"Share some good music" Friday

[funplumbin1]

@joergkutter

I had no idea there was a board game called Husker Du… hah, probably never made it across the big pond…

Here it is

[Gio]

Husker Du the board game??
That’s amazing.

[howard]

It even has bars where the fake umlauts should be

[joergkutter]

Here is Marcus Miller’s “Trip Trap” from his latest album, which he currently is promoting on tour, and yours truly managed to get tickets for this Sunday - really excited to see the man in the pork pie hat!!

Happy Friday!!

[muff]

I was reluctant posting this. Idles, GREAT. If you haven’t been swayed by hype or fashionistas or the latest cliques, Idles are a (post?) punk band. Very obviously British, with a true sense of political awareness and humanity. They write about the good and GREAT, the bad and the UGLY of Brit life. They drive along with true passion and integrity, they’re one of the reasons I’m proud of who I am.

[howard]

Boh, just kind of hanging out, being Boh.

- YouTube

edit: Apologies for the minor crosspost but I also posted this in a bigger collection over at:

Small hands need help!

Some inspiration from superstars with normal to relatively small hands Combine with “good music Friday” : Kiyoshi: Boh: https://youtu.be/7ufy1fbUECM F-Chopper Koga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ahaMOMIDpc Peter Hook: [Peter Hook-"Thats how you play the fookin Perfect Kiss"@Wakefield] Misa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tRxT76DDY8 Reita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DG-YVraRrvA

with some other good JRock to check out

[Gio]

Reluctant? How dare you hold out the IDLES on us.
I like 'em lots.
Keep it coming. And know that any time you put up some aggressive, rocking, punky-metal thing, I’m gunna cheer it on all the way.

[JoshFossgreen]

Oh shoot @joergkutter I didn’t know Marcus had a new record out! I wanna hear all about the show! Seeing him live is so awesome.

Thanks @muff! That pick bass tone is nasty good.

[funplumbin1]

Live Greta Van Fleet…

[joergkutter]

Happy Friday, everyone!

Here is another (obscure) “krautrock” video for your listening pleasure - a band that goes back to the seventies, but here from a concert in 2009 - Kraan with bass player Hellmut Hattler giving their “Vollgas Ahoi” (“full throttle ahoy”):

Cheers!

[PeteP]

@funplumbin1

Live Greta Van Fleet…

Thanks for reminding me about Greta Van Fleet. I don’t keep up with contemporary bands and the music scene so plenty gets past me. I heard these guys on a rock radio station in the UK a few months back and thought: “Wow! A Led Zepplin track I’ve never heard before!” Doh! I did wonder if it was Robert Plant’s latest project.

See also Black Star Riders with their Thin Lizzy roots. When I first heard this I thought it must be an old album track or some unreleased Phil Lynott material.

Not much going on for the bass on this one, but plenty of rock!

BLACK STAR RIDERS - Testify Or Say Goodbye (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

I think I’m just a dinosaur when it comes to rock music; the more it sounds like the classic bands, the more I like it.

[PeteP]

@muff

Very obviously British, with a true sense of political awareness and humanity. They write about the good and GREAT, the bad and the UGLY of Brit life. They drive along with true passion and integrity, they’re one of the reasons I’m proud of who I am.

It’s deliberate how he emphasises the “T” in G.R.E.A.T, isn’t it, @muff Bedrock of British cohesion: Tea! (I’m drinking a big mug of it right now). Quite enjoyed that bit of post-modern socio-political rallying cry.

[PeteP]

And one last one for the Stateside guys when they wake - sorry for the thread-bombing.

This isn’t bass related in the slightest, although I can almost hear a bass arrangement in my head (but couldn’t possibly play it), it’s just a beautiful song performed with absolute emotional commitment. Other versions have their values, but only this one has ever moved me to goosebumps, tingles, and yes, tears.

[muff]

I love it but always want to play The Cocteau Twins version, That’s when the tears start for me.

[PeteP]

That’s where I first heard it, and it’s always stuck with me but a few years ago I did a Youtube search and discovered other versions - including Tim’s. I just didn’t know anything about it.

I’ve now listened to Cocteau Twins, Robert Plant and Sinead O’Connor’s take on it. Each is haunting, which must point towards the quality of the song.

Moving on to Tom Waits now. I wonder if his piano has been drinking again…

[muff]

Ok have you been tapping’ my feed? LOL. I have Waits on now, playing along on my acoustic. And he has, heavily…

[muff]

@PeteP

It’s deliberate how he emphasises the “T” in G.R.E.A.T, isn’t it

Also how he’s standing outside a burger van, complaining about the price of a bacon bap…

[howard]

This Mortal Coil, but yeah, otherwise agree. And it’s basically the Cocteau Twins plus or minus, yeah.

Their cover of Roy Harper’s “Another Day” is even better.

Man. I listen to one or both of those almost every day, believe it or not. 4ad - such an amazing label.

[muff]

@howard

This Mortal Coil, but yeah, otherwise agree.

Wow, I responded without even thinking, but yr right. Liz’s vox straight from heaven.
"Another Day " yes, yr taking me back now. Started digging out my 80’s stuff. Oh my days!

[howard]

Haha me too now. It’s really hard to overstate how good of a label 4ad was in that timeframe. Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, Modern English, Lush, Pixies, a bunch of other stuff. With This Mortal Coil as their house cover band

The TMC cover of Modern English’s “Sixteen Days” and “Gathering Dust” is another all time great.