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Some things were just meant to be, and stars do sometimes align. I say this gets a pass, as @Machines didn't go shopping for a bass - in fact, an award might be due because of his going to pick up a g****r in broad daylight.

That's what we do, and did with Atomic. We all learned the full-length version but after we'd been through it a few times, we all agreed it was too long and meandering to play live. We couldn't nail an arrangement we all liked - the closest we came was to heavily prune the lead into and out of the bass solo, and finish on a shortened verse with the final 'Atomic' sung a capella. But we had gigs coming up and half-a-dozen other songs to learn for them, so we just let it go. I've suggested reviving it a couple of times, but no-one seems that keen. As an aside, Atomic's not the only Blondie song guilty of going on too long - when we did Heart of Glass, we decided to go with the Miley Cyrus arrangement as that felt much tighter. It goes down well.

My 80s band had a go at Atomic and I found those runs harder than the bass solo. ISRT it was slightly easier on the five-string but it was still a toughie. We ditched it after we couldn't agree on the structure. The 7" version seemed a bit short, the full-length one just went on and on and on, and we couldn't find a happy medium.

Roughly speaking, it's equivalent to 'you idiot'.

Also worth mentioning that the phrase 'you tube' has a slightly different meaning up here north of Hadrian's Wall...

Pop it on the bathroom scales when you're passing. I'd like to see if my theory is correct!

Same here. I mention upcoming gigs in passing and promptly filter out the 'oh we must come along' response as I ken fine they won't turn up. For similar reasons, I don't hand out compos for ticketed gigs. If people genuinely do want to come along to a gig they'll make the effort to turn up and buy a ticket.

I have this as my WhatsApp profile pic...

<deep breath> OK, I'm in. I've offloaded a tonne of stuff this year and I really can't think of anything else I want at the moment, so let's see how it goes. If I get to the end of April, I'll be improving on previous years!

You must be yolking!

Sounds a bit proggy to me...

White Egg Terror might have some mileage as a band name...

Get back out on the Edinburgh riot grrrl scene with my new band. The last one folded back in the summer, due to g-word issues. That upset me more than it should have, as we were making a bit of a name for ourselves. But shit happens and there's no point in crying over spilt milk. Plus brush up on keys, get to grips properly with Reaper and <whisper> try to become a little better than utterly useless on the g****r. Just in case it's needed,you understand 🙂

Those weights are absolutely insane. I wonder if the quoted units are wrong, though? If the 112 actually weighs 23.4 pounds, that would be around 10kg which sounds like a more reasonable figure.

What an outrageous suggestion! 😉