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Grex > Music3 > #111: John Entwistle Memorial Let It Rock item, Bassicaly. |  |
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scott
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response 12 of 70:
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Jun 28 19:57 UTC 2002 |
Indeed. Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.
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brighn
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response 13 of 70:
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Jun 28 20:56 UTC 2002 |
The Frog Brothers were wrong. Keith Richards is the Head Vampire, and he will
be killed off if and when they make Lost Boys 2.
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goose
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response 14 of 70:
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Jun 29 01:37 UTC 2002 |
Apparently the two surviving embers have found a replacement bass player
and the tour will continue. I'm not sure how I feel about this.
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scott
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response 15 of 70:
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Jun 29 03:02 UTC 2002 |
It's fairly common practice (on big national tours) to have understudy
musicians in case of an accident. Obviously you can't replace a lead singer,
but you can have other players. And I recall a story years ago about The
Police giving a show where Sting (with a heavily bandaged hand) was just lead
singer for the show.
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bru
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response 16 of 70:
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Jun 29 03:17 UTC 2002 |
this isn't an understudy. This is a Welsh bass guitarist who has worked with
a number of nationally recognized bands. He is also a quick study, and will
learn the music over the next few days.
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scott
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response 17 of 70:
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Jun 29 13:09 UTC 2002 |
Close enough to "understudy", though.
It's not like nobody ever bothered to learn any Who tunes. ;)
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i
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response 18 of 70:
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Jun 29 14:42 UTC 2002 |
Between the money, exposure, and long popularity of the band's tunes,
i'd guess that there'd be plenty of well-qualified applicants available
on a moment's notice.
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other
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response 19 of 70:
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Jun 29 15:45 UTC 2002 |
It was rather sweet yesterday during Delta 88's sound check, while the
Who was playing over the TOP speakers, when the two members of Delta 88
who were onstage simultaneously started playing along with "My
Generation."
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krj
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response 20 of 70:
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Jun 29 16:45 UTC 2002 |
From sfgate.com / San Francisco Chronicle:
"Entwistle will be replaced by British studio musician
Pino Palladino. ... Palladino played with Townshend
on his 1993 U.S. solo tour and recently backed a lineup
of rock royalty performing in honor of Queen Elizabeth's
Golden Jubilee celebration at Buckingham Palace.
A tour organizer said that Palladino had been keeping
his schedule open in case Entwistle's heart condition
caused him to miss shows on the tour."
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jor
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response 21 of 70:
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Jul 6 18:26 UTC 2002 |
In 'The Kids Are Allright', there's is some concert
footage from a show where Kieth Moon evidently
took some horse tranquilizers or something. As
Townshend tells the story, someone was offering
them backstage and Moon was always the one to
show off and take more, of everything.
So after a certain point he can barely play
and then he totally passes out, and it's shocking
to see him draped over the drum kit, looking
like he's dead. They carry him off and he's totally
limp.
So they ask if there's a drummer in the house,
and surprise surprise a whole bunch of drummers
queue up, and it's on with the show.
Wierd. Pete Townshend didn't seem very concerned
about his drummer's health, he seemed to feel
his music was so important.
/hums 'Substitute'
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scott
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response 22 of 70:
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Jul 7 00:37 UTC 2002 |
Townshend was probably seriously pissed at Moon, and not in a mood to make
some sanctimonious comments for the camera.
Then again, the band I'm in has had a hell of time finding a drummer without
either a bad attitude, a substance abuse problem, or both, so I'm not feeling
especially generous towards drummers these days. :(
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russ
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response 23 of 70:
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Jul 7 04:18 UTC 2002 |
Q: What do you call somebody who acts like a musician, dresses like
a musician, hangs out with musicians, but isn't a musician?
A: A drummer.
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jaklumen
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response 24 of 70:
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Jul 7 12:01 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, if he was a real musician, he'd be a percussionist.
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brighn
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response 25 of 70:
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Jul 7 16:09 UTC 2002 |
(Phil Collins started as a drummer.)
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slynne
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response 26 of 70:
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Jul 7 17:01 UTC 2002 |
I have always wanted to learn how to play the drums. I have to admit
though, if I were a drummer I would be the type with a bad attitude so
I wouldnt be able to help out Scott. *snort* ;)
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void
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response 27 of 70:
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Jul 7 21:05 UTC 2002 |
I'd offer to help Scott (I don't abuse substances, though my
attitude is sometimes questionable), but all I play is djembe.
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orinoco
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response 28 of 70:
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Jul 8 01:22 UTC 2002 |
Re #25: Case in point.
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brighn
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response 29 of 70:
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Jul 8 04:10 UTC 2002 |
Mm. Jack White of White Stripes started as a drummer, and the lead singer of
Cowboy Mouth is the drummer. Both lesser known bands, granted, but neither
lacking in musical skills.
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jaklumen
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response 30 of 70:
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Jul 8 07:10 UTC 2002 |
resp:25 From what I've seen of Phil Collins, I'd count him as a
percussionist. He uses more goodies than just drums.
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brighn
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response 31 of 70:
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Jul 8 13:38 UTC 2002 |
#30> Mm. I think the drummer/percussionist distinction was introduced so that
any musically talented drummers that were offered as examples could be
reclassified as percussionists. Unconvincing.
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jaklumen
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response 32 of 70:
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Jul 9 09:12 UTC 2002 |
Are you a musician, dude?
Ummmmmmm.. I didn't think so.
Granted, I know there are plenty of talented "drummers" out there,
really. The real point is that the notion of a "drummer," particularly
a typical, fledgling rock 'n roll drummer, is a rather limiting one.
The really talented ones, I'm sure, know how to play more than just a
drum set, and honestly, Phil Collins is a shining example. That
instrument family includes a lot more than just drums, and just because
a drum set is a standard piece to a typical band, it doesn't mean
that's all they play.
Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters was a drummer, too.
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brighn
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response 33 of 70:
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Jul 9 12:45 UTC 2002 |
I'm not a professional musician. I didn't realize that a recording contract
was needed to have an opinion on these matters.
I am fairly proficient at the dumbek and the djimbe. Playing a drum kit takes
more talent than playing the tambourine, which would qualify one as being a
"percussionist" (the tambourine is what they give people with no musical
instrument skills whatsoever, like Davey Jones).
(And next time you answer a question which you don't know the answer to, maybe
you should give the person you're asking an opportunity to answer before
answering for them.)
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slynne
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response 34 of 70:
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Jul 9 15:21 UTC 2002 |
doood. you better just stop dissing on Davey Jones *right now*
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jor
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response 35 of 70:
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Jul 9 15:59 UTC 2002 |
Yea but it's OK to make drummer jokes.
There a SNL skit where they are having an auction
of Beatle memorabilia. Like, the *actual* toothbrush
used by Paul McCartney one weekend in Amsterdam.
And the people bid it up, every item is selling,
until they bring out, on a handcart, a cardboard
cutout of Ringo.
"This is the *actual* drummer used by the Beatles on all
of their concerts and recordings" and people
are already fumbling for their coats and getting up
to leave. The drummer joke.
On second glance that has to be the most
*lifelike* cardboard cutout anyone has ever
seen, until it totally deadpans
"Live, from New York . ."
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brighn
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response 36 of 70:
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Jul 9 17:59 UTC 2002 |
Was it meant to be a cutout, or was it meant to be Ringo himself, frozen in
place? I didn't see the sketch.
I'm not sure that qualifies as a drummer joke, though, as much as a joke on
the idea that Ringo was the talentless one (Starr did write a few songs, but
they were definitely among the least favorite... did he write "Act Naturally,"
or just sing it?).
Anyway, as far as musician sketches on SNL go, that one reminded me of when
Paul Simon was host, and while he's being interviewed, all these people come
up to him: the guy who sat in the front row, third from the left, at his
Madison Square Garden concert in 77, that sort of person, and Paul Simon
rattles off all these details. The sketch ends with Art Garfunkel (the real
one, in a cameo) walking by and greeting him, only to have Paul say, "I'm
sorry, do I know you?"
#34> Davey's cute. Davey's got a really pretty singing voice. Davey can't play
any instruments, so they gave him a tambourine, when they finally broke down
and let the other guys play. (That's not a dis on Davey, since he hadn't been
hired as a musician in the first place... two of them were
actors-turned-musicians [Davey and... Peter?], two of them were musicians
turned-actors [Michael, definitely, and maybe Micky?: I really don't remember
which of Peter and Micky were musicians, although Micky did like his MOOG].)
Ironically, or maybe predictably, the most musical of the Monkees left the
band the soonest.
(The online site I found informs me that Peter and Michael were the musicians,
with Michael even selling compositions before and during the show. Linda
Ronstadt's "Different Drum" [1968] was a Nesmith tune.)
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