Bean9seventy

11 hours ago, Newfoundfreedom said:

 

Or any connection with reality at all really?

no personal connection to the band to note ,, its just that the drummer lost his memory once ? 

in many ways i "forget" who i am , a flashback from listening to the santana runnin joint, the weapon nice popwell stuff, became signature level 42 ,, so

after disco ended 1980 on the USA street sides , there was an era we called Trouble Funk ,, to find a top joint that captures trouble funk i will have to go in the attic dig out loads of tapes & shazham it or upload from tape 

its like Mark Adams "on something"

3 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Can I just say I fully appreciate what this post is about, the only thing I could take issue with is that the Santana album Marathon was released in September 1979, so it technically post-dates the emergence of Level 42, although it's well before they issued any vinyl.

splitting hairs with a band who was at the same classic gig ( mildly put ) Woodstock with Larry Graham, & others

who is using the robert popswell rubbing "the rubber strings" method, fast

its level 42 before level42 guys

it was a Geek tune of the day btw , Something that may have become a jingle on Tomorrows World ?

had not heard it for years & got a flashback 

1 hour ago, BigRedX said:

 

You've obviously got your own agenda which your are going to pursue despite people posting evidence to the contrary.

 

I'm out and you are on ignore.

other peeps are on average confirming these areas ,, 1980 is the Bill Haley, Bladerunner momment, 

4 minutes ago, drTStingray said:

Nice - some guys from a Mecca band played in our band for a while - they worked fully pro there was so much work. 
 

Their Mecca band did Earth Wind and Fire and other complex stuff - about 20 people in the band. Not dissimilar to the band which plays on Strictly Cone Dancing - but 1980!! 

the mecca type bands had disco favorites ,

taste of honey, boogie oogie oogie

chic, everybody dance (plectrum heaven) & as you say various EWF joints

"Not dissimilar to the band which plays on Strictly Come Dancing" ?

100% true,

"Come Dancing" was in fact better in the 70s, 100% more user friendly, anyone, any dance couple could have a go & get a chance to seen on TV

& its as you say very much a live music type experience even today

so yeah 1976- 1980 i saw a few modern ted heath / mecca type line up bands inculding "for TV" at The Lyceum Ballroom, cheers ,, 

i missed the bob marley gig in 1975 ,

18 minutes ago, drTStingray said:

Omg this thread is in danger of morphing into a standard Basschat Rickenbacker thread 🤣 

 

Once again @Bean9seventy is partially right - people in Mecca dance hall bands did sight read the stuff but only some played with picks 😉

 

The band I played in played more than one Parliament cover!! Not using a pick I might add. 

its great, yet you missed out what would happen if you played Chocolate City

in say , the middle tamworth in 1975 ? these tunes were played "soft" in hidden bedrooms 

its why i tend not to listen too much to the modern gentrified bass crew , cheers 

8 minutes ago, drTStingray said:

Omg this thread is in danger of morphing into a standard Basschat Rickenbacker thread 🤣 

 

Once again @Bean9seventy is partially right - people in Mecca dance hall bands did sight read the stuff but only some played with picks 😉

 

The band I played in played more than one Parliament cover!! Not using a pick I might add. 

The Modern Ted Heath Band ? they could play just about anything as long as was in notation with pick <) this video alas has an old fashioned bassist

tomorrow i will start with The Fender Story ,, starting from mark king then moving directly into why Fender was never the face of "early" UK funk

if Fender ever reads this forum,

it has little to do with their product being bad, the issues we had were mostly cosmetic, & Fender does eventually win in the end, 

Just now, tauzero said:

 

Are you saying that you're writing a story? If so, could I advise you to write in reasonably comprehensible English and with punctuation that generally adheres to the rules of punctuation? It may be easier for you to write this way, but it makes it hard to read.

i have no internet to download grammerly but hey ? my drum machine finger is still working b

2 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:

 

Say what?

 

4 minutes ago, leftybassman392 said:

 

Say what?

 

judging from what you're saying its seems the trolls are here ,

Q, why would peeps go to such lenghts over a bedroom bassist & a story(s) they will probably deem as "all" fiction & do not want other peeps to hear or believe ?

the dark side of success, even failure, is strewn with jealousy & narcissism

6 minutes ago, ezbass said:

No it’s not. Having been the victim of bullying and witnessed it both in a commercial setting and as an educator, I know what it is and this hasn’t been it, or anything close to. In this instance, someone mentioned that it felt like a DoI type thing when said thread contributors were uninvolved. Curiosity then ensued, naturally. It’s become no more weird or existential now than when it started and there was no name calling from those who frequent the DoI, which is more than can be said of others. But, hey ho…

there are 2 main reason we get bullies

1 # the bully is being bullied themselves ,, in that case, they "often" bully

the people they trust the most, or dearest to them & sometimes get forced to bully by their "peer bully leader"

2 # bullies are scared of things many of us take for granted

in many cases bullies have extreme intense phobias, to combat their fear they become quassi narcissists, in this way they forcibly manipulate any situation

eg i knew a very very very tough bully ,, we eventually found out he was scared/ absolutely terrified of the Dark

i guess people who suffer from jealousy & trolls, may resort to target bullying on line =

many things, all un related to Bass Chat & this forum

5 hours ago, BigRedX said:

From my recollection of the late 70s (from 77 onwards) if you were playing bass in any sort of covers band that was doing Top 30 hits rather than "rock" you needed to have your slap bass chops up to scratch.

then you woke up only to realize you were born in 1998, 

yes, there was a band(s) who specialized in the latest pop songs / covers including Disco, playing from musical scores , these bass players in those bands would sight read the score ,, & use a plectrum, >Dang<

in the 70s you played vinyl heavy slap stuff like P Funk / Larry Graham in the "UK" ? you would lose your "ordinary friends" who would label you as weird  & maybe get a call from the police to see if you're alright,

that's why i have a chapter on L.G & how morden gentrified only like him because they can play hair, they know nothing or care about "the struggles" 

2 minutes ago, Bean9seventy said:

cannot belive i have 4 whole pages of geeks talking about geek stuff, from eating spuds to cleaning ferrets,, wow

before i get into the next chapter on Fender basses i would like to shout this bass player out  ,, young guy, a little shy ,

saw him doing the entire Bowie, Roxy Music vamp in soho recently ,, & yes he can slap little bit Hello Guy

3 hours ago, Old Horse Murphy said:

I've been pondering this thread for quite a while now and I'm pretty certain Level 42 is before Level 43. Following the same logic it's after Level 41. 
 

those who know The 42 bus route : D

8 minutes ago, Paul S said:

I'm not sure anyone is being hostile here.  My observation would be that the way you write is incomprehensible to a lot of us.  There are many on here for whom english is not a first language, maybe even not a second, yet folks always try to make themselves understood.   But this weird street patois you have adopted really is next to impossible to unravel.  I am sure you have some interesting points to make but I actually have no idea because I can't make head nor tail of what you are writing.  And clearly I am not the only one.

go to your mouse > click back space ,, where may returneth back to Book Worm of the Year fans bowser page ,

Do not forget you get a free 10 days of Grammerly Free ;D & the latest Alexis Pro "ask me anything"  bundle , Power Supply not included ,,

Just now, JapanAxe said:

My question related to the thread, not you mate!

indeed japan ,, The Fender story will soon be read & history on bass chat soon

i think i will start the story via Mark King,, Mr Japan Sir

8 hours ago, Grimalkin said:

 

The Average White Band, early '70s.

 

 

 

2 people so far are egar to read the story ,,, its a little tough but i am sure you guys will understand ,,,

where to start ? ,,, perhaps with Mark King ;D before Level 42

4 minutes ago, JapanAxe said:

Is this an offshoot of the Den of Iniquity thread?

you think i care if people do not like me ? ;D

8 hours ago, lowdown said:

Is a Precision Bass any good for Brit Funk? Just asking for a friend.

the stories will kind of sweep you away , but i am sure you will understand

4 hours ago, drTStingray said:

Haha!! A lot of people do these days - even fitted with flatwounds (a la 1961). However, if this was 1980 you very likely wouldn’t have been 😏

most basses i saw early on were flat wound ,, they had this clunky metal on solid state sound, ,, they could damage your fingers badly if the flatwound split 

4 hours ago, NikNik said:

1982....it was and Ibby MC924 strung with Superwound, the ones you had to trim and thread yourself!

Superwound with their own bullets ? ,, yeah, we were all convinced it was twang & trebble on the amp ,, yet never understood why i never had flies in my bedroom ?? 

10 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

So the point here is that:

 

- Most funk bass players in the U.K. didn’t play Fender basses.

- The scene as we know it now was emerging, and the narrative imposed on history doesn’t always resonate with someone who was there at the time (see the 60s etc.)

- At the time Mark King wasn’t considered a funk pioneer, but this label has been applied retrospectively

- There was a small group of U.K. funk bassists clustered around London and Denmark Street that pioneered the genre

 

This is all good stuff. Personally, the fusion stuff here and the white socks, shirt strap Acid Jazz stuff that emerged from it leaves me utterly cold, but I’m sure the scene was a lot of fun.

 

 

the dance floors were exciting,

think the music industry thing was a drink too big & a sandwich too small, for me especially

yes, there was a lot to it, Denmark st 1976 -80 ,, fact No1, get it right ,

Denmark St was "completely run owned schooled by the Rock guys , everything else was Punk, or teddy boys , 

10 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

9 hours ago, drTStingray said:

You obviously were in with the wrong lot in the 70s/80s!! If you think this is bad you should have seen 1967 (quite a lot of people were in a parallel universe for the whole year)!!!! 🤪

i remember 1967

10 hours ago, obi 2 kenobi said:

Dude, Marcus was a major player already in 1978. Maybe not in the UK but in in the NY session scene. Where it mattered. 
 

In 1980 he was playing with Miles!! He did not come from nothing. 

College Talk, still trying to steal the crown ,, what you read was "not how it was ,, Marcus Miller was just a young start out player ,, un heard of basically

he started getting the extra work After gaining credit with ? Lonnie Liston Smith, The End ,,

There are a whole string of DJs who will tell you on average, the same thing, starting with Robbie Vincent , who is probably credited as capturing Lonnie Liston Smith the most,

without those kinds of DJs Marcus Miller may have remained un-known or been a one hit type bass player like the guy playing on the Santana funk tune

the threshold is for Marcus was circa 1980 ,,

2 minutes ago, ambient said:

You’ve caused me to have to change my t-shirt after covering it in coffee, through laughing.

4th time, it also includes why very few early UK street funk bassists never had,  or would go near a Fender Bass ,, 

how at 1st ,, The face of Brit Funk was never Fender,