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I'm no bass player but I've heard that JJ's stuff is fairly easy to play, it's the finesse, delivery and showmanship that he's good at. Similar to replacing Hugh in a way - easy to copy but not so easy to come up with the inventive creativity. Jim irreplaceable is......Presence,fitness,personality,...

Strange one especially as it was such a good single to very rarely do it live at the time...
Mind you what a catalogue to choose from we ain't gonna get it all but it must of been a choosen choice for whatever reason not to do it.

Skin Deep wasn't even performed on the tour of the album it was from.I don't recall it featuring on Dreamtime and 10 tours either.It may have been resurrected occasionally by the various line ups post 1990 but I don't think it's ever had a regular slot. Looks like it was played quite a bit in 85, t...

Stage presence.You either have or you don't.JJ has it and so did/does Hugh. Yep agreed....those two had it in abundance that's what made mk1 stand out as a band those two up front that made them so successful that can never be brought back. The music can be brought back and sound exactly the same t...

Skin Deep wasn't even performed on the tour of the album it was from.I don't recall it featuring on Dreamtime and 10 tours either.It may have been resurrected occasionally by the various line ups post 1990 but I don't think it's ever had a regular slot. Looks like it was played quite a bit in 85, t...

Skin Deep wasn't even performed on the tour of the album it was from.I don't recall it featuring on Dreamtime and 10 tours either.It may have been resurrected occasionally by the various line ups post 1990 but I don't think it's ever had a regular slot. Looks like it was played quite a bit in 85, t...

If Jet and Dave were looking down, then I can't imagine them feeling anything other than pride at this 50th celebration and at what Jim and Toby have done with their great music. It couldn't have been done any better. Congratulations to the band and crew, and everyone else involved, including us lo...

I'm no bass player but I've heard that JJ's stuff is fairly easy to play, it's the finesse, delivery and showmanship that he's good at. Similar to replacing Hugh in a way - easy to copy but not so easy to come up with the inventive creativity. Jim Yep spot on agreed...what makes him stand out isn't...

So far then out of 54 votes 15 would see the band without JJ.....about 28% Which is quite alot from just 54 people.....so if you were to widen the vote nationally they would still pack out venues. So they could tour without him as a guess if they wanted to and still make a living....but like I say ...

Intresting vote so far.....

JJ is now of an age that he used to call Jet old.He will drive the band into the ground and its not a spectacle I want to see,myself. All members seem happy as a unit without any over doing it as far as I can see they wouldn't be able to pull off a tour like this 50th without being happy and togeth...

JJ is now of an age that he used to call Jet old.He will drive the band into the ground and its not a spectacle I want to see,myself. All members seem happy as a unit without any over doing it as far as I can see they wouldn't be able to pull off a tour like this 50th without being happy and togeth...