leftybassman392 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) A little while ago I was looking for something online, and found an old video I did with one of my bands. In truth I was hoping that this had disappeared into the ether by now, but it was posted on youTube by the band's second guitarist a few years ago (presumably after a failed blackmail attempt on another member of the band ). Recorded originally on VHS, and by my calculation around 18 years old. Sync is spectacularly bad at most points in the video, mainly because the original DAT master was used alongside some video footage of us miming it from a cassette machine that was playing back a smidge too fast... Thankfully I'm mature enough not to be too bothered about it, but I thought I'd share it all the same: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMLy1kvTVY Anybody else feeling (wo)man enough to put up similar material for ridicule? Edited April 8, 2015 by icastle Link Fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Neil Young would be proud (maybe). At least you were up and doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadofsix Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Nah, my horrible oldies end up in the trash when discovered. I have children and a reputation to protect, mind you! :-) <><Peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 (edited) Yes, there exists some ridiculous post-punk stuff from 1979 which found its way onto YouTube. So this is how the 19-year-old me played bass. I like to think I've improved since then... [media]http://youtu.be/hiI1zUsY2O0[/media] Edited April 5, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkandrew Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Didn't find any old videos but I did find a photo from too many years ago. (Mullet warning!). Edited April 6, 2015 by darkandrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428266054' post='2739801'] Yes, there exists some ridiculous post-punk stuff from 1979 which found its way onto YouTube. So this is how the 19-year-old me played bass. I like to think I've improved since then... [media]http://youtu.be/hiI1zUsY2O0[/media] [/quote] I note (1) an abiding fondness for moody monochrome semi-profiles, and (2) a bit of a Tom Verlaine influence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428266054' post='2739801'] Yes, there exists some ridiculous post-punk stuff from 1979 which found its way onto YouTube. So this is how the 19-year-old me played bass. I like to think I've improved since then... [media]http://youtu.be/hiI1zUsY2O0[/media] [/quote] Quite like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ahh, one of the few benefits of taking up the instrument late and only beginning to perform in public in my 30s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twincam Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1428254614' post='2739643'] A little while ago I was looking for something online, and found an old video I did with one of my bands. In truth I was hoping that this had disappeared into the ether by now, but it was posted on youTube by the band's second guitarist a few years ago (presumably after a failed blackmail attempt on another member of the band ). Recorded originally on VHS, and by my calculation around 18 years old. Sync is spectacularly bad at most points in the video, mainly because the original DAT master was used alongside some video footage of us miming it from a cassette machine that was playing back a smidge too fast... Thankfully I'm mature enough not to be too bothered about it, but I thought I'd share it all the same: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiMLy1kvTVY"]https://www.youtube....h?v=HiMLy1kvTVY[/url] Anybody else feeling (wo)man enough to put up similar material for ridicule? [/quote] I gave it a watch. Has a certain charm. Nothing to be embarrassed about. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428266054' post='2739801'] Yes, there exists some ridiculous post-punk stuff from 1979 which found its way onto YouTube. So this is how the 19-year-old me played bass. I like to think I've improved since then... [media]http://youtu.be/hiI1zUsY2O0[/media] [/quote] I sort of like this. A touch to much strange wailing. Cool all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1428308029' post='2739993'] I sort of like this. A touch to much strange wailing. Cool all the same. [/quote] Thing is, for the last year or so I've been in a band with the drummer, the singer and the guitarist from back then. The singer and drummer I hadn't seen for 25 years, so it's a bit of a weird one to be honest. The strange wailer doesn't do [i]quite [/i]so much strange wailing now. You would have expected us all to have improved a bit over the intervening 36 years, wouldn't you? But we haven't. Edited April 6, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1428254614' post='2739643'] Thankfully I'm mature enough not to be too bothered about it, but I thought I'd share it all the same... [/quote] Thank you. Nothing overly shameful about this, imho... I've seen a [i]lot [/i]worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Actually the original recording (done at Far Heath Studios, which will be familiar to many Northants bands) was pretty good - though you wouldn't know it from this version! I seem to recall feeling quite good about the solo; done in a single take with no drop-ins to a chorus of whoops, yells and general raucousness from the other band members, and (more importantly) an approving nod from the engineer. Edited April 6, 2015 by leftybassman392 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I was insulating my shed with Planet Rock on. I thought of you when Keepon Rocking came on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1428330779' post='2740272'] I was insulating my shed with Planet Rock on. I thought of you when Keepon Rocking came on [/quote] Fame at last! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaRik Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) This got added to YouTube by a former band member - I still quite like this track tbh! Note - I was a guitard/vocalist in this band! http://youtu.be/VjOE0OqHmkc Edited April 11, 2015 by DaytonaRik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 [quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1428743137' post='2744172'] This got added to YouTube by a former band member - I still quite like this track tbh! Note - I was a guitard/vocalist in this band! [/quote] Another gold Patrick Eggle Berlin if I'm not mistaken... in the same thread... Spooky! Mine was a '93 Plus - which I still have; battered & bruised from the years of onstage abuse but still alive. ( Yours looks like a Pro to me...) We seem to be trending towards a 'Patrick Eggles used in vids' thread I think. Can't see too much wrong with the vid though... sync looks very slightly off here & there, but nowhere near as bad as mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 [quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1428743137' post='2744172'] This got added to YouTube by a former band member - I still quite like this track tbh! [/quote] Mullets ahoy! And the keys player needs shooting, but good song otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428266054' post='2739801'] Yes, there exists some ridiculous post-punk stuff from 1979 which found its way onto YouTube. So this is how the 19-year-old me played bass. I like to think I've improved since then... [media]http://youtu.be/hiI1zUsY2O0[/media] [/quote] Gang of Four meet original PiL, nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) [quote name='Chiliwailer' timestamp='1428752639' post='2744276'] Gang of Four meet original PiL, nice one! [/quote] Ah, you spotted the 'influences', very well done... Edited April 11, 2015 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428760301' post='2744339'] Ah, you spotted the 'influences', very well done... [/quote] I had to, Keith Levene is one of my best mates! That really was a cool tune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 [quote name='DaytonaRik' timestamp='1428743137' post='2744172'] This got added to YouTube by a former band member - I still quite like this track tbh! Note - I was a guitard/vocalist in this band![/quote] Nice! You know, I have never played in a band that had a decent video. Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaytonaRik Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 (edited) [quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1428747152' post='2744217'] Another gold Patrick Eggle Berlin if I'm not mistaken... in the same thread... Spooky! Mine was a '93 Plus - which I still have; battered & bruised from the years of onstage abuse but still alive. ( Yours looks like a Pro to me...) We seem to be trending towards a 'Patrick Eggles used in vids' thread I think. [/quote] It's '96 Berlin Pro Elite - [url="http://basschat.co.uk/uploads/monthly_12_2013/post-32613-0-24285800-1386277030.jpg"]http://basschat.co.u...-1386277030.jpg[/url] [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1428747420' post='2744218'] Mullets ahoy! And the keys player needs shooting, but good song otherwise! [/quote] That'll be Benny The Bass then! Mine is just a huge pony tail! I'd always thought the keys were a tad 'busy' too The track has certainly aged better than the vid - the jury is out on the vocalist! Edited April 12, 2015 by DaytonaRik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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