veloman

52 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

My daughter's giving me a lift to an afternoon gig, so I can drink. Good girl. 

Are you watching or playing ?

16 hours ago, KentVillan said:

 

 

 Moeen has bowled about as well as could have been expected.

 

 

I think that might be called 'Damned with faint praise'.

1 hour ago, sidcow said:

Still can't see how Woakes doesn't get in this team. 

Always takes wickets. 

Always scores runs. 

Doesn't play for a Southern County.... or Lancashire

Early last year , I commented on a banner hung over the Holte End proclaiming "Reg Evans RIP". Reg was a life long Villa supporter and also a life long Socialist who detested the Tories. He told me a story involving Boris being employed by Wolverhampton paper, the Express and Star, which he referred to as the Express and Stasi ! The story was that Johnson was sacked from there for either incompetence or plagiarising , or some such behaviour. Anyone know if that story has any substance ?

2 hours ago, mjmooney said:

Aah, T S McPhee is a sad one. Great guitarist. I shall play the 'Split' album later. 

Great LP. The rock band I played in only did one Ground Hogs number - "Cherry Red".Good number, good guitarist I thought. RIP

Perhaps someone who knows more about it than I do but wouldn't Rehan Ahmed (Leics) have been a better alternative. Realise  it would be chucking him in at the deep end but ....! What happened to Mason Crane, Parkinson, Bess etc ?

3 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

Does it help Moeen much playing the first Test at Edgbaston?

 

Well it certainly hasn't helped him playing for Warks !  In fact his signing, so far, has been a disaster. He would have got a bollocking at the level I played at (very low) for that first ball long hop he bowled on Sunday against Notts.

8 hours ago, rbcuk said:

Don’t know why Yates got dropped when we had won all 4 with him opening, was dropped for Ali who hasn’t got one good score or wicket yet, need to get Yates back in for Benjamin who also hasn’t got one decent score yet, the bowling has been woeful 

Hoped for much better things when they picked up Hales early on. But  at least Warks are consistent; 4 wins without Ali as Captain - 2 defeats with him as Captain. It strikes me he is doing the work of two men; unfortunately it's Laurel and Hardy! 

Given that I can't stand this individual, I see David Llloyd is auctioning off quite a few of his personal mementos. Rather unusual; he can't be hard up  - surely ?? He is never mentioned on SKY cricket now; Hmmm.

First heard of her in about 1964 when the group I was in supported The Spencer Davis Group at The Casino Club in Walsall (my worst ever musical experience !!). They played "I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine", which I had never heard before. Muff Winwood was very chatty and told us they had got a load of LP's from America and this number was amongst them. Didn't know anything about the domestic abuse back then. NB - Steve Winwood did NOT speak to us; he was too busy fighting off the girls

On 21/05/2023 at 14:11, leemond2008 said:

@mjmooney or any of the other guitarists, have you ever bothered taking your guitars in to get a full set up done on them? 

I got my Martin back yesterday after getting one done on it, the results are **** amazing, it cost £85 but my god, she's like a new guitar, absolutely loving the results, I'll most likely take my Taylor in a few months and get one done on that as well.

There used to be two places in Birmingham to get guitars "butchered" as they used to say. One dealt with Fenders and one with Gibsons. Think one bloke was called John Birch but can't remember who did what. One bloke I played with had a new Maple neck put on to a Telecaster I think it was. Good player but , like so many of my ex band mated, sadly no longer alive.

4 hours ago, mjmooney said:

Pete Brown, 82. Performance poet and lyricist. Co-wrote many of Cream's best known songs with Jack Bruce. 

Was lucky to see him with "Battered Ornaments". Did a great version of "Politician". IIRC he kooked a bit like Frank Zappa !

A very interesting post from Mr Mooney; sometimes difficult to distinguish between a similar 'riff' and downright plagiarism. For instance ; who thought "My Sweet Lord " was nicked from "He's So Fine". The one that comes to my (particular ) mind is this :-

On 14/04/2023 at 21:13, chrisp65 said:

 

I accept many old people probably don’t even realise the world has moved on, but anyone under 80 really should have sufficient manners to keep their shit to themselves.

"Ageist" perhaps 

6 hours ago, Jonesy7211 said:

. PMQ's is an utter farce, and incredibly useless in its current format. 

I have a cyclist mate who raced in Holland. It seems they can get BBC TV over there and he claimed PMQ's was cult viewing (mainly amongst teenagers and young adults). Unfortunately it was seen as comedy - bit like Family Guy I think.  

1 hour ago, rjw63 said:

Singer Linda Lewis, 72.

I had a great LP by her, think it was called "Not a Little Girl Anymore". Some classics on that and backe by some top notch session players.

11 hours ago, bickster said:

 and some bloke on drums

What !!! You mean the most important musician !!!!!

No Can't say that I do. Where were they from, do you know.?     '73 , I was in a residency in Stoke on Trent so a bit out of "the 'scene". Looks like a Gibson SG on the right; if so that would be worth a bit now.

19 hours ago, Seat68 said:

There is a documentary on Fanny next Friday on BBC4. Fanny are a band that I never hear spoken about outside of the four virtual walls of VT but I know it will be of interest to one or two of us. 

They did a good version of the Stephen Stills (Buffalo Springfield ) number "Special Care". Only really remember this 'cos one line up of the band I was in did it. (probably not as well as they did  )

@mjmooney Do you rate this bloke ?

25 minutes ago, blandy said:

Probably the best (worst) example of that is the Verve and Bittersweet symphony. Used a Rolling Stones sample without permission. Early on the stones, or their lawyers got in touch and said “you need to pay us x amount for using our IP”. The verve said “do one”, 

 

Another classic but probably less known was Uptown or summat by two individuals called Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz. They sampled "Black Cow" by Steely Dan and refused to pay - until Court case ! Bearing in mind the subtley of Steely Dan's music, I should think Becker and Fagen were horrified by this.

12 hours ago, mjmooney said:

I've PM'd you, @veloman. 

Cheers - Replied.

Cheers, would be interested to know - particularly what wood it is  - probably maple or birch. When I played in a pro band , I would change kits every 3 years, I think it was, to reduce the Schedule D tax bill. Did have a Ludwig ; gold sparkle like Joe Morello - didn't make me play like him though  . Best (IMO) I ever had was Pearl DLX , similar to the ones used by my favourite drummer Jeff Porcaro. IMO , Yamaha have a very distinctive (and very nice) sound. Let me know. (Oh , and what cymbals does he use - Sabian , Zildjian etc.)

On 17/03/2023 at 11:32, chrisp65 said:

Inclosure Acts over several centuries have taken what was common land in england available to all and handed it to what we would now call the landed classes.

 

 

 

"The law locks up the man or woman  who steals the goose from off the common'

But lets the felon loose who steals the common from the goose" 

 An early anti "Enclosure Movement" poem. Could almost apply today !