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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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Let's not forget Geddy's bass tone on every album since moving pictures has been soooo deep! Can't beat a bit of misinformation!
James Jamerson said that he would go to the studio everyday and just noodle on his bass for something to do in a small room at the back of the building while others were arguing about song input and chordal framework.
But the engineers would secretly record him and he was often quite surprised to hear his noodlings used as actual bass tracks.
But the engineers would secretly record him and he was often quite surprised to hear his noodlings used as actual bass tracks.
George Harrison wrote "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" to express the discord in the Beatles at that time. Paul McCartney also penned a song about the discord, but that one did not make the cut. To this day, no recordings of "John Can't Sit With a Hofner Up His (B)ass" have been discovered.
Elvis admitted he couldn't hold a candle to the The Beatles. Which is why he called up Don and Phil Everly to see if they wanted to form a supergroup with him on bass and Dick Dale on lead guitar.
But Colonel Tom Parker wouldn't let him because Parker wanted to be the drummer and they said no.
But Colonel Tom Parker wouldn't let him because Parker wanted to be the drummer and they said no.
They wanted Ringo, but Colonel Tom said "I'm a better drummer than him"
At the time, Ringo was not happy with The Beatles. He'd walk up to Brian Epstein and say "I'm this close to quitting!!"
He said it every day for four months straight to Brian.
The phrase became the underlying inspiration for the song " Cry Baby Cry".
And Everly time they saw his face it reminded them of the place they couldn't go. Which was the inspiration for Ringo's 'Every Time I see Your Face'.
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If Paint it Black is on the set list of the Stones, Mick is always dressed in black. Here's proof.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Keith Richards actually has a ring of baldness - that's why he always wears the bandanna. But it actually has a special chemical in the fabric, like a mood ring, and changes based upon the level of narcotices in his bloodstream.
I know. If I have to play Clair de Lune one more time, I'm going pack it in and go play with a hand bell band.
Playing by ear can be tricky because everything you play is based on hearsay.
Music sounds better through headphones because the magnetic field they give off makes your neurotransmitters fire incorrectly, causing you to hallucinate.
The Beatles didn't actually play their own instruments--what you hear on their records was played by the Monkees.
