Stage Presence is Everything

[MrSidecar]

Well,
May I remind the crowd of a colleague of ours who proved flashy moves are not a thing of the past:



Couldn’t resist.
Best
Sidecar

 

[Rip Van Dan]

I think these guys would give The Lords a run for their money!

I remember when they came out. They called that "doing the Freddy" and back in the mid 60's, you'd see people dance like that...of course, you couldn't get too close to them.

 

[Rip Van Dan]

Well,
May I remind the crowd of a colleague of ours who proved flashy moves are not a thing of the past:



Couldn’t resist.
Best
Sidecar

Whatever he's on...I want some of that!

 

[dkelley]

Holy crap! At least these guys gimmicks are musical. Seriously, these guys can play! I don't recall seeing rock from this era that jammed like this. And that bassist!

Too bad they couldn't keep tempo worth a damn

 

[dkelley]

Omg... always thought this song was young rolling stones goofing around

 

[Watchootognbout]

They had a style about them, I'll give them that...

Goes back to the time when goofy,cheesieness was the thing.

The less you can play,the more you have to do some kind of hokey body movement.
They had something.
Virtuosity it ain't!

 

[lowplaces]

Fast forward to when perfection spewed forth....

 

[5StringBlues]

meh

 

[Volker Kirstein]

A new challenger appears.

Holy crap! ... And that bassist!

My sentiments exactly! Crazy how he slings that beast around!

 

[tpaul]

I'll just leave this here:

 

[2tonic]

Ok... it made me smile... Then I watched them when they grew up. Happy to say they never fired their choreographer.

They sure had a fan in Martin Mull! (check @ 1:40)

 

[2tonic]

A new challenger appears.

Oh, my.
At 5:20, isn't this what caused all the uproar at Abu Ghraib?

 

[Seashore]

Who needs a stage when you can rock a living room?

 

[mc900ftj]

OK, three pages of replies into this thread and there has been no mention of the fact that they are wearing women's sensible heels? C'mon Talkbass-ers!!! You can spot a chinese knock-off 'rick from a mile away but missed this elephant in the room? Sheeesh!

 

[teh-slb]

German band; I guess the goose stepping was in their blood.

If I had a coin every time my dear German friends used "to learn" to mean "to teach" or "to study", as The Lords do here, I'd be a hundredaire. On the other hand, they all probably die inside a little every time they hear me try to speak their mother tongue.

Also, catchy tune. By some accounts, The Lords are still together and playing. Not necessarily my type of music, but respect to them.

 

[Flashback Bass]

OK, three pages of replies into this thread and there has been no mention of the fact that they are wearing women's sensible heels? C'mon Talkbass-ers!!! You can spot a chinese knock-off 'rick from a mile away but missed this elephant in the room? Sheeesh!

Uh, the shoes were mentioned.

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They are not woman's shoes, they are heeled shoes with spats!

 

[43ManSquamish]

Looks like the early beginnings of fop rock.

 

[micguy]

I'll just leave this here:

Ya gotta admire their dedication to their schtick - the bass player in particular must have worked for a very long time to be able to play and move that spastickly.

 

[mc900ftj]

Uh, the shoes were mentioned.

They are not woman's shoes, they are heeled shoes with spats!

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Correction accepted. Technically spats were mentioned.

Let's not have a spat about this...I wonder which spats and heels are best for metal?

 

[waveman]

I call that Jammercizing, lol - aerobics + rock n roll