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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I've tried degreasing my strings and then putting them in a deep freezer. Cryogenics doesn't seem to make them sound any brighter.
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1964, and I am 8. My older sister takes me to see A Hard Day's Night. She is 19 years old in 64. She taught me how to twist when The Twist was new on the radio.
What I recall is the "bad kids" were into the Rolling Stones. All the boys trying to do the Jagger sneer. It is amusing to see.
What I recall is the "bad kids" were into the Rolling Stones. All the boys trying to do the Jagger sneer. It is amusing to see.
No, this was before the Beagles appeared. My dad had <ahem> "a way with words" (4-lettered & others), not unlike Lennon's "In His Own Write", before it was cool. He was the funniest of his 4 brothers and 3 sisters. But he never needed any words to let me know his mood, if you know what I mean. Never got a belt whoopin', but I vividly remember exactly one razor strop whoopin' and I became the model child, as far as he knew.
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I was so P.O'd that kids, mostly girls, were screaming at the movie! I couldn't hear the songs! At least at the Psycho movie it was just one crazy lady yelling "Look Out!" But a couple hundred girls screaming as loud as they can?!?!? At a movie?? OMG was not a phrase in my neighborhood back then, but I knew the feeling then and there.
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And yet, somewhere, enough neurons fire that boys come away with the conviction that they, too, can get all the girls if they join a band.
With all this talk about the Beatles and Stones, I thought I would add my old (prehistoric) comments.
Back in the '60's, I was happily listening to and learning the old '50's blues, soul and R & B tunes while taunting my older sister for her infatuation with Elvis. About this time I was trying to form a garage band. I happened to be visiting our local soda shop hangout and I heard, on the jukebox, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles.
I immediately thought "who but bubble-gummers would like this stuff"? I was interested in what the Beatles and Stones were doing and noticed they did have some blues, soul and R & B influences, Problem was, they continued to push their rock tunes so I discounted them and continued with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Booker T.
It wasn't until 1970/71 that I woke up and realized that there is a 4 to 6 year "generation gap" when it comes to the age of maturity. Preteens have an extreme desire to be different from the teenagers and adults of their time. My older sister liked Elvis because her peers liked him and the radio promoted his music. That was reason for me not to like Elvis and my peers liked soul and R & B...and the radio promoted it. My (7 year) younger sister liked the "70's" music.
I have three sons. The first was born in 1973. By the time he was 12, he was heavily into the mid '80's rock music. My second and third sons were born in 1975 and 1978, respectively. They were close and heavily into the late '80's and early 90's rock scene.
That's my story and, although I enjoy some of the music since the '60's, my heart is with the music "I grew up with".
Back in the '60's, I was happily listening to and learning the old '50's blues, soul and R & B tunes while taunting my older sister for her infatuation with Elvis. About this time I was trying to form a garage band. I happened to be visiting our local soda shop hangout and I heard, on the jukebox, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles.
I immediately thought "who but bubble-gummers would like this stuff"? I was interested in what the Beatles and Stones were doing and noticed they did have some blues, soul and R & B influences, Problem was, they continued to push their rock tunes so I discounted them and continued with Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Booker T.
It wasn't until 1970/71 that I woke up and realized that there is a 4 to 6 year "generation gap" when it comes to the age of maturity. Preteens have an extreme desire to be different from the teenagers and adults of their time. My older sister liked Elvis because her peers liked him and the radio promoted his music. That was reason for me not to like Elvis and my peers liked soul and R & B...and the radio promoted it. My (7 year) younger sister liked the "70's" music.
I have three sons. The first was born in 1973. By the time he was 12, he was heavily into the mid '80's rock music. My second and third sons were born in 1975 and 1978, respectively. They were close and heavily into the late '80's and early 90's rock scene.
That's my story and, although I enjoy some of the music since the '60's, my heart is with the music "I grew up with".
I guess I thought of playing music as more of a retreat from my girl crazy guy friends. My bands were more into the general feel good songs and dance standards. Except none of us wanted to sing the ballads. Too cheesy. The guys that wanted to join our bands just for the girls really didn't play well enough!
It was my college girlfriend that got me to try bass. But, I stayed with the bass and the school music group long after she was gone.
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It really did work that way. Being in a band made you popular. Not so much with their parents.
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What did they patent?
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What did they patent?
Insanity.
What did they patent?
If that's true, I know lotsa people, many in my own family, who are blatantly infringing on that patent! It only amazes me the many variations on that theme they keep coming up with!
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The music business always revolved around someone older taking advantage. Legally and financially.
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Well, here's the last of the Christmas gifts for Will. This bass was very cheap. We got it from Amazon where I had a couple hundred bucks in Amazon money and we applied it to the bass. I wasn't sure how to flip the nut because it was glued in! Then it struck me-- just use your string nut file and file two of the slots down to accompany the larger strings (I restring righty). It worked! This bass is a gem! Loving playing it-- it has a nice, grunty growl and crisp high end.
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Black basses with maple necks are yum.
I WAS going to post a pic of my brother goofing on my first new bass, a '73 Fender Jazz with w/b/w pg on black body and black blocks on maple neck, but Imgur seems to have deleted it. I'll have to hunt up the original. In the mean time, here I am enjoying my favorite fiver:
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Looks to me I'm looking at a bass player ^
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