Piers_Williamson Posted June 21 Posted June 21 And I think this is a bit of a cheat as a cover, but it's a marvellous version 3 Quote
Paul S Posted June 21 Posted June 21 2 hours ago, Mickeyboro said: Yes, Russ is a bit of an undiscovered gem. Glad you checked him out. 👍 I'd always thought he was cool AF seeing him on TOTP in the 70s - sunglasses, holey guitar, shirt undone to the naval. It is a pleasing thing to now dive a bit deeper and find he was perhaps the creative drive of the band. Their song 'Tragedy' rarely gets airplay anywhere but is most likely my favourite Argent tune. Certainly has some of my favourite rhythm guitar work on it in the breakdown. You can barely see Jim Rodwell from behind that twin neck! 1 Quote
Mickeyboro Posted June 21 Posted June 21 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Paul S said: You can barely see Jim Rodwell from behind that twin neck! Youre clearly a football fan - unless Jim Rodford was handy with a dead ball! 😂 ⚽️ Bloody good track too… Edited June 21 by Mickeyboro Quote
Paul S Posted June 21 Posted June 21 29 minutes ago, Mickeyboro said: Youre clearly a football fan - unless Jim Rodford was handy with a dead ball! 😂 ⚽️ Bloody good track too… Hate the stupid sport, merely a brain fart. Anyway, I'll see your ford and raise you a well. Whatever his name, I saw him with the band a couple of times (before he died, obvs!) and he always had his elbows out like that so I can only assume he practiced on the double neck all the time! Last time he also - quite annoyingly - played the bass line to Hold Your Head Up wrong. Dummmdummmdummm dum dum instead of Dum dum dum dummmdummm. 1 Quote
Maude Posted yesterday at 11:42 Posted yesterday at 11:42 On 17/06/2025 at 09:30, Leonard Smalls said: Always preferred the Subs version of "She's Not There" to the Zombies slightly wet original... And Dead Kennedys' "Vive Las Vegas" is considerably better than Elvis's! When I were a lad I had an album of covers called, "We do 'em our way". That had the Sub's version of 'She's Not There' on it, as well as 'Friday on my Mind' by a band called The Golant Pistols, of particular interest to me as Golant was a local village. Turns out they were the house band (of sorts) at Sawmill Studios featuring the late great Al Hodge. But the stand out for me was The Slits' version of 'Heard it Through the Grapevine'. A fantastic funked up version that maybe doesn't beat the original, but gives it a run for its money. 1 Quote
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