So, what have you been listening to lately?

westen44 · February 04, 2020, 05:03:37 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on February 01, 2020, 09:51:24 AM
Looks like Dusty's bass has a lipstick pickup?

Lots of Zappa to check out on the Hot Rats master takes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPd2PMgKb-g&list=PLfYZYafMydWhKCoJgCpjGf4US3OOF8quB

I would be interested in knowing what kind of pickup that is on Dusty's bass, but I guess no one knows.

uwe · February 05, 2020, 05:37:44 AM

Quote from: Dave W on February 04, 2020, 04:07:55 PM

1. She's 26. Is that jailbait in Germany?

2. I love cute nose wrinkling.

1. With a man your age, yes! Any age, really.

2. High marks for honesty und unflinching self-realization!

uwe · February 05, 2020, 07:51:27 AM

Handsome Dick has a new album out. Of course, as a Kraut, I'm attracted to Dictators, Jewish ones especially.

I love his "hit and miss"-approach to singing.

Alas, I feel a surge of Dictators nostalgia mounting in me, Manifest Destiny was a pivotal album of my youth.

uwe · February 05, 2020, 08:11:57 AM

Listening to the new (and finally first) Kim Gordon solo CD right now - to give the truth credit, it was Herr Westheimer who made me aware of her in these hallowed halls here, back in the day when cute nose wrinkling wasn't as high on his musical agenda!

She seems to like reptiles too.

It's not all noise rock either, in case you were wondering.

patman · February 05, 2020, 11:31:15 AM

Lonny Mack and Sonny Moorman. Homegrown blues...

Dave W · February 05, 2020, 05:01:48 PM

Quote from: uwe on February 05, 2020, 05:37:44 AM
1. With a man your age, yes! Any age, really.

2. High marks for honesty und unflinching self-realization!

She's cute. That doesn't mean I want a relationship with her.

A FB friend posted this, from Rutland Weekend Television. I don't remember seeing it before.

westen44 · February 05, 2020, 06:23:29 PM

George Harrison could be as much of a clown as John Lennon, or maybe more so.

Bargeon · February 05, 2020, 06:35:19 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on February 01, 2020, 09:51:24 AM
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Lots of Zappa to check out on the Hot Rats master takes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPd2PMgKb-g&list=PLfYZYafMydWhKCoJgCpjGf4US3OOF8quB

That reissue looks intriguing. Thanks

FZ reused that piano line on Little House I Used to Live In

westen44 · February 05, 2020, 06:57:35 PM

From Nashville, believe it or not. Pretty good, IMO.

amptech · February 06, 2020, 12:30:34 AM

Quote from: Dave W on February 04, 2020, 04:07:55 PM

2. I love cute nose wrinkling.

There's a cure for that : Spice Girls The Movie. If that does not help, nothing will!

amptech · February 06, 2020, 12:32:34 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 05, 2020, 07:51:27 AM
Handsome Dick has a new album out. Of course, as a Kraut, I'm attracted to Dictators, Jewish ones especially.

Alas, I feel a surge of Dictators nostalgia mounting in me, Manifest Destiny was a pivotal album of my youth.

Ooh, and a Grabber too. Much more tasty playing than his later output. (that's Mark on bass right?)

westen44 · February 06, 2020, 01:10:26 AM

Quote from: amptech on February 06, 2020, 12:30:34 AM
There's a cure for that : Spice Girls The Movie. If that does not help, nothing will!

George Harrison said the good thing about the Spice Girls is you could look at them and cut off the sound.

uwe · February 06, 2020, 09:20:48 AM

Quote from: amptech on February 06, 2020, 12:32:34 AM
Ooh, and a Grabber too. Much more tasty playing than his later output. (that's Mark on bass right?)

Yeah, Marco Mendoza (not the Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Black Star Riders, Dead Daisies guy of the same name), who went to Twisted Sister after Manifest Destiny flopped and The Dictators were unhappy with Sandy Pearlman's (he of BÖC fame) management. Professionally understandable perhaps, but musically a huge step of dumbing down. I like Dee Snider's wit in interviews, but an Andy Shernoff as a songwriter he was not. Twisted Sister were always at best ... workmanlike and heavy-handed. Marco Mendoza's right-hand technique is unmistakable though, he "slaps" - a bit double bass style - without slapping. He was quite busy with The Dictators, busier than Andy Shernoff.

uwe · February 06, 2020, 09:33:14 AM

Quote from: westen44 on February 06, 2020, 01:10:26 AM
George Harrison said the good thing about the Spice Girls is you could look at them and cut off the sound.

Victoria's/Posh Spice's/Frau Beckham's note-perfect live singing always stood out for me. Like a sore thumb. (Her mike was in fact switched off most of the time as she was tone-deaf.)

But she was/is a good fashion designer, I grant her that. And she was the prettiest Spice Girl in my eyes. Always had something of a comic book super heroine.

But my real guilty pleasure was ...

(Some faint nose-wrinkling at 2:17, Dave, but not much, unfortunately, don't let it keep you from other, more important tasks.

)

And this here (which always owed more than a bit to "Walk like an Egyptian"):

gearHed289 · February 06, 2020, 09:43:10 AM

Quote from: uwe on February 06, 2020, 09:20:48 AM
Yeah, Marco Mendoza (not the Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Black Star Riders, Dead Daisies guy of the same name), who went to Twisted Sister after Manifest Destiny flopped and The Dictators were unhappy with Sandy Pearlman's (he of BÖC fame) management. Professionally understandable perhaps, but musically a huge step of dumbing down. I like Dee Snider's wit in interviews, but an Andy Shernoff as a songwriter he was not. Twisted Sister were always at best ... workmanlike and heavy-handed. Marco Mendoza's right-hand technique is unmistakable though, he "slaps" - a bit double bass style - without slapping. He was quite busy with The Dictators, busier than Andy Shernoff.

And even worse, it's my understanding that Snider was the only one who made any money on that dreck. What an awful band. I saw a "Behind the Music" type of program about them, and I was amazed listening to these guys talk about the band with any level of seriousness.