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Reverend · August 2023

finally got a physical copy of the first Solitude Aeternus demo. Not Rob Lowe's majestic vocal delivery but there iw a rough charm to these versions.

Philly_Q · August 2023

Philly_Q · August 2023

strumjoughlamps · August 2023

Litterick · August 2023

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Bon Jovi on BBC4. Some vocal struggling going on and no Phil X (I’m sure Ritchie is more interesting to fans but I like Phil X).

Got better although I wasn’t sure why they seemed ashamed of their bassist.

Philly_Q · September 2023

EricTheWeary said:

Bon Jovi on BBC4. Some vocal struggling going on and no Phil X (I’m sure Ritchie is more interesting to fans but I like Phil X).

Got better although I wasn’t sure why they seemed ashamed of their bassist.

@EricTheWeary I'm assuming it's an old show? Unless they've got Richie back and I hadn't heard about it. I'm not a big Phil X fan, but he's a talented chap and totally wasted in Bon Jovi.

The bass player thing is weird, Hugh McDonald was in the band for 22 years before they made him an official member. For some reason they didn't want to officially replace Alec John Such, but he was never going to come back (and he certainly won't now, RIP).

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:

Bon Jovi on BBC4. Some vocal struggling going on and no Phil X (I’m sure Ritchie is more interesting to fans but I like Phil X).

Got better although I wasn’t sure why they seemed ashamed of their bassist.

@EricTheWeary I'm assuming it's an old show? Unless they've got Richie back and I hadn't heard about it. I'm not a big Phil X fan, but he's a talented chap and totally wasted in Bon Jovi.

The bass player thing is weird, Hugh McDonald was in the band for 22 years before they made him an official member. For some reason they didn't want to officially replace Alec John Such, but he was never going to come back (and he certainly won't now, RIP).

Looked it up, 2014, I’d assumed it was recent. Hugh was up the back, largely out of shot. There was a second guitarist who at least got to stand near the front. It was all quite lacklustre. Wikipedia says Ritchie left in 2013 which is a bit confusing, but presumably this was one of his last shows with the band.

When I was a student I had a friend who was a big Bon Jovi fan so I remember all that eighties stuff but this was more the ‘poor man’s Bruce Springsteen’ side of them.

Philly_Q · September 2023

EricTheWeary said:
When I was a student I had a friend who was a big Bon Jovi fan so I remember all that eighties stuff but this was more the ‘poor man’s Bruce Springsteen’ side of them.

That's the only side they've had for ooh, 35 years now. But I'd say they're more like the poor man's Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes... so they're the poor man's poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. I'm tempted to watch it to see if I can smell the tension with Richie.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:
When I was a student I had a friend who was a big Bon Jovi fan so I remember all that eighties stuff but this was more the ‘poor man’s Bruce Springsteen’ side of them.

That's the only side they've had for ooh, 35 years now. But I'd say they're more like the poor man's Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes... so they're the poor man's poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. I'm tempted to watch it to see if I can smell the tension with Richie.

They do a couple of fist bumps and look fine, part of why I thought it was more recent. Although Ritchie looked pale and Jon has what MrsTheWeary would describe as a Resting Bitch Face.

Someone on here was recently asking about how to get the Living on a Prayer guitar sound, the answer seems to be turn it into a turgid acoustic number which involves no reaching for high notes.

Philly_Q · September 2023

EricTheWeary said:

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:
When I was a student I had a friend who was a big Bon Jovi fan so I remember all that eighties stuff but this was more the ‘poor man’s Bruce Springsteen’ side of them.

That's the only side they've had for ooh, 35 years now. But I'd say they're more like the poor man's Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes... so they're the poor man's poor man’s Bruce Springsteen. I'm tempted to watch it to see if I can smell the tension with Richie.

They do a couple of fist bumps and look fine, part of why I thought it was more recent. Although Ritchie looked pale and Jon has what MrsTheWeary would describe as a Resting Bitch Face.
Someone on here was recently asking about how to get the Living on a Prayer guitar sound, the answer seems to be turn it into a turgid acoustic number which involves no reaching for high notes.

You've sold me, I have to watch this.

Philly_Q · September 2023

^^ @EricTheWeary I've just watched the show. It says at the beginning it was recorded on 24 January 2013, which explains Richie (and Hugh, who was still unofficial at that stage).

It's the first time I've heard some of the "new" songs, on the whole they're even more awful than I could've possibly imagined... there were one or two I liked though. For some reason all the rockier "greatest hits" seem really lacklustre in this show, even when they're not being played as turgid acoustic arrangements - maybe the band felt constrained by the "intimate" setting.

JBJ's voice is a little bit ropey here but it's much, much worse nowadays. And watching this, he's aged quite a lot in the last decade, he's totally grey now and looks even more like Eric Roberts. Richie's pretty handy on the backup vocals, I must say, but I'm sure the current lineup has that covered too.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Philly_Q said:

^^ @EricTheWeary I've just watched the show. It says at the beginning it was recorded on 24 January 2013, which explains Richie (and Hugh, who was still unofficial at that stage).

It's the first time I've heard some of the "new" songs, on the whole they're even more awful than I could've possibly imagined... there were one or two I liked though. For some reason all the rockier "greatest hits" seem really lacklustre in this show, even when they're not being played as turgid acoustic arrangements - maybe the band felt constrained by the "intimate" setting.

JBJ's voice is a little bit ropey here but it's much, much worse nowadays. And watching this, he's aged quite a lot in the last decade, he's totally grey now and looks even more like Eric Roberts. Richie's pretty handy on the backup vocals, I must say, but I'm sure the current lineup has that covered too.

Ahh, I think I missed the first two minutes and it was ‘on’ rather than being watched intently. Yes Ritchie’s voice was good, they probably should have made more of it.

CloudNine · September 2023

Buck Meek (from Big Thief) new album. Saw them the other night in Glasgow, him and his band were brilliant.

https://youtu.be/njKwzygKaRY?si=NUJyPWMFzE5B5cbw

Grumpyrocker · September 2023

I'm listening to the new Soen album this morning. It's fab. Great combination of some heavy riffing, but with a much more Gilmour like approach to guitar solos than you normally expect in metal. Some really beautiful playing.

Fishboy7 · September 2023

Just revisiting some John Grant stuff

rze99 · September 2023

Chic. Just bought a PA system. Testing it. Nothing sounds better. Those Bob Clearmountain mixes are pure genius

Vintage65 · September 2023

Latest track from Mannequin Pussy

Benm39 · September 2023

Mastodon

Vintage65 · September 2023

New tune from Wednesday guitarist MJ Lenderman

Reverend · September 2023

late 70s US metal. For fans of early Rush, early Scorpions, Ashbury, early Cirith Ungol, Manilla Road.

Deadman · September 2023

The Damned with a rendition of Street of dreams, 1986. I tried and failed to get to this gig and had to make do with Newcastle City Hall, same year. It was awesome all the same for a 16 year old just finding his feet in this big bad world.

https://youtu.be/NOwcRvATr3g?si=39ChyUC0Wy_BJCiO

rze99 · September 2023

The Pretenders Live

stufisher · September 2023

Never ceases to amaze me this stuff

https://spotify.link/xhzceurfaDb

Deadman · September 2023

The wicker man original soundtrack. With some red wine, chilli con carne and a bit of rain outside.

Philly_Q · September 2023

Deadman said:

The wicker man original soundtrack. With some red wine, chilli con carne and a bit of rain outside.

Wow, cool. Love those corn rigs.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Grace Potter. About whom I know very little but amazing voice and has made blues, rock, country, pop. I've been listening to random choons but she released a new album in 2023 so I should give that a spin.

Philly_Q · September 2023

EricTheWeary said:

Grace Potter. About whom I know very little but amazing voice and has made blues, rock, country, pop. I've been listening to random choons but she released a new album in 2023 so I should give that a spin.

Funnily enough I happened to see a video of her playing a cover of Cortez the Killer (with Joe Satriani on guitar) earlier this evening. Don't think I've ever heard her before, although I know she had a signature Flying V for a while.

Meanwhile, I have been watching videos of people playing cover versions of Judas Priest's Beyond the Realms of Death. I quite often go "cover-surfing" on YouTube.

RocknRollDave · September 2023

Having caught a ‘megamix’ of Soft Cell on late-night radio recently, I felt the need to revisit their song Say Hello, Wave Goodbye.

A classic, IMO

Deadman · September 2023

Who doesn’t love a bit of Kyuss, and especially ‘Catamaran’.

https://youtu.be/qnTW7yqtyxk?si=54m4VfNufi4xEiLb

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