It is a bad mistake to close a thread....

[Tenez]

First topic message reminder :

....Because people disagree about tennis matter. Be careful not to over moderate this forum. As far as I could read, there was no insults, no sexism, racial abuse and that should be the only concern of the mods.

We all come from 606 for its good and its bad, most of us would still be there if it wasn;t for its closure.

[denzilsmom]

Haddie he's gorgeous

[denzilsmom]

Am going to give my mummy dog her tea..then am going to get mine...plus a large Vodka and Tonic...will be back soon....don't start the dancing without me

[Guest]

Hobo....been a fan of SP for years and didn't know there was a thread for it. DOH!

Just goes to show how much there is on this site, hiding in little corners, nooks and crannies.

[Guest]

Legend, congrats and you have my blessings on your promotion.

Good pick there Admins !

If you want any help, you know where to come, "NOT" knocking on my door, I won't be in, but hiding behind the sofa

[legendkillar]

Thanks Jubbahey

I am sure I may need some pointers. How come your no longer a mod?

[Guest]

Time and tide wait for no man Legend and I'm not getting any younger

[yummymummy]

Morning all

Hurray for Brucie ! About time too

[legendkillar]

Indeed yummy. The Queen must've had it in for him. Wonder if he will say before being knighted 'Nice to see you, to see you, oiiiiiiiiiiiii'

[yummymummy]

I am happy now - Andy's in the final

[denzilsmom]

And didn't he do well.....Andy I mean

[Haddie-nuff]

Nice to hear yummy.... pleased for you

[yummymummy]

Fanks Haddie and Denzie

Soz about Rafa but he'll bounce back for Wimby
(More's the pity)





:run2:

[Solerina]

What about this. Andy with Maggie and Rusty. Not sure who Rusty is or whether he may be a new purchase but Maggie May-hem 's Twitter page is one of the best on the site. Hilarious! Does anyone follow her??

I don't have enough time to keep up with Andy's exploits let alone that of his dogs!

It's only through reading this thread just now that I've found out Brucie is going to get a knighthood ........and Andy is in the final

Lovely pic of Andy and his dogs btw.

Solerina

[yummymummy]

Come On Solerina - buck up

Stop playing on the Racing fred !!!!

[Guest]

You can't lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead.

Hi Sol, how's ya horses doing with the kids ? you know, the special cases ?

I'm surprised you have any time for a forum with your V work !

[Guest]

Just when you thought, at my age anyway, that getting used to a new software version of windows (as in Win7) was getting easier as time progresses, think again.....

http://allthingsd.com/20110601/microsofts-windows-8-demo-from-d9-video/?p=81767?mod=tweet

My brain hurts...

[lydian]

As this is the "Official Off-Topic" thread, I was wondering what members of the forum have been recently enjoying in their cars (or generally) music-wise...I'll start with 3 YouTube links...

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZV5LSo6ub4
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vho9yZ2vOK4
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfMVkz4AH8

[Haddie-nuff]

Oh dont go there Jubba Ive had Windows 7 for about 18mths and Still I prefer my Windows XP....I cant go through that again

[legendkillar]

This has been in my car as the guitar solo's are epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvO7HNQPFRI

[lydian]

Nice one LK, I'm a sucker for a guitar solo (...given my name!).

[Guest]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKsxPW6i3pM

[Guest]

Tch, you kids,.....hmmph !

Now for some real rock....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcTizMq3D3A

[Guest]

If you liked that, then this was Randy California, live in 1995, two years later he was drowned trying to save his son from a riptide.

His son survived after Randy pushed him to safety, but it was a great loss to the music world.

"Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" should be in everyone's collection. IMHO

[lydian]

Thanks for that link Jubba, some nice pentatonic licks on that.
I like alot of the old rock stuff too including southern rock stuff like Allman Bros. Cracking guitarist was Randy...sad about his demise at the age of 45.

I'm presuming you like Led Zep too Jubba given the influence of Randy on Jimmy?

[Sidespin]

Hobo:"Correction - it is a bad mistake to question the admin and moderation team.

Now any further comments?"

Is this a Stalinist regime? That is most stupid thing I have ever read. Petty, juvenile, and simply unproductive for the continuance of the forum. I suppose the problem with open forums is that education, intelligence and age are not prerequisites. Especially a problem when it's the mods that are the culprits.

[Haddie-nuff]

It's only through reading this thread just now that I've found out Brucie is going to get a knighthood
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Please dont get me going on that one

[Solerina]

Hi Sol, how's ya horses doing with the kids ? you know, the special cases ?

I'm surprised you have any time for a forum with your V work !

Hi Jubba

V work going fine thanks : )

I always manage find time for the forum......just not finding any time to watch Andy : (

Hope to catch a bit of the final later

take care Jubbs

Solerina

[legendkillar]

I think Brollies and Beer is the order of the day people.

I think for such a dreary Sunday, I think a soundtrack to compliment the mood is needed.

1. A Town Called Malice - The Jam
2. Our House - Madness
3. Sunday Morning Call - Oasis
4. Heaven Knows I Am Miserable Now - The Smiths
5. The Doves - Black And White Town

Anyone wish to add to it?

[Guest]

Lydian, yes , I do like LedZep, Queen and Hendrix of course.

Spirit I stumbled across by accident one day, one of those "Never heard of them but I like the Album cover" decisions in a music store.

That was 12 dreams and then managed to collect all their albums, but the music for me was in and out of my natural tastes, but they grew on me over time as I became accustomed to Randy's compositions and the rest of the bands influence.

Spirit of '76 remains a pivotal album/experience for me, a time when I was just out of my teenage years, living in a bedsit on meagre (they were then) handouts and "experimenting" as it were. Nothing too strong, but '76 ( as well as Camel, Bowie, Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath) was THE album that transformed me into the music lover I am now. For some reason, I began to get into the Beatles a lot after then, maybe appreciating their talents even more than just bopping to them.

God , its all coming back to me.....Bo Hannson, Mark Hammil, Hawkwind.....like grubs emerging from the woodwork.

I wonder If anyone else here had that life changing moment in musical taste ?

[lydian]

Sounds like you like a lot of the classic rock bands Jubba and nothing wrong with that I love Floyd!
I like alot of that but do tend to prefer 'newer' rock. I guess guitar techniques are also more 'technical' these days whereas the earlier rock bands tended to focus on pentatonic scales/licks - as with everything (tennis included), things get faster and more technical as understanding builds from the greats that come before.

For example, you wouldnt have heard the older rock guys playing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEubiUaDq0o (this guys technique, and feel too, is outrageous - many say he's the best solo rock guitarist of today)
But then the newer guys dont have the same feel for the old blues styles, guys like Paige, Clapton, Moore, Hendrix of course...even EVH.

Like tennis and music - older or newer isnt better, just different, and we like what we grew up as well as newer stuff too.

[Guest]

Thanks Lydian, I've just burned my guitar in the incinerator after watching/listening to Guthrie Govan do a "little" lick.
I'm completely self taught, which means I'm cr4p, and that guy just proved how cr4p I am.

Seriously though, its only by trying these things can you appreciate just how good some of the guys are.

Even playing the piano has allowed me to enjoy classical music more, but it is extremely frustrating looking at somebody treat a fret board like a blind man reading Braille. No offence to blind people of course.

Got quite good at tennis, but again only at club level, didn't achieve anything, but anyone who has a go at any sport can appreciate more how the pros do it.
Still, in music, its not how good you can play an instrument, its how good you are at putting a song together and the rest of the bands input.
Same in tennis, you could be a brilliant technician, but can you compete and win against the best ?

As far as I remember, most early rock guitar musicians were taught classical music at school and by a tutor, to develop finger control, and it also taught chord progression for composing music. I suppose thats why there was so much rock Opera (Queen) in the 70's, a knock on from that kind of upbringing.

Today, I don't think they have the same history to fall back on or get inspiration from. My gen had blues, folk and American rock to mould their music. Today, like you say, there are other influences and the music mirrors those styles they grew up with.

[yummymummy]

What's wrong with good old rock and roll ?

A la Quo and The New Faces and Bon Jovi ?

[legendkillar]

I must admit I am tempted into buying either a 50's Telecaster or a Mustang 65 Fender.

I am a big lover of guitar music. Jazz guitar is so undervalued. All family like dance and pop rubbish.

The guitar music needs to be back at the top of the music ladder.

[yummymummy]

MUSTANG LK ???


Surely a T-Bird or a Chevvy

[Guest]

If only my parents had allowed me......but the neighbours, the neighbours !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SNytfkJD4U&feature=related

Hey Legend, I've got a custom fender strato......can't make it sing though, but it does howl at the moon. I'd give my eye tooth for just an iota of Hendrix's brain.

[Solerina]

Brian May is my favourite guitarist.

Play the Game

Solerina

[yummymummy]

And YEEEEEEES I DO know what a *fender* is
IN fact I have actually played a riffle on one

[legendkillar]

A riffle?? What riffle?

I did have a guitar when I was younger and it got smashed by my room-mate at school

[Solerina]

This place always gets interesting just when it's bedtime on Button Moon,

night all

Solerina

[legendkillar]

Night Solerina

[Guest]

Pyjama, pyjama Sol.

Legend, a riffle is what you get when you had a few and thrown a stone in a pond.

[legendkillar]

Jubbahey

Man I got Dragonforce on and it makes you wonder what in the blue hell happened to the music scene

[Guest]

Good band Legend, just utubed and got "Through The Fire And Flames"

Heavy rock, two different worlds..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aIhh9nFYv4&feature=fvwrel

[legendkillar]

Paranoid is the ultimate metal tune. That and Ace of Spades

Dragonforce is just a massive guitar!!

Try doing that on Guitar Hero 3!! Just impossible!

[lydian]

Loved the guitar playing to These are the Days by Brian May particularly when we knew the poignancy of the song...the guitar solo in it is so heartfelt and the phrasing is amazing.

Agree Jubba, only when you try to do things for yourself do you realise how good the pros are. Its make me laugh when any of the top pros get slagged off on here...they are all virtuoso's in their field! I played to county standard and yet the level these guys play at is ridiculously higher - plus they can handle pressure, its whats got them to the top,why they rise above all others.

Similarly with guitarists, there are some mind blowing guys out there these days - too many to list but guys like Guthrie Govan (british!), Zakk Wylde, George Lynch, Greg Howe, Steve Vai, and lots of jazz-fusion guys who all make it seem easy.
But they dont only play well but write music too.
In this regard Steve Vai for me is amazing...his phrasing and ability at composition is second to none, e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q7E-c-y9zE

Then you have guys like Zakk Wylde that people look and think he's a meathead because he played for Ozzy before going his own way but listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYMupc564zE
(I can play this type of stuf but not to the same technical standard, I also have a similar guitar to him - a Les Paul Gibson but in Sunburst Cherry not this Bullseye one which is his signature guitar).
He's also really good at Southern Rock stuff...always impressed by guys who can sing and play complex stuff too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1c5cxx7K4

Love that drum playing 3 year old - what a natural talent! Amazing stuff.
Have you seen this 12 year old guitarist...most 25 year old virtuoso's would give their right arm to play like this. Unbelieveable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhQpTtociVE -look at his fingers move from 30-50 secs!
I've never seen ANY guitarist play like this, never mind a 12 yr old.

I quite like Dragonforce LK, although they sound a little 'clinical' without feeling to my ears sometimes...they are massively influenced by the uber-classically influenced rock-god himself, Yngwie Malmsteen, the guy who ushered in the 'new' approach to metal in the 90s/00s for which many death metal bands like DragonForce follow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNsrahtsj0k (here in the late 80s with Joe Lynn Turner who was a great singer from Rainbow - remember I Surrender anyone?). I love the tone of his Fend Strat on this.

Anyway...I can bore for England talking guitar (and tennis some may argue) so I better shut up!
night all...

[legendkillar]

Some great points there lydian

[Solerina]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aIhh9nFYv4&feature=fvwrel

I love Paranoid...... and I love Ozzy....he's an national treasure : )

Best Ozzy song

Solerina

[legendkillar]

Ozzy is great. Shows the way for music artists to make it on both sides of the Atlantic.

[Solerina]

Agree Jubba, only when you try to do things for yourself do you realise how good the pros are. Its make me laugh when any of the top pros get slagged off on here...they are all virtuoso's in their field!

Solerina

[Solerina]

Ozzy is great. Shows the way for music artists to make it on both sides of the Atlantic.

Hi LK,

I've got a rare 3 hours at home now.....so I can watch Andy and fiddle around on here

Ooh...the tennis is on.....they're talking to Tsonga.

Come on Andeeeee!!!!

Solerina

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