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Post by salteedog on Jan 30, 2019 15:31:57 GMT
True enough. One of the big problems with reading rock star biographies or auto-biographies is finding out how flawed the subjects are. And invariably, successful rock musicians have at least one period of doucheness, usually coinciding with drug or alcohol dependency - sometime it's just enormous ego....but without that ego they wouldn't have been able to create their art.
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jan 30, 2019 18:09:44 GMT
I think your right salteedog but are we not all flawed? Would any of us have not got caught up in the rock 'n' roll lifestyle in our youth. Tbh all that excess handed to you on a plate? Women, booze and drugs? I've never been into drugs, had a puff now and then but nothing like getting stoned out of it. I like a drink not a spirit person but like a Guinness or 10 š. But I can't honestly say I would have had the same restraint, if at 21 years of age I had the the women the booze etc thrown at me from all directions. All because I was in a famous rock band, it's hard to say. It's easy for me to say I wouldn't have fallen for the excess, because at 21 I had a mortgage, had to be fit for work. I'm not trying to excuse any rock star or celebrity and I'd like to think I would behave in a reasonable manner but I've seen people influenced by others that have messed their lives up. I think you are also right about the ego thing, I have found in my experiences a lot of the people with big egos tend to be a little vulnerable and a lot weaker than they portray. I'm not saying they are all like that but a lot are. Who was it said about the genius close to madness thing? |
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Post by salteedog on Jan 30, 2019 19:02:29 GMT
You are not wrong blindwilly3fingers. The sad thing is it's usually the people closest to them who bear the brunt of the mistreatment. |
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jan 30, 2019 19:16:18 GMT
Spot on salteedog, I do wonder sometimes if some people have a conscience. Or if they are even aware their are other people who'll be affected by their actions. I got a bad habit of people watching when I'm out, it amazes me how many people are not even aware of others around them. No thought seems to be given to anything other than what they are doing or the consequences of their actions. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 19:32:04 GMT
I'm afraid to create requires focus, and focus tends to lead to all consuming obsession. I've known artists in the past who, once the bit was between their teeth, could not switch off from that one thought. Heck, even I have become so wrapped up in a chorus idea that it seems to be in my head no matter what else I'm supposed to be doing. I'll find myself humming whilst in a crowd or mouthing words whilst someone's talking to me. It's patently clear I'm not listening. There is no room for multitasking when the bug bites.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:04:19 GMT
Good old David. This is him talking about his Black Strat and it's special 7 way mod that all the fans crave to copy.
"You know something? For me, I can let go of it. Itās a lovely guitar. Itās on Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall. I did my āComfortably Numbā solo on it. The notes for the beginning of āShine On You Crazy Diamondā fell out of it one day. Itās on so much stuff, but Fender have made replica ones that they sell, and I have two or three of those that are absolutely perfect. One of those might be my future guitar of choice or even, horror of horror, maybe Iāll even change the color.
I change it then I change it back. I added a little switch in it so I could get a pickup configuration that you canāt get on a normal Strat, which is the neck and bridge pickup together. Itās something you can do on a two-pickup guitar. It has sort of the signature sound of a Fender Jazzmaster or a Jaguar, (but)you know something? That Jazzmaster sound was something I always craved and wanted to use, but I donāt think Iāve ever actually really used it on anything. It was experimenting, trying things out. It did what I wanted it to do: it achieved this different sound and, strangely, IN THE END I SCARCELY USED IT".
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jan 31, 2019 12:42:25 GMT
Caught this video of the aforementioned strat and a few other Gilmour guitars in the sale. May be of interest to some.
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Post by salteedog on Jan 31, 2019 13:26:50 GMT
I saw that goldtop Les Paul on the Christies site. I cannot believe that is intonated properly - the angle of the bridge seems too extreme.
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Post by salteedog on Jan 31, 2019 13:29:41 GMT
I wonder how much a spare genuine Gilmore short whammy bar would sell for?
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Post by blindwilly3fingers on Jan 31, 2019 13:36:02 GMT
I saw that goldtop Les Paul on the Christies site. I cannot believe that is intonated properly - the angle of the bridge seems too extreme. Your eyes are better than mine š |
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Post by salteedog on Jan 31, 2019 13:45:33 GMT
Maybe not. Every picture in my house is hanging crooked!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2019 14:14:34 GMT
I wonder how much a spare genuine Gilmore short whammy bar would sell for? I noticed that was one item Matt Gilmour had not copied from his father. The kid's breaking loose. |
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