Right then! One last attempt to keep you all amused before we get back to the real thing at the weekend. If you can manage to drag yourself away from Perton's riveting transfer thread, the idea here is to answer ten questions and then we can all rush off to youtube and check out anything that sounds interesting. This is another generation-bridging thread so the dinosaurs out there better be prepared to see bands named that they have never heard of
Here are the questions:
1. Favourite band
2. Favourite track by favourite band
3. Favourite guitar solo
4. Favourite ballad
5. Favourite cover version
6. Favourite male vocalist
7. Favourite female vocalist
8. Song with the best lyrics
9. Best band/artist you have seen live
10. Band/artist you would most like to see live
Off Topic Musical Survey
posted on 13/11/17
I've seen most of the top bands over the years including the stones, the who, cream, the doors. But my great regret is not seeing queen with Freddie.
posted on 13/11/17
comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 20 hours, 15 minutes ago
10. Kings of Leon
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I went to see Kings of Leon for £7 at the Carling Academy 2 in Birmingham just after they released their first album. They were fantastic then.
They were one of my favourite bands during the period they made their first three albums. Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak were cracking albums. I saw them again after they released Aha Shake Heartbreak, which was great again.
Went down hill pretty quickly when they released S3x is on Fire though. Sold out to produce middle of the road stuff so they could be popular. Even cut their hair and shaved their beards. I saw a bit of them at a festival a while back and they have lost all their energy and everything that made them so good at the start. More interested in looking cool. I’ve never been more disappointed in a band.
Can’t even bring myself to listen to their new stuff now.
posted on 13/11/17
I've been a massive fan of Gary Numan since I was 11, my cuz and I had a chance to go and watch him rehearse for his latest tour in London a few weeks back so we shelled out the readies and spent an afternoon in a rehearsal room with him and his band. For a fan an incredible experience and he was a really nice relaxed easy going guy too.
posted on 13/11/17
comment by Tamwolf (U17286)
posted 13 minutes ago
comment by GeminMallorca (U18318)
posted 20 hours, 15 minutes ago
10. Kings of Leon
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I went to see Kings of Leon for £7 at the Carling Academy 2 in Birmingham just after they released their first album. They were fantastic then.
They were one of my favourite bands during the period they made their first three albums. Youth and Young Manhood and Aha Shake Heartbreak were cracking albums. I saw them again after they released Aha Shake Heartbreak, which was great again.
Went down hill pretty quickly when they released S3x is on Fire though. Sold out to produce middle of the road stuff so they could be popular. Even cut their hair and shaved their beards. I saw a bit of them at a festival a while back and they have lost all their energy and everything that made them so good at the start. More interested in looking cool. I’ve never been more disappointed in a band.
Can’t even bring myself to listen to their new stuff now.
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Interesting observation Tam. Maybe I'll have a rethink on number 10 then
posted on 13/11/17
Going back to cover versions. Todd Hoffman from the TV series Gold Rush does the most incredible cover of Sound of Silence. If you haven't heard it I urge you to head over to Youtube right now. You won't regret it!
posted on 13/11/17
Impossible to answer this as like Goldie said....it will probably be different tomorrow, but here goes
1. Favourite band - RHCP / Nirvana
2. Favourite track by favourite band - Under the bridge / Heart shaped box
3. Favourite guitar solo - sweet child of mine
4. Favourite ballad - diabolic scheme (Hives)
5. Favourite cover version the man who sold the world (Nirvana / Bowie)
6. Favourite male vocalist - Alex Turner
7. Favourite female vocalist - Jocelyn Brown
8. Song with the best lyrics Christine Aguilera - Hurt
9. Best band/artist you have seen live AC/DC
10. Band/artist you would most like to see live - Wolfie or If he's busy then Foo Fighters
*this list is subject to change
posted on 13/11/17
Well done Halfy. I know you hate to commit yourself but with some things you just can't resist can you?
posted on 13/11/17
So there you are Perton. Quite clearly now you can see that from our musical tastes Halfy = Gem
posted on 14/11/17
Lot of grunge fans here........I likes it!!!
posted on 16/11/17
1. Favourite band - Beach Boys
2. Favourite track by favourite band - Surf’s Up
3. Favourite guitar solo - Throw Down The Sword - Wishbone Ash
4. Favourite ballad - Nothing Rhymed - Gilbert O’Sullivan
5. Favourite cover version - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - Concert For George, with Clapton https://youtu.be/OLxFgRzNcH0
or the other one, with Tom Petty & the amazing Prince guitar solo etc - https://youtu.be/6SFNW5F8K9Y
6. Favourite male vocalist - Morrissey
7. Favourite female vocalist - Nina Simone
8. Song with the best lyrics - My Boomerang Won’t Come Back
9. Best band/artist you have seen live - Band: Roxy Music; Artist: David Bowie
10. Band/artist you would most like to see live - Beach Boys (the ones still alive).