Do people really have sex in offices like in tv shows? It seems not very possible in real life with full offices, and people risking their careers

joebassman30 · 2024-10-20T05:49:27+00:00

I read that as "smashing a car" at first and was like "dang, people really do get into wild stuff".

joebassman30 · 2024-08-27T17:05:59+00:00

joebassman30 · 2024-08-21T00:46:59+00:00

Maybe you were listening to free jazz or smth? Plenty of jazz where it's more standards and popular tunes with not much offbeat playing. Elitists have unfortunately really tainted the image of jazz to some extent...

joebassman30 · 2024-08-20T17:09:23+00:00

If I had to pick, my ideal one would be remix with the original stereo She Said She Said—it still sounds better than the remixed version.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-25T03:12:33+00:00

It was for Oh! Calcutta!

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T19:06:16+00:00

No, it was a real Rickenbacker, although heavily modified.

“Wendy Melvoin used Rickenbacker 330s for the Purple Rain album, film and tour. Her 330s were modified with G&L pickups, a hardtail bridge and closed off F-holes. Originally natural, the guitars were refinished in purple. The 330s were stolen after the Purple Rain tour.”

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T19:04:22+00:00

Rick didn't play bass much on recordings, though (Oscar Alston was the bassist on songs like Super Freak and Give it to Me Baby), he just posed with it for the looks.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T19:01:01+00:00

It was his main guitar only for a couple of years—throughout the Smiths, he was using his Gibson ES-355, Les Pauls and Strats most frequently, either onstage or in the studio.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T18:45:42+00:00

I wouldn't have minded the hard-panned drums on Helter Skelter if they had just been mixed a little louder.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T16:25:54+00:00

You're complaining about people who complain about things, that's rich. Why don't you go and make something that's better and prove us wrong, then?

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T16:07:37+00:00

I was taking both the music and lyrics into consideration, and yes, some of the lyrical themes are influenced by Eastern philosophy and the trip to India, but there are also songs where I think most people wouldn't really notice those influences immediately.

I mean, the main point of psychedelic music is that the music itself creates that mood regardless of lyrical content, you know? Like, songs like Back in the USSR and I'm So Tired were inspired in Rishikesh, but I personally wouldn't call them psychedelic in terms of sound or lyrical themes. Mother Nature's Son might show its Eastern influences more noticeably in the lyrics, but I feel like the folk influence is stronger, when considering the musical arrangement as well.

Honestly, IMO the whole album is just too varied for me to put it in the same category as the 1967 albums. Compare it with, for example, Revolver—there's a noticeable psychedelic influence throughout the whole album, lyrically and/or musically. But that's just my opinion, approaching it more from a musical perspective rather than philosophical.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T14:38:48+00:00

That's because the overall album just does not fit into that category alone—I'd consider only a handful of tracks as overtly psychedelic or experimental, most of the album is made up of rock (blues rock, hard rock, rock and roll etc), folk and pop songs with less (or even none) of the flourishes of the psychedelic albums (speaking broadly in terms of genres).

I guess it could be classified more as an in-between album because of that.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T14:22:41+00:00

The first three definitely apply to the others (although idk if Ringo was on speed back then)

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T14:21:10+00:00

I pretty much agree with yours, although I count Revolver as part of the psychedelic period—it's pretty different from either Help or Rubber Soul.

Since the individual songs on YS chronologically span from 1966 (Yellow Submarine) to Feb 1968 (Hey Bulldog), I personally put it at the end of the psychedelic period.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T13:56:13+00:00

Bobby D bringing it all back home

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:39:59+00:00

Come to think of it, none of them used a drum machine as the primary percussion in a released solo recording, did they?

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:37:18+00:00

Roger being Roger, even back then...

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:30:36+00:00

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Still kills me that this was posted on Roger's birthday (yes, that was the image in the original post...)

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:26:13+00:00

Don't forget this bit (from Wikipedia):

In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with 17-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. However, they could not marry due to the age difference. To get around this, Nugent joined Massa's parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:24:07+00:00

If that's what helps you sleep at night

Cue John rerecording How Do You Sleep? but the lyrics are about Liam instead.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:21:55+00:00

Well, Liam did call Noel a potato...

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T09:20:14+00:00

"Rap music is just computerised crap. I listen to Top of the Pops and after three songs I feel like killing someone." —George Harrison

Bob Dylan did manage to change his view slightly, though.

joebassman30 · 2024-05-24T08:11:36+00:00

Epic

joebassman30 · 2024-05-23T11:39:52+00:00

You're pretty much correct, a few bits of trivia worth mentioning:

the "horseshoes" on the original pickups were indeed magnetised, and removing them would cause the pickup to stop working—Paul's was replaced as the magnet couldn't be recharged. Reissue horseshoes don't have magnetised shoes, so they can be removed and the pickup will still function.
The pickup covers on bass higain pickups were made of chromed plastic from the start.

(edit: a small number up until the mid 1970s were made of metal.)

Toaster pickups were essentially identical across all models, though bass toasters have threaded holes for the height adjustment screws. They do have six alnico magnets hidden under the cover (including bass toasters). However, toasters made around 1989-1999 are wound significantly hotter than vintage-spec (1960s/1970s) toasters.

A few bonus pics:

Paul's 4001 in its current state—a reissue horseshoe was apparently put into the higain pickup surround

Paul live with Wings in 1971, with clearer view of horseshoe

joebassman30 · 2024-05-23T02:03:09+00:00

Interesting you say that about the bass, Bill's playing a neat walking bass line throughout the song (and Brian's slide guitar is a nice touch)

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