Count Bassy

15 hours ago, Heathy said:

I believe the answer is ‘Waterloo Sunset’ 

Some would say that "Dead End Street" would be more appropriate.

16 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

A bit of tastefully applied autotune on the vocals wouldn't have gone amiss.

Though singing in tune  in the first place would be preferable.

3 hours ago, Coilte said:

I doubt if the guy sitting at the back (or at the front..for that matter) of the venue could tell the difference. 😉 Why suffer unnecessarily...or at all ?

Firstly, I probably disagree; the attack and decay, harmonic content etc. are all different.

Secondly, if is true, then the same people couldn't tell the difference between a Squier and an Alembic - but we don't all play Squiers, do we?

3 hours ago, cetera said:

 

 

Yep, Peter Cetera is definitely my fave (hence my Basschat 'handle') and this amazing cover is a perfect example of why! So creative, melodic, grooving and solid..... and hugely underrated imho.
Closely followed, for me, by Tiran Porter with the Doobie Brothers....

 

That's cheating. Only one allowed!  (i.e. I wish I'd thought of sneaking further choices in under the radar)

I guess it would have to be Norman Watt-Roy.

Why? Here's a clue.

Threaten a small claims court. Do not delay.

Not a commission sale but, when I was self-employed I had a customer go bust on me. I gave them way too many chances, culminating with a cheque that bounced (it was some time ago), and after that a letter from the reciever.

Second example was a commision sale of an old Leica camera where the bloke (Peter Walnes - be warned, he's a scum bag) sold the camera, gave us excuses, and then went bust owing us around £750.

Don't delay, go straight for the Jugular.

On 09/07/2022 at 23:50, Dad3353 said:

 

... but one's fingers hurt less. 

One has to suffer for one's art, Dad.

On 08/07/2022 at 09:34, Coilte said:

Time to change it to playing with a lighter touch. Higher up the amp and let it do the work.  

Personally I disagree with this. A gently plucked string highly amplified does not sound the same as a "dug in" string.

Roger Daltry + band at the Birmingham Symphony Hall, last night.

Absolutely brilliant show, and the sound was absolutely perfect.

Daltrey's definitely still got the voice, and comes over as a really nice and modest bloke.

I was never a die hard Who fan, but some spare tickets were available so, happily, decided to give it a go. Brilliant.

The only thing that irritated me was that the woman on the "Non-kit" percussion seemed to think she had to be playing something all the time and was constantly jumping around from one thing to the other.

Phantom Isle ate the Roadmender (Northampton)

My apologies all. It is a righty. In that case no reason at all why it shouldn't slap. Must be your technique then.

1 hour ago, paul_5 said:

Ah, the 'B' word, the bœllocks that dare not speak it name.

Actually "Bollocks" is allowed.

On 30/06/2022 at 11:07, bartelby said:

Several older UK musicians voting for Brexit then moaning about all the hassle it causes them...

Please not again. We've just had another relatively civilsed thread shut down by the B word.

Well, it's obviously a lefty, which is never going to slap properly.

Almost an hour to impart 5 minutes worth of info. What an appalling presentation.

2 hours ago, chris_b said:

 

Fewer people voted for xxxxx than didn't vote for it, if you include all the people who didn't vote at all.

Don't want to derail the thread but, what ever the subject, that old argument is bollocks, and you know it. You can't allocate non-voters to either side of a vote.

23 minutes ago, nilorius said:

I said i am sorry, will not to try troll things up !

It was a comment on Fleabag's spelling, not your thread!

On 14/06/2022 at 18:21, fleabag said:

 

 

After waiting only 1 hour,  you post the above

 

 

And now after only another hour,  it's rediculous  ?

 

What's your problem ?

or even "ridiculous"

We had a drummer in a folk dance band who did a similar thing kept saying that he was going to quit. What he really wanted was fro the rest of of us to say "Please don't quit". Eventually he mentioned a date - "I'm not doing anymore after Christmas", so we stopped asking him. Apparenly he was then moaning that!.

He was good drummer (in the folk dance idiom) but was a bugger to work with - always turning up to gigs "Just in time", or just too late! 

F me that makes me feel old. Only recognise about haf a dozen names, and the only one I'd get out of bed for is Richard Thompson.

20 hours ago, Dad3353 said:

 

Fellow of the Royal Society. 

Thanks Dad, I knew that, but I was querying how FRS stood for Fender Special Run  (FSR).

3 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

 

Fender Special Run obviously!

FRS ?

7 hours ago, tauzero said:

On the more musical front, Gary Glitter was superb.

Went as a gang to see Gary Glitter at a club in Leicester around 1977, after our second year exams at uni (Lufbra). Brilliant show.

Apologies, but whenever this subject comes up I have to post this:

And then there was Focus of course.