Judo Chop Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 "The Rats are huge" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 2 hours ago, PaulWarning said: and me, never occurred to me it was slap until this thread popped up I was just going by what I saw in the video, starting at 0:25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, 2020Jazz said: I was just going by what I saw in the video, starting at 0:25. probably just showing off, seeing as he wasn't actually playing, I mean, St Bob was playing Sax on a candelabra 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, PaulWarning said: probably just showing off, seeing as he wasn't actually playing, I mean, St Bob was playing Sax on a candelabra 😃 They ripped up some 'Grease' pics at the beginning. I think the slap mime may have been a similarly two-fingered (one-thumbed?) salute to the then-unknown Level 42. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I'd quite like to slap Bob Geldoff. Does that count? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 We're a sort of punk band, and there's definitely some slap in this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Surely that's pop, not punk. Is it actually recorded as slap? It's top of the pops so it's being mimed. There's no reason slap couldn't be used in punk. Isn't punk all about not conforming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, 2020Jazz said: I was just going by what I saw in the video, starting at 0:25. He's also utilising the rarely seen (these days, at least) tie-mute technique. I wonder where he got the tonesilk? Edited August 9, 2021 by Doctor J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 The bassist has one of the finest stage names of all time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 27 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: The bassist has one of the finest stage names of all time True….. and it only took me about 40 years to realise the joke😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nail Soup said: True….. and it only took me about 40 years to realise the joke😊 This? "His stage name refers to his upbringing in Ireland where peat briquettes were burned for heat instead of coal.[1]" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 6 minutes ago, 2020Jazz said: This? "His stage name refers to his upbringing in Ireland where peat briquettes were burned for heat instead of coal.[1]" Yes…. I knew from about 1979 that he was called Pete Briquette. I also knew that the Rats were Irish and I knew that peat was used as a fuel in Ireland. I didn’t know that peat was sold in brickets. The penny dropped a couple of years ago! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I thought Punk was about not conforming!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 19 minutes ago, chris_b said: I thought Punk was about not conforming Its like every other non conformist sub culture. You can rebel and be an individual as long as you dress act and sound like everyone else in your chosen sub culture. I was an individual who looked like every other goth. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 10:33, lowdown said: Sounds like a pick on the original to me. And, I've just tortured myself by watching a couple of live versions on YouTube. The Bassist was playing with a pick on those versions. But I'm 100% sure Bob Geldoff really did play the sax solo on a candelabra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 23 hours ago, Leonard Smalls said: We're a sort of punk band, and there's definitely some slap in this! The Americans used to count the Red Hot Chilli Peppers as punk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 22 hours ago, Nail Soup said: Yes…. I knew from about 1979 that he was called Pete Briquette. I also knew that the Rats were Irish and I knew that peat was used as a fuel in Ireland. I didn’t know that peat was sold in brickets. The penny dropped a couple of years ago! Johnny Fingers went to Japan where he is a successful writer and producer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 23 hours ago, Nail Soup said: Yes…. I knew from about 1979 that he was called Pete Briquette. I also knew that the Rats were Irish and I knew that peat was used as a fuel in Ireland. I didn’t know that peat was sold in brickets. The penny dropped a couple of years ago! On the plus side I was quick as a flash to figure out that Johnny Fingers name was because he was a piano player 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 23 hours ago, SteveXFR said: Its like every other non conformist sub culture. You can rebel and be an individual as long as you dress act and sound like everyone else in your chosen sub culture. I was an individual who looked like every other goth. Judean People's Front or the People's Front of Judea or Judean Popular People's Front or, err. . . . . ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said: But I'm 100% sure Bob Geldoff really did play the sax solo on a candelabra. Well, if he did, it wasn't the Candelabra in the OP video. Judging by the size, that's an Alto Candelabra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 He wanted to pretend to play the sax but the MU rules wouldn't let him, hence the candelabra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ricky Rioli said: He wanted to pretend to play the sax but the MU rules wouldn't let him, hence the candelabra I'm fairly sure I saw him on the telly at the time doing a cod version of playing a sax, with an actual sax.. It kind of stuck in my mind as I also played the sax a bit at that time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBass Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 15:04, Leonard Smalls said: We're a sort of punk band, and there's definitely some slap in this! And while we're on the subject of punk and non conforming, the guitarist has a beard! And a flat cap! bloody anarchist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveXFR Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 15:04, Leonard Smalls said: We're a sort of punk band, and there's definitely some slap in this! That's not real punk. The bassists tartan is blue FFS. Everyone knows the punk clan tartan is red. Bloody poser. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2020Jazz Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, SteveXFR said: That's not real punk. The bassists tartan is blue FFS. Everyone knows the punk clan tartan is red. Bloody poser. In the early 80s the New Jersey kids wore cherry Doc Martens w/ red suspenders and they were the posers in the Lower East Side CBGB's scene. Us NYHC brats wore black Docs only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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