Possibly the single greatest rock music video I’ve ever seen.
(Hope the sound works)
Rock n’ Roll! Phew!
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The bassist though.
He looks, yes. Moves aside slightly when he absolutely has to. But nary an eyebrow raised. This is nothing to him.
Bass players are natural stoics…
Harvey Henna?
Judging by the comparative size of him and his bass, he is about 4’8”. It’s like he’s trying to hold a surfboard.
A visual parallel to the Troggs tape.
A simpler link
https://youtu.be/9gm48h11OhU
This is the extended Director’s Cut! Thank you so much.
“Where’s my glasses? They’re wire frames …”
“I keep losing my glasses…..”
Never pick a fight with a guy in red trousers.
Mind you, flipping the bird at a chap in mid-motorik is very unsporting.
Putting the gall in Hallogallo. Possibly…
Putting the Oi! in Neu!
At last! ⬆️This is the post that proves to me that over a decade spent trawling this forlog was worth it..
And this Rockin Al again isnt it ? You will wish the sound was off.
She seems nice …
I may be oversharing, but there is something irresistibly erotic about a woman playing the bass guitar. Goes back to Suzi Quatro probably.
Become a real thing. Jeff Beck , Prince showcased top female bass players.
Why limit erotic reveries to bass guitar? What about Lady Bo, and Susanna Hoffs? Has to be electric, though. Joan Baez isn’t working for me.
OERAA of course.
I thought you employed her on a zero hours contract?
Esperanza Spalding is one to see.
Hooray for her.
Hooray,
Hooray,
Hooray!!
She is fabtastic. But she wears that bass way too high. Should be at hip level so she can bump the beats.
Suzi Quatro thought she was one of the lads. She insisted on plain black leather when male pop stars were wearing pink satin. She then chose a jump suit, unzipped it to her midriff and talked about the erotic charge she got from the bass guitar in teenybop magazines. She was bewildered when she was told she was a sex symbol. 😍
From a 2019 interview
“…the image discussion happened with my record company boss; he said, “What would you like to wear?” And I said, “Leather.” He said, “No, it’s old fashioned,” but I insisted. Then he finally said, “OK, you can wear leather—what about a jumpsuit?” And I thought, what a sensible idea! Because I jump around a lot, and everything stays in place.
It wasn’t until I did the photo session and I got the pictures back that it was sexy—I had no idea. I was that stupid! I just thought it was a good idea. A lucky accident! And it suited me, so much so that at 68, I can still wear it now.”
Isn’t that Bri on drums? “Those glasses are ‘scrips, man”.
Can I raise a practical question at this point? Are we gonna do “Stonehenge”?
Love the way things are falling apart all around him and he’s worrying about his glasses, which he probably leaves off because he thinks they don’t look rock n’ roll.
The unshakable confidence of the man. He asks the guy he’s just decked if he can help.
‘Asshole, seen my glasses?’
‘Not the face’.
It’s a shit business.
brilliant…thanks!
Is it The Kinks?
…or The Fall in 1998. (Always a drummer involved)
Actually considering the combination of egos, drink/drugs and toxic masculinity it’s a wonder that there aren’t more punch-ups on stage. I suppose even the most dysfunctional bands can briefly think that they enjoy playing more than they hate each other. Also even in a small place you’re often not close enough to your bandmates to be able to smell them.
Jesus and Mary Chain I’d expect and surely it bubbled over onto the stage with Oasis.
Googling I came up with this anecdote. The song being played is the cherry on top.
The Eagles were playing a benefit for the re-election campaign of California Senator Alan Cranston, which was put together by Frey. Felder wasn’t happy about performing for a politician and made his feelings known. Don and Glenn traded threats throughout the gig. Felder recounts “We walked onstage and (Frey) came over while we were playing `The Best of My Love’ and said: `F—you. I’m gonna kick your ass when we get off the stage.’ As the night progressed, we both grew angrier and began hissing at each other. The sound technicians feared the audience might hear our outbursts, so they lowered Glenn’s microphone until he had to sing. He approached me after every song to rant, rave, curse -and let me know how many songs remained before our fight.”
True dat.
I’m always amazed that people as successful as members of the Eagles (or the Kinks, or Oasis, etc.) could get *that* angry.
To have achieved the kind of success that 99.9% of musicians could only dream of, earn more than some countries, and still want to come to blows seems a little sad. If I was Don Henley, say, and still filling stadiums after decades at the highest level of my chosen profession, I would probably spend all day, every day, laughing myself silly at how lucky I am. I wouldn’t have any energy left to threaten Don Felder, let alone kick his ass (and he looks quite wiry, so he might be a bit nimble when it comes to fisticuffs).
Don’t these people have somebody at the side of the stage whose job it is to say, “Now look, let’s all calm down, eh”?
These are Americans, don’t forget.
If someone suggested they all calm down, somebody would probably shoot him.
To be fair, somebody saying that might be a Scouser. Can’t be too careful
Nice to see Ted Dibiase holding it all down on Million Dollar Bass.