A lesson in how to make every note matter...

[hunter]

... is this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwvoHgABrUA

[Ratrod]

Great vid.

They're playing from their toes, here.

[AndyR]

:D

Yep, got the DVD from the missus a while back.

What they played is so simple, and the tempo of most of the songs means that it could sound SO bad and dirge-like... but in all the live stuff of theirs that I've managed to find, they always seemed to lift it... Studio recordings weren't bad either :lol:, but the live stuff is the most stunning...

[horsehead]

ahh the granada tv recording I Believe? They were and still are too me one of the greatest bands ever,

 I LOVE YOU MR KOSSOFF!

ahem...sorry abut that

[38thBeatle]

They are a band that I listen to a lot-they leave so much room for each other and had grace and taste. I could listen to them all day. Every bit is carefully pitched to complement the whole.The epitome of groove.

[Philly Q]

Awesome!

I don't think Andy Fraser ever gets enough credit - he co-wrote nearly all the songs and his bass playing is so melodic and interesting.  He was only 18 in that clip!

[Tellboy]

Yes - definitely one of my all time favourite bands. Many of their songs (and individual instrumental parts) were relatively simple but when they played them (particularly live) they seem to give them so much power and emotion.

Agree with you Philly about Andy Fraser.

[gwEm]

excellent hunter

[indysmith]

I actually really like Free. They're one of the only "BKP Forum bands" that I do like.
(by BKP Forum bands, i mean all those bands that everyone on here seems to like, but nobody in real life gives a shite about. Rush for example.)

[Philly Q]

I actually really like Free. They're one of the only "BKP Forum bands" that I do like.
(by BKP Forum bands, i mean all those bands that everyone on here seems to like, but nobody in real life gives a shitee about. Rush for example.)

 :lol:

I say this not in a spirit of aggressive argument, but what do you mean by "nobody in real life"?

I've never heard of any of the bands you like (which isn't to say they may not be great, I just honestly haven't heard of them).

[indysmith]

I actually really like Free. They're one of the only "BKP Forum bands" that I do like.
(by BKP Forum bands, i mean all those bands that everyone on here seems to like, but nobody in real life gives a shiteeee about. Rush for example.)

 :lol:

I say this not in a spirit of aggressive argument, but what do you mean by "nobody in real life"?

I've never heard of any of the bands you like (which isn't to say they may not be great, I just honestly haven't heard of them).

I just meant people I've met, people I know in real life as opposed to on the internet :P
Our having different tastes in music (or at least dramatically different music collections) is to be expected obviously - this is quite a 'mature' forum ( :lol: ), and I'm rather young...

[Philly Q]

Yeah, absolutely, I think it's mostly an age thing.

I believe that things like music, books, and films have the biggest impact when you're in your teens/early 20s.  You can still like loads of new stuff as you get older, but I don't think you ever "connect" with it in quite the same way.   I still like the bands I was into at your age, maybe you'll find the same when you're my age!  :P

Then again, I find, now, that I also like bands from the same period - '70s/early '80s - even if I didn't listen to them at the time.  So maybe it's just that the music from "your own era" somehow reflects the "spirit" of the time it was recorded, and that's what you connect with. 

Ah, I don't know.  :?

[38thBeatle]

I think you are spot on there Philly. I am far from stuck in a time warp but I do find myself gravitating to the music that I grew up with. Free were one of those bands that meant a great deal to me at the time and they split but their music stayed with me. Actually I also agree with you about Andy Fraser and when I look back, I think that he also had a great deal of influence on me as a bass player-not quite as much as Ronnie Lane (or indeed Roo's mate Macca) but nevertheless it is still there. Another thing about Free was just how young they were when they were turning out soulfull music that had something way beyond their years. That kinda sounds wrong and I don't mean it to. I think of them as old souls. Whilst watching that clip I went on to many others and then lay in bed listening to them on my Ipod. Mike Casswell has just done a Free DVD for Lick Library ( not free to buy obviously) and I think a lot of young players could do with taking in the technique of Koss.   

[_tom_]

I think you're right Philly. I didnt listen to any of the stuff I "grew up with" (punk/pop punk things like Blink 182, Alkaline Trio, Social Distortion etc) for ages, now I've just started listening to them again and am loving it all over again.

Put Rush on the other day and had to turn it off immediately, wondering why I ever thought it was good music haha

Free are/were awesome though. Kossoff was such a good player.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Awesome!

I don't think Andy Fraser ever gets enough credit - he co-wrote nearly all the songs and his bass playing is so melodic and interesting.  He was only 18 in that clip!

+1

My girlfriend was only 13 when she saw Free live but she was hooked
I agree with the teenage years being the formative ones for taste in music

For me it was early Queen etc and still is to these days