Thunderbird Club

[mr zee]

Spent a few minutes on a platform at Birmingham New Street once, desperately awaiting my train to whisk me away to civilisation. Αnywhere south of the Tees is barbarian country. They drink shandy in half pint glasses and don't have nearly enough Thunderbirds isn't it?

Shandy.
A beverage of beer and lemonade, shaken, not stirred, to quench ones thirst and to cool ones burning biryani breath.

 

[PillO]

WARNING: THUNDERBIRD Content!

 

[mr zee]

Some cool toons there. Have you ever thought about doing some stranglers.

Duchess.
Grip.
Princess of the street.

 

[TBird1958]

A great set list BUT...

What is a Halloween show with out Alice Cooper? Welcome to My Nightmare, Cold Ethyl, No More Mr. Nice Guy, or Feed My Frankenstein would work. Or, if you are adventurous, the Ballad of Dwight Fry. Dead Babies can be done in less than 2 minutes...

Hey now, I love AC more than you do! My first show in ‘73 was Billion Dollar Babies, the songs you mention are good, but they’re not dance material, our job is to make people’s butts move, not play my old favorites

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Still one of the best raps of all time.

 

[Gaolee]

Is that bass player who I think she is? She should have had a Thunderbird.

 

[GonePlaid]

you mean, no AC?

Yup. Took no time at all to get muggy inside. I'm too old/set in my[comfortable]ways for that.Luckily, Florida Flicker and Flash got to it fairly quickly. Thankfully it wasn't in the daytime. 90+ degrees, 80% humidity.

 

[PillO]

Hey now, I love AC more than you do! My first show in ‘73 was Billion Dollar Babies, the songs you mention are good, but they’re not dance material, our job is to make people’s butts move, not play my old favorites

I will maintain that Halloween needs Alice. But it is your show.

 

[PillO]

Is that bass player who I think she is? She should have had a Thunderbird.

I don't know who you think she is, but she is Rhonda Smith. She played with Prince for a period. She uses 5s quite a lot and generally humbucker equipped, so she is most of the way to playing a Thunderbird.

 

[PillO]

Yup. Took no time at all to get muggy inside. I'm too old/set in my[comfortable]ways for that.Luckily, Florida Flicker and Flash got to it fairly quickly. Thankfully it wasn't in the daytime. 90+ degrees, 80% humidity.

If humidity reaches 80% indoors and you turn on the A/C, does it start raining indoors?

 

[Engle]

Probably WD Designs. You might have to trace it and tell them where to drill for screws. I'm not sure about the logo.

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Thanks - Already looked there. They don’t do logos.
It would be a pretty easy pickguard to make, except it needs a bird logo.

The choices on EBay are pricey!

 

[Gaolee]

Still one of the best raps of all time.

Maybe the angriest one he ever did:

There was a woman downstairs in the apartment my wife and I lived in when we were in NYC. She had been through a whole lot of the protests, riots and aftermath of the civil rights movement and later protests during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was one of the more intelligent people I have know over the years, but her ancestry and time and place of birth meant that she was driving a taxi in New York instead of something else. Even in the early and mid 1980s when we were living in Manhattan, some pretty ugly things happened to people who didn't earn it, right in front of me. It wasn't news. It was routine.

I was in 7th grade in 1972 when this one came out and missed most of it at the time. But, I very well knew the tenor of the times and what was going on around the country. I remembered it well only about a decade later as a young adult. So, when I finally stumbled on this rap from Gil Scott-Heron, it was immediate and compelling.

I hope this doesn't come across as political, because it's not meant to be that way. It's meant to be a look into the abyss of fear that was there at the time and the music that came from it. There's a rawness that is still there to find right under the surface while listening to that song.

 

[Gaolee]

I don't know who you think she is, but she is Rhonda Smith. She played with Prince for a period. She uses 5s quite a lot and generally humbucker equipped, so she is most of the way to playing a Thunderbird.

I thought it might be Tal Wilkenfeld, but Rhonda Smith should have a Thunderbird, too. I don't know what anybody looks like. I do know they should be playing Thunderbirds.

 

[Gaolee]

Thanks - Already looked there. They don’t do logos.
It would be a pretty easy pickguard to make, except it needs a bird logo.

The choices on EBay are pricey!

Sorry to hear about the logo. I have a call in to them, because I'm still thinking about a different pickguard on the Flamingo. I don't know what yet.

 

[GonePlaid]

If humidity reaches 80% indoors and you turn on the A/C, does it start raining indoors?

No, dew(sorta). Condensation forms. Then mold if it's off long enough.

 

[PillO]

Maybe the angriest one he ever did:

There was a woman downstairs in the apartment my wife and I lived in when we were in NYC. She had been through a whole lot of the protests, riots and aftermath of the civil rights movement and later protests during the 1960s and early 1970s. She was one of the more intelligent people I have know over the years, but her ancestry and time and place of birth meant that she was driving a taxi in New York instead of something else. Even in the early and mid 1980s when we were living in Manhattan, some pretty ugly things happened to people who didn't earn it, right in front of me. It wasn't news. It was routine.

I was in 7th grade in 1972 when this one came out and missed most of it at the time. But, I very well knew the tenor of the times and what was going on around the country. I remembered it well only about a decade later as a young adult. So, when I finally stumbled on this rap from Gil Scott-Heron, it was immediate and compelling.

I hope this doesn't come across as political, because it's not meant to be that way. It's meant to be a look into the abyss of fear that was there at the time and the music that came from it. There's a rawness that is still there to find right under the surface while listening to that song.

There is nothing I can add without risking banning. Other righteously angry music with which I identify contains profanities. Personal opinion on the matters that lead to righteous anger certainly strays into politics. And strangely, I tend to like my music politics free because I disagree with the politics of just about all recording artists (on all sides of the political spectrum).

I'm a study in contradictions.

 

[PillO]

No, dew(sorta). Condensation forms. Then mold if it's off long enough.

Nope. In my mind you are going to have cartoonish miniature thunderstorms inside.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I thought it might be Tal Wilkenfeld, but Rhonda Smith should have a Thunderbird, too. I don't know what anybody looks like. I do know they should be playing Thunderbirds.

Def not Tal!

 

[Nocturnal]

A great set list BUT...

What is a Halloween show with out Alice Cooper? Welcome to My Nightmare, Cold Ethyl, No More Mr. Nice Guy, or Feed My Frankenstein would work. Or, if you are adventurous, the Ballad of Dwight Fry. Dead Babies can be done in less than 2 minutes...

Here is a cover of Frankenstein featuring Alice's daughter and his bassist. He normally slings a Thunderbird and has posted a ton of recent tour pics with an Epi VP.

 

[RedVee]

Well by golly, they are smarter than we think! This is working after all. Turn the power off and the wind stops blowing and no fires within 50 miles! Dog gone it, we can't control the environment! California is on the cutting edge of everything.

I haven't heard, but I'm assuming all those with power being turned off will at least have lower electric bills? Wouldn't be surprised if they figured out a way to keep charging.

There must be an ‘off & on’ fee ?