Music videos that feature Rics

[gearHed289]

I've read that they were considered "the Australian Beatles" in the early days. Maurice's bass work on Message to You certainly seems to owe something to McCartney, unless it was some kind of parallel evolution. 

I won one of their albums from a radio station around 1976 - "Spirits Having Flown". They were pretty much fluff at that point. I think I blew it up when disco demolition became a thing. 

Getting off-topic, but I love the synth bass work on this one -



edit - OK, there IS a Ric bass in the video!

[Basvarken]

Sid Vicious with what looks like Roger Glover's Rickenbacker?

[Dave W]

Sure looks like Glover's, unless someone else copied Glover's pickup mods.

[Jeff Scott]

Sid to Roger: "Hey, duuuuuuuuude, I really want to use your Rick for this vid we're doing.  I promise not to destroy it like Pauly did his P Bass, really!"

Roger: Yeah sure, no prob.  But, if there is so much as a (new) scratch on it, you'll end up being a Dead Boy!" 

Sid: Cool, man!  I love those guys!"

[Dave W]

Sid to Roger: "Hey, duuuuuuuuude, I really want to use your Rick for this vid we're doing.  I promise not to destroy it like Pauly did his P Bass, really!"

Roger: Yeah sure, no prob.  But, if there is so much as a (new) scratch on it, you'll end up being a Dead Boy!" 

Sid: Cool, man!  I love those guys!"

You have to hand it to Sid, though. He's been dead for 40 years now and yet his bass skills haven't deteriorated at all.

[Jeff Scott]

Well, they haven't improved either. 

[Basvarken]

I don't think it was Roger's bass after all

His bass was black


The bass in the SexPistols video looks like a Fireglo





Unless Roger had his bass refinished.

[ilan]

Must be Nazareth's Pete Agnew's bass. His was Fireglo. Identical nick above the upper tip of the pickguard.

[Dave W]

That must be it.

[Jeff Scott]

Shame that photos of a swastika have been posted, here.  What are Ilan's thoughts on this?

[amptech]

I think (and hope) people here see Sidney as a fashion victim rather than a political spokesman. I'd say it's even less offending than seeing pictures of ww2 planes with swastikas, as they actually killed people. But the educational factor is definitely lower, although I did wonder back in the day if that Ric was real. I must add, when I was 13 Sid was my hero and I copied his hair and painted a P bass white because of him. I saw Rock'n'roll Swindle many times, but even at that age hated the stupid t shirt he was wearing.
Seeing him making bad decisions kept me from doing heroin, I guess🙂

[Dave W]

Why would we want to ignore history? IMHO that's a lot more dangerous than posting a video and pics of what Sid was actually wearing. Nobody is endorsing it.

Ilan's the moderator, he can make whatever decision he wants.

[ilan]

Shame that photos of a swastika have been posted, here.  What are Ilan's thoughts on this?

Personally I'm not offended by symbols. Sid was a provocator and not the brightest guy but I'd take him any day over real neo-nazis.

If anyone here is even slightly offended by this pic, please let me know and I'll remove it immediately.

[Basvarken]

I'm sorry if anyone feels offended.
I never looked at it that way.
To me the picture just emphasizes what an idiot Sid Vicious was.

[wellREDman]

Im not proud of it now, but likewise 14 year old me idolised Sid, but even then I was aware that his swastika was for shock value rather than a political position, he was a thug, not very bright, and easily led.
Back then all us punks knew was that the swastika made Grannies clutch their pearls, and didn't really stop to think why, we just did whatever got a rise out of the older generation.
looking back now I cringe at our naivety