Music videos that feature Thunderbirds

[Ken]

Brought up in the TalkBass thread, it looks like Collin Hegna (I think) from the Brian Jonestown Massacre is playing a Bicentennial Thunderbird here, without the pickguard.

[Ken]

Mind blown.

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[slinkp]

Here's mr Watt playing "Bluey" in some raw footage intended for MTV.  I hadn't seen any footage of this two-drummer lineup.  It's fun seeing Nels Cline pre-Wilco.

[Ken]

Here's some great Nels Cline.

[Dave W]

I was unaware of this until today. The band is Lustra (except for Matt Damon miming the lead singer), the movie is EuroTrip (2004). The lyrics are related to the plot, such as it is.

Lyrics

It's a teen movie but any movie with Michelle Trachtenberg topless scenes has to be worth watching.

[Basvarken]

1987 Gibson V (don't know where else to put this)

A Reverb add had this video between the pics.

You don't see these too often





Here's the bass on Reverb:
https://reverb.com/item/74836262-gibson-v-1985-finales-natural?fbclid=IwAR2nMG8CClQcsd_WIlmFECM4qInN0BzIoI2tjFMI4HJVDu5MNNWLH7D-bfM

[uwe]

That's a great find, Rob!

Three Dog Night ruled (at least) the North American part of the Earth in the late 60ies and early to mid 70ies and then basically vanished off its face without too much noise. I've often asked myself why, and my pet theory of an explanation is that they didn't write their own songs - a self-penned body of work seems to be key regarding the longevity of remembrance of a band in the public mind. Interestingly, that doesn't seem to apply to solo artists, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Celine Dion - who cares that they mostly sang other people's songs? But if you're a rock band and do mostly or only covers, irrespective how well and original you do them (---> Manfred Mann's Earth Band), you are automatically relegated to the "not-to-be-taken-quite-so-serious-as-a-creative-force"-bin. It's the reason why bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Bee Gees and The Kinks all have gained - especially as the 70ies approached - a different status than, say, The Hollies.

[westen44]

It makes sense for bands to be able to write their own songs.  That's really about the hardest thing to be able to do, IMO.  There are a few exceptions.  Vanilla Fudge would be the main one I can think of.  I wouldn't put the Hollies on that same level, but they did have some really good songs. 

[uwe]

Vanilla Fudge certainly invented a sound - I should know as a Purple fan, VF were DP's role model in the early years.

[westen44]

I'm glad the Fudge had such a positive impact.  Frankly, I think there are a number of people who don't even know who they are anymore.  But I think their second album--The Beat Goes On--just about finished off the band.  Carmine Appice said it was an album that even Spinal Tap would be wary of making. 

[uwe]

I believe that both Vanilla Fudge's (on the East Coast) and Iron Butterfly's (on the West Coast) influence on any emerging heavy rock band with a prominent keyboard sound in the late 60ies to early 70ies is underrated. They both trademarked that heavy organ-driven sound. And then you had all of the sudden stuff like this here



and that was already very close in sound to what Deep Purple and Uriah Heep would do less than two years later.

[westen44]

Arthur Brown did get a lot of attention for a while.  So did Iron Butterfly.  Strangely enough, I was just watching the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida video recently.  But it's still Vanilla Fudge that I listen to the most from time to time.  Not much, but enough.  I was impressed by Tim Bogert's bass playing from the first moment I heard him.  Now, of course, when it comes to him, it's the Beck, Bogert & Appice box set I'm listening to the most now.

[Ken]

[TBird1958]

TNH at 7 Cedars Casino 10/28/23 with my '64II.



With my BaCH NRII.

[slinkp]

Great playing and great sound as always Mark!
How many birds do you bring to a typical gig and how do you pick which ones?

Looks like an SWR 6x10 cab in the back, what's the head?