Moon Cat
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:19
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IanB wrote: Moon Cat wrote: Isn't the top one a 6 string bass (or a bulbous guitar?).
CS whipped it out (ooer) for a few songs at Glasto when Yes played. Had to text a mate that I was having a beyond prog experience!
Edit..doh I see what you mean. Think midle one is fretless?
Is it. Oooh. Nice. Though I would need a week of physio with that thing hanging off my shoulder. Maybe it is papier mache like the ZZ Top ones?
I always marvel at how Jimmy Page, at the height of his smack using days, managed to tote the famous double-neck around on stage with such apparent ease. Some pics from that period and he was rail thin and puny. I tried one once and it weighed a ton! Maybe dark forces were giving him a helping hand? 8^)
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IanB
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Edited Mar 21, 2011, 17:26
Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:25
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Moon Cat wrote: IanB wrote: Moon Cat wrote: Isn't the top one a 6 string bass (or a bulbous guitar?).
CS whipped it out (ooer) for a few songs at Glasto when Yes played. Had to text a mate that I was having a beyond prog experience!
Edit..doh I see what you mean. Think midle one is fretless?
Is it. Oooh. Nice. Though I would need a week of physio with that thing hanging off my shoulder. Maybe it is papier mache like the ZZ Top ones?
I always marvel at how Jimmy Page, at the height of his smack using days, managed to tote the famous double-neck around on stage with such apparent ease. Some pics from that period and he was rail thin and puny. I tried one once and it weighed a ton! Maybe dark forces were giving him a helping hand? 8^)
If you watch Song Remains The Same really carefully you can see it was hanging on wires and there was some bloke up in the lighting rig making sure that Page didn't inadvertently slice his own head off during Dazed and Confused. He had to be a bit careful after Wendy Craig took her ear off while playing Peter Pan in Panto.
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Moon Cat
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:30
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Oh no he didn't!
Oh yes he did! etc etc
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:36
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http://www.reallyfabcards.com/media/product_images_L/EM_thegentleians_L.JPG
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:37
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http://mully1.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/sod_off_.jpg
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 17:38
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http://www.thesuperest.com/_img/_heroes/k27_nannysodoff.jpg
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keith a
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 19:20
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Confession time. I liked that 1st John Miles LP at the time. I even bought the follow-up, Stranger In The City! There was a funky number on the latter I seem to recall!
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 19:44
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I went to see John Miles a couple of years ago in a castle in Northumberland, it was a great night out, though probably as much to do with the large quantities of food & drink I took along as anything John Miles did
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 19:48
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IanB wrote: machineryelf wrote: IanB wrote:
"Play Me Out" is Hughes in Stevie Wonder mode. It doesn't rock in a Purple sense but it does bring the fonk in parts. Really good blue eyed soul album with nads on. Like a rocked up Noel Mccalla / Moon(spelling?). I was already a big Motown fan at that time so I was not too phased when it came out on import but it's not "Come Taste The Band".
Trapeze are a bit over-rated overall but "Medusa" is a really good record and bits of "You Are The Music" ditto. Though by then they sound more like SNAFU than Purple.
Not overly keen on Stevie Wonder so I can avoid that, and I have always worked on the principle if I didn't hear it in 77-78 when I cared it probably wouldn't be worth hearing now so that's Trapeze sorted
Snafu, another great Roger Dean cover ruined by tedious pub rock IIRC, going to google it to find out which one, thank god Dean published Views, at least I was spared Babe Ruth.
I wasn't :-(
Bloody hell they were awful, just been wiki/you tubing various pre punk 2nd division rock bands, seemingly the entire brit scene 1970-75 was only there to provide band members for future Deep Purple/Uriah Heep/Bad Co solo projects
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Chaosmonger
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Re: Soundtracks To Our Lives Weekending 19/03/11
Mar 21, 2011, 23:12
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I could recommend some good death metal if you want. Either way, check out Reverend Bizarre for some more epic clean-vocalled doomery.
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