With all due respect: Golden Earring are overdrumming it here ...

uwe · December 04, 2012, 12:52:13 PM

Rob is always ashamed of Golden Earring (like he thinks I should be of the Scorpions too), that is why he has withheld this from us all these years:

Granny Gremlin · December 04, 2012, 02:07:11 PM

Can I have some more cymbal in the mix plz, thx.

Worst idea ever. And I'm a drummer.

uwe · December 04, 2012, 02:56:15 PM

Yes, that taints you forever. After you left, we even got a replacement drummer in for you here, but Dave thought his solos were too long.

Granny Gremlin · December 04, 2012, 03:03:23 PM

jokes aside, why would you have them al;l play the same thing. That gives nothing (after the 2nd or 3rd drummer) but just creates injsane reflection and phase issues (just like a bad music festival PA with no delay for the side and rear fill speakers).

uwe · December 04, 2012, 03:27:46 PM

I guess it was more Guiness Book of World Records than strictly musical reasons, don't be so slow, Jake!

Having them play different things would have been an even worse delay nightmare.

Granny Gremlin · December 04, 2012, 03:43:46 PM

I meant drum core style where they all play differant bits of thee same thing.

There's a Guiness record for most prolific serial killer. Doesn't mean one should try to beat it in such a way as to make it near-impossible to beat by anyone else.

westen44 · December 04, 2012, 03:56:13 PM

Quote from: uwe on December 04, 2012, 03:27:46 PM
I guess it was more Guiness Book of World Records than strictly musical reasons, don't be so slow, Jake! Having them play different things would have been an even worse delay nightmare.

I'm a true fan. They first got my attention in 1982 I suppose it was with "Twilight Zone." I didn't like "Radar Love" as much, but they have tons of songs I like quite a lot. I'm waiting for the new CD to arrive in the mail. America gave them great acclaim and then forgot about them. I never forgot, though. Not at all. On one of my trips to the Netherlands, I hope to see them some day, although if I do I hope it's an electric performance instead of an acoustic one. But I'll take what I can get with gratitude. No one should be ashamed of Golden Earring or the Scorpions. Well, I suppose they can, but I'm certainly not.

Highlander · December 04, 2012, 04:19:39 PM

I still have a tour shirt of theirs, and on the back it has some southern rock band on it... the Rainbow Theatre '74

westen44 · December 04, 2012, 04:49:11 PM

Quote from: HERBIE on December 04, 2012, 04:19:39 PM
I still have a tour shirt of theirs, and on the back it has some southern rock band on it... the Rainbow Theatre '74

Queen, Thin Lizzy, the Allman Brothers, the Who, Deep Purple, I suppose everybody that was anybody played there. The list would be endless. I think that's where Hendrix burned a guitar on stage for the first time.

4stringer77 · December 05, 2012, 02:13:27 PM

How about that double neck longhorn? Are those T bird pickups in there with the lipsticks?

Pekka · December 05, 2012, 10:23:26 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on December 05, 2012, 02:13:27 PM
How about that double neck longhorn? Are those T bird pickups in there with the lipsticks?

Bill Lawrence according to this:
http://www.golden-earring.nl/rinus/gear-basses.htm

Basvarken · December 06, 2012, 01:17:36 AM

Ashamed is not the word. I just don't like their music. Vocals in particular.
Rinus Gerritsen however I think is very cool. Great bass player, who really cares about his sound and tone.

Granny Gremlin · December 06, 2012, 08:01:08 AM

Quote from: Pekka on December 05, 2012, 10:23:26 PM
Bill Lawrence according to this:
http://www.golden-earring.nl/rinus/gear-basses.htm

Who worked for Gibson for a while so they could be TB clones. They certainly look the part.

nofi · December 06, 2012, 08:07:55 AM

i would hate to part of the load out crew.

Denis · December 06, 2012, 08:43:32 AM

Quote from: Basvarken on December 06, 2012, 01:17:36 AM
Ashamed is not the word. I just don't like their music. Vocals in particular.
Rinus Gerritsen however I think is very cool. Great bass player, who really cares about his sound and tone.

I love Golden Earring and perhaps more than any other band still active, I would like to catch a show. Sadly, they have not played in the US since 1984.