Pocket-full-of-gold
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I've often silently wondered if that was the pivotal moment that tipped Paul Hester over the edge.
PS. Very good, Zephyr. And don't forget to eat your greens ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg
I've often silently wondered if that was the pivotal moment that tipped Paul Hester over the edge.
Didn't know he drummed for them. That explains why the drumming was spot on. A fine drummer. With luck he was just given a score and played it to the click without being exposed to The Full Wiggle.
It seems like you just made a judgement that is counter to several of your posts. Did you not complain of persecution and unfair judgements based on similiar grounds?
Is it more reasonable to judge and dismiss happy, and perhaps cheesy, types than the self-percieved serious business of heavy metal?
Having asked that question, let it be known that my all time favorite band is Iron Maiden and the Osmonds are not on my holiday mailing list. Let's just be consistent because it's good for all parties concerned.
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If we expand on "children's" a bit, & refer to anything produced to attract the under 14's, then it's the acts that shy away from musicians most of the time (typical Andy anti quantised autotuned bilge rant). At least The Wiggles stuff mostly features a real drummer
I was thinking about more extreme genres of children's music, stuff meant for 5 and under - Sesamecore, Tank Engine Thrash, Strawberry Shortcake Sludge. None of that poser stuff for older kids which does have a lot of electronics. I am getting back to the essence, acoustic children's music.
I was thinking about more extreme genres of children's music, stuff meant for 5 and under - Sesamecore, Tank Engine Thrash, Strawberry Shortcake Sludge. None of that poser stuff for older kids which does have a lot of electronics. I am getting back to the essence, acoustic children's music.
Lol, Sesamecore!
I want Sesamecore! Big bird can probably be quite menacing if you crack one it's eggs.
If 'core' is a more brutalised version of something then why hasn't any of the 'heaviness' competative bands come up with corecore?!
Absolutely-corecore-dizzle-tothemax-core! Grrrrr! *beats chest*
HA! I could hang with that.
Holy crap - it's DMC!!!My god. It's like the return of the prodigal son. Quick, kill the fatted calf and lets feast.
Big Swing Face. Lets just start there. I mean wow, wow, wow. Put aside a whole generation of 70's high school bands lifted that Norwegian Wood arrangement (I know we did).... Monitor theme... wow. Can anybody listen to Love for Sale and not want to just jump up and down? Even the crowd at the Chez club was speechless. New Blues... with the muted trumpets and woodwinds at the start, moving into blast mode for the 'chorus' and main themes... only to put back in the mutes to take this tune in for a quiet landing. Just unreal. ALL LIVE!!!! It is far and away my favorite live recording ever. EVER. The nuance, the swing, the balls out brashness of Buddy just driving the band like a rental, and all of those guys delivering large. Its remarkable. Something we'll never see again. A jewel. A few mics, a great room, a big band at their absolute peak, Buddy grunting and shouting as he played, the guys responding... the energy. I'm racing now just thinking about it. Gawd I wish I was there those 4 nights.
TOP in Oakland. Soul Vaccination, Funkifize, Bump City... all of that. The horn work, how David is working with the horns and the melodies.... its just so excellent. The sweet pads, the patterns in lock step. Doc! Rocco that animal! The staccato hair on fire tongue and breath work at the end of Finkfize. Woof!
I got the two CD's... burned into them. I mean night and day. He and I went to dinner at CES, and we talked for hours about them. We went out to his Porche and drove the strip from MGM to Stratosphere and back - top down, blasting.
Its one of the best nights of my life.
There is much to be learned and enjoyed from styles that are not your own.
Seeing Neil play Love for Sale on the Letterman Drum Solo Week made me smile ear to ear.
I got the deal.
My buddy, this drummer died a few years ago. The gift of these two records, especially Big Swing Face will live with me forever.
-K