Newfoundfreedom

Hi. Welcome. I know you from your kebabs.

Yup. I feel exactly the same. The first episode was great, watching all the behind the scenes stuff and the birth of some amazing songs and ideas. But by half way through the second episode I'd well and truly tuned out and found myself playing with my phone for most of it. I suppose it is a lot more interesting for people who know about the producers, sound engineers, etc. But the Beatles were well before my time and something I've only got into in recent years. So I have absolutely no idea who any of these people are, and the series doesn't really go out of its way to explain it. From my perspective it's just hours of John, Paul, George, and Ringo, p#ssing about in front of a load of hangers on, who all talk over the top of each other with really badly overdubbed audio, so most of the time you have no idea who's talking or what's going on. I was a massive fan of the way Peter Jackson did They Shall Not Grow Old. It was an absolutely amazing piece of work. But despite absolutely loving the Beatles music, I'm finding this extremely disappointing. The whole thing could have been edited down to a three hour documentary and would have worked much better imo.

Great work. That looks superb. Much more subtle but with an underlying menace. 👌

He's not very nice to the fat controller.

As much as I like the Beatles. I'm finding each episode about an hour too long. There's only so much of watching them clowning around I can take before it starts to get tedious.

It's all fun and games until someone lets Yoko near a microphone. Then I want to smash the telly.

It looks like Mr Sneeze ran into a wall.

Is this a virtual kebab shop?

Pinterest. I have a Google mail account which I never used, except to set up my Google account on my phone. I decided to use it the other day and had to delete hundreds of emails from Pinterest. I vaguely remember signing up to it a few years ago for something. But for at least the past 2 years I've never even visited the site.

You have to have a signed note from your significant other to say you're allowed to look at items for sale.

That's the same one I posted on the last page, but for some reason when I post a YouTube video on here it will only post a link instead of embedding the video.

Does it give you tone wood?

I've emailed them to tell them I've responded by PM.

........ And we have a drummer!

Ok. You're on bass. I'll play rhythm guitar.

Yup. I have no problem with that whatsoever. That's exactly the kind of thing that boils my p#ss. I think I'd fit in that band perfectly. Are they called "The Pedants"?

I saw this posted on Instagram recently and it was being lauded by the bass worshipping masses. I find it utterly ridiculous! It's like a bad comedy sketch. When I say I can't stand bass solo's, this is precisely what I my mean. It's utter gash. https://youtu.be/Uu-bjr1leM4

That looks great. Superb work. 👌

You could well be correct. But it's a genre I can't stand, so the chances of me ever listening to a psychobilly band long enough to hear a solo is pretty slim. 😆

Wow! 😮 The queue at the bog must have been massive!

I think maybe there is some miscommunication as to what constitutes a bass solo. What you are describing sounds fine. I have absolutely no problem with the bass taking a lead or melodic role in context with what the rest of the band is doing. What I can't stand is the bass literally playing on it's own noodling away for the sake of showing off. It's pretentious and generally sounds utter crap.

No. But it's not as good as the one above because it doesn't have a picture of a poop 💩. 😆

I've never yet heard a good one. The nearest thing was probably Anasthesia (Pulling Teeth) by Cliff Burton of Metallica. And the only reason that kind of worked was because the drums eventually kicked in and carried the second half of the song. All this noodly doodle honky jazz, ala Jaco shite is total noise pollution to my ear. Of course this is just my personal opinion totally based in my own taste (or arguably lack thereof) but apart from an intro, or a short (4 bars max) break mid song, which can be really effective and sound great in context, the bass should never be used as a solo instrument. YMMV

I suppose it depends on your level of professionalism and whether or not you're doing covers and trying to directly emulate a specific band or sound. For normal weekend warrior pub bands I think it's rather pointless and just an excuse to buy more gear. Not that there's anything wrong with that. 😆