Barking Spiders

I never had any records for most of my teens so could only ever listen to what other people had. One mate had a small number of albums including DSOTM and the one thing that stood out for me was the bassline to Money. Either that or The Chain was the first thing I learnt.

Music used to be a big deal when I was in my teens and 20s but from my 30s it's become much less so and I've felt like giving up playing instruments completely a few times . However, on the advice of others I'm glad I haven't. You might take a break from bass for a few years but what's the betting you'll get an itch to pick it up again at a later date?

Rocco Prestia is one of my fave bassists, Dave Garibaldi one of my fave drummers and the horn section is elite but.....I once had the first 6 albums but for me the soul ballads, - as with the Ohio Players and EW&F - spoilt my enjoyment. The uptempo stuff is mostly, but not always, good. After Urban Renewal I thought they really lost the plot. For me the What is Hip Anthology is all I need.

Indeed. I've given up playing in bands and mostly listen to music where there's hardly any bass guitar but I still like coming onto BC as it's now the only forum I bother with. I will pick up a bass and play along to CDs, and occasionally the missus and the girls will stop for a few minutes to watch but that's as much 'performing' I do nowadays 😏

Ah I lived there for around a year way back in the early 90s. Fond memories of the Piazza di Castello and the streets running off it 😊. I've always felt Turin is one of the more underrated cities Italy. And nice to have the Valle D'Aosta close by for skiing

whereabouts do you live in Italy oZZma? I'm planning to move back there myself, probably to my mum's birthplace in Trieste which is also nicely placed near Slovenia, one of my fave countries

I've got a big thing for Scandinavian electronica with the likes of Biosphere, Lindstrom, The Field, Solar Fields, Carbon Based Lifeforms and Ugress on constant rotation. Currently it's Norwegian dude Prins Thomas and...

that's why i put inverted commas around 'rock' though IMO they are a rock band albeit one with many influences such as jazz. For me 'rock' ranges from landfill indie and the softer end (e.g. Fleet Mac MkII, Billy Joel etc through to bands with names like Suppurating FleshWound.

I'm not the biggest fan but an SD hits comp is one to have in any music collection. They are also one of the few 'rock' bands where the guitar solos always serve the songs. The one on Reelin' In The Years is a textbook example to any guitarist of how to do solos properly. Take note metally type widdlers!

Plus once you've finished steeping you have the added bonus of a drink

Cant abide that old time bluegrass with blokes in stetsons yelping like they've caught their nads in a mangle. But I do have a bit of time for stuff from the 70s onwards which throws in stuff like folk, acoustic blues etc. I'm thinking of geezers like Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck etc

Ha ha. Yes, as long as there are at least 3 years between the offences and assuming you're within certain limits.

Unlike others here there are entire music genres and decades I have no time for but there a handful of genres with stuff I do like especially electronica ,ranging from trip hop, glitch, global fusion and ambient to hard trance, acid house and drum n bass. In my car at the moment I'm going through a big box of CDs of in yer face stuff like Killing Joke, Pantera, early Stranglers, Pixies, Faith No More, RATM, NWA, Public Enemy, Rammstein, the Ices (Cube and T) and The Dead Kennedys.

Yikes, I was on the A46 travelling from out Warwick way towards Evesham and had Killing Joke blasting away. I saw a flash go off at the roadside and noticed i was doing 60 in a 50 limit. Ha kinda of ironic since I put up this thread just two days ago! Another fun half day at another speed awareness course I guess.

Nah, it's nowt to do with sound systems but the music itself. I guess at home I mostly need to kick back with the missus and the progeny so playing stuff that's in yer face doesn't cut it. In the car you don't really want to be chilling when doing 70 max ( 😉) on the motorway.

I never listen to 5Live in the house but somehow I tend to tune in on car journeys. Ditto Talksport.

At home I mostly listen to downtempo, mid-tempo electronica but I find I these doesn't work so well for me when I'm driving. Conversely there's stuff I rarely listen to in the house but in the car that's another matter! I'm thinking of hard trance/house, drum n' bass and rock that has crunching guitar riffing and thundering drums from the likes of Rammstein, Killing Joke, Pantera, Lamb of God and later Anthrax. Just wondering if youse lot exclusively listen to some genres in the house and others only ever while driving. For me some music was just made for the car.

In the car I tend to prefer to listening to harder dance and metal stuff. On this morning's journey I have been mostly listening to Lamb of God, especially this track and particularly the bit where guest artist Chino Moreno of The Deftones lends his pipes from 3.05

IMO the singer has a thoroughly unremarkable voice though I will say this cover is no worse than the original, which itself is fairly dull and highly repetitive

Not sure why anyone should be worried about the word 'Isis'. After all it's the name of a goddess in Egyptian myth and another name for The Thames. 'ISIS', on the other hand!

oops, looking at the thread title I thought this was about Rees Mogg, Johnson, Farage et al 😉

EJ's run of albums from 70 -75 are the best of his career IMO and if you listen closely you can hear the contribution from the rhythm section plays a big part. Dee Murray is definitely one of the most underrated bassmen, a great shame considering so many lesser talents are better known.

ha ha beard oil, yes indeed. Now I only have a perma stubbly face (more out of laziness than design) - but was amused by all these beard care kits now available in Boots. Beard comb, beard brush, beard shampoo and wait for it ..beard glitter! Before I go any further I've not insulted any proud beard stylists here have I?😁

where else is he gonna put his artisan cheese, handcrafted sourdough bread and jar of stuffed olives?

Mostly TED talks on topics of particular interest to me such as the development of sustainable technologies and systems, new eco construction methods, minimalism, linguistics, education and general psychology. Can get really hooked on TED and watch loads back to back. If anyone here doesn't watch them I recommend you should! The better ones often offer some light in this increasingly dark world!