groove is nearly worn out! Happy days. I'm not a big Stranglers fan but their music has weaved in and out of my life over the years... I'm having a Roxy/Ferry overload at the moment, might supplement that with a bit of European Female era Stranglers (I know that'll have me diving into the rest of the back catalogue 🙄😆)

I wondered myself about the sound and how they maintained the levels, even the wife who doesn't normally ask about sound asked about the sound levels! It was done in spectacular good taste I thought, a fitting send off and a spectacle that people will remember for a very long time... I was fascinated by the whole choreography of the pall bearers! When I go I now want that level of detail and perfection 😇

-Ha Rince and the Revolution

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I'm on this map and it turns out I'm 3 or 4 miles from fellow BCer @skankdelvar Although it's probably best to remain 3-4 miles from me at all times and during an easterly breeze 😆

So many great albums in this thread already and some I nearly bought but didn't at the time (only so much cash you can spend on CDs, tapes and vinyl in the old days! 😆) Here's some of my own personal fave all killer, no filler (to me anyway) albums Level 42 - Standing In The Light Jellyfish - Bellybutton Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden (Laughing Stock too!) Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues (I know, I know but I love it and it has their best tune on it) Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique NC & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads Jim White - Transnormal Skiperoo Roy Harper - Stormcock Roy Harper - HQ Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Beck - Odelay Richmond Fontaine - 13 Cities (got me through a tough time) Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (Zappa's mid 70s output the best although The Best Band You Never Heard almost on this list) Music is the best 😁

Zappa's Peaches is one of my favourite instrumentals... I've posted the Nite People's version cos I used to work with the bassist (Scott, 2nd in line) plus they're from Bournemouth and the poor buggers lost 9-0 today!

Been a fan of RHCP since 'Uplift' although my interest in them waxes and wanes. It's funny how I didn't like 'Stadium Arcadium' at all, just didn't click! I dug it out for my 2 nippers recently who are getting into rock and pop and I must say it's not as bad as I thought! I've met a couple of people who like the Chili's music but hate their live stuff, apparently they aren't very good musicians! I've always thought the raw live show with jammed intros and kooky covers was their strong point 🤷🏻‍♂️. Watched Tippa my Tongue and it's ok, I think I'm getting old, they're getting old...but if it keeps Michael Jackson off my stereo I'm happy with that!

I just started typing 'why Llanbedrog' then got it halfway through 😆 Someone gave me the 1st series of The Flintstones and it has a completely different theme tune! Most disappointing. Current earworm 'Boyfriends' by Richmond Fontaine... it's the guitar refrain. At work it's usually the last song I hear in the van as we get to a job... today's was Coldplay, don't remember the tune name but again it was a catchy guitar refrain.

That's a beauty, I have one in black with a red tort scratch plate that I call my PPI bass. Probably the most comfortable neck I've ever played, easily the best sound and the best string spacing. I'll play my other basses occasionally but I'll always go back to the Lākland for rehearsals and gigs 👍

Hollywood Killers rang a bell @oldslapper, I know a guitarist who has played with the HK singer in recent years... he's down 'ere in Wiltshire!

It makes me chuckle that Nick Mason's side project these days is a Pink Floyd tribute act to the early years (very good too!) Using the Pink Floyd moniker to sell this song is a good idea, I wonder what Rog thinks of it though 🤔

Lopping initial Sweaters used to be a hobby of mine... until the kids got to that 'impressionable age'. Now all I've got left is drinking, bass playing and shouting at the kids (I'm only kidding about the last two, I'm a terrible bassist and the wife shouts at the kids for me!).

Agree whole heartedly. One of the few guitarists I enjoy listening to, the unison scat singing/guitar solo thing isn't to everyone's taste but I love that. A great soul singer and a great jazz guitarist... I've said that and I'm about to join a metal band 🤣

In my strange little world I too hate the bassline but it's still my favourite Stones toon.

My 1st function gig was a xmas party with a medieval banquet theme (they even had a court jester)...our singer said "I've hired us costumes" He arrived with three 3 musketeers costumes! The only member who turned up correctly attired was our drummer (it was his work do). The wig and tights were really, really, f ing annoying whilst playing. I prefer short sleeved shirts or a polo top 😁

That sounds quite sensible, you could probably spend a week trying out which bass goes best with which hat...best do that only once then label each hat with a corresponding bass 🤠

Great album...'Hot Sauce' has so much going on.

Both the original and the Chili's version of 'if you want me to stay' are great imho... myself and the drummer in my last band put it forward as a possible cover but, alas no other takers. Sly was definitely an innovator and wrote some cracking toons! Probably the third most sampled artist after James Brown and George Clinton.

Plus spliff and juggling balls! 😆 After getting interested in the Ozrics I started listening to Gong and Hawkwind, the OTs must be a gateway into 'head music'. There was an electronic side project of Ozrics called Eat Static that was pretty good too.

Neither Rolo or Rollo...it was Roly 🤦🏻‍♂️

When I heard Pungent Effulgent for the 1st time I got obsessed with the Ozrics. Loved the basslines and the sound of the bass...was it Rolo or Rollo? I was definitely channeling my inner crusty at that point, I had the Ozrics' PE on one side of a C90 cassette and A Weapon Called The Word on the other!

What Thing? I missed it (I might've popped out for a bit 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Bruno Mars...what era is he from? I'll hear a tune of his for the 1st time on the radio and in my mind I'm saying "it's 80s/70s/ a Police tune but I've not heard it before" Throws me every time. Hate him 🤣

I was in a function band and the singer suggested 'Betcha By Golly Wow' as a possible cover...this met with all round derision, including yours truly. When that band imploded, the singer asked me to join his soul band and I did. 'Betcha' was on the set list (and often announced at gigs as the greatest song ever written!). I think my initial dislike for the song was a little hasty as it became something I looked forward to playing. When everything clicked with the band it sounded great (onstage anyway, gawd knows what the punters thought of it!). Sometimes it was so good that you felt an afterglow among the band, a combined experience...almost felt like lighting up a post coital ciggy 😊 Anyway that's my experience of a cover I didn't (initially) like.