No need to walk away from the gig — just turn the singer down in your IEMs. Problem solved!
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No need to walk away from the gig — just turn the singer down in your IEMs. Problem solved!
I think he should take a stronger stand, e.g., "Either Rod goes or I do."
To be fair...
Rod Stuart is not alone in this. I don't like my own voice, either. That's why I rarely sing.
I am a natural Tenor, But I can't stand my voice in the upper part of my natural range.
The only way I sing is if the key is right to where I can compensate, by singing just outside my natural range, but that takes so much concentration that I cannot play while singing unless the song is so familiar that my hands just play it without my knowledge. otherwise my voice cracks.
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EDIT: I might argue that early Sugar Ray was lead bass musically. That is not a crazy thing to say.
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There’s really not much in the way of music that I do not listen to. I’ve tried, but I can’t come up with a band or group that I dislike except for one song... sorry, y’all.
-John Mayer
-Vultures
-Pino Palladino launched it in the Heavens high with one of the best bass groove in this century
-Vultures
-Pino Palladino launched it in the Heavens high with one of the best bass groove in this century
Wow, this is a GREAT song. I've never heard it until now but I really, really like it and I agree with all you said. Well written, well played and the video is great fun. Thanks for sharing this!
This whole album is astounding. If you're a bass player and can't get something from it then you need to reevaluate your standards. ;-)
Madonna - Fever
Never liked Madonna at all but THIS one song has some odd appeal to me.
1) Contagiously danceable (danced to it many times, sheer bliss with a great partner). It must be that relentlessly sexy rhythm track.
2) Sexy with a capital S! The overall choice of sounds and production is seductive as it gets.
Never liked Madonna at all but THIS one song has some odd appeal to me.
1) Contagiously danceable (danced to it many times, sheer bliss with a great partner). It must be that relentlessly sexy rhythm track.
2) Sexy with a capital S! The overall choice of sounds and production is seductive as it gets.
I always thought of this tune as riffing on a line from the chorus of Spanish Pipedream.
Blow up your TV
Throw away your paper
Go to the country
Build you a home
Plant a little garden
Eat a lot of peaches
Try an' find Jesus on your own
Artist: Sheryl Crow
Song: There Goes the Neighborhood
This was released in 1999. A great party tune that connected because I was having my share of big Saturday nights at the time. I have never seen Crow live but I bet she brings it. Extra points for Bobby Keys on sax.
Song: There Goes the Neighborhood
This was released in 1999. A great party tune that connected because I was having my share of big Saturday nights at the time. I have never seen Crow live but I bet she brings it. Extra points for Bobby Keys on sax.
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U2
Bullet The Blue Sky
Never cared for U2. their angst to musicality ratio is just way too far out of my blue zone. They are simply too preachy for my taste and their endless mournful dirge of a musical signature just bores me, with one notable exception.
Even though the bass line is a minor variation of the one from the Nuge’s Stranglehold, tasty drum work combined with Adam Clayton’s bass drives this U2 protest of US military involvement in El Salvador like a slo mo jackhammer. It’s also one of the few U2 tracks where the guitar doesn’t sound like some random recording made on a busy Saturday at Guitar Center. Unfortunately there’s nothing to recommend yet another Bono whine about man’s inhumanity to man, but hey, three out of four ain’t bad.
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In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose in a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America, America
Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of America
Bullet The Blue Sky
Never cared for U2. their angst to musicality ratio is just way too far out of my blue zone. They are simply too preachy for my taste and their endless mournful dirge of a musical signature just bores me, with one notable exception.
Even though the bass line is a minor variation of the one from the Nuge’s Stranglehold, tasty drum work combined with Adam Clayton’s bass drives this U2 protest of US military involvement in El Salvador like a slo mo jackhammer. It’s also one of the few U2 tracks where the guitar doesn’t sound like some random recording made on a busy Saturday at Guitar Center. Unfortunately there’s nothing to recommend yet another Bono whine about man’s inhumanity to man, but hey, three out of four ain’t bad.
almost forgot
In the howling wind comes a stinging rain
See it driving nails
Into the souls on the tree of pain
From the firefly, a red orange glow
See the face of fear
Running scared in the valley below
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
In the locust wind comes a rattle and hum
Jacob wrestled the angel
And the angel was overcome
You plant a demon seed
You raise a flower of fire
See them burning crosses
See the flames higher and higher
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue sky
Bullet the blue
Bullet the blue
This guy comes up to me
His face red like a rose in a thorn bush
Like all the colors of a royal flush
And he's peeling off those dollar bills
Slapping them down
One hundred, two hundred
And I can see those fighter planes
And I can see those fighter planes
Across the mud huts where the children sleep
Through the alleys of a quiet city street
You take the staircase to the first floor
Turn the key and slowly unlock the door
As a man breathes into a saxophone
And through the walls you hear the city groan
Outside is America
Outside is America, America
Across the field you see the sky ripped open
See the rain through a gaping wound
Pounding on the women and children
Who run
Into the arms
Of America
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NEVER EVER EVER be ashamed of liking the Beach Boys. Brian Wilson was one of the most innovative musicians and bass players ever. Still one of my favorites after all these years.
On the later albums, yes. But before that it was all Brian and on tour, it was Brian. And the writing? Brian.
I’d still rank Carol as the better bassist, while acknowledging that Brian demonstrated musical excellence that wasn’t limited to just the bass.
Of course, if we start contemplating people who had musical genius that transcended the instrument they were known for, Brian is still up there, but he’d fall behind Lennon/McCartney and Pete Townshend. I’d actually rank Pete the highest of those.
Foster The People
Pumped Up Kicks
That hypnotic groove, slacker vocal, weird subject matter and oddly timed keyboard jabs somehow works!
Pumped Up Kicks
That hypnotic groove, slacker vocal, weird subject matter and oddly timed keyboard jabs somehow works!
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