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Author Message   Holmis63 Username: Holmis63 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 3:36 pm:    I´ve noticed that no one have mentioned Billy Gibbons?? I have to say that when i heard ZZ-top for the very first time around 1974-75 it was like a religious experience, i think (i´m not religious so it´s hard to say, but..)!! Those Texas blues shuffle stuff tracks on the early albums like Tush, La grange... still gives me big goes skin (i don´t know the right english terms here but you know what i mean??). The later 80:s stuff like Legs, Sharped dressed man... is as god but in a different way, i think he is the King of distorted guitar sounds. That is my opinion! Holmis63 On the other hand i have to say that Peter Green is/was a genious!! But that is already stated in another thread.   Gemberbier Username: Gemberbier Registered: 5-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 6:11 am:    I'll paste the entire dictionary lemma about your skin problem: "kippenvel het goose flesh / pimples ( Amerikaans-Engels ook ) goose bumps context ik had / kreeg kippenvel I got goose flesh / pimples / bumps ik krijg er kippenvel van it makes my flesh creep / my skin crawl ( informeel ) it gives me the creeps / the willies ik krijg al kippenvel als ik naar je kijk the mere sight of you makes my flesh creep / my skin crawl / gives me the creeps met kippenvel goosy" So, if you reverse that, you've learned a little Dutch too. Most remarkable is that we talk about a different bird here. The Dutch relate this type of skin to the chicken. Although I'm more into clean and reverb (Hank Marvin sound) I can appreciate a functional distorsion. When the distorsion is used to camouflage bad technical skills, I find it actually quite annoying. But Billy Gibbons is O.K. Ginger   Talajuha Username: Talajuha Registered: 11-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 3:55 pm:    Hm, what the f... did Ray Cooder mean when he gave his album the name "Chicken skin music"? The actual translation from Finnish is 'somebody's skin is as hen's flesh'. I think ZZ Top is underestimated for nothing, some people think its music is not artistic enough. Juha   Holmis63 Username: Holmis63 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 4:20 pm:    I´ve been at ZZ-top concerts three times in the late 70:s and 80:s. Both the music and the appearance was VERY artistic if i´m alowed to say that, but maybe not artistic in every mans eyes?? It´s the Texas style and everyone doesn´t like that, a litle ruff and smoking and freakin hot! They don´t do that kind of music anymore.   Holmis63 Username: Holmis63 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 - 4:27 pm:    And Ginger! Thanks, but i´m probably NEVER going to understand Dutch anyway. Here in Sweden whe refer to goeses just like in English speaking countrys when it comes to erected skin hair.   Johns Username: Johns Registered: 2-2001 Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 8:58 am:    Holmis: Thanks for reminding me about my Fandango album. It was one of the first I ever bought. I guess it's no surprise that I like the earlier, rawer guitar driven tunes more than the slicker productions of the 80s and 90s. I really believe the moment each person "discovers" something for themselves, like a band, instrument, style of music, that it is transformed into a special memory. The rest of your life that memory is magical to you. Fandango is like that for me!   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 1:54 pm:    Here's my ZZ Top memory: Found out about the concert the morning of the show, drove 90 miles to Springfield, Mass., bought a ticket, got in line (my friends and I were the first ones there, and it was festival seating) and scored spots right in front of Billy Gibbons at the stage (there were no seats on the floor). The crowd on the floor pressed into us all night. At times, I thought I'd pass out from not being able to breathe, but the show was fantastic. Top finally finished and went off the stage, and I thought, great, a couple encores and I can go home. Well, they came back on stage, Billy went up to his mic and said, "Are you about ready for the second set?" They played for another hour. Still, good times. -Chuck   Holmis63 Username: Holmis63 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2007 - 3:59 pm:    I´ll never forget when they just have released El-loco and was on tour in Scandinavia. I saw their show here in Gothenburg and it was really avesome, they rocked the intestines out of our torsos!! At the final of the show they turned on the lights and the crowd started to walk out, and everyone heard a loud crash and turned around to see what everyone thought to be a roadie falling down all the way from the light rigg over the stage. Riot breaked out!! Was he dead or seriosly ingered or what??? It was just a doll! That is humor and artistic skill at high level. Will never forget that moment!   Ccs Username: Ccs Registered: 3-2001 Posted on Sunday, November 25, 2007 - 9:17 pm:    "I really believe the moment each person "discovers" something for themselves, like a band, instrument, style of music, that it is transformed into a special memory. The rest of your life that memory is magical to you. Fandango is like that for me!" Right on John.That is so true. There are three albums I can think of that still give me that same "rush" today that I got when they first came out. Rush-2112 Johnny Winter-Captured Live UFO-Strangers in the Night For me,those have that magic you mentioned. As for Billy,I was never a big ZZ fan and really didn't like anything about the whole polished Eliminator direction they took but the old stuff does stand the test of time. Billy is responsible for me rediscovering my Marshalls though.Maybe 10 years ago I was driving home and Just Got Paid came on the radio.It's a song I've heard a million times before but for some reason that time I heard a tone I never heard before.I went home,unplugged all my pedals and began the journey of natural Marshall tone again.Something I lost during the metal years. And actually I'm still on that journey.I still have 12 Marshall rigs so I'm always re tubing and tweaking.I'm not sure there really is a end to the tone search. I was reading a interview with Clapton recently and they were asking if he had it all or if there was still something he was after or something like that and he said something about an amp and still looking for that perfect tone.

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