Nail Soup

Aswad (if you can call it a gig) . Aswad were, to my surprise, booked to play at a kind of free bank holiday in the park shindig organized by the local council. A few other bands were on, then it came to the headline act - Aswad. The announcer announced them, and then the 3 members of Aswad danced on stage with a mic each in hand. I gave the benefit of the doubt - maybe a curtain would lift to reveal the drum kit and bass rig etc. But no - it was backing tapes. Walked way - I hate backing tapes. Probably within 30 seconds or so. I get that the council could not afford the full version of Aswad.... but I'd have preferred a local band in a similar genre.

How dare you...... OK, let you off then.

I heard the band tell the story behind that arrangement. Seems that they had two ideas and put them together to make a song. So far so good. Then they found that the two pieces didn't fit so well as they thought, as the parts each had a different feel and natural tempo. So they 'de-fragged' the song and put all the verses at the start and all the choruses at the end. I really like the song, but do wonder why they didn't simply develop the ideas into two different songs!

The Kills first album - Keep on Your Mean Side. Here's Cat Claw.

OK, I'm taking the plunge and making first entry to the competition. Don't Push Me by Nail Soup (Lyrics are in the hidden contents)

Brilliant! Thanks for posting 👍

Might not be good for abstract music though.........

Rum and Ribena are still around though

And it's not even in the mix yet...…...

Oh yeah? That is just your opinion!!!!! [Just in case : the above was an ironic comment about how someone in a thread will eventually say someone else's comment was 'just an opinion', even though the said comment was obviously intended as an opinion]

Maybe @billy bass was somehow thinking of the covers the Pistols did around that time.... No Fun, Stepping Stone, Don't Gimme No Lip...………..

And could pull it off live too! And immortalised by Robyn Hitchcock in the mis-heard-lyrics-inspired "Listening To The Higsons":

Ah, yes........he was in the Black Abbotts first. On Edit: Just listed to the clip. Great performance.... it was a live broadcast too judging by the little squigly box which came up in the corner before the ad break.

How on earth did this get missed from the thread on decent music from a comedian 😆?

If I thought I could get away with it, I'd suggest the following to my Punk/New wave band: 1 - Damaged Goods - Gang of Four 2 - Death Disco - Public Image Ltd 3 - Totally Wired - The Fall

I put 3. There are 3 instruments I can play to performance level: Guitar Bass Ukulele (I actually play it to a reasonable level, rather than just a couple of chords) Then there a few where I can (and do) play a little bit: Keys (simple parts for home recording) Mouth Organ (couple of Feelgood songs with the covers band) Banjo (occasional song at the folk circle, bit of home recording) Fiddle (occasional simple part for home recording) Drums ( for example simple snare with brushes on home recording)

Guitar chords for sure has a much longer period where you can't play anything properly (unless you use open tunuing or something) compared to bass. But one gets there eventually!

OK, so you want responses to be in line with what you asked for in the original post? Been to Basschat before 😉?

Yes, they achieved their aim.

Warrior in Woolworths- X Ray Spex?

C30 C60 C90 Go!

You spin me right round like A RECORD babe........

Just remembered this one..... Charlie Higson of the Fast Show was in the Higsons before his comedy career. Here is the excellent "I Don't Want To Live With Monkeys"

Err, what is (are) the obvious reason(s)?

Just one? John French aka Drumbo of Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band. Whether I could produce some worthy bass lines is another matter!