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by droopsnoot
22 Nov 2019, 10:29
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Randy Andy leave him alone.
Replies: 8
Views: 2328

Re: Randy Andy leave him alone.

Makes you think of what people like David Icke have always been saying that its all true. Genuinely, nothing at all that I've heard in the news recently makes me think that, and I can't imagine anything will. Doesn't he say the royal family are shape-shifting lizards, or some such nonsense? And one...
by droopsnoot
16 Oct 2019, 10:25
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Ginger Baker RIP-possibly the greatest drummer ever?
Replies: 37
Views: 15590

Re: Ginger Baker RIP-possibly the greatest drummer ever?

I'm not that familiar with much of his stuff - like probably more than one person on this forum, I only knew "White Room" because Hugh did it - but I can see the technical ability of what he was doing. In some ways, though, that can be a bit too much sometimes. When I saw Wilko at a local ...
by droopsnoot
15 Oct 2019, 10:00
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Ginger Baker RIP-possibly the greatest drummer ever?
Replies: 37
Views: 15590

Re: Ginger Baker RIP-possibly the greatest drummer ever?

BBC4 showed the edition of Imagine entitled "Beware of Mr Baker" again last week, it was quite interesting. He does seem to be very good if you like that kind of drumming, but it's not for me - I don't mind complicated stuff, but sometimes it just goes on too long. Maybe it's better if you...
by droopsnoot
02 Sep 2019, 09:47
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: KT Tunstall, "The Stranglers & a Kangaroo?"
Replies: 23
Views: 9817

Re: KT Tunstall, "The Stranglers & a Kangaroo?"

nbm wrote: 28 Aug 2019, 20:29 Saw KT Tunstall last night opening for Squeeze. She's still telling the same story!
I wonder if her fans roll their eyes and go "not that story again", the same way that Stranglers fans do when JJ starts banging on about that fight?
by droopsnoot
28 Aug 2019, 10:06
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Bands That Mention Their Own Band Names in Lyrics
Replies: 73
Views: 24423

Re: Bands That Mention Their Own Band Names in Lyrics

A recent spell confined to someone else's choice of radio station reminded me of:

PM Dawn - Set adrift on memory bliss (the Spandau Ballet sample song). There's a drippy bit where someone says "hoping she'd be a big PM Dawn fan" or something like it.

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by droopsnoot
28 Aug 2019, 10:02
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Bootlegs - any requests ?
Replies: 6
Views: 4630

Re: Bootlegs - any requests ?

Don't want to look on the black side, but:
Forumstats_for_Rob71 wrote: Last active:Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:24 am
by droopsnoot
02 Jul 2019, 09:28
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Glastonbury 2019
Replies: 18
Views: 9049

Re: Glastonbury 2019

I saw some of The Cure's set, didn't do much for me but then I don't really know their stuff. The first four or five songs just seemed a bit slow for a festival headline set to me. I caught some of The Killers in the pub on the Saturday night, again I only know the stuff that's been on the radio but...
by droopsnoot
01 Jul 2019, 09:19
Forum: Other Bands
Topic: Bands you disliked but are now quite a fan of
Replies: 16
Views: 8354

Re: Bands you disliked but are now quite a fan of

I seem to pretty much hate everything I hear on the radio these days! I used to, but I find a lot of it is growing on me. I listen to Radio 1 while I'm working on the car, and it's surprising how much they play that I don't dislike. There's still a lot that I do of course, but plenty of it is quite...
by droopsnoot
16 Aug 2018, 11:04
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: An example of how the Daily Mail lies
Replies: 12
Views: 9286

Re: An example of how the Daily Mail lies

Is the first post an example of how they "lie" as such, or is it just an example of incredibly poor journalism and even worse fact-checking? Have they sacrificed the latter in the race to be first with the news? I just wonder whether it's reasonable to say that someone actually say down an...
by droopsnoot
03 Jul 2018, 10:37
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Last book read
Replies: 702
Views: 160358

Re: Last book read

The Blood Road, by Stuart McBride. Good book, as his usually are.
by droopsnoot
30 May 2018, 10:12
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Dave's gear through time
Replies: 15
Views: 11529

Re: Dave's gear through time

£200 isn't a lot to pay for something these days , I would think double that and you get far better Would changing the keyboards themselves make all that much difference to the sounds, if all they do is control rack-mounted synths? Surely a block of keys is a block of keys, it just needs to be reli...
by droopsnoot
25 May 2018, 10:39
Forum: General Other stuff
Topic: Dave's gear through time
Replies: 15
Views: 11529

Re: Dave's gear through time

Most recent one I can find: http://stranglers-ratter.blogspot.co.uk ... pment.html

Maybe Dave should do an update, if it's changed much.