Thunderbird Club

[bobyoung53]

Not even these guys? They came along after the Beatles, had legions of screaming girls at appearances... Maybe not as big an impact on music...

My sisters were in love with Bobby Sherman. I actually like a lot of the late 60's bubblegum music, 1910 Fruitgum Co were good. This is in retrospect as when this stuff was current I wasn't listening to most of it although I didn't hate it. Sherman's stuff was recorded very good in fact and I can remember actually liking this one.

 

[TBird1958]

Something from the vault...... Dammit, I'm old!

 

[bobyoung53]

I was bored most of the time and day dreamed about being elsewhere. Was an average student because I didn't care and just did what I needed to in classes I didn't find interesting. I was always puzzled after that teacher would explain what we were to do and the smart kids would go up and ask for clarification and other questions. I thought, I get it and you're supposed to be smart. My wife laughs at me and thinks I was saving my brain because my grades through HS were unimpressive to say they least. Went back to college after a few years working and was always in the top of the class and received honors through grad school and was invited into an what was called an "advanced" masters program with limited openings that was structured like a 3 yr PhD program, mostly for those who intended to do that next, which I did not. She says I was two different people. Probably had something wrong with me...and still do.

I was similar to that but I actually got into some bad stuff during my teens and quit school, got a GED a few years later, went to college when I was 36, did well and got conditionally accepted into a professional PsyD program but I think the condition was you had to pay for it yourself somehow, so I ended up doing a second bachelors in Nursing. I wish I could do my life over.......as they say. I could have been in one of those late 60's psychedelic movies as a semi-acid casualty at one time.

 

[JJR58]

I quite like venison (deer), moose, elk, and buffalo (bison). More complex and interesting than the factory famed beef you get these days.

I happen to also like those choices.

 

[dagrev]

I'm not a fan of much of the current bass tone trends(distortion, lack of bottom, droning eighth note roots, etc.). Too much-to me-sounds like a guitar an octave(or less)lower. I don't wanna hear the monotonal kick drum as the lowest sound in the music.

Of course, one also has to remember I'm a Grumpy Olde Phart.

You're no Grumpy Olde Phart. You must be my dad.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

My daughter's drum teacher Shared his opinion on the Beatles - McCartney overplays on everything; "be better if he just played roots". There was some consideration to changing teachers at that point...

A bassist friend has that same concept. And I just laugh. I've pointed out a bunch of monster bassists who disagree with him, but he'd determined he's right. (shrug) You do you, dude. Just don't expect me to do you.
ahem

 

[Miles_ONeal]

That is a cool song.

Come on Marshall, you have to love this one... Haunting chorus.


I have to admit I was a big Elton fan. Still like much of his music. He's got a great voice and is a real deal talent. I can't stand Crocodile Rock. Clever I suppose, but stupid in my book. I either love his songs or hate them.

That was my intro to EJ. Some other good stuff on that album, too!

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Cool explanation of the circle of fifths. Includes a link to discuss circle of fourths vs that.



He's mainly talking chords, but this is applicable to THUNDERBIRDS as well.

 

[dagrev]

Oldie...... Thunderbird II content.

I have never seen this. Thanks for posting!

 

[MCF]

Something from the vault...... Dammit, I'm old!

That's excellent V! I imagine you needed a break after that one. Which Tbird?

 

[TBird1958]

That's excellent V! I imagine you needed a break after that one. Which Tbird?

I was playing the Lull T4 on that.

 

[godofthunder59]

I never found where it said that last time I looked (other than it's not on topic), but it does draw attention and we have to use self-control.

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Self control, whats that look like?

 

[GBassNorth]

A bassist friend has that same concept. And I just laugh. I've pointed out a bunch of monster bassists who disagree with him, but he'd determined he's right. (shrug) You do you, dude. Just don't expect me to do you.
ahem

McCartney certainly has his own style.

Considering the timeframe he was playing and the typical pop music bass lines of his day I guess by comparison to his peers in the mid 1960's one could claim he over played. But if he did, it was because he was capable of pulling it off, the man is loaded with musical talent.

I've always considered his style of playing a unique hybrid between guitar and bass. He's clearly playing bass and laying a foundation for the melody but while doing that he also joins the melody and adds a unique depth to John and George's guitars. As much as I've never been enthralled by the Beatles, I do have to admit that every single member of the band reeked in talent and especially in the early years gelled as a pop rock force unlike anything before them and even most things after them.

 

[dagrev]

Self control, whats that look like?

Well, I know there's one cat here who keeps buying Thunderbirds, so I'm pretty sure it's no use asking him.

Wait...that actually fits a number of people here.....at the Thunderbird Addiction Forum.

 

[bobyoung53]

Something from the vault...... Dammit, I'm old!

Very good, it really rocks.

 

[bobyoung53]

I have never seen this. Thanks for posting!

I liked this song, always liked that singer, Jay Ferguson, I have all the Spirit stuff in a box set.

 

[GonePlaid]

McCartney certainly has his own style.

Considering the timeframe he was playing and the typical pop music bass lines of his day I guess by comparison to his peers in the mid 1960's one could claim he over played. But if he did, it was because he was capable of pulling it off, the man is loaded with musical talent.

I've always considered his style of playing a unique hybrid between guitar and bass. He's clearly playing bass and laying a foundation for the melody but while doing that he also joins the melody and adds a unique depth to John and George's guitars. As much as I've never been enthralled by the Beatles, I do have to admit that every single member of the band reeked in talent and especially in the early years gelled as a pop rock force unlike anything before them and even most things after them.

I read one article/interview that said after the original, simpler recordings, he always played the bass line to each song on a guitar on one track, bass on another. True? Dunno. I saw it on the interweb, so...

 

[dagrev]

I read one article/interview that said after the original, simpler recordings, he always played the bass line to each song on a guitar on one track, bass on another. True? Dunno. I saw it on the interweb, so...

Likely true. That was not all that uncommon on some recordings back then (60s-70s 80s?), and wasn't just something he did. I doubt it's a thing anymore.

 

[Stealth57]

@MCF here's your homemade hummus. If you try the recipe, if your tahini is too thick just add more aquafaba.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I never found where it said that last time I looked (other than it's not on topic), but it does draw attention and we have to use self-control.

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I must have been thinking of somewhere else I post. Probably socmed.