So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

A Minneapolis band from the 90s

[Dave W]

Johnny and Randy Jo duet

[uwe]

Sometimes, old songs all of the sudden become current again. A perceptive observation from four guys otherwise known as Black Sabbath:

[amptech]

Very appropriate

[Basvarken]

indeed...

[uwe]

Something inside me dearly hopes this is just a coincidence and not really him - he certainly should have heard Sabbath's Mob Rules often enough in his lifetime to know better ... 

https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/01/06/iced-earths-jon-schaffer-reportedly-among-pro-trump-rioters-at-capitol/

It's embarrassing to me if a rock musician participates in something like what happened yesterday. Reminds me of a documentary of a Klansman I saw on TV some time ago and he was like the greatest Jimi Hendrix fan ever, his house decorated with Klan regalia and Hendrix memorabilia. He failed to see a disconnect. In his mind he had defined Hendrix as "not a black man".

[gearHed289]

Well there's certainly no shortage of idiot rock musicians. What I could never understand is being a far right conservative and an artist at the same time.  The delusion runs deep with these people. DT's Svengali skills are unlike anything I've ever seen. 

[Highlander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRE9vMBBe10&ab_channel=MitchMumby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY&ab_channel=PettyYou007

[Pilgrim]

Well chosen.

I told my daughters to each get a copy of today's Denver Post and read it thoroughly, because yesterday is a day they will remember their whole lives.

[OldManC]

I stumbled across this today and found the sequencing and different mix to be really interesting. Paul's inventive bass lines really shine here.

[uwe]

Paul has a knack for playing things that would sound banal or even hilarious with most people, but when he does it, it's pure music in almost a Mozart kind of way. He is gifted.

Ian Paice, who played with him on the Run Devil Run-Linda's-death-grief-therapy album, once said: "He's the only bassist I've plaid with who does two-step on bass und it sounds like rock'n'roll, not country."

[westen44]

I'm assuming Paul came up with all the bass lines himself.  But supposedly on "Abbey Road" George played bass on a few of the songs to make things easier for Paul.  Because John was in Scotland injured by an accident.  Paul was being overburdened in the studio for a while. 

[uwe]

Didn't Lennon play bass on Let It Be? Or was it Hey Jude? Some song where Macca was busy on the piano.

[uwe]

I always dug the song since first hearing it in the late 80ies during a work stint in NYC. Saw the 'Unter (with Ronno) play live there too. But I never knew there was a video. Here's a love song to all you Yanks and your lasting cultural impact:

[westen44]

Didn't Lennon play bass on Let It Be? Or was it Hey Jude? Some song where Macca was busy on the piano.

I never tried to keep up with this too much.  But I think Lennon played the bass on both "Helter Skelter" and "The Long And Winding Road."  But Phil Spector disliked his bass on the latter so much, he tried to obscure it.  I'm really not sure about any other songs, but it's certainly possible there were others.

I think I've read that the bass on "The Long and Winding Road" was out of tune.  If you've listened to the bass on "Helter Sketer." that may sound a little better, but that's not saying much.  John Lennon simply was not a bass player.