Lyric Inspiration: Bastards Young - The Replacements

Read about it in a Rolling Stones interview with Tim Kaine (Issue 1273, 11/3/16 p.15). He pointed out a favorite lyric from the song Bastards Young by The Replacements :

The ones who love us best are the ones we'll lay to rest

And visit their graves on holidays at best

The ones who love us least are the ones we'll die to please

If it's any consolation, I don't begin to understand them

This is so relevant to me.

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The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie on SNL via HuluPLUS

One of my musical influences was Nirvana and back in my college band days, I remember performing a cover of their cover of David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World".

I've been watching Saturday Night Live from the very first season and I enjoy seeing my favorite actors, actresses, comedians and musicians in their younger days.

What a delight to watch David Bowie on Season 5, Episode 7 performing "The Man Who Sold The World". I thought I'd post the excerpt on my blog so I can easily go back to it whenever I want to.



I hope you enjoy it too.

NOOB HOME RECORDING (008): PLASTIC FLOWERS MAIN GUITAR

Back in December (2012) I finally managed to record the main guitar and bass parts of Plastic Flowers.

First thing was selecting the effect. When we played it live back in the 90s, I used a chorus pedal that fed into an amp with reverb that gave me a shimmery, watery effect. On POD Farm, I got close using a vocal preset called Verb Vocal which comprised of the Console preamp and Brite Room reverb modules. I then swapped the Console Preamp with the Class A-30 Top Boost amp.

 I then tweaked some of the amp and reverb unit to taste.

Here's what it sounds like.

Main Chorus Guitar

Next: NHR - #009, Plastic Flowers Bass Guitar

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