The Most Hilarious Gibson Bashing Video I've Ever Seen!
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“As I've long maintained, if a song doesn't grab me in 10-15 seconds, i will never listen to it ever again, willingly or voluntarily speaking.”
I get that Rob….. I’ve done the same thing….. sorta. Bought an album years ago. Played it a couple times and it just wasn’t doing it for me. Went back to it a long time later. Maybe a year plus. And must have been in a different frame of mind or something because I loved it. Played it to death. Couldn’t figure out why I hadn’t liked it before. Sometimes ya just gotta give them a chance.
I get that Rob….. I’ve done the same thing….. sorta. Bought an album years ago. Played it a couple times and it just wasn’t doing it for me. Went back to it a long time later. Maybe a year plus. And must have been in a different frame of mind or something because I loved it. Played it to death. Couldn’t figure out why I hadn’t liked it before. Sometimes ya just gotta give them a chance.
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
I like some of Brooks and Dunn. Keth Urban, Dwight Yoakham, Jason Aldean, to name a few.
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
Mark, the Bass player is a friend. Before the Pretty Reckless, he was a trombone player for Bim Skala Bim. They are long time friends of mine.
I don’t remember the exact album…. It’s been awhile. But a more recent, “why did I buy that album” was KISS Alive 2. Just didn’t sound that great. Figuring just the mix or something. One day just kinda got ticked and cranked that sucker way up…. And I already was playing it fairly loud. Yep. That did it. Found the problem. Great album.Sometimes, that just comes with age Rick..
The guitar player is also very good in a live setting.
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
They’re awesome live. I didn’t really pay any attention to them until a friend said, “You do know that’s Mark playing bass, right?“ Then got to see them live, and was totally hooked.
OP
I agree, and I'm pretty late to getting exposed to some of the newer stuff. I, by NO MEANS, am anywhere close to being really up on the newer stuff, but some of it is pretty interesting.
I also agree about the musicianship. Some of these kids, regardless of genre, are really quite good.
OP
^^^^This.
OP
I'm honored!
Actually, I don't think you are entirely unique in that. I just think what "grabs" a person in that first 10 - 15 seconds differs from person to person.
Plus, I think others may be willing to try listening again, just to double-check the song.
I, too, will usually make a subconscious decision about whether I like a song in about the same time-frame - even if I don't intend to. But, I've learned to listen further in because sometimes a song surprises you later on. I can't say I won't ever listen to the song again, but it won't necessarily be on one of my playlists, either!
There’s a flip side to that first little bit of a song. I’ve had songs where in the opening bars, I’ve gone holy poop…. This is going to be awesome…… to have the body of the song have me going. Nope!!! Don’t need to listen to this one again.
OP
True...very true!
I have been accused of that .. being narrow minded, in what I like.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I cut my teeth on '70s hard rock and metal. Its who I am in my core. But I also love Punk, I love experimental alternative music, I adore progressive music, and certain types of electronica. Some pop is fantastic, lots of Jazz, soul, etc., etc. Just too much to even name.
But, I am eternally bored by blues music, save one guy: Junior Kimbrough. I can't stand Hip-Hop or rap in any of its forms.
Country is dicey for me. On the one hand, the song that I believe is the greatest ever written is technically a County song: Wichita Lineman. And I really like Bluegrass and what I guess you would call "Alt" Country (Drive By Truckers, Lucero, etc.). But on the other hand, every time I try to listen to contemporary Country to get caught up on what's going on I can barely make it through 2 or 3 songs. Just nothing there for me.
Not only did I cut my teeth on 70s rock….. I’m old enough I lived 60s/70s rock.
Put it in perspective. I was watching TV with my mom and dad when the Beatles landed on our shores. Watched live the first time they were on the Ed Sullivan show. Jim Morrison hanging his junk out on stage. Yep. Current event for me at the time.
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I'm honestly not much of a fan of '60 music. I love The Beatles for the songcraft - its breathtaking music that transcends any kind of classification.
Beyond that? Some very late '60s stuff like the first Zeppelin album and Hendrix are it for the most part. The band the had the biggest impact on my life, Black Sabbath, was formed in the late '60s but the first album was released in 1970. Rush was formed in '68 but it took all the way to 1974 for their first album to be released. That trend continues with a lot of the music that formed my personal canon - bands made up of guys that saw The Beatles on the Sullivan show, bought guitars and learned to play, formed up and paid their dues and then became what they were in the '70s when I was a kid and a total sponge for it.
It was mid/late 60s before I really started getting into music. HS when Woodstock happened. Too young to go. Old enough to wonder what if. I grew up with some awesome bands. Grand Funk. Rare Earth. Steppenwolf. Got to see Rare Earth live. Some lasted. Some didn’t. I have Sabbath albums I purchased when they were new releases….. like their first 4. Still consider them their best ones. Liked Alice Cooper when most of my peers thought he was weird…. Although now that I think about it, he was and still is. But great tunes!! Oddly. I have never been a Stones or Zep disciple. I acknowledge what they brought to the game, but never purchased any of their albums. Not sure why. CSNY was my influencer to learn guitar…. Specifically acoustic. Cream! Buffalo Springfield. Byrds. Hollies.
So many great bands during that era.
jtcnj
Ambassador of the Crossroad
Well, I spent most of last night's session playing along to the rhythm parts to Highway to Hell, Rock and Roll Singer, Girl's Got Rhythm, and still trying to get the swagger and string ring outs right for You Shook Me All Night Long, as well as stumbling through parts of The Rover and Since I've Been Loving You. My flailing at Whole Lotta Love never sounds quite right either, GRRR.
I'm open to listening to new(er) music, but don't really put the time in.
I usually have to hear something a few times - within the stuff I usually like - to decide if I really dig it.
Took a few listens to some MSG and Scorpions Lonesome Crow to get there recently.
Really more of a study of Schenker's playing, but digging it as a listener as well.
I'm open to listening to new(er) music, but don't really put the time in.
I usually have to hear something a few times - within the stuff I usually like - to decide if I really dig it.
Took a few listens to some MSG and Scorpions Lonesome Crow to get there recently.
Really more of a study of Schenker's playing, but digging it as a listener as well.