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They don't work aesthetically for me - so I wouldn't splash any cash on one. Never tried one so don't have any opinion on playability sound etc.

Basically it's Punk and New wave stuff, it includes the usual stuff like Pistols, clash, stranglers, Jam, Undertones, etc but we do include Psychokiller, Boys Don't Cry, Blister in The Sun, Goo-Goo Muck by the Cramps, Another Girl Another Planet, Boredom.

JJ Burnell's 1979 solo album "Euroman Cometh"

250 is a lot for 10 years ..... well by my standards anyway. I think If I added up all the songs i've done over 37 years (minus a few years where I didn't do any music) in a few originals bands, couple of covers bands, home recording projects , solo open mics spots and songs learned for folk circles it might just get to that number.

thanks, enjoyed that..... showed chops etc but still worked for the music. Would be good to hear a final mix of that with the choir more audible etc.

Makes me think of Dinky Diamond who was in Sparks classic 70's UK line up. He was a drummer though......😕

He seemed like the least of a twonk out of the brothers too. In the Clive Anderson storm-off (which some of us may remember) I think Maurice seemed like the one who may have been prepared to take the joke and laugh it off. Subject to my memory of course.

Cool.... that's 3 songs I sing in my covers band. Not recently of course......... good to be reminded of them!

I've read the book....... and I think it has the potential for a really great series. Plenty of strands in there. The following topics if covered thoughtfully would work really well: the punk scene, McLaren, the Pistols explosion/implosion, the pistols creative process , an insight into the theft culture/lifestyle which Jones inhabited..... But most of all there is the titular 'lonely boy' aspect. Jones had (extremely) brief sexual encounters in massive quantity, but could never form a relationship with a woman. .And the childhood situations which probably led to that. That came across as the underlying thing in the book in my eyes.

I'm not very hardware centric, so don't gas for basses much. But to get into the the spirit of the thread: someone started a thread in GD a couple of months ago about a nice orange bass - I wouldn't mind having that one.

Slightly off topic.............when Robert Wyatt left Soft Machine he formed a new band, Matching Mole..... which was a sneaky way of kind-of-keeping the Soft Machine name. "Soft Machine" in French is Machine Molle and it sounds like Matching Mole in English.

A bass that can't be heard? Many soundmen achieve that without any new instrument developments 😀.

Why bass is important according to science........ hhmmmm could lead to a discussion on whether science matters........

Depends on the song/genre. Sometimes the bass plays the melody (e.g. post-punk), sometimes it plays the groove (e.g. funk). But even if not the above it normally glues the whole performance together and acts like a foundation. I haven't studied the etymology of the word bass, but I assume it is rooted in the word base.

Pedant Alert: I think he was asking for bands who don't have one?

I haven't got a good cover to contribute I'm afraid. But Jolene is one of those songs which I eventually appreciate after many years. I started out as a youth thinking it was just a cheesy country song. Then over the years I saw the appeal...... first I liked the lyrics. Next I got to appreciate the tune. Later I thought the vocal performance was good. Finally I realised that the instrumental arrangement/performance is great too!

I've always liked Taxman musically but I always feel conflicted because I don't like the lyrics. So It's good that SRV has made a version which removes the conflict 😉!

I guess you would be including the Pixies version of "Honey Pie" (which I posted) in that statement I do genuinely love the Pixies version.......but had never heard the Beatles version until 5 minutes before posting here. Can't say I'm that keen on the Beatles version, but I guess if you like the Beatles version then the Pixies version would sound bad.

IIRC Alex James used to waggishly refer to himself as the the "third most important person in Blur".

Having a listen to Hugh Cornwell's 'solo' outing - actually a collaboration with latter-day Beefheart drummer Robert Williams - "Nosferatu". Here's "Wired" (some interesting comments from Robert in the Youtube comments!)

I put this in the reggae thread just a day or two ago...… Marcia Griffiths:

Got to be The Pixies "Wild Honey Pie"

Don't Let Me Down - Marcia Griffiths Here's the Beatles original - not bad either!

Don't get me started on the "sham" Sham 69 !!

True - and same situation for most orchestras, brass bands, choirs etc. @Bilbo will your piece/analysis include a comparison of how in pop/rock original members is 'a thing', but not in other musical forms? (might be interesting to see the final piece)