miles'tone Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 11/07/2023 at 16:36, miles'tone said: Wichita Lineman. It's a highly rated song apparently but it completely turns me off. As I do my radio if I hear it starting. As above, Mr. Blue Sky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 On 11/07/2023 at 16:03, casapete said: I actually quite like ‘You’ll never walk alone’, and aren’t a footy fan either. It’s one of those songs you think is easy to busk but then catches you out - well it has me a few times anyway. Also love ‘Ferry cross the Mersey’ too, despite me having no Liverpool connection. Great tune. It's just the football thing for me. Im sure I would quite like it otherwise 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 6 hours ago, ricksterphil said: Horse with no name was written as a send up of Neil Young songs I thought..... bit like the 'Southern Man' song by Young with 'Sweet Home Alabama' by Skynyrd as a repost......no love lost betwixt the two apparently For years I actually thought it was Neil Young singing it. I can't stand his voice, so consequently hate Horse With No Name. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 11/07/2023 at 10:07, Crusoe said: Place Your Hands by Reef. That song could drive me to murder. The way the singer mangles his vowels. He sounds like he has a mouthful of rubber bands. True. On 11/07/2023 at 10:34, Geek99 said: Cool bassline though Also true. Hate the song with a passion, quite enjoyed playing the bassline when my old covers band did it. Better than having to plod through something you dislike with an equally uninspiring bass part to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchwife Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 I thought that BC was pretty much just for us low-enders but it has become apparent to me that someone in the cover band I help out has access to this thread and is treating it like an advice column to add to my setlist from Hell every month. Also, I'm 5,000 miles away from the UK now but if anyone starts a crowdfunder for the abduction/ assassination of George Ezra, hit me up 😉. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 Luckily the only cover we do is a punkclassic (Penetration's "Don't Dictate") which I've made sure I like playing by sticking some of Cameo's "Word Up" and a splodge of the Crass ""Walls (fun in the oven)" in. I wouldn't play a song I didn't like because I'm on stage purely to fuel my ego, not to keep various drunk folks who don't like actual music and moreover, don't understand my genius, happy! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 20 hours ago, tauzero said: There wasn't any feud between Neil Young and Lynyrd Skynyrd. https://groovyhistory.com/neil-young-lynyrd-skynyrd-feud-sweet-home-alabama/7 I stand corrected.....thanks😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 57 minutes ago, dutchwife said: Also, I'm 5,000 miles away from the UK now but if anyone starts a crowdfunder for the abduction/ assassination of George Ezra, hit me up 😉. I'd do it for free 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 My other half and I met him a few years ago when he played a small club (The Trades) in Hebden Bridge. Lovely lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman666 Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) just went through this thread...everything sort of made sense except for mirror in the bathroom...somebody have a word. Edited July 15, 2023 by Musicman666 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 2 hours ago, Musicman666 said: just went through this thread...everything sort of made sense except for mirror in the bathroom...somebody have a word. Yes MITB is the one that surprised me.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted July 15, 2023 Share Posted July 15, 2023 Good to see Reef “Put Your Hands” getting a few mentions here… I’d forgotten that awful song. But it did somehow remind me of the dreadful “Two Princes” by Spin Doctors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 On 12/07/2023 at 19:49, Crusoe said: For years I actually thought it was Neil Young singing it. I can't stand his voice, so consequently hate Horse With No Name. I really like Neil Young's songs, particularly when my own mood is on the dark side. His voice is a bit marmite though. Bit like Tom Waits, many of my mates love him and he's written some top choons, but his voice gives me the heabies....think nails down a blackboard....yurgh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 (edited) 52 minutes ago, ricksterphil said: Bit like Tom Waits, many of my mates love him and he's written some top choons, but his voice gives me the heabies....think nails down a blackboard....yurgh I kinda know what you mean about Tom. Sometimes people who write great songs aren’t always the best people to record them etc. Having said that, I was driving back from a gig late one night a few years ago and his amazing version of ‘Somewhere’ ( from West Side Story) came on the radio, and his voice damned near moved me to tears. A true one off, wonderful artist. Edited July 16, 2023 by casapete grammar malfunction 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 I'm currently trying to figure out a polite way to tell the rest of the band that I'd rather sandpaper my nipples than play Wayward Son. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 still chumbawumba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 10 minutes ago, steve-bbb said: still chumbawumba They are a band not a song 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 56 minutes ago, Jackroadkill said: I'm currently trying to figure out a polite way to tell the rest of the band that I'd rather sandpaper my nipples than play Wayward Son. I've never played it I'm glad to say, as I recall it seems to jump about all over the place too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackroadkill Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 27 minutes ago, Waddo Soqable said: I've never played it I'm glad to say, as I recall it seems to jump about all over the place too.. I've never played the song either; long may that state of affairs continue. Bloated, self-important and uninspiring, in my view. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchwife Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Long since out of the UK and if bands over there are putting Wayward Son in the setlists, I shall continue keeping my distance. Kindly shoot all future references to that sonic türd back to TalkbAss, where it is apparently still relevant 🙏🏻 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 just thought of two more that make me change radio channels, John Miles - Music and Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 1 hour ago, T-Bay said: They are a band not a song 😜 any time they open their gobs or pluck a string or thump a tub - the title of the tunage matters not 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Bay Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 4 minutes ago, steve-bbb said: any time they open their gobs or pluck a string or thump a tub - the title of the tunage matters not A lot of people knock them down but they get up again……….. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Jackroadkill said: I'm currently trying to figure out a polite way to tell the rest of the band that I'd rather sandpaper my nipples than play Wayward Son. 1 hour ago, Waddo Soqable said: I've never played it I'm glad to say, as I recall it seems to jump about all over the place too.. it’s certainly a challenge getting that one nailed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksterphil Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Jackroadkill said: I'm currently trying to figure out a polite way to tell the rest of the band that I'd rather sandpaper my nipples than play Wayward Son. What a right old carry on! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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