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  1. Ruin a song

    in Music Discussion

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    I know what you mean, but might it not be "In this ever-changing world in which we're livin'"? Still a bit ham-fisted, but that's McCartney for you.

    Are you suggesting that Sir Paul of the Hoppy Folk is a persuant of the habit of 'pig fisting'? :blush: You cad, bounder and all-sorts of nasty phrases person, you.! :( I am aghast. :(

  11. Tell Me About Jethro Tull

    in Music Discussion Classic

    Posted

    Wow, old thread. :P Anyway... I was watching some clips on YouTube the other day (while I read their Wikipedia article), and they're pretty cool. Ian Anderson is quite a flautist. Thanks for the suggestions for Peaches, I may end up checking those albums out myself. :P
    Their guitarist for most of their career was Martin Barre and he is stupendously awesome and generally unsung...I think, with the odd lapse, they are in the top 20 of all bands for musicianship, originality and general downright creativity all round. The double album 'Living in the Past' and the studio album War Stories are two absolute classic albums....IMHO :)

  18. How Good Of A Drummer was Ringo?

    in Music Discussion Classic

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    For me, there is a somewhat paradoxical element to the argument. Apart from the old joke that 'Ringo wasn't the best drummer in Liverpool, he wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles' McCartney being a pretty competent drummer in his own right. It is difficult to name a top, top ,top band from that era (or any other, come to think of it) that didn't have a top , top drummer. Of all the 'great' bands of the era, most, if not all, had great drummers. Ringo seemed to defy that trend which led to speculation that he might (despite all the evidence to the contrary) be, like, 'better than he seemed'. Hence all the arguments about whether he had a great tom sound, or his paradiddles were somehow unique.

    As my son just said ( and he's 17) 'Ringo?...well, he did the job!'

    A competent drummer (unlike Keith Best) who 'did the job'.

    JHMO

  19. DRESDEN DOLLS

    in Get the Word Out

    Posted

    I thought these posts were meant to be 'threads'...developing conversations, not just bland opinionating. I picked up a 'thread' which you dropped and began to take the conversation somewhere...if you want to go back to Dresden then fine...I thought they were crap!

    ;)

  20. The 50 Worst Artists in Music History

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    That would be Cher AND Chastity?

    Aah, Ron, that's where we would disagree. Cher has a preposterous sense of irony and a knowing sense of humour that elevates her waaaay above the rock hoi poloi. Bono is so far up his own jacksey he is chewing his own lungs...if I may coin a phrase.

    Cher....talent....sense of irony and self-awareness.

    Bono....talentless....err, that's about it.

    I rest my case. :)

  21. The 50 Worst Artists in Music History

    in Music Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Guest

    Couldn't fault this list (except for the missing ones)....even the ones that I had fond memories of, a quick YouTube and I was reminded of just how crap they really were...very apt commentary.

    All that's missing is Bono and the rest of his whiney, posturing, talentless cohorts....then the list would be complete. ;)

  22. DRESDEN DOLLS

    in Get the Word Out

    Posted

    It may help. Shyness is often a by-product of irrational fear...what will people think? I am not worthy of their attention...they'll discover I'm no good etc. Some folk need to experience doing something weird in public to realise that

    a) they don't die of shame

    B) very few folk are taking any notice of them anyway and don't give a hoot what you do.

    It's very liberating, especially to us tightly wrapped folk from the UK.

    Remember, a stranger is only an enemy you haven't met yet...or something. ;)

  23. DRESDEN DOLLS

    in Get the Word Out

    Posted

    Occasionally, when in my sometime role of 'psychotherapist' I encourage people to experiment with things like shouting in public, talking to frightening looking strangers, skipping down the street....etc. All designed to shed them of their social phobias.

    Shame that I am a fearful recluse!

    :crazy:

    PS I think this is relevant to the debate...I think, maybe...ooooh, now I feel a fool.

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