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  1. I think musicians have too long missed the obvious fact that John Lennon is a sort of band name I Ching. I give you: Monkey Finger Juju Eyeball Spinal Cracker Mojo Filter Old Flattop Walrus Gumboot Semolina Pilchard Pretty Little Policemen Pornographic Priestess Yellow Mellow Custard Seriously, Walrus Gumboot? Wicked band name.
  2. There's a Chinese restaurant in Melbourne called the Pooh Ping Palace. My wife took a picture of it in the phone book & Leno put it on the Tonight Show. Oh, it's true.
  3. How do you ask for that in Spanish? The best band name I ever heard for an oldies band was Hugh and the Beaumonts. The best band name for a Melbourne band I ever heard was Glen Waverley & the Mentones. (Have to know your Melbourne suburbs, I guess...) And I have always wanted to call a band Vic and the Taybacks. Someday, I will. That's my dream. Get your own.
  4. Ikester--good on ya! Funny that I've never really transposed any Supertramp (although I did chart "Child of Vision" recently & have worked on it a bit). But I simply *must*. A couple of questions you might be able to answer: * Is there anywhere to get good Supertramp charts? There's virtually nothing that I can find on the web. * Do you know what sort of basses Dougie played with Supertramp? All I know is that on the "Paris" liners he's pictured with a StingRay (that was the "Breakfast" tour); I've seen pictures from more recent times with a Fender Jazz (on stage with Hodgson) & a Yamaha of some sort (one of the Davies tours). What were his basses in the 70s, if you know? He always had an incredible sound. This is great! My whole life I've loved this band; I didn't know there were many others out there!
  5. Yeah, I gotta get em back, too. All my stuff was vinyl, & during the "bottleneck" transition from LP to CD I was into different things, so... A really underrated album, imo, is "Crisis? What Crisis?" And there are many moments on "Even in the Quietest Moments" that are just pure magic. And you've GOT to have "Paris," and... Aw, heck, I'm gonna have to get em ALL! PS I sorta stopped listening somewhere around "Famous Last Words"; is that album, or any of the Davies-only stuff, of comparable quality to the stuff of their main period?
  6. And rightly so, ikestr! Like Supertramp itself, Dougie Thomson is a MAJOR talent who's just not appreciated enough, despite his success. I've been revisiting "Breakfast in America" lately, and the more I listen the more blown away I am by his playing. It is incredibly tasteful, always interesting, grooving, and WAY deep in the pocket; I dare say it's perfect. And I think he was a cutting edge player--he was playing stuff in 1979 that sounds as "modern" as anything you'd hear now, both in line construction & playing style. He's definitely the only prog bassist I can think of of his kind--the only one in that genre whose sound would've been just as at home with Steely Dan, say. Simply a brilliant bassist.
  7. Thanks for the post! Actually, was Thomson even on the last album? I thought he'd not played with them for quite a while. I guess Dougie has dropped in & briefly sat in with Roger on a few of Roger's shows; they're pretty tight. Don't expect to see Rick hanging with either of them any time soon, though... So the new album, you say yes, it's well worth the fee? (I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll stop now--honest!) Hey, for a really informative interview with Dougie, check out: http://www.unichord.com/Pages/interviewdougie.htm Bob Siebenberg has a cool website (do the Google), & there are about a thousand Roger Hodgson fan sites (some of these folks are scary). Hey, no bass content, but how 'bout that John Helliwell? Is he fab or what??
  8. Even though they were (are?) very successful, I still say Supertramp is electric music's best-kept secret. Esp. in their "main" period ("Crime of the Century" through "Famous Last Words"), these guys were just brilliant. Excellent writing, playing, singing, production, and tighter than tight. (The comparison to Steely Dan is very well taken--I've thought likewise.) Sad to say, the Dougie Thomson fan club (of which I'm a card-carrying member) shouldn't get too excited yet--Thomson is not on this album, and I don't believe he'll be on this tour. His time these days, as far as I can tell, is mainly divided between talent management & sailing; he really doesn't play publicly anymore. Our loss... (Anyone have better info on Thomson?) This is not--NOT--to diss the current lineup. It's hard to imagine Davies, Siebenberg, & Halliwell doing half-@ssed music. But it's sure not the same without Hodgson, & without the Thomson/Siebenberg rhythm section duo. I'm not saying it's worse, but it *is* different. No one in the world sings like Roger Hodgson, & I can't imagine his songs with any other voice. (Don't know if they'll play any of his songs on this tour; they did on one post-Hodgson tour, & I think there were regrets, not to mention hard feelings.) And Thomson...what a player. Too solid. Still, the new lineup & material would *have* to be worth it, right? Maybe Davies will be the last clown to bring the house down... Bottom line: I've always loved this band! (And boy did the other kids think I was a nerd!) Ooh--almost forgot. In addition to the neato compilations that are coming out, there's also a newly released live performance from the "Crisis" tour, which features *all* the songs from "Crime of the Century" (yesss! ) as well as a handful of songs from "Crisis? What Crisis?" (I think it's called "If Everyone Was Listening.") It's definitely on my shopping list!! Anyone heard it yet?
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