Nail Soup

I have to admit to not being very aware of session players. Most music I listen to is played by a band with their own bass player. For example Gail Ann Dorsey may well be a great session player, but she impinged on my consciousness due to her star quality. The other session bassists I know are because they are a leading member of a famous ‘crew’ like Jameson.

Freak Scene- Dinosaur Jr

Los Bitchos in Bedford. All female instrumental band... here's a KEXP performance. they are down to a 4 piece now I think... only one guitar now.

I'm not that much of a fan of the 'playing it the hard way' type stuff.... but as you started it, I'll add this:

Yeah, It's all very well doing covers... this group with a parrot lead singer are doing originals:

Great new(ish) post-punk band Deadletter in Bedford Bass player out of sight in this pic but very audible (and good). Excellent band.

@Dankology I meant "Third". I've had a hard day 🙂 Corrected now.

I've bought a few things from Coda Luton - Acoustic Guitar, an echo pedal and my beloved ukulele. Had a guitar set up there too. But mostly went in for picks and other sundries. As mentioned Coda Luton closed down... I think they just kept going until their rental term was up. I went to the Stevenage branch for a repair to a banjo..... and at collection time had to wait around a while amongst all the stock. But a roomful of guitars, basses and so on doesn't really interest me. I just go into the shop on the rare occasions I am after new gear (or a repair), look at the minimum amount of objects to make a selection and leave. I know it's unusual, but I can't be the only one... can I?

Again, worst is probably not the right word as they only had two albums really. I prefer My Bloody Valentine's first album "Isn't Anything" to the lauded second album "Loveless"

"Supposedly Worst Album" may not be quite the right description... but 'Third' by Portishead is their best album IMO although it is a departure from the 'trip-hop' sound for which they are acclaimed.

Sounds like a prompt for another similar thread..... bands whose supposed worst musician is actually the best (OK, OK, I know nobody says JPJ is not a good musician, but he is the least celebrated member of the band I think)

I think your point is the same as the author of that quote??? Sorry if I’m missing something.

A comment on the "if you read music then you not using emotions or expression" etc. BTW I can't read music, so I've no vested interest. I read an article in a musician magazine (may have been One-Two-Testing or something) and there was a comment: "Classical musicians use their emotions to express the music, and rock musicians use music to express their emotions". Or something like that!

I guess the poster who put Killing Joke, Mastodon and Voivoid as their top picks just forgot that they actually prefer Donald Fagen ?

So if JC’s voice was dropping, why did he want to *raise* the key?

Brilliant song, I was fortunate enough to see Robyn perform it recently.

From The Doors, it would have to be the debut album for me... that really is a stone-cold classic.

Heard this on 6music the others day.... Adam and the Ants - Animals and Men (Peel session version)

Same here.... take the album as a whole. It has to be far worse than filler to get skipped.

Seems like a few BCers there then! I was there courtesy of @upside downer …. Thanks again for the spare ticket! It was a fantastic gig…. Very good trip down JW’s musical and verbal flights of fancy👍. And a great (and loud) bass sound to boot!

True, he was a conscript not volunteer on bass.

Audio clip or it didn't happen 😀

IMO Beefheart had a resurgence in his last couple of years. I think a lot of fans agree.

That's cheating ! And while we're here... why are you dissing the bass player? 😉

If I have to commit to one perfect album, then no problem it's this one - The Fall, "Grotesque - After The Gramme"