Niels Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Mister Ting said: Those session musicians played a massive part, at least in American music, during the 1960's and much of the 70's. Yes, I didn't realise until reading now. I just read that he played on over 140 top ten hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Niels said: Yes, I didn't realise until reading now. I just read that he played on over 140 top ten hits. Yes, he was prolific, six thousand recordings. Carole Kaye who is also a former member of the Wrecking Crew played on an estimated 10,000 recordings. 1 Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Mister Ting said: Yes, he was prolific, six thousand recordings. Carole Kaye who is also a former member of the Wrecking Crew played on an estimated 10,000 recordings. It must all become a blur, and I've just been re-reading Mark Kermode's latest book that includes a bit where he had to remind Rick Wakeman how to play the piano part to 'Life on Mars'. After Mark clumsily played the initial chord sequence for him, Rick said "Oh yeah, I remember it - it's a bit like 'My Way', isn't it?". Edited March 11, 2019 by Futtocks 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Futtocks said: It must all become a blur, and I've just been re-reading Mark Kermode's latest book that includes a bit where he had to remind Rick Wakeman how to play the piano part to 'Life on Mars'. After Mark clumsily played the initial chord sequence for him, Rick said "Oh yeah, I remember it - it's a bit like 'My Way', isn't it?". You would think so. Perhaps someone in the studios kept tabs on who'd done what on what. BTW, I bet Wakeman loved Kermode's instruction. Edited March 11, 2019 by Mister Ting Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 32 minutes ago, Mister Ting said: BTW, I bet Wakeman loved Kermode's instruction. Especially as Kermode freely admits he has a very vague grasp of guitar, double bass and harmonica, and virtually nothing of any keyboard instrument. And they are not the simplest of chords, either. Rick remembered playing on the album, but virtually nothing about what he'd played, so he needed his memory jogged. He's stopped drinking since that incident, though. It was for an episode of 'Danny Baker after all', where Rick also ordered a takeaway curry during the show. Apparently, he used to do that during some of the longer guitar, bass and drum solo sections of Yes gigs, and get it delivered on stage. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Futtocks said: Especially as Kermode freely admits he has a very vague grasp of guitar, double bass and harmonica, and virtually nothing of any keyboard instrument. And they are not the simplest of chords, either. Rick remembered playing on the album, but virtually nothing about what he'd played, so he needed his memory jogged. He's stopped drinking since that incident, though. It was for an episode of 'Danny Baker after all', where Rick also ordered a takeaway curry during the show. Apparently, he used to do that during some of the longer guitar, bass and drum solo sections of Yes gigs, and get it delivered on stage. I wish I could play on an album and hardly remember it. Was he the first person to have a just eat app? Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Saint Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Rest in Peace Hal. Just love that drum start. Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor but because we cannot satisfy the rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Veronica Bennet did a one hour stint as a warm up for someone I can't remember, at Willows Variety Centre, Salford, in about 1982/3ish. My Cousin, who used to wait on tables there, got me in for free. Super night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Pat Laffan, best known as Pat Mustard, the randy milkman from 'Father Ted'. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Dick Dale, Godfather of Surf Guitar https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/17/dick-dale-dies-aged-81-misirlou-pulp-fiction I'll be honest, if it wasn't for Pulp Fiction I'd probably never have heard of him. 1 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Future is League Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said: Dick Dale, Godfather of Surf Guitar https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/17/dick-dale-dies-aged-81-misirlou-pulp-fiction I'll be honest, if it wasn't for Pulp Fiction I'd probably never have heard of him. Great bit of guitar playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, The Future is League said: Great bit of guitar playing. Yes, just played this on my stereo, as I have the PF soundtrack, my 10 year old daughter, who is off school with the flu, heard this and got up and started dancing, she said it was great, no matter how poorly she felt, then collapsed back under the duvet. Edited March 18, 2019 by Bleep1673 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ullman Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 On 3/14/2019 at 10:30 PM, Futtocks said: Pat Laffan, best known as Pat Mustard, the randy milkman from 'Father Ted'. They'll never get his massive tool in the box. "I'm from a fishing family. Trawlermen are like pirates with biscuits." - Lucy Beaumont. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 6 hours ago, Wiltshire Rhino said: Dick Dale, Godfather of Surf Guitar https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/17/dick-dale-dies-aged-81-misirlou-pulp-fiction I'll be honest, if it wasn't for Pulp Fiction I'd probably never have heard of him. Reminds me of Lemmy, going full out right to the end, great respect for that. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Bernie Torme RIP, a hugely under-rated guitarist. 1 I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Scott Walker ... Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Sadler Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, gingerjon said: Scott Walker ... One of the great voices. Great with the Walker Brothers and produced some great solo albums, even though he later rejected them before moving into much more experimental music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerjon Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, Martyn Sadler said: One of the great voices. Great with the Walker Brothers and produced some great solo albums, even though he later rejected them before moving into much more experimental music. Yes. I made the very basic mistake of making Tilt the first time I'd heard anything by Scott Walker solo. I'm still not really sure what I was listening to. Listening to Scott 1-4 this morning though, obvs. Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Sadler Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 1 hour ago, gingerjon said: Yes. I made the very basic mistake of making Tilt the first time I'd heard anything by Scott Walker solo. I'm still not really sure what I was listening to. Listening to Scott 1-4 this morning though, obvs. I recently bought a joint album of two of his LPs - Stretch/We Had It All - which is these days difficult to get hold of, as I believe he refused to authorise any re-issues of his work from that period. One of the tracks is 'Someone Who Cared', which is a lament for someone who committed suicide. A beautiful and moving song, in my view. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Rankin’ Roger of The Beat Gutted 3 "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Phil said: Rankin’ Roger of The Beat Gutted Feck. RIP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff9of13 Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Phil said: Rankin’ Roger of The Beat Gutted You ain't the only one. Of all the ska revival bands of the era The Beat were by far my favourite. Gutted. 1 "it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Phil said: Rankin’ Roger of The Beat Gutted RIP Rude Boy! 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim2 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 RIP Roger - younger than me. "I am the avenging angel; I come with wings unfurled, I come with claws extended from halfway round the world. I am the God Almighty, I am the howling wind. I care not for your family; I care not for your kin. I come in search of terror, though terror is my own; I come in search of vengeance for crimes and crimes unknown. I care not for your children, I care not for your wives, I care not for your country, I care not for your lives." - (c) Jim Boyes - "The Avenging Angel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff9of13 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 hour ago, tim2 said: RIP Roger - younger than me. And me (by a couple of months). "it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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