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Topic: Badfinger Fans? Cool Clips ("Without You", etc.) |
Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Ken Lang
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Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 26 Jan 2008 9:39 pm |
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Wow. I haven't thought about Badfinger in years. (till now).
I liked them a fair bit in those years, but they went away and I forgot about them. Never knew two of them offed themselves. It's a shame. |
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David L. Donald
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Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 26 Jan 2008 10:24 pm
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Their harmonies ALWAYS scared the pants off me.
No Matter What
Love the guitar solo in this tune also.
I think he had a Rototron spinning speaker mic unit.
Like the top end of a Leslie, but a LOT easier to move.
A very Harrison-ish solo to.
" Knock down the old gray wall"
Face Girl Ooh Girl want you"
"If you would give ALL"
YIKES I had to try for those line too many nights.
And had trouble falseto let alone in real voice.
Baby Blue was no easy run either.
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Leslie Ehrlich
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Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 12:29 am
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| Yeah, I heard Badfinger's version of 'Without You'. I like their version better than any other version I've heard. |
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Keith Cordell
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San Diego
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 8:06 am
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Yet another example of the music industry eating it's young. These guys were probably the best american power pop band, with the possible exception of the Raspberries. Iconic tunes.
Has it occurred to anyone that pop bands like this experience an incredible suicide rate? |
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 8:23 am
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| best american power pop band... |
Good band, but not American... they were from the UK.
Good thing, or we'd have to resurrect the recent thread about fake accents! |
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Barry Scott
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San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 11:05 am Badfinger
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| Yeah. A great band with probably the most tragic story in all of rock and roll. And very, very, ironic considering they had more things going for them than most artists ever see in the way of breaks and support. I had the pleasure of performing several times with Joey Molland in one of his several incarnations of Badfinger. In their bio, his wife is portrayed as the "Yoko" of the band. But their fate was due to way more than a woman's influence on a band member. Great catalog of music. Pete Hams song "Dennis" is an outstanding piece of pop music. |
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Chris LeDrew
From:
Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 7:59 pm
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Barry, you must know a lot about this band's history and legacy. Thanks for chiming in here. It must have been a challenge to learn those tunes. None of them seem very esay to nail down. Did you sing vocals as well?
I never get tired to listening to Badfinger. They sound as refreshing to me in 2008 as they must have sounded in the early 70's.
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 9:43 pm
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This is really great music, I still listen to my old LPs. The comparisons to the Beatles must have driven them crazy back then, but I thought they were like a supercharged version of the Fab Four. Of course, their first big single, "Come and Get It", was a McCartney tune. You can find the critical facts about them on wikipedia.
For years, I had a '63 SG Standard with the Lyre vibrato as shown on the videos. Selling that was one of the dumbest moves I have ever made, and I've made a few. Those guitars are hosses and were undervalued on the vintage guitar market for years. Not anymore.  |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 27 Jan 2008 9:54 pm
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Yes, Dave, every time I watch the videos I want to run out and get an SG! I had a similar one years ago, but it wouldn't stay in tune...so I sold it! Ha-ha! Oh well.....
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Barry Scott
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San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 9:59 am Badfinger
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| Hello Chris..Yes, I did sing and still do, although these days the material is quite a bit different. The best album they ever made was "Wish You Were Here" and was to be the one to finally break them. Instead it "broke" them. But a whole lp"s worth of strong songs and good production. By the way...it's nice to meet you on the forum. I'm pretty new here, having just started playing steel this past November.I am progressing quite quickly thanks to all the help you can find these days. You can imagine how busy I am soaking up all the info here. And I have even reconnected with and old friend here...Michael Johnstone. I guess most of you on the forum know him as a steel player and may not know that he is one of the best electric guitar players I have ever seen. |
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Barry Scott
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San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 10:12 am Badfinger
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| Talk about the guitars that got away!!! Dave, I also once had a 63 sg with the Lyre vibrato...except the one I had was a transitional Sg standard that still had Les Paul on the headstock. 63 was the year Gibson complied with his complaint that the body style was not the guitar he designed and should not bear his name. I wish I had it back (along with at least a dozen others I have owned!!!) Always loved the SG standards. I also would like to have the 53 Fender esquire pat. pending no. 2305 that I lost my mind and sold years ago. |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 12:25 pm
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Hey Barry,
Nice meeting you too!
I've heard of a lot of old friends meeting on the forum after years of no contact. It's very cool that you and Michael reconnected.
I'm sure you'll be picking on that steel in no time, considering all the pro years you have under your belt as a six-stringer.
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 2:54 pm
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One of my favorite rock bands of that period! Actually, I talked one of my country bands into doing NMW back in the '80s. We did it for about a year, and then our bassplayer (who did all the rock stuff) left the band. That was the end of my success getting the band to do any rock numbers.
Fun while it lasted, though. |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 28 Jan 2008 6:18 pm
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And the cover to their " No Dice" album was uhm, interesting to a 16 year old lad!
It was a double album cover and opened up for the full effect.
It was the only album I brought home my mother felt compelled to listen to to make sure I wasn't going to hell. Little did she know.... |
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