Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

Was that the Volvo that had the two stroke engine?

I think that was SAAB.

 

[PhR75]

"Weird" sounding singers I like that some may find grating in addition to Neil Young:

Joe Walsh
Kate Bush
Geddy Lee
Robert Wyatt
Andy Pratt
Dave Lawson (Greenslade)
Tom Verlaine
Fish

 

[PillO]

"Weird" sounding singers I like that some may find grating in addition to Neil Young:

Joe Walsh
Kate Bush
Geddy Lee
Robert Wyatt
Andy Pratt
Dave Lawson (Greenslade)
Tom Verlaine
Fish

Geddy has the voice of an angel!*

* Assumes the angel is a cross between banshee and yodeler**

** I kid! I love the music of Rush including the singing.

 

[PhR75]

I think that was SAAB.

Yes. Saab 92 and 93 were two-stroke.
My father had five Saab 96 models in a row. There used to be a saying in Finland that "Saabism is a sickness".

They were manufactured in Finland too so when I was in early grades in the 80's every other family had a Saab. Usually a 99 or 900.

 

[bobyoung53]

was down in Ilo with my dad in the early 80’s surveying silver mines (owned by the Johnstons who also own the Crystal breweries) and had a little too much Arequipeña partying with the locals (should have gone to the mine that day…) to the point I got my passport stolen….no bueno since the embassy was in Lima…so, had to take a “colectivo” from Tacna to Arequipa to catch a plane to the capital…..that “colectivo” happened to be a Nova (69/70) with a 396 and 4 on the floor….that guy put that car through its paces…man those were quick!..

Wow! That's another one of my dream cars, I had a 69 and me and a friend threw a 350 in it, it was fast but nothing like a 396, torque monster. Arequipa is a nice city. Peru is an interesting place.

 

[JIO]

I don’t wonder at all. Your work is amazing and frankly, some I’ve seen on Reverb are reasonably priced. I came darn to buying that blue one a few years ago. Just wasn’t in the cards for me at the time. I’m sad I missed out on it.

Thanks so much! I wish I would have known - I could have taken a bit off for a fellow Tb'r.

He could build you another.

For a while there, I could find and buy Epi standard and Goth necks in good shape for a decent price (on eBay) and so I built up a number of basses using them, some with vintage Japanese bodies and a few on bodies I made. Everything is going up so for me to be able to make those basses affordable I need to be able to buy the neck/body for as cheaply as possible. It's why some are priced less than others. The 'others' are full custom/original designs - bodies and neck w/custom finishes and premium components. A custom Plek'd neck made by my SF luthier costs me $500. And I get low-ball 'offers' all the time...

 

[PhR75]

Geddy has the voice of an angel!*

* Assumes the angel is a cross between banshee and yodeler**

** I kid! I love the music of Rush including the singing.

If some find Geddy hard to take they could try David Surkamp of Pavlov's Dog. "Marty Balin on helium".
Lisa Dalbello does a great Geddy imitation on Alex' "Victor" album. What a fantastic singer, her "Whomanfoursays" album is just brilliant.

 

[bobyoung53]

And here's the thing. He never sat down to write words. Someone would start playing something and he would just start making them up. Ed King once mentioned that Ronnie said if he can't remember them they're not worth singing in the first place. Something close to that. Ed was amazed that he could just come up with words like that.

But I'm certain this must be how a number of songs from the 60s and early 70s had to have been "written" given some of the word salads that passed for lyrics. At least with Ronnie's you could listen and know what the heck he was talking about since the words actually went together!

I thought he told great stories in his tunes, at least some of them.

 

[PillO]

If some find Geddy hard to take they could try David Surkamp of Pavlov's Dog. "Marty Balin on helium".
Lisa Dalbello does a great Geddy imitation on Alex' "Victor" album. What a fantastic singer, her "Whomanfoursays" album is just brilliant.

Both Geddy and Alex are skilled impersonators. Well, of a select cast of characters anyway...

 

[JIO]

Was that the Volvo that had the two stroke engine?

1.8-liter inline-4 paired with a 4-speed manual transmission - twin SU carburetors

 

[JIO]

Both Geddy and Alex are skilled impersonators. Well, of a select cast of characters anyway...

I just watched that last night. I enjoyed it - it was well done.

 

[bobyoung53]

No, sure haven't. But talked with Sammy Hagar in the lat 70s. Wait he's not from here or maybe even Earth....

I can't recall what part of Ky they are from, but it's not Louisville.

Don was born in Brownie, Kentucky, Phil the younger brother was born in Chicago, looks like they didn't stay in Kentucky very long. They moved all over the place, their father had a radio show, where they got their start when they were very young, and they went wherever it took them I guess.

 

[PillO]

I just watched that last night. I enjoyed it - it was well done.

There are a number of good music documentaries. Many seem to have the common denominator of Sam Dunn. He has a degree in anthropology and seems to approach his subject matter that way. It makes for interesting insights.

 

[GBassNorth]

IMO, his "voice" is whiny and grating. Not something I wanna listen to. AFA his-or Ted Nugent's, or pretty much anyone else's-politics, they don't matter to me. BUT! If I pay good money to hear a concert, play yer music and STFU. If I wanna know their 'thoughts', I'll read their FB page. Or tweets.(neither of which I'm gonna do).

Pretty much the same here. Never been a fan of NYs voice, his lyrics are ok and his arrangements are good. Net, I wouldn’t miss much if I never heard him perform another song. Ted isn’t high on my fan list either, again not that fond of his vocals, but he is a dynamite super high energy player and performer. Wouldn’t miss much if I never heard him perform another song either. I won’t talk politics of either party here, there’s other places better suited for that.

 

[bobyoung53]

"Weird" sounding singers I like that some may find grating in addition to Neil Young:

Joe Walsh
Kate Bush
Geddy Lee
Robert Wyatt
Andy Pratt
Dave Lawson (Greenslade)
Tom Verlaine
Fish

I saw Andy Pratt at an outside concert sometime during the 70's, he grew up in Mass and says he played the bass on Avenging Annie which I was VERY surprised at. He was great though, I have several of his LP's from those days still.
I like Joe Walsh's voice, same with Kate Bush, Geddy? It grew on me over the years, not familiar with Robert Wyatt or Greenslade. Love Tom Verlaine (Television).

 

[TBird1958]

Let's have some Tesla, and I'm not talkin' cars.

 

[Engle]

Just posting pic of my VP because:

 

[Thumper]

Let's have some Tesla, and I'm not talkin' cars.

We do Getting Better, and their cover of Signs, saw a Thunderbird on their CD insert.

 

[JIO]

"Weird" sounding singers I like that some may find grating in addition to Neil Young:

Joe Walsh
Kate Bush
Geddy Lee
Robert Wyatt
Andy Pratt
Dave Lawson (Greenslade)
Tom Verlaine
Fish

There's been a lot of singers with unusual voices over the years; early Bowie, early Bryan Ferry, David Byrne, Jello Biafra, Joanna Newsom, Tiny Tim, Liz Fraser, Captain Beefheart, Björk...

 

[JJR58]

There's been a lot of singers with unusual voices over the years; early Bowie, early Bryan Ferry, David Byrne, Jello Biafra, Joanna Newsom, Tiny Tim, Liz Fraser, Captain Beefheart, Björk...

Love em all!!!