Barking Spiders

Rolf Harris's voice has changed from his Tie Me Kangaroo Down period

Take them to the pub and see who offers to get the first round

As the station's called Planet Rock it suggests they might play anything from the whole gamut of rock styles from across the world not just the same old gash from 70s-90s US and UK mainstream rock bands. Anyway, this isn't just about PR but any music radio station where presenters have to play stuff they've heard countless times. That's a lot of time going spare.

Last week I spent a blissful away from my partner's snarky teens on my boat. There I have a DAB radio and while I was doing various maintenance jobs I thought I'd tune into Planet Rock just to see if anything had changed. The answer is nada, just the usual suspects from CCR, Kiss, Foreigner, Doors, Floyd, Journey, Rush etc blah. Thing is, I like the presenters and enjoy the chat. It's just the music that spoils it for me. So, what I'd like to know is what do these guys and occasional gal get up to while they're having to play Alright Now or More Than A Feeling for the zillionth time. I guess during Freebird, In My Time of Dying, Child In Time etc or they can go to the pub for lunch. During Eruption they may fit in time for a quick wee or read the whole of The Sun. On Classic FM, there's time for them to go on holiday while Mahler's 9th is playing. Anyone got any insider info on this?

Some of my go to basslines are the Stevie Wonder tunes already mentioned, Rhythm Stick, I Want You Back, Disco Inferno, Forget Me Nots, Dark Necessities (RHCP, even though I generally dislike most of their songs), Pump It Up, assorted Jamiroquai tunage, all Chic and Sister Sledge hits, ditto KC & the Sunshine Band and this version of Bowie's Secret Life of Arabia

Looks/sex appeal wise there are quite a few but I guess this thread isn't about that. Don't really have a fave but there are a few I don't know much about but whose voices sound great on certain songs e.g.

I'd stick with Disney. Kids tastes will change in their own good time or they may not even like music at all. My older two, now in their early 20s, have never shown any great interest in music though my son was into Fiddy Cent when he was younger but I never tried to put him off

I have few scruples and would enter the competition just to win it and then auction it on EBay and hopefully 'earn' myself an obscene amount. I also regularly enter Planet Rock's competitions even though I never listen to the station. 😊

I am listening to more music these days, mainly as a way of improving my playing on the guitar, bass, banjo and now on my new Greek bouzouki! Also in a house where there are two moody /arsey/ glum/ grim/snarky/demanding/self-centred teenage girls, listening to and playing music is a refuge. Eventually, once they've p1$$ed off for good, me and my good lady can then move abroad. A Greek island is my #1 choice so by that time I hope I can be a bouzouki wiz. In the meantime, luckily I have a narrowboat where I shall be escaping to next week for a break, where I can listen to whatever I like and as loud as I like, so long as I don't annoy the neighbours!

Today I've been on a country music guitar binge and one thing I conclude is that every one of the 42 I've been listening too - from Merle Travis and Joe Maphis - to Danny Gatton and Albert Lee wipe the floor with any rock guitar player I've heard. This guy though might just be the best of the lot. The video quality isn't great but you can get the gist

Hmm I wouldn't know as there aren't any left where i am

I'll keep it between us as I have to confess bass is not my main instrument either. Drums and percussion are and then fingerstyle acoustic guitar and 5-string banjo. Mind you, bass comes ahead of electric guitar so there might be some salvation here. BC is a far better forum than those I've found covering drums or guitar 😀. There's some ace creeping if ever there was.

Now that you remind me I think subconsciously I might've been thinking back to my childhood when I put up the OP. Up to the age of 13 I was prolific at drawing and painting and won competitions at school, but never had any lessons up to that point. Then I had art lessons and after a dozen or so I stopped and since then have never done another drawing or lifted a paint brush, other than to apply coats of emulsion.

enjoying meself some country type virtuosity

Came across a YT thread on how much music theory did The Beatles have. I don't know the answer to this but I've known several fine classically trained players who struggled at improvising or making up their own tunes although they could reel off a violin/piano concerto etc at the drop of a hat. I will say the most inventive stuff I've heard is by people who break the rules and possibly don't know a lot of theory. Any strongly worded opinions on the matter?😉

I'm a sucker for the electric piano sound that was used on a lot of early 90s dance tunage.

It's a good'un for sure as is this version

yeah, that's a cracker, one of the Apollo 440 remixes

Doesn't matter if they didn't quite make top 30. The point in my OP was that there are are thousands of great tunes that were 'hits' as such but since dropping out of the charts radio stations have rarely given them any more airtime. Love the Passions and Swans Way songs.

Thread on the Four Seasons prompted me to check out this gem from way back, when I barely out of nappies - diapers for our US cousins - (meaning I was a nipper, rather than a High Court judge enjoying some relaxation). It's just great all round so much so I've played it 12 times today already. According to Wiki it reached #3 in 1976 but doesn't get much airing nowadays on the wireless. Any other tunage from yesteryear that reached the UK top 30 but doesn't get much of a look-in on the radio nowadays but should do.

It's mostly been theme tunes to fave shows on Netflix and Walter Presents.. https://soundcloud.com/search?q=greyzone theme

I think it must've been him I was vying with for the last copy. Total mag sales were over 820 million copies in 2011, down to 374 million in 2018. The 2020 number will be well down on that too. Can't think of the last time I bought a music related mag and quite few glossies have gone bust during the last few months.

Yep, their best run of albums was E & D through to NGD though I give the nod to Sister Feelings Call. After NGD it was all U2-type stadium pish unfortunately.

Ditto that. In fact it would've been worth any Fluke fan's time and dosh buying all their CD singles as these all had several mixes of the main tune. Electric Guitar mixes are def among the best as are the Atom Bomb ones.

Yep, true. Like Later, Q largely avoided genres like metal, funk, electronica preferring bearded hipster indie bands from the US, washed up Britrock/pop hasbeens and glorified buskers. Covid may have finished it off but its sales had long been on the slide.