Muzz Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I think this lot are good for another three or four pages, easy. I managed about half a minute of each one, and apart from the arse-clenching awfulness, the main thing I've come away with is 'Blimey, they've got some money...' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1339228132' post='1685494'] I have, hence the inclusion of the word 'generally'. So if it's OK to have a laugh about someone's lack of talent, how many pages should we limit it to? [/quote]ok... what i should have said is, its not ok to poke fun at other's lack of talent.. your nit picking of my post is immature for such a well respected bass player /BC member Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 You[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1339230665' post='1685528'] ok... what i should have said is, its not ok to poke fun at other's lack of talent.. your nit picking of my post is immature for such a well respected bass player /BC member [/quote] Thanks for the compliment, but it was hardly a nit-pick...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1339224708' post='1685465'] ...its ok to have a laugh about someones lack of talent, but three pages of negativity is just nonsense imo.. [/quote] Tru, dat. [quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1339229675' post='1685508'] I think this lot are good for another three or four pages, easy.[/quote] Tru, dat. I don't think they would give two shlts what we think about them. They're obviously making more gig money than some of us who are merely 'talented'. The 8-piece corporate function band I've just left (through frustration and exasperation) regularly went out at five grand a pop. We'd pay ourselves two hundred quid each and the rest went into the band's grossly swollen coffers. And we weren't a million times better than this bunch, frankly. Apart from the bass player, who of course was manly, talented and handsome. Edited June 9, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 I can't get past the singing...who pays money for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 [quote name='ben604' timestamp='1339240588' post='1685724'] I can't get past the singing...who pays money for that? [/quote] Wealthy tin-ears, and there are lots of them about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1339241662' post='1685746'] Wealthy tin-ears, and there are lots of them about. [/quote] Wasn't he in Noddy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Bubs has got a point. At least this lot are gigging and the bass player may well be a member of our community. We could start a million threads about bands on YouTube. I am guessing it was originally posted because the initial post features a spectacular murder of a classic bassline? I have an opinion about this band which i will keep to myself. The guys bass looks quite tasty actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobothy Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Least they're out there doing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 (edited) [quote name='gjones' timestamp='1339164088' post='1684690'] It needs something playing [b]16ths [/b]whether it's the hi hat or maracas or wee shakey egg or something to bring the rhythm together. [/quote] That's the problem with the OP video. That type of groove is just not about 16th's, it's about 16th's that swing. The whole band have trouble with that - they are more square than square [or their version of that tune is] Or possibly it's just their [to fast] take on it. Garry Edited June 9, 2012 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 [quote name='BottomE' timestamp='1339243438' post='1685777'] ...the bass player may well be a member of our community... [/quote] If it [i]is [/i]the case, I'll just have to hold my hands up and apologise profusely from the grovelling position! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1339264070' post='1686122'] If it [i]is [/i]the case, I'll just have to hold my hands up and apologise profusely from the grovelling position! [/quote] "ooh the grovelling position" in a Charles Hawtrey style voice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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whynot Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I would say many of the Corp/Wedding jobs I do come from someone having seen us at a previous event. Sometimes re-bookings for the same event next year. Most of the general public would find what he's doing impressive. Maybe not so much the lead vocal. As someone said, they are out there gigging! Good luck to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I get the impression that they're trying to overcompensate for the fact that they're too sh*t to actually play the original song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 [quote name='whynot' timestamp='1339291844' post='1686573'] I would say many of the Corp/Wedding jobs I do come from someone having seen us at a previous event. Sometimes re-bookings for the same event next year. [/quote] I found this to be the case, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I wouldn't say no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 They are absolutely dreadful. The singer is by far the worst element though, she has nowhere to hide in the intro of the first song so you can really hear just how bad she is. The bassist seems pretty tragic though, he is either overplaying or getting it completely wrong. Mind you, rubbish bands like this play up and down the country on a daily basis. This lot have obviously done alright for themselves, they've got their show filmed and have more people on stage than in the audience (including those two hopeless backing singers). Mind you, I've seen some bands that make these guys look amazing. I recall one particularly poor band, 'Dexter and the Revelations', they were so bad they could make a glass eye cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 [quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1339329944' post='1686854'] ...they were so bad they could make a glass eye cry. [/quote] Now that's bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobodysprefect Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) (drunkposting! But! I'm a Finn, we're at our best drunk!) [quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1339255720' post='1685981'] That type of groove is just not about 16th's, it's about 16th's that swing. [/quote] Yeah I don't get it, why don't people f***ing swing those notes?!! Seriously, at some gigs I meet these guys who have technique and EARS to play any gig in Finland, but my Volvo V70 swings harder than them. (though to be completely honest, it does swing quite a bit compared to what the wife drives, she's a demon into rear-wheel driven German cars ) It's not like playing a great groove is the hardest thing on Earth is it? Just f***ing play it. Edited June 13, 2012 by nobody's prefect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) [quote name='nobody's prefect' timestamp='1339550583' post='1690512'] ...drunkposting! But! I'm a Finn, we're at our best drunk![/quote] Having been married to an alcoholic Finn for nine years in the 1980s, I must disagree with that statement. Though I do broadly agree with the rest of your post. Edited June 13, 2012 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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