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Post by azza200 on Aug 23, 2021 20:38:54 GMT
Not a bad contrast and compare exercise. I'd always exclude Kylie of course. By simple virtue of the fact that, well, it's Kylie  But Sonja I'm afraid doesn't cut it  How to mix effective synths with guitar. Look no further than someone like Erasure. Don't try and recreate Joybringer or ELP 10 years after that hideous noise went out of date  "But Sonja I'm afraid doesn't cut it" What ginger scouser does.  |
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gav
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Post by gav on Aug 23, 2021 21:51:05 GMT
Might be in a minority here, but i think the synths on GDTT (the re-recorded one) work by way of them not really being massively synthy and the fact that the song itself isn't a 100% cheery, chirpy song - plenty of minor chords and inflections in there.
Compare it to something like Dreamin' which is overly twee.... and where the synths are blatantly trying to reproduce the sound of a saxophone... just sounds cheap.
What are the synths trying to emulate on GDTT? I don't think they're trying to imitate anything really. They sound a little bit like violins to me, but it's tenuous. SO they sort of blend in better.
For me they work for those reasons, but they don't on Dreamin', and all the other similar happy-clappy songs.
I don't know who/how they put that re-recording of GDTT together, but i'm sure most of it is synthetic. But despite that, i think it sounds alright, it has quite a full sound, it sort of rocks, it has guitars (and a nice solo), it's a good tune - it just gets away with bearing the Quo name, even though the consensus seems to be that it was probably all Rossi, Frost, and Bown (although i'm sure i can hear Alan's voice in the 'going down town tonight' responses).
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 25, 2021 16:20:41 GMT
Anyone know what Tele Rossi is using for the Top Of The Pops appearance? It was mentioned in an older thread, but I cannot remember what it was. freewilly do you know at all? |
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Post by freewilly on Aug 25, 2021 21:25:26 GMT
Anyone know what Tele Rossi is using for the Top Of The Pops appearance? It was mentioned in an older thread, but I cannot remember what it was. freewilly do you know at all? Nah mate, sorry. If you mean the colour, it looks like a light mercury to me. Could be a Japanese model? |
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Post by Quoincidence on Aug 26, 2021 4:25:29 GMT
Anyone know what Tele Rossi is using for the Top Of The Pops appearance? It was mentioned in an older thread, but I cannot remember what it was. freewilly do you know at all? Nah mate, sorry. If you mean the colour, it looks like a light mercury to me. Could be a Japanese model? No worries! I've found out that it's an Antigua Tele thanks to Mick Hughes' facebook group for stage gear Frame also uses it for the She Don't Fool Me TOTPs appearance  |
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Post by freewilly on Aug 26, 2021 14:53:32 GMT
Nah mate, sorry. If you mean the colour, it looks like a light mercury to me. Could be a Japanese model? No worries! I've found out that it's an Antigua Tele thanks to Mick Hughes' facebook group for stage gear Frame also uses it for the She Don't Fool Me TOTPs appearance Lovely guitar that. Would love even more badass with a rosewood fretboard |
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gerh
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Aug 27, 2021 10:48:04 GMT
Ah - nuthin' a good few coats of dark cuprinol wouldn't fix!!  |
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Post by roquer on Aug 29, 2021 9:01:44 GMT
Nah mate, sorry. If you mean the colour, it looks like a light mercury to me. Could be a Japanese model? No worries! I've found out that it's an Antigua Tele thanks to Mick Hughes' facebook group for stage gear Frame also uses it for the She Don't Fool Me TOTPs appearance Francis owned it or was borrowed? I thought it was borrowed as all the guitars are different (Alan with a precision, Rick with another different tele) |
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But Sonja I'm afraid doesn't cut it 
