Reply With QuoteI like the Kinks. Did you know that the first gig that the Davies boys played together was in that pub in Fortis Green where we went after f's funeral?Originally Posted by Sir C
You should perhaps then look into Page with the Yardbirds where any tangible influence from "the blues" (man) would perhaps be more obvious.
The reason is he took all his influences from blues and others. And then many of the guitarists who came later took inspiration from Page.
It covers a lot of stuff I need to fill. There is too much information available for today's guitarist in fact too much. I am going back to basics. All I had when I started when I was 16 was a ****ty acoustic and a pitch pipe and book of chords.
More or less every musician from the 60s could claim influence from the blues, Chuck Berry, JLL but then that was the music that immediately went before them. Not so easy then to identify any influence as their career progressed.
Lemmy from Motorhead, biggest influence on his career (other than drugs)? The Beatles.
Go figure.
I like the Kinks. Did you know that the first gig that the Davies boys played together was in that pub in Fortis Green where we went after f's funeral?
Pink Floyd is very much a matter of vibe, man.
I could never get into them, until one winter when I shared a house with a highly enthusiastic stoner. I spent about 8 months constantly stoned, with Floyd blasting out from his very expensive hifi system. I've liked them ever since, but would struggle to listen to an album all the way through if I was straight.
Really? Actually, now you mention it, did you know that at the time? It's ringing a tiny bell. Nice pub, that was. By the end of the day I may have been a littler drunk.
My main problem is that 'Waterloo Sunset' brings me out in hives.
As I said the other day, I used to find their po-faced, middle-aged angst a bit ridiculous coming from a bunch of 20-something pop stars.
Now that I'm middle-aged and angst-ridden myself, I'm starting to see the good in them.
Was 'By the end of the day' a deliberate Kinks reference? If so, it was rather good.
Would that it had been.
Your lyrical reply is very Kinky
10 characters? Pile of cund.
And of course, what we really want is good, sensible rock bands.
People who don't like Zeppelin tend to fall into two camps: complete ****s, and those with an axe to grind, such as the grumpy old **** I spoke to in a pub the other week who lectured me on Tom Waits and other unlistenable crap.
I don't like Pink Floyd after Syd. My main one is probably the Small Faces. I just don't get it at all.
The (female) busker outside my window by the Molly Malone statue is currently doing a particularly dire version of Waterloo Sunset.
She will be back later today and will do it again, then again tomorrow. And Friday.
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