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TrypF commented on the post, New Macca required…! 4 days, 4 hours ago
“Sorry mate, your playing’s great but the voice is well croaky and you can’t hit those high notes, can you? Next!”
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TrypF commented on the post, New Macca required…! 4 days, 4 hours ago
Read an interview in a guitar mag some years back about a Beatles show in the West End where the bloke playing Paul, a right hander, had taught himself to play left handed. He’s now in a tribute band. That level o […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Brian Wilson 1 week, 2 days ago
Growing up with a peripatetic family, I discovered music through my parents’ small box of tapes. Much I thought rubbish at 6 (and I was right on most of them), but 20 Golden Greats on their giant headphones blew m […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Acoustic tours are a con 2 weeks, 4 days ago
A lot of it, especially if you have to cross the Atlantic, is to do with economics. Many of my favourite US acts have gone on record that they just can’t afford to bring a band and all of the gear, extra hotel r […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Has any TV show pissed away it's fanbase goodwill as fundamentally as Dr Who? 2 weeks, 5 days ago
I still watched it with Peter Davison, but it felt like a real let down after TB and I moved to the more cynical Blake’s 7. After that I didn’t get to watch it as much thanks to being at boarding school, spa […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Has any TV show pissed away it's fanbase goodwill as fundamentally as Dr Who? 2 weeks, 5 days ago
I got hooked on the Tom Baker incarnation at the age of 6 and he’s still The Doctor to me*. Like any actor who plays James Bond should look like he can kill a man with his bare hands (Connery, Craig and Dalton y […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Tom Petty Running Down A Dream doco on Kanopy 3 weeks, 2 days ago
I’ve got the DVD box. Disc 2 started glitching some time ago so I had to buy it to stream from the tax dodgers. Have also got the accompanying coffee table book. So ace it took me down a deep and expensive TP mine.
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TrypF commented on the post, Far out! 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Was that tape ‘On The Road Again’? It was a doozy, introducing me to a bunch of lesser known acts.
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TrypF commented on the post, Inside No 9: Stage Fright – SPOILERS – do NOT read if missed in London and planning to see on tour 2 months ago
We had Meera Syall. Choice lines: ‘I asked to be on the TV show – not this shit’ and ‘you can’t do this to me, I’m very nearly a national treasure’.
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TrypF commented on the post, ABWH – An Evening of Yes Music Plus 2 months ago
When I saw them at Wembley Arena (my first big gig) I was shocked at what a big echoey barn the place was. It took quite a while for my ears to attune to the ‘extra reverb’ the arena added and I’ve avoided arena […]
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TrypF commented on the post, On Track – The Pretenders 1978-1990 / Anthony Phillips 1977-1990 / Iggy & The Stooges 2 months ago
Thanks for that, I’ll be getting the Pretenders one. Their gig at the Palladium last year was unexpectedly outstanding – James Walbourne in particular is a worthy heir to the great Jimmy Honeyman-Scott.
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TrypF commented on the post, A small favour- gratitude 2 months, 1 week ago
Done!
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TrypF commented on the post, Mike Campbell – Heartbreaker 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Thanks for this review. For once, I might even buy a music autobiography in hardback as I can usually wait for the paperback, but Mike Campbell is different. He’s one of my very favourite guitarists , the e […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Tiny Quiz 3 months ago
That was my guess too.
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TrypF commented on the post, Football v. Rugby… Home Win. 3 months ago
What I’ve hated since I got into watching rugby at 12 (and football) is the defeats hurt far more and last far longer that any euphoria from the big wins. As a Welsh rugby fan, and Tottenham supporter, the last f […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Reading, Schools and adulthood – thoughts? 3 months, 1 week ago
Like you Twang, my mother was adamant that I could read and write fluently before I started school. I could, but it would have been much harder than with my older sister, who has always been MENSA- level (I […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Reading, Schools and adulthood – thoughts? 3 months, 1 week ago
That’s great artwork. If I was still commissioning illustration I’d be asking for contact details. Best of luck to her!
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TrypF commented on the post, Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks – Live Perpetual Change 3 months, 1 week ago
My first big gig. While it was great to see the classics, the sound put me off arenas for life. Would love to see Jon and the Geeks at Hammersmith.
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TrypF commented on the post, New album from Jase (as nobody calls him) 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I’ll be buying it, as his albums always have one or two outstanding songs. Southeastern was the high watermark and it doesn’t look like he’ll hit that standard again. Saw him and the 400 Unit last year and, while […]
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TrypF commented on the post, Joey Molland RIP 3 months, 2 weeks ago
There have been a few ‘last of’ deaths in recent weeks. Last member of The Band, last New York Doll and now last member of Badfinger. As you said Dai, possibly the saddest story in popular music. Some ghoul wil […]
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