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That word has a different slang meaning in the UK vs the US @EddieJones. I learned this during my first season teaching skiing in the US and a female student told me she had a sore Fanny from her previous lesson.
I was genuinely lost for words.

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The first heavy metal harmonica solo. The way it blends into the guitar solo, then the synth solo is sheer genius. My favorite line is “My dear wife, and my Children of God, the borders were already drawn for us!”…paints such a picture in my mind!

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It must have been quite the lesson, @Barney . Did you wife ever find out?

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Oh no not even close….

Sabbath has that moniker I think.

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Always impressive when a musician can sing and play an instrument at the same time. In this case the whole band :sweat_smile::ok_hand:

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She said she had a sore Fanny from her previous days lesson with Rob. (one of the other instructors) Anyway, way way before I was married :sunglasses:

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That is a good blues riff but the Steven Wilson harmonica solo is like shred guitar.

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Yeah, Sabbath metal has its roots in blues for sure. They were a blues band to start. Love this old stuff.

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Best harmonica player I have seen in person is Magic Dick. He played with Jay Geils (yes his name is Jay) for ages

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First Fanny and now Magic Dick. Let’s try and keep this family friendly here folks!

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for @Barney

We’ve got a Fuzzbox and We’re Going to Use It, aka, Fuzzbox

https://youtu.be/fXWqfxj-mlU

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Well the stats are in from streaming, and I listened to 2164 minutes of music the first six months of the year. Top artist - Kyary Pamyu Pamyu which shocked the heck out of me. Second was Nemophila and Babymetal a close third, neither of those a surprise.

https://youtu.be/2TnlyCBkPJ4

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Mono, a wonderful post-rock japanese band. It literally made me cry when I saw them live at Hellfest…

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Mono is super good. If you like them you might also like Envy; Envy is more post-metal but just excellent as well.

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I like envy too yes :wink: A dead sinking story :heart:

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Music business is strange. 50 years ago Linda Hoover was working on an album, which was completed and then shelved by the record company. Now it’s coming out.

Why does it matter? Part of her band was Donald Fagen and Walter Becker before Steely Dan, and another was Skunk Baxter

Here is one of the 5 Becker/Fagen compositions from that album

https://youtu.be/3i8-agWJqP0
To me this one of the best bass solos ever

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More Liz Phair. Exile in Guyville was a great album, she did it as a direct song-by-song response to Exile on Main St., from a woman’s perspective.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1tMfKl5b8M

backstory:

I loved that album when it came out, she was really underrated.

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I learned the difference in Australia when I was there for work 20 years ago. As an icebreaker I was asking a couple of women co-workers about Australian slang and differences between it and American slang. They all think it’s very funny that the US has a bag called a “Fanny Pack.” :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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