Right; the first answer is here, thanks to the fantastic Internet: the excellent Toy Dolls. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F3Uhrj9YVI
The second answer is that the sheet we were following is spectacularly wrong, thanks to the useless Internet; no wonder we couldn't get it to sound right. I'll re-do it to match Mr Cocker's best efforts. Meanwhile, there's an entertaining 'mis-heard' lyric version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xJWxPE8G2c
No sign of Smooth Charlie, Tess or Jesse last night. And not much sign of the traditional setlist either. It was a very jolly experimental evening.
Lots of gigs on the horizon, but none confirmed yet.
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
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Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Last Night's Rehearsal
After a nice fortnight's break, the TLOGS gathered for another rehearsal. We were still missing a couple - Jess in Brighton (now working part-time at Screwfix; fairly interesting job in the nation's gay heartland, I would have thought) and Tess still in the USA (follow her exploits at applefairey.blogspot.com)
Smooth Charlie still admirable on the drums, Hairy Charlie a bit short of left hand skills (consultant says it's probably a ruptured disc in the base of the neck) - no-one noticed the difference, sadly. Anthony filling in for Dave on bass, and overlapping for a bit once he turned up. Memories of Spinal Tap doing Big Bottom at the otherwise excruciatingly awful Live Earth ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ )
Mid-harvest wedding gig is off - probably a good thing. More fascinating rumours of Stockstock abound.......
Smooth Charlie still admirable on the drums, Hairy Charlie a bit short of left hand skills (consultant says it's probably a ruptured disc in the base of the neck) - no-one noticed the difference, sadly. Anthony filling in for Dave on bass, and overlapping for a bit once he turned up. Memories of Spinal Tap doing Big Bottom at the otherwise excruciatingly awful Live Earth ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN42uzNFVmQ )
Mid-harvest wedding gig is off - probably a good thing. More fascinating rumours of Stockstock abound.......
Monday, 7 February 2011
Updates
Blimey, the rehearsal two weeks ago has gone unposted. Dave was back, so it was loud. It was Tessa's last for a bit before she takes on New York again - nice to know they're letting her back in. Jess still in Brighton. Er...that's about it.
More later - including gossip and details of the upcoming woodstock/Longstock/freestock/livestock/bloodstock/stock cubes/OXO festival that has caused such excitement (at least in the SO24 postcode area, anyway.)
More later - including gossip and details of the upcoming woodstock/Longstock/freestock/livestock/bloodstock/stock cubes/OXO festival that has caused such excitement (at least in the SO24 postcode area, anyway.)
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Shed 3b's curtains
Nice to see the lovely curtains of Shed 3b have made it onto Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brG70F_fb5k&hd=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brG70F_fb5k&hd=1
Monday's rehearsal
Another relatively uneventful and remarkably purposeful get-together on Monday. Smooth Charlie on fine form, picking up the TLOGS idiosyncratic approach to many songs astonishingly quickly.
Dave still unable to make it, stand-in Anthony left his bass at school, so he was unable to join in the undignified Boddington's frenzy.
This week's musical debate centred on how many beats there are in the opening riff to the opening song. Some said five, some said six, some said "What's a beat?" Some said "Another Boddington's? Don't mind if I do!" But that's enough about John.
A couple more possible gigs were added to the 'Where/When Tour 2011' (previously and quite unfairly known as the Small Pianist's Tour 2011). The 'Where? When?' name comes from the somewhat incredulous reaction to a typical booking ("Everyone OK for the Devon Freemasons' Annual Handshake Ball at the Exeter Hippodrome on 15th August?...."). But, hey we're artists. We'll go anywhere, anytime. Possibly.
Dave still unable to make it, stand-in Anthony left his bass at school, so he was unable to join in the undignified Boddington's frenzy.
This week's musical debate centred on how many beats there are in the opening riff to the opening song. Some said five, some said six, some said "What's a beat?" Some said "Another Boddington's? Don't mind if I do!" But that's enough about John.
A couple more possible gigs were added to the 'Where/When Tour 2011' (previously and quite unfairly known as the Small Pianist's Tour 2011). The 'Where? When?' name comes from the somewhat incredulous reaction to a typical booking ("Everyone OK for the Devon Freemasons' Annual Handshake Ball at the Exeter Hippodrome on 15th August?...."). But, hey we're artists. We'll go anywhere, anytime. Possibly.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Last Night's Rehearsal
Nice to be back in the swing of things.
TLOGS line-up number 372d assembled in Shed 3B last night for the first rehearsal of the new year. 'Smooth Charlie' was back on drums, Dave couldn't make it (Rugged Anthony standing in admirably for him, bravely resisting offers of lager until he realised that he ought to get one in before John polished off the lot), and Jess is off ploughing new furrows in the metrosexual metropolis that is Brighton.
However, we had a very constructive evening, running through a fair proportion of the set - backwards, for some reason - and discussing a series of probable (and one or two quite improbable) gigs.
There was a thoroughly intellectual and enjoyable music theory session, discussing the merits of the multitude of songs based on the Circle of Fourths, until someone said "What's a fourth?"
There was a considerable less intellectual and frankly rather childish oo-er missis fnarr fnarr conversation about....I think it was about Smooth Charlie's drum stool, but quite honestly I can't remember. It was funny at the time.
TLOGS line-up number 372d assembled in Shed 3B last night for the first rehearsal of the new year. 'Smooth Charlie' was back on drums, Dave couldn't make it (Rugged Anthony standing in admirably for him, bravely resisting offers of lager until he realised that he ought to get one in before John polished off the lot), and Jess is off ploughing new furrows in the metrosexual metropolis that is Brighton.
However, we had a very constructive evening, running through a fair proportion of the set - backwards, for some reason - and discussing a series of probable (and one or two quite improbable) gigs.
There was a thoroughly intellectual and enjoyable music theory session, discussing the merits of the multitude of songs based on the Circle of Fourths, until someone said "What's a fourth?"
There was a considerable less intellectual and frankly rather childish oo-er missis fnarr fnarr conversation about....I think it was about Smooth Charlie's drum stool, but quite honestly I can't remember. It was funny at the time.
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