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I always thought Bananarama were singing "Robert de Niro's waiting, talking to Tanya" as if he was making idle chit chat with the receptionist.

I remember when I started playing bass at first, CBS era Fenders were generally regarded as a bit crap. I'm sure there some decent ones, but from what I read QC wasn't great. Nowadays, any old 70s Fender is almost revered like the Holy Grail and commands a fortune.

I saw them live a few years ago. They aren't really my thing, but I don't mind their music. The best bit of the gig, for me, was when they played the old bluesy stuff. He really is a very good guitarist.

I always thought it was "thumb police"

Sister Sledge - We Are Family "we're making love in a Femidom"

Photos?

Over on Guitar Chat (shut up, they aren't that bad) that I got two free bottles of Grolsch beer with a couple of straplocks at the weekend. @Dad3353 reminded me that you can get these basschatlocks

I thought something similar - "with my manchirons". No idea what a manchiron is. Malachy McCourt (brother of Frank of "Angela's Ashes" fame) wrote a book called "A Monk Swimming", based on the same mondegreen.

I don't go out in Belfast often, these days, but as far as I can see the live music scene seems to be picking up. There are the established venues, like The Limelight, but in recent years venues like Voodoo, The Dears Head, The American Bar and The Sunflower have been hosting live music.

Nobody really. A mate and I started a band when we were about 15 or 16. He was on guitar and I was the singer, for want of a better word. We had a school friend's boyfriend on bass, but he was older than us and had different musical tastes, so I ended up taking on bass duties. I suppose Peter hook might have been an influence as we did a cover of Transmission, but we also covered Peggy Sue, Sheena is a Punk Rocker, House of the Rising Sun and Therapy's cover of Isolation, so there was quite a mix.

Go on, a quick peek won't hurt. 😈

Was it just me or did anyone else find something umm, alluring about Nurse Ratched? 😍😏

It certainly isn't the heartfelt "X-Factor" hands.

Yeah, I only remember downtube shifters, though I have seen cheap Chinese bikes on eBay with similar, modern versions of these.

I often chuckle at the memory of a band in a Barcelona bar singing "Moostaaang Sallee..." 😄

Nice one. I thought I recognised it.

Where was that in?

Interesting crossover with the "Bassists Who Pedal" thread... the shifters on the bike at the start of the video. I don't think I've ever seen shifters positioned there before 😄

That looks class!

I don't play with a pick, but for some reason I have a metal pick in the case. I've no idea where it came from.

I think interest in albums is on the decline. From what I see, people will hear a track on Spotify and add it to a playlist, maybe download and pay for that one song, but don't buy an album. My daughter is 13 and doesn't have any favourite bands as such but will listen to stuff on Spotify. When I was 13 I was buying albums Like Appetite for Destruction, Seven Son of a Seventh Son, No rest for the Wicked...

Flat wound world, surely? 😄

Would Herbie have written the bassline, or just played what he was told to play?

Not music related and it's the opposite situation, but Alec Guinness was paid a fee of $150,000 for Star Wars, but also negotiated a 2% cut of the box office takings.

They come from near me. I've seen them busking in Belfast. They are very good.