2,651 Reply by Tenement Funster

(48 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I hear you, Norm ...

Nice to see the lower ranked teams do well against top flight teams, except when they beat our favorite team, like Swansea did to ManU yesterday. I'm a little concerned that Van Gaal considers ball possession to be the measuring stick of dominance. He somehow hasn't injected any sense of urgency into his squad, making them easy to defend against at this level. Further, with a 215.8m payroll versus Swansea's 48.1m, one would expect higher performance from players of that calibre. Here's the EPL's pay scale chart for this year:

http://www.totalsportek.com/money/engli … b-by-club/

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2,652 Reply by Tenement Funster

(5 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)

Sorry, I'm not familiar with either of this. If you have no concerns about build quality with either of them, let your ears and hands decide for you. Choose the one that sounds right to you, and plays comfortably in your hands ... it will be your own personal winner. Good luck!

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2,653 Topic by Tenement Funster

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Spent the last two days fishing (no real trophy fish to brag about) but it was a great trip. Yesterday morning, I put a Joni Mitchell CD in the player as we were driving from place to place, and this verse of "Chelsea Morning" really stayed with me all day:

"Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knew,
There was milk and toast and honey, and a bowl of oranges too,
And the light poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses,
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day, and we'll talk in present tenses."

I'd love to hear about some favorite lines or verses from the rest of you!

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2,654 Reply by Tenement Funster

(48 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Some crazy & surprising results in the EPL yesterday:

Liverpool - 0 / West Ham - 3 (!!!)

Chelsea -1 / Crystal Palace - 2 (!!!!!)

ManU has to contain Gomis and the crew from Swansea today. I expect Chris Smalling will be assigned to shadow Gomis, and is probably the only guy on ManU who can do the job. The early season jitters are everywhere, except at Man City, it would seem ... dominant so far.

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2,655 Reply by Tenement Funster

(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Badeye, you sure can pick 'em ... another beauty. Thanks!

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2,656 Reply by Tenement Funster

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I know this kind of brutality is going on all around, and it horrifies me when confronted with it. As I read your words, Beestie, I got chills of fear, rage, and despair all rolled up into one. I sincerely hope I never walk in on a situation like this, with a man battering his wife or children.

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2,657 Reply by Tenement Funster

(10 replies, posted in Electric)

You make a great point, BGD ... string windings certainly would affect tuning stability. This particular Grover model has an internal cam, which locks the string down first, and then brings it to tune is less than one turn. That was the main reason I went with this one, instead of fiddling with thumb wheels on the underside, like most tuners. I got to see them demonstrated by a guy who has them on a real Les Paul (Gibson), and they're the cat's pyjamas. Here the doodoo on them:

https://www.grotro.com/Grover/2154a941- … 106-Series

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2,658 Reply by Tenement Funster

(48 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Norm, I agree that the name "Football" certainly makes way more sense than calling it "Soccer". The trouble with that on this side of "the pond" is that when one says "Football", just about every one of us immediately thinks of North American football, as played in the NFL or CFL. Not sure how that originated, and it really doesn't make much sense. In the N.A. Football game, only one or two guys on the team gets to actually kick the ball (punter & place-kicker), while in real football everyone uses their feet.

Oh well ... who ever said human beings made sense all the time? Football or soccer, it's still a beautiful game!

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2,659 Reply by Tenement Funster

(580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Pink Floyd    "Grantchester Meadows"    San Francisco, 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH0FUJ7PKzM

A simple guitar duet between Gilmour & Waters, with some keyboard work from Wright for atmospshere. This was one their first songs to incorporate pre-corded tape into their music (lots of it on the album "Umma Gumma"). This should be a peaceful, pastoral type of song, but the phrasing and chord choice makes it very haunting and almost eerie.

Heading out with the tent, kayak, and fishing gear later today, so this week's Chill Out is a day early.

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2,660 Reply by Tenement Funster

(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Good choice, BadEye ... I was getting a kick out of the dancers being off-time here and there, as observed by a few comments on YouTube. Reminded me of the opening sequence from Steve Martin's film "The Jerk".

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2,661 Reply by Tenement Funster

(10 replies, posted in Electric)

What an adventure this is turning out to be!

Ordered these from Stew-Mac back in May, and they were out of stock, with no anticipated delivery date. Tried several other places (All Parts, Q-Parts, Mojo Tone, etc.) with the same answer. Finally got ahold of someone at Grover, and they're production (out of Asia, as usual) on the gold tuners was "delayed" for some reason. My LP already has gold regular Grover tuners, so I'd like to stick with these so it's and easy in-and-out. I finally got them ordered from a local shop, and even though they're a wee bit more expensive, there'll be no freight charge. They anticipate delivery in mid-September.

Just all seems more than crazy ... had to vent!

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2,662 Reply by Tenement Funster

(48 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Man U has re-entered the Champions League fray in decisive fashion. I couldn't be happier for skipper Wayne Rooney's hat trick, and the way his team mates worked together to dominate the match. Now that Rooney's got the taste for goals again, I kinda feel sorry for Swansea in this coming Sunday's match.

http://cdn1.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/article31481461.ece/434df/ALTERNATES/h342/2015-08-27_spo_12324452_I1.JPG

Good luck to the Spurs, Norm, as they take on Everton this weekend!

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2,663 Reply by Tenement Funster

(20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

WOOHOO !!!

After all you've been through in the last year or so, we're delighted for you with this news. NELA, you've earned a break from it all ... couldn't be happier for you.

http://cdn3.spiegel.de/images/image-440916-panoV9-fzde.jpg

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2,664 Reply by Tenement Funster

(14 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Great idea, Graham!

I'm a non-performing guitarist, but it would be very informative for us all to know where our talented members are playing ... all around the world!

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2,665 Reply by Tenement Funster

(7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Does "Hit the Road, Jack" qualify? I'm don't have enough knowledge to know what "12 bars" means, but I recall this was an easy one to learn, with a simple A > G > F > E chord progression.

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2,666 Topic by Tenement Funster

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

PARALYSIS

Seemed genuine, even somewhat flattering,
Can't say it didn't feel good to hear it.
Get up there again? clenched teeth chattering,
Paralyzed by fear, I'm not going near it.

CHORUS:     Call it a compliment, call it just praise,
        He thought it would be great if one of these days,
        I'd perform it for others, play this new song,
        I'm afraid, I just can't, so much is so wrong,

Seemed sensible enough, a chance to help out,
Can't say I won't, but won't say I will.
I might say I can't, but there's really no doubt,
Paralyzed by fear, had more than my fill.

CHORUS:     Call it a compliment, call it just praise,
        He thought it would be great if one of these days,
        I'd perform it for others, play this new song,
        I'm afraid, I just can't, so much is so wrong,

Seemed justified, turned my back to his need,
It wouldn't take much to lighten his load.
Possessive possessions, possessing my greed.
Paralyzed by fear, head down, cross the road.

CHORUS:     Call it a compliment, call it just praise,
        He thought it would be great if one of these days,
        I'd perform it for others, play this new song,
        I'm afraid, I just can't, it just seems so wrong,
`
Something to give or something to share,
Both the same thing, asked to give of myself.
I might be put out, I might have to care,
Paralyzed by the fear, an unfinished song back on the shelf.

CHORUS:     Call it a compliment, call it just praise,
        He thought it would be great if one of these days,
        I'd perform it for others, play this new song,
        I'm afraid, I just can't, it just seems so wrong,

I was playing a snippet of some music I'd put to another poem to my brother recently, and he went into "people need to hear this" mode. I don't play in front of others, and honestly can't imagine ever doing it ... even the thought of it terrifies me. He came back at me with some nonsense about obligation, which just made me feel worse. That's the background of this poem , which should be readily obvious.

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2,667 Reply by Tenement Funster

(63 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I met with a business owner today, who runs a software engineering firm. One of her "super geeks" (her term) sent some time going through the coding for Windows 10. He concludes that it's so full glitches, that Microsoft will be very busy for months to come sending out patches to try and get it working.

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2,668 Reply by Tenement Funster

(23 replies, posted in Poems)

Phill Williams wrote:

hey jim nice to hear from you. they cant jail this AH as he did the decent thing and killed himself in a car accident, unfortunately his new girlfriend was also in the car with a broken arm he gave her...she died with him. sad for her.

Oh my ... what a nightmare; so very, very tragic for the lady who was the victim.

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2,669 Reply by Tenement Funster

(23 replies, posted in Poems)

Very hard to read, Phill ... brought tears to my eyes.

As you've stated, abuse of this kind is generally a learned and then repeated behaviour. I count myself very fortunate indeed that my wonderful Dad never raised a hand to Mom, taught my brother and I to follow his example, which I've in turn taught to my boys. I grew up hearing, "Men don't hit women ... period." and am glad to have learned it.

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2,670 Reply by Tenement Funster

(48 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

It was aggravating to watch Wayne Rooney called "offside" for his goal on Saturday, when he clearly wasn't. When Januzaj played the ball through to him, he was obviously a half-step onside ... yet the goal was disallowed.

Do you think video replay should be employed in the EPL, to allow managers to challenge such calls?

It's hard to fault the officials, who see these plays once in real time, and they are human. But when a decision affects the outcome of a game - as this one did - it seems to me a replay option needs consideration. We have it hockey, football, tennis, basketball, etc. ... why not soccer?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CNAtYpKW8AA5TVl.jpg

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2,671 Reply by Tenement Funster

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Good luck to you Mersey-Siders today against Arsenal ... should be a great match. Here's a song to lead into the game from Pink Floyd's 1971 album "Meddle". The song features the fans at Anfield singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" in the background, and it's properly called "Fearless":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1a7vojSCQ

http://assets.lfcimages.com/images/international/thumb-no-image-3.jpg

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2,672 Reply by Tenement Funster

(15 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

You escaped that, Roger? Wow ... that's impressive willpower!

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2,673 Reply by Tenement Funster

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Good stuff ... I hear it in a slow blues tone, with some serious slide guitar throughout.

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2,674 Reply by Tenement Funster

(3 replies, posted in Poems)

Cool idea, EB. I don't know who Pete & Marie are, but if they go together as well as everything else in your poem, that's solid.

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2,675 Reply by Tenement Funster

(8 replies, posted in Acoustic)

From the sounds of things, I must have got a pack with a couple of bad strings. It's that old "first impression" adage that's applied here, because I've never tried Martin strings before.

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