The SUBSIM Music Thread

[Jimbuna]

[vienna]

A stunning solo version of a Bowie classic by an LA musician (from the group Capital Cities); its always interesting to see someone take on a number known for high, lavish production values and reduce it simply and artfully to just one person and one instrument...









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[Jimbuna]

^ Excellent

[Rockstar]

Good, Bad and the Ugly/The Ecstasy of Gold







Ya gotta admit though Ennio Morricone is da'man and does it better so too that good looking soprano Susanna Rigacci, boy does she have a set of lungs on her.

[Eisenwurst]

Commie Rock.

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[ET2SN]

Cool beans, I think he done blew up the microphone.

[vienna]

Originally Posted by ET2SN

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Cool beans, I think he done blew up the microphone.

Rumble is one of the archetypal R&R guitar recordings of all time. I remember, as a young kid, hearing the number on the radio and being captivated by the sound of that guitar and the overall feeling of menace in the mood. I remember the older kids really liked the record, but our school frowned upon it as being "JD" (juvenile delinquent) music; it was never banned in San Francisco, and it wasn't until years later I learned it was banned in other cities. This Wikipedia article has some interesting information:


Rumble (instrumental) --

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_(instrumental)


The number was also very influential for one particular listener who later went on to make a bit of a name for himself on the guitar:





There is something amusing about watching someone like Page playing 'air guitar to favorite record...


I know there are several guitar players in Subsim and I think it might be interesting to hear about what their first guitar influence experiences were. I started being interested in playing guitar when I heard Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley songs on the radio as a kid; Bo had that rhythm and that tremolo guitar sound, but Chuck had all those flash licks and runs, so this song is the one that really got me wanting a guitar:





Every guitar player that followed after him owes a royalty to Chuck for all those cool playing moves they nicked from him over the years...


I still play 'air guitar' to that song...

Years later, as a 13-year-old kid watching the Ed Sullivan show in February of 1964, four rather regular looking guys with guitars had girls screaming to get at them; hmm, regular guys (like me) with teenage girls throwing themselves at them (unlike me) and the main difference was they had guitars and I didn't: "I really gotta get a guitar!!" ...


Anybody else?...







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[Eisenwurst]

I took up Bass. Only 4 strings, should be easy, then one of them broke and it was even easier

we never got beyond the garage stage......but we did have groupies!!!!

[vienna]

Well, bass players are known for the bottom, aren't they...









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[u crank]

Originally Posted by vienna

Anybody else?...

Oh yea.

I started to play when I was about 12 or 13. I couldn't sing or play rhythm very well and I still can't so I got into playing lead which seem to come natural. Back then (early 60's) there was no TAB books or YouTube. I think it made you a better player to learn by ear.

These are some of the first songs I tried to learn with varying degrees of success.

Rebel-'Rouser - Duane Eddy



Walk Don't Run - The Ventures



Memphis - Lonnie Mack

[Eisenwurst]

Originally Posted by vienna

Well, bass players are known for the bottom, aren't they...









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[ET2SN]

Originally Posted by vienna

Anybody else?...

True story time, years before I joined the Navy I was in college and goofing with two old, beat up guitars when I had the spare time.
I had been on the lookout for an album called Burgers and a copy finally showed up at a music store so I snagged it.

It was a big mistake. The first time I listened to the opening notes of



I KNEW I could never get THAT good.

[Jimbuna]