Thunderbird Club

[dagrev]

Having seen him from about 8 rows back on 2112 tour I can say he is an amazing talent, as bassist and vocalist. I had seen him prior to that tour and another 4 times after that, you just had to be there to really understand.

I can imagine.

I've heard really good guitar players say it's easier to play guitar and sing than play bass and sing. I can't really do either, so I don't know. But it was something about strumming was generally normal rhythm and bass often plays things in between the normal beats and is often less predictable. Not exactly how I've heard it worded, but something like that. May not even be true. But I can't imagine playing what GL does and having to sing on top of that. Incredible.

 

[dagrev]

The sound/tone/delivery of singing can evoke a completely involuntary (and utterly honest) aesthetic response from a listener. Doesn't mean the listener has to feel that the band or songs are bad - just that the main point/focus of engagement for most 1st listenings to any music is whichever instrument, primarily, carries the melody or the lyrics (commonly both, of course).
Sometimes it can mean that the listener's response is that they think the music is dreadful, for sure, but it doesn't automatically equate to that. Aesthetics is a peculiar area of art - it's often viewed as being very binary but a large part of post-grad study in teaching music (here in the UK) focussed on strategies to make something students initially recoiled from appealing to them. So, not liking someone's voice/delivery is a really honest response and tho peer-pressure can sometimes prompt a listener to try again (sometimes growing to like the voice) there's no reason why anyone HAS TO LIKE ANY SINGER/VOICE.
I can't listen to Zeppelin because of the singing, love a lot of the music but can't stand Plant's singing on their songs - but I loved the stuff he did with Alison Krauss. I know, sacrilege right!? Geddy I can dig but can easily see why someone else would respond to his singing the way I do to Plant.
I am of a mind it's to a singer's credit to evoke such a response, positive or negative - it proves they've def got their own thing going on!!

What Plant and Alison Krauss did was great. Very clever and well done. Far better IMO than his "Band Of Weirdness (Joy)" stuff. But she could make even me sound pretty good.

 

[Engle]

Spouse: "And if the rest of Thunderbird Club jumped off a building, would you?"
TB Member: "Yes. Yes, I would. There had to be a really good reason. So, yes."

My wife is just glad I have found fellow bass nerd friends

 

[TBird1958]

Tuesday tubes............

 

[Gaolee]

I get the feeling that Australia has an equivalent to "Florida Man"

The Aussie version would be even more dangerous than the Florida version. Just because of Oz.

 

[Gaolee]

Spouse: "And if the rest of Thunderbird Club jumped off a building, would you?"
TB Member: "Yes. Yes, I would. There had to be a really good reason. So, yes."

And buy a Thunderbird on the way down.

 

[Gaolee]

It’s already gone!

There will be another, and it will choose you. You will know. That one almost chose you, but apparently it was a bit of a floozie and went home with somebody else.

 

[Gaolee]

THANI was to rush. Boy voice to text is really biting the weenie today...

Well, if you didn't have that funny accent and would stop chewing on rocks, the computer might understand you.

 

[Lammchop93]

There will be another, and it will choose you. You will know. That one almost chose you, but apparently it was a bit of a floozie and went home with somebody else.

absolutley! I am a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason"

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

almost biblical…trippy….

 

[PillO]

absolutley! I am a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason"

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[Lammchop93]

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hah, ain't that the truth!

 

[PillO]

hah, ain't that the truth!

Not always. Just sometimes...

 

[5StringBlues]

we cant all be from texas...

Well, if you didn't have that funny accent and would stop chewing on rocks, the computer might understand you.

 

[dagrev]

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I love that quote and have been able use it on occasion in the hopes of helping to prevent bad/emotional thinking. One of those "cut to the chase" statements. At times, our problems are not as complex as we would like to think.

 

[Instagator]

Thanks guys!! Now she is rethinking how important this landmark birthday is

Happy Birthday to Youuuuuuuuuu!

 

[bylar13]

People do some strange stuff. This is local to me:

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[GonePlaid]

Having the splitter on the low range also, makes them pretty great in traffic, especially when loaded at max-weight+

Advantage: freight. Lotta LTL. Cubed out, never 'grossed' out.

 

[GonePlaid]

Ditto!! Happy B'day Andy!

Likewise.

 

[Engle]

we cant all be from texas...

I’m on my way to Dallas. Hopefully they can understand Canadian.