From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #192 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Thursday, November 12 2009 Volume 07 : Number 192 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:45:41 -0500 From: "David Whiting" Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V7 #191 I don't know if it's necessarily common or uncommon, but as a bass player and singer, I can tell you that at least half the songs we've written over the years, started out with bass hooks... It would be nice if Mac could relax and share the credit. Bunnyfans recognize his greatness and it only radiates a diminishing pettiness when he spouts off at the expense of others. I love the guy, but it's a shallow and pointless endeavor. David - ----- Original Message ----- From: "seven-seas-digest" To: Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:10 AM Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #191 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000 > From: Pete T > Subject: RE: seven-seas-digest V7 #188 > > yep i heard about that though haven't listened to it myself. i think i got > it > from the bloke who sweeps up the crap the horse drops as it trots along. > the > management post now and again on the forum in response to questions and > mostly > to calm down arguments, as does peter wossname, but its fairly > inconsistent. > thers some statment around the same tim e abuot how they couldn't wait to > play > the new album. well two songs is what you get in the current setlist. yu > can > guess the rest. it seems mac's talking more bollocks than average these > days. > theres discussion on the forums of him to be belittling everyone else > contribution - doesn't he say in that that pete and les didn't really do > any > of the writing? Suppose in a way thats common for the rhythm section but, > well, if the the fountaoin is anything to go by they're well out of it and > somehting all that time ago made the band what it was, and if its mostly > mac > solo now - as he seems to be saying, he can stick it where the sun dont > shine > as far as i'm concerned. not the sort of stuff i want to listen to. gave > it > another go in the car yesterday and coulnt help hitting the skip button. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:49:15 -0000 From: "Steve & Holly | Exilios en Andalucia" Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V7 #191 it's well documented that many bunnymen songs started off as bass hooks, [and even as drum patterns created by pete]. in my days of total bunnymen infatuation [81-85] i recall focusing on anything but mac - watching les with his [to quote another list member] bass held like a machine gun, pete pummeling the skins and of course, will wringing all sorts of sonic splendour from his fender. p.s. every time mac opens his mouth these days, a light comes on. steve g. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Whiting" To: Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:45 AM Subject: Re: seven-seas-digest V7 #191 >I don't know if it's necessarily common or uncommon, but as a bass player >and singer, I can tell you that at least half the songs we've written over >the years, started out with bass hooks... > > It would be nice if Mac could relax and share the credit. Bunnyfans > recognize his greatness and it only radiates a diminishing pettiness when > he spouts off at the expense of others. I love the guy, but it's a > shallow and pointless endeavor. > > David > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "seven-seas-digest" > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:10 AM > Subject: seven-seas-digest V7 #191 > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:30:45 +0000 >> From: Pete T >> Subject: RE: seven-seas-digest V7 #188 >> >> yep i heard about that though haven't listened to it myself. i think i >> got it >> from the bloke who sweeps up the crap the horse drops as it trots along. >> the >> management post now and again on the forum in response to questions and >> mostly >> to calm down arguments, as does peter wossname, but its fairly >> inconsistent. >> thers some statment around the same tim e abuot how they couldn't wait to >> play >> the new album. well two songs is what you get in the current setlist. yu >> can >> guess the rest. it seems mac's talking more bollocks than average these >> days. >> theres discussion on the forums of him to be belittling everyone else >> contribution - doesn't he say in that that pete and les didn't really do >> any >> of the writing? Suppose in a way thats common for the rhythm section but, >> well, if the the fountaoin is anything to go by they're well out of it >> and >> somehting all that time ago made the band what it was, and if its mostly >> mac >> solo now - as he seems to be saying, he can stick it where the sun dont >> shine >> as far as i'm concerned. not the sort of stuff i want to listen to. gave >> it >> another go in the car yesterday and coulnt help hitting the skip button. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info > http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ > http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **************Bunnymen Online Presence******************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.bunnymenlist.com * http://www.bunnymen.info http://www.bunnymen.com * http://www.fotolog.net/sgtfuzz/ http://www.villiersterrace.com/ * http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/discog/ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stevedoughty/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V7 #192 ********************************