From: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com (bomp-digest) To: bomp-digest@xnet2.com Subject: bomp-digest V2002 #8 Reply-To: bomp Sender: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Errors-To: owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send e-mail to majordomo@xnet2.com with "unsubscribe bomp-digest" in the body X-Bomp-web-site: http://www.bomp.com X-BompList-Administrator: efd@xnet2.com bomp-digest Friday, January 4 2002 Volume 2002 : Number 008 This is the digest version of the Bomp list. ***HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE:*** Send an e-mail with the words "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com or go to . Here's what people are yacking about in this digest: Guitar Solos - Joe Clay Boldface Tom Jones Boldface Guitar Question NankerPhlg@aol.com Re: one for the mac users on the list! Mac Satellite / Audio Galaxy Moreen5000@aol.com RE: violent femmes/REM "James" Re: violent femmes "buscareno" RE: Guitar Question "James" RE: Tom Jones "Resurrection Shuffle" "Lindholm, Jeffrey" Re: Davy Is Gone...And Micky's All Alone HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: Tom Jones Shake6677@aol.com Re: Tom Jones HOODOO3005@aol.com Two Threads United: Tom Jones/Guitar Solos HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: '72 HOODOO3005@aol.com guitar solo HOODOO3005@aol.com Re: '72 SOSBOMBS@aol.com Re:favorite guitar solos? SSamSS@aol.com Re: favorite guitar solos? Moparlary@aol.com Re: Tom Jones Sknoof@aol.com RE: Davy Is Gone...And Micky's All Alone "James" Re: Favorite guitar solos? Sknoof@aol.com RE: Favorite guitar solos? "James" Re: favorite guitar solos? Bård Hodneland Why are music store "Guitar guys" such A-holes? "Robert Topus" Re: Why are music store "Guitar guys" such A-holes? "Astroboy" Re: '72 "Lenny Smith" Re: guitar solo Jangellamf@aol.com Re: bomp-digest V2002 #4 brian marshall Re: favorite guitar solos? "cozmikdebris" Re: Shop Assistants "Alan Wright" Re: bomp-digest V2002 #7 "Alan Wright" Tom Jones Anikka Lauritssen Re: Violent Femmes YeeYeeMgt@aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:25:08 +0000 From: Boldface Subject: Guitar Solos - Joe Clay >3. sixteen chicks - hal harris? (joe clay) Hell, I'd go for near enough anything Joe Clay did back in the 50s (yeah, right, all eight tracks!) whether they be Hal Harris or Mickey Baker playing geetar. First time I played this: WOW! -- PJ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:35:07 +0000 From: Boldface Subject: Tom Jones "boots66" writes >Glad to see I'm not the only Monkees fan, either. Now if I could only find >someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones...> The thing with Tom Jones is that he did a bunch of awful ballads but he was a great singer and when he chose the right song (imo) then he did indeed come up with some real corkers. Take a listen to Lonely One for instance from a 1967 Decca single. Fantastic! Any of his albums if seen in thrift stores for a dollar or whatever shouldn't be passed up. There'll be at least one song that is absolutely worth the price of admission. He's at his best when covering some of the great soul numbers from the 60s/70s. I really like his version of Venus too. BTW, a new CD is being released any day now, called Loaded. It takes all the best songs off his early 70s albums and is well worth checking out. -- PJ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:20:06 EST From: NankerPhlg@aol.com Subject: Guitar Question A question to anyone in the New York area...Can someone recommend a good place in the city to find used electric guitars that aren't too expensive? I'm not looking for top of the line names like Fender or Gibson, but rather things like those Univox copies of Mosrites, or something like that...I guess you could say I'm looking for B-list guitars. Things that guitarists may start out with, but that still have a cool retro look (and I've found that many of those guitars sound a lot cooler than most would guess). I'm looking for both guitars and basses. I could get the names of some guitar shops out of the Yellow Pages, but only BOMPlisters could give me real insight. Thanks, Michael ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:21:29 EST From: Moreen5000@aol.com Subject: Re: one for the mac users on the list! Mac Satellite / Audio Galaxy Just gave it " MacSatellite / Audio Galaxy " a try this evening early morning ... seems to work pretty well ... takes a little getting used to after Napster ( so easy to use, lots of interesting stuff, never crashed ... RIP ) and Aimster ( doesnt always work right, and the selection definately leaves somethin' to be desired ( not too BOMPWORTHY ) and no one seems to be able to download from me - where's the fun in that ??? ), but then anything beat Limewire, which had to be one of the worst Gnutella programs ever, I never had a program crash and do so much other wacky %#$@* more than Limewire, all I'll miss there is that kool spinning lime logo !!! Anyway Mac Satellite installed pretty easy ... you do have to create an account / register as a new user, and set up where to download files to, and where your files to share are, and it's also a good idea to set the preference for downloaded file format ( I chose SoundJam mp3 as I still think it's better than I -Tunes, even if Apple did buy 'em out ) and it connects thru Internet Explorer. I was actually able to set up a profile ( bit confusing on how to do that stuff but I figured it out eventually ) and once I'd figured out most of the basics, I was actually able to download some neat tunes that I know no one's ever gonna see / have on Aimster ( unless I sign on again ) ... so ... so far, a pretty neat experience ... a little confusing but overall pretty neat !!! Oh yeah ... almost fergot ...fer those inquirin' minds, I used Brian's post ( part1 ) of his kool finds for 2001, as a test to see what one might actually find ... found 2 of the half dozen I looked for that I didn't already have myself ... The Blue Banana: "Our Love" Magic Swirling Ship: "He's Coming, Part 2" which if you've ever spent anytime on Aimster you know what the chance of finding anything like this would be ... not bad really, 2 outta 6 and at 4 am !!! So all you other Mac users, give it a shot !!! And a HUGE THANX to Michael for the info ( see below ) and Brian fer the test list ( also below ) !!! be there or be ... maureen In a message dated 1/3/02 7:45:21 PM, rockandrolldanceparty@yahoo.com writes: << Okay, so christmas comes a bit late but, there is once again a working mac satellite for audio galaxy! http://www.macdigitalaudio.com/ - -- Michael The Tuesday Night Rock And Roll Dance Party http://www.wusb.fm/rockandroll 9pm until Midnight on 90.1FM WUSB Stony Brook, New York baby, the world ain't round...it's square! >> In a message dated 1/2/02 11:00:04 PM, noisejunkie@rocketmail.com writes: << Hello everybody.... Day 2: 2002. I tried to post this last night but it didn't seem to work, so we'll just try it again. Happy New Year again, and may 2002 be better than 2001 for everyone. Personally, while 2001 was not a great year for me (and not just because of Sept. 11, but for other personal reasons as well), it was a great year for indulging in my passion for 45 collecting. Here, now, is a relatively small sampling (but a LONG list) of some of the 45s I've laid my ears to this past year, direct from the auctions, set sales, record shows and used record stores of America (well, at least Texas and Indiana). Some will have a little description, some will not. All, however, are more than worth years. And if this gets too long for you, the delete button will be your friend. So, here we go: Johnnie Walker: "You're All Mine" (Tollie) This one got a huge number of spins from me. It's a direct Beatle rip-off complete with "Whooo's" produced by Burt Bacharach! Who woulda thunk it? Even so, it's quite a winner, a catchy song with raw, jangly guitar playing that sticks to ya! Bert Convy: "Gorilla"/"The Monster's Hop" (Contender) Two-sided killer novelty tune from the future game show host. Wonder if he recorded anything else. (I do know he was involved with The Avant Garde's "Naturally Stoned," but that's about it.) Joey and Danny: "Rats In My Room, Pts. 1 and 2" (Swan) I've heard that this little stomper was later covered by NRBQ. Can anyone confirm that? The Seven of Us: "Jamboree" (Red Bird) And speaking of NRBQ, this one's a precursor, so I'm told. Stompin' soul garage a la Mitch Ryder. The Eliminators: "The Beetle Bomb"/"Stomp 'Em Out" (Chancellor). Rockin' instrumental with an anti-Beatles theme: "I say, old chap, if you're really my friend, get the Beatle bomb, here they come again!" The Moon Man: "The Moon Man Is Back" (Good Sounds) This guy mumbles something about the Satellite Stroll while the band lays down a raucous groove behind him. The Jordan Brothers: "The Jordan Theme" (Cheltenham) Driving sax instro that fades just as the guitar starts to work out. Ah well..... The Shaggs: "Mean Woman Blues"/"She Makes Me Happy" (Capitol) Previously discussed on this list, this has got a great jangly popper ("Happy") and a mean cover of the Orbison tune. Willie Mitchell: "Ooh Baby, What You Do To Me"/"Lucky" (Hi) Typical Mitchell grooviness. Harvey Russell and the Rogues: "Keep A Knockin'" (Hands) Smokin' cover of the Penniman classic with fuzz guitar that punks it out even further. They later did a cool cover of "Shake Sherrie" as well. The Ban: "Bye Bye" (Brent) (Garage killer) Small Faces: "Whatcha Gonna Do About It"/"What's A Matter Baby" (Decca) (I've always heard The Evil's version has more feedback, but this one's no slouch in the feedback department either. The Buddies: "The Beatle" (Swan)(Poundin' Bo Diddley style instro.) The Blue Banana: "Our Love" (Kanwic) Anyone ever hear of this band? It's a stompin' fuzz rocker recorded in stereo, as the opening bit will make you all too aware of. Tommy Dae and the Tensions: "1967 Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" (Diamond) The Brian Hyland ditty done up Mitch Ryder style. Difference is, when she's afraid to come out of the water, everybody else jumps in with her! Dae was from Boston, I believe, and recorded a lot of stuff for many years, including the righteous psych 45 "I Shall Walk" in 1970. The Five Dops: "She's Out of Mind" (Ger. Polydor) I believe this was a German group, but this is a killer beat stomper! Peck's Bad Boys: "Crazy World" (Scepter)Garage killer. Don Pierce: "Spook-A-Delic" (Majesty) Raw funk. Slim Willis Band: "I Say That" (Reginald) Rawer funk. The Shapes of Things: "So Mystifying" (Laurie) Killer cover of a Kinks tune done by a studio group. The Instrumentals: "Chop Suey Rock"/"Are You Nervous" (Hanover) Where the "Chop Suey Rock" comps got their name. Dave Bartholomew: "The Monkey" (Imperial) "The monkey speaks his mind!" Screaming Lord Sutch: "'Til The Following Night"/"Good Golly Miss Molly" (UK His Masters Voice) (His first and wildest, especially that "Molly" cover.) Lost and Found: "Professor Black"/"When Will You Come Through" (International Artists) Texas band. Out of two singles I've heard, this one's easily the best with killer fuzz on "When Will You Come Through") The Runarounds: "You Lied" (MGM) Great garage. The Pilgrimage: "Bad Apple" (Mercury) 'Nuff said. The Continentals: "Coffee House" (Union) Stompin' instro.) The Chancelors: "5 Minus 3"/"Dear John" (Fenton) (Both sides of this one smoke!) Bubble: "Cho Cho" (Dot)(Great garage rocker in which there are horns but they don't get in the way.) The Runaways: "You Can't Sit Down" (Fine) (Great frat instro cover of the hit by Phil Upchurch and later The Dovells) Luke and the Disciples: "Three" (Fannin') (Great instro.) Dave Berry: "Don't Gimme No Lip, Child" (London) The Sons of Adam: "Saturday's Son"/"You're A Better Man Than I" (Decca) (Smokin' Randy Holden guitar work.. or was it someone else?) Buddy Holly: "Rockin' Around with Ollie Vee"/"I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Coral)('Nuff said again.) The Flares: "Scorched Earth" (Hot Spot) (Instro mayhem) The Chocolate Moose: "The Chocolate Moose Theme" (Spotlite) (Psych-punk mayhem. "Chocolate moose are everywhere!") The Gamma Goochie: "You Got The Gamma Goochie"/"I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog" (Colpix) Same song The Monkees did on the B. The Golden Nuggets: "Everybody Bird" (Hawk) The Human Beings: "You're Bad News"/"Ling Ting Tong" (Impact) (I've heard this is the same group as The Human Beinz. Any truth to that?) Jimmie Johnson and the Lucky Hearts: "Let's Start A Line, Pts. 1 and 2" (Stuff) Fever Tree: "I Can Beat Your Drum" (Mainstream) (Their more punkish beginnings, I hear.) The Juveniles: "Bo Diddley" (Jerden) (NORTHWEST MONSTER!) Big Jay McNeely and Band: "Psycho Serenade" (Swingin') (When they say "Psycho," they mean it!) The Rocks: "Because They're Young" (Woodrich) Magic Swirling Ship: "He's Coming, Part 2"/"Love In Your Eyes" (Cadet). This Kasenetz-Katz production has Bobby Bloom singing a song he wrote on the A ("Love"), but the B's this crazy psyched-out fuzz workout that's really cool!) Strum: "Time Kinda Drags Me Down" (MC3) Don't know who this is, but it's a nice garage popper that I found for a buck somewhere. Somebody's Chyldren: "Going Back To New York City" (Uptown) Need I say more? >> ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:19:37 -0500 From: "James" Subject: RE: violent femmes/REM "And 'blind leading the naked' is also good...the thing about the VFs to me though is they were the beloved band of the popular kids in college in the mid 80s...along with Talking Heads and R.E.M. -- two other bands to be reckoned with. I can't quite get past that." Totally trivial, but when I was an R.E.M. fanatic in college, there was this huge division between the casual fans who were college kids with moderately "alternative" taste in music, kids who often didn't know (or care about) any of REM's records on IRS or even that the band made any records before -Green-, and the hardcore record-collecting music freaks like me who knew that the band's first version of "Radio Free Europe" on Hib-Tone kicked ass all over the -Murmur- rerecording on IRS, that "Wendell Gee" was only released as a single in the UK, the band opened for the Gang of Four in 1981, blah blah blah. I bought my first records by the Feelies and the Original Sins because Pete Buck produced them. It wasn't an elitist rivalry or anything, just two -very- different groups of R.E.M. fans. And, yeah, the casual fans were definitely the popular kids at college (which I definitly wasn't); fraternity types or student politicans who had to have records by REM, the Beastie Boys, U2 and Pearl Jam in their collection (not a putdown, just an observation; I like REM and the Beasties). James ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:58:04 -0500 From: "buscareno" Subject: Re: violent femmes > And 'blind leading the naked' is also good...the thing about the VFs to me > though is they were the beloved band of the popular kids in college in the > mid 80s Just to pick nits... I think it took a bit longer than that. When we booked them at the University of Rochester in mid-February '85 - with 10,000 Maniacs opening and The Fleshtones in the middle - the only people who really knew them were those who listened to college radio. The crowd had basically come 'cuz it was a concert on campus (the first real one in a couple years). People (2,000 in attendance) got ready to hear music as the Maniacs warmed up, but went absolutely nuts when The Fleshtones played. It was a madhouse during that set. Within a couple songs of the V. Femmes' start, the crowd had definitely gotten smaller, although the house definitely didn't empty out. > I can't quite get past that. That I can understand. Before the '80s ended, the group had a definite party hit to their credit. I just wonder why it took so many years for kids to get into it. (Guess the cookie crumbles that way, though.) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 07:59:00 -0500 From: "James" Subject: RE: Guitar Question "A question to anyone in the New York area...Can someone recommend a good place in the city to find used electric guitars that aren't too expensive? " I really like the Guitar Bar in Hoboken (on 1st. St). It's run by James Mastro from the Bongos, and they have a nice selection of used guitars and amps (and some cool LP's on display behind glass, like Chet Atkins' album of Beatles covers). I bought a nice cheap Washburn for banging around the house for about $100, and Mastro threw in a cord and a bag for me. I haven't been there in awhile, but the prices were reasonable the last time. James ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:57:21 -0500 From: "Lindholm, Jeffrey" Subject: RE: Tom Jones "Resurrection Shuffle" Wish I could find a copy of him singing "Resurrection Shuffle"--I used to play my dad's album that had that one on it all the time. Never see that one in the thrift shops, nor on any CD collections. By the way, does anyone know if the original version of RS by Ashton, Gardner and Dyke smokes as much and as fast as TJ's? I've seen their CD for sale, but really like the bombast of the Tom Jones version Agree that he can really belt them out. Even some of the more honky tonk country things he did later on. Jeffery Lindholm jrl6b@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu University of Virginia Health System Marketing and Communications ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:58:55 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Davy Is Gone...And Micky's All Alone In a message dated 1/4/02 4:16:21 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << << 1970 - Davy Jones announces that he is leaving the Monkees. >> How brave of Mr. jones!!! Leaving Micky all alone to be what, The Monkee! >> Waitaminnit - if Davy left in early 1970, what about the final Monkees album (CHANGES, also from '70) that he appears on? He obviously stuck around long enough for that one... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:02:04 EST From: Shake6677@aol.com Subject: Re: Tom Jones "boots66" writes << someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones >> i dig some of his stuff, and LOVE the mod-monster "chills and fever!" lee/dead flowers - --- http://fade.to/DeadFlowers http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/rosesonyergrave ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:02:02 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: Tom Jones In a message dated 1/4/02 4:16:21 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << Now if I could only find > > someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones.... >> he's a better soul brother than lounge lizard (although in Tom's case it's hard to tell where one ends & the other begins) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:05:40 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Two Threads United: Tom Jones/Guitar Solos In a message dated 1/4/02 4:16:21 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << Now if I could only find > > someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones.... >> Anybody ever notice the snarling guitar (Big Jim Sullivan?) that pops up on Tom's records? I'm thinking of "Ten Guitars," "She's A Lady," "Detroit City," and of course "It's Not Unusual." (BTW: Tom's first elpee, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL, really rocks - musically, it's in the same blue-eyed soul vein as Roy Head ["Treat Her Right"] or Matt Lucas) ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:09:20 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: Re: '72 In a message dated 1/4/02 4:16:21 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << RE: "Garden Party" > > Yeah, I gotta agree, I love that song... there was a lot of good stuff in the > summer of '72, including that, "Going All The Way," "Join Together," "Long > Cool Woman," "Brandy," "School's Out," "Walk on the Wild Side" >> Also from '72: "CAVE MEN...CAVE WOMEN...NEANDERTHAL...TROGLODYTE...RAT OWN..." Dunno if it was a summer hit, but it was from that year nevertheless and shouldn't be forgotten... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:12:12 EST From: HOODOO3005@aol.com Subject: guitar solo In a message dated 1/4/02 4:16:21 AM Central Standard Time, owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: << In a message dated 01/03/2002 9:39:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, HOODOO3005@aol.com writes: > Which was aped nearly note for note in the best "new wave" guitar solo ever, the Edge's in U2's "Out of Control". >> Which song, Johnny? (The Bomplist sometimes eats up quotes from other posts) (And in case it et up this one, I believe it was Johnny Angel who noted that some song's guitar solo was nicked for U2's "Out Of Control") ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:13:08 EST From: SOSBOMBS@aol.com Subject: Re: '72 Wasn't the Paul McCartney song "Admiral Halsey" from that year? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:17:09 EST From: SSamSS@aol.com Subject: Re:favorite guitar solos? I think my favorite is the guitar solo for "Make You Mine" by the Shadows of Knight. It's incredibly raw and perfect. Actually, the whole damn guitar SOUND on that song is killer. You can just tell that the amp was totally maxed out on it, and all the reverberation and vibration had to come from the room itself, and no effects (at least that's my guess). If you don't agree, just play the damn song; you'll see... Sam :) - -------------------------------------------- Mondo Topless World HQ www.mondotopless.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:17:49 EST From: Moparlary@aol.com Subject: Re: favorite guitar solos? Well I'm just spittin' them out off the top of my head, but Richard Lloyd's Blue and Gray, just about all of the guitar solos on the first 3 Luna CD's, Girl Trouble's cover of "Homework", their orginal, "Nico likes Rock n roll" and the big live guitar sound of Keith Streng....more when the coffee takes hold... the siren of caffiene.....Moparlary ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:20:48 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Re: Tom Jones SlashKaren sez: << Now if I could only find someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones.... >> One of the greatest singers ever, even if he did make some cheesy records later on. And I've always held that "It's Not Unusual" is probably THE perfect pop single of the entire 60s. Mike F. whoa-whoa-whoa-hoh-hoh-hohhhhh ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:22:47 -0500 From: "James" Subject: RE: Davy Is Gone...And Micky's All Alone "Waitaminnit - if Davy left in early 1970, what about the final Monkees album (CHANGES, also from '70) that he appears on? He obviously stuck around long enough for that one..." Yep, recording sessions for -Changes- were as late as April, 1970. I don't know the circumstances of Davy leaving the Monkees, but the liner notes to my reissue make an interesting claim. Davy is quoted as saying that -Changes- was really a record Jeff Barry recorded on Andy Kim, and when Kim couldn't sell the album to any label, Barry wiped Kim's vocals and recorded Jones and Dolenz instead (this is Jones' claim only, though). Jones and Dolenz recorded two singles with Barry in September 1970, released as "Davy Jones and Mickey Dolenz" rather than the Monkees. So he stuck around at least that long (the two a-sides are bonus tracks on my reissue). James ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:25:22 EST From: Sknoof@aol.com Subject: Re: Favorite guitar solos? "Cinnamon Girl." ;) Mike F. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:37:05 -0500 From: "James" Subject: RE: Favorite guitar solos? I love the solo from Elvis's version of "Whole Lotta Shaking Going On" from the -Elvis Country- album. I can't remember who played it (wasn't James Burton, though). James ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 15:55:50 +0100 From: Bård Hodneland Subject: Re: favorite guitar solos? some more: sympathy for the devil (stones) burn (dream syndicate) you really got me (kinks) (yeah, I know it's very 'hip' to list this, but it's still great!) jockey full of bourbon (tom waits) vortex surfer (motorpsycho) (i guess most of you haven't heard this norwegian band, and they're not very 'bompy', but this song is truly amazing!) folsom prison blues (j. cash) ...and so on... bård. At 14:46 03.01.02 -0500, you wrote: >In a message dated 1/3/2002 2:31:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, >owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > > > > the first song that comes to mind is "Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice" by > > Mouse & The Traps. Gives me the chills every time I spin it! > > > >I was told that the guitar solo on that song was sped up on tape, thus giving >it its distinctive "help me" fly-like tone. Is this correct? > >Sam :) > >-------------------------------------------- >Mondo Topless World HQ >www.mondotopless.com > >===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 07:46:30 -0800 From: "Robert Topus" Subject: Why are music store "Guitar guys" such A-holes? I keep wondering why every time I go into a music store to try out a guitar, that some guitar salesmen at some point is going to ask me to hand over the guitar and proceed to run off a string of hot licks that I could never hope to duplicate (Not that I would want to). It happens every single time. Now I'll admit that I'm not a great guitar player, but I have my own style, and I'm perfectly happy with it. Yet these douchebags give me the impression that they think their rubbing my face in their "Overwhelming talent". Please! Why can't they just leave me alone to decide if I like the sounds I'm capable of making with the gear I'm trying out? Topus _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 11:02:45 -0500 From: "Astroboy" Subject: Re: Why are music store "Guitar guys" such A-holes? > I keep wondering why every time I go into a music store to try out a guitar, > that some guitar salesmen at some point is going to ask me to hand over the > guitar and proceed to run off a string of hot licks that I could never hope > to duplicate (Not that I would want to). It happens every single time. Now > I'll admit that I'm not a great guitar player, but I have my own style, and > I'm perfectly happy with it. Yet these douchebags give me the impression > that they think their rubbing my face in their "Overwhelming talent". > Please! Why can't they just leave me alone to decide if I like the sounds > I'm capable of making with the gear I'm trying out? > Topus Sounds to me like they're trying to impress THEMSELVES with their overwhelming talent. You should really rub their nose in it next time. Just say something like "Wow, you're really GOOD! So, why is it a guitar God like yourself is stuck working in some dump like this instead of opening for Aerosmith?" ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:04:09 -0500 From: "Lenny Smith" Subject: Re: '72 JP wrote: > Also from '72: "CAVE MEN...CAVE WOMEN...NEANDERTHAL...TROGLODYTE...RAT OWN..." A personal FAVORITE. If ever a song captured what you'd get if you crossed Sly & the Family Stone with The Troggs, this is IT. Lenny ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 12:10:02 EST From: Jangellamf@aol.com Subject: Re: guitar solo In a message dated 01/04/2002 6:14:04 AM Pacific Standard Time, HOODOO3005@aol.com writes: > Which was aped nearly note for note in the best "new wave" guitar solo ever, > the Edge's in U2's "Out of Control". >> > > Which song, Johnny? > > (The Bomplist sometimes eats up quotes from other posts) > > (And in case it et up this one, I believe it was Johnny Angel who noted > that > The Byrds "Feel a Whole Lot Better" was the source. The solo on that tune was the basis for the solo on "Out of Control". Funny thing is, the McGuinn solo on the Byrds song is reprised even better on that same Byrds disc, on "Bells of Rhymney". Chord solos are my faves, always have been, from Buddy Holly and the Bobby Fuller guy and Scotty Moore to a cat I saw the other night that was straight up GIT-wank 80% of the time and went into stone-beauty everytime he chorded out a melody. And I used to take a raft of shit for them back in the punk days, when asked in 1979 who my favorite guitar player was (and I answered McGuinn and said that the Byrds were a far greater influence than the Stooges), my whole band went "Ugh", the fuckers. Four years later, Byrds discs were de riguer, because rock crits were calling REM the "new Byrds". Chord solos never came back, presumably because Peter Buck dispensed with that end of Byrdsiness. The best single string solos? Bloomfield's two solos on ''East West", Clapton on "Badge", Duane Allman on "Stormy Monday", Jimi on "Little Wing", Page on "Whole Lotta Love", Eddie VH on "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love", Neil Young on "Like a Hurricane", Thunders on "Subway Train", and, getting back to McGuinn (kind of), Mould on "Eight Miles High". ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:56:28 -0800 (PST) From: brian marshall Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #4 - --- PRzealot@aol.com wrote: > RE: "Garden Party" > > Yeah, I gotta agree, I love that song... there was a > lot of good stuff in the > summer of '72, including that, "Going All The Way," > "Join Together," "Long > Cool Woman," "Brandy," etc. I personally HATE "Brandy," but I definitely agree with the rest of your choices. Two you left out, though, was "School's Out" by Alice Cooper and "Rock and Roll, Part Two" by Gary Glitter (long before the sports shows co-opted it). And I believe "Hold Her Tight" by The Osmonds was a hit that summer as well. Brian NFTG > > Tim > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to > majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > __________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:04:44 -0500 From: "cozmikdebris" Subject: Re: favorite guitar solos? Robert Fripp ("Baby's On Fire"). Not very Bompish, nor is the crazed speedfreak soloing on Love Sculpture's "Sabre Dance" (the long version from Forms & Feelings), but I still like both. There are tons more but I'm still having my afternoon coffee. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bård Hodneland" To: Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 9:55 AM Subject: Re: favorite guitar solos? > > some more: > > sympathy for the devil (stones) > burn (dream syndicate) > you really got me (kinks) (yeah, I know it's very 'hip' to list this, but > it's still great!) > jockey full of bourbon (tom waits) > vortex surfer (motorpsycho) (i guess most of you haven't heard this > norwegian band, and they're not very 'bompy', but this song is truly amazing!) > folsom prison blues (j. cash) > > ...and so on... > > bård. > > > > > At 14:46 03.01.02 -0500, you wrote: > > >In a message dated 1/3/2002 2:31:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, > >owner-bomp-digest@xnet2.com writes: > > > > > > > the first song that comes to mind is "Maid Of Sugar, Maid Of Spice" by > > > Mouse & The Traps. Gives me the chills every time I spin it! > > > > > > >I was told that the guitar solo on that song was sped up on tape, thus giving > >it its distinctive "help me" fly-like tone. Is this correct? > > > >Sam :) > > > >-------------------------------------------- > >Mondo Topless World HQ > >www.mondotopless.com > > > >===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > ===> To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp" to majordomo@xnet2.com <=== > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:11:16 -0800 From: "Alan Wright" Subject: Re: Shop Assistants I'm going to chime in on the topic of the Shop Assistants and the C86 movement, there are a number of misconceptions on the latter topic that should be cleared up. As for the Shop Assistants, they were a great jangly band and yes Overground did reissue the bands first album which originally came out in 1986 on Chrysalis Records (Chrysalis Records AZLP2). While the Overground album did include all of the album it only included a smattering of the group's singles, ep's and rarities. What is missing from the reissue is as follows: Switzerland (1985 Subway Organization SUBWAY 01) It's Up To You (1985 Subway Organization SUBWAY 01) Safety Net (1985 53rd & 3rd Records AGARR1) Almost Made It (1985 53rd & 3rd Records AGARR1)> It's too bad they haven't done a SA singles comp. "Safety Net" is probably my fave song by them, and it's not on the CD reissue of the LP, curiously enough. Also, the copy of their first Ep that I have got trashed by someone I let (stupidly) borrow it and is now impossible to listen to. It'd be nice to have that on CD! I love a lof of that early Subway stuff: Razorcakes, Chesterfields, Pop Will Eat Itself (befoe they went techno), Soup Dragons (before they became Stone Roses), Flatmates, etc. Alan Alan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:13:56 -0800 From: "Alan Wright" Subject: Re: bomp-digest V2002 #7 I'm pretty partial to the guitar intro to "Why Do You Treat Me So Bad?" by The Misanthropes, one of the early Get Hip singles. I'm pretty sure this was the only thing these guys ever put out. Too bad, 'cuz this is a GREAT track and the guitar sound is completely wigged-out.>> That is a great single! And they never put anything else out! One of the finest things Get Hip ever released if ya ask me!! Wasn't one of the Misanthropes in Tina Peel way early on? Alan ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 10:32:35 -0800 (PST) From: Anikka Lauritssen Subject: Tom Jones >>>>Now if I could only find someone else who'll admit to liking Tom Jones....<<<< well, there is ME, Kar! But we seem to agree on lots of stuff. . . I'm still meaning to steal my Mom's Tom Jones records, and how bout that Engelburt Humperdinck? (Who I think is performing in Lowell, MA soon. . . ). Andrea - --------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:32:37 EST From: YeeYeeMgt@aol.com Subject: Re: Violent Femmes Put me down as a fan of the first album! I didn't get to hear this album until 1989 when on the way to a first dinner date, the girl asked me what I thought of a song. It was "Add It Up". Don't know why she'd play a song like that for a first impression at her choices in music, but she did. Don't know why she couldn't get just one kiss. Unfortunately, the rest of her music tastes sucked. Went out with her for two and a half years though. Luckily for me, shortly after the bitter breakup, the Lyres reunited so it would give me something to do besides sulk while playing Nintendo with six CDs in the CD player. BTW, the CD version has some extra cuts that are really good. 3 was a halfway decent album. They lost me after that. I was quite impressed with the bass player from the Femmes. MJ ------------------------------ End of bomp-digest V2002 #8 *************************** ===================================================================== You've been reading bomp-digest, the digest version of the Bomp list. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe bomp-digest" to majordomo@xnet2.com