Jimi Mac Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 I know, I know, it's all subjective and even moot, but... If you could put a super-group together out of members of great bands what would you like to see? For me it's gotta begin and end with British Blues groups, but I want to add an America flare too... I have to start with my Peter Green and Danny Kirwan Duo, but I'll trade-out Jeremy Spencer for Duane Allman. On drums, as wrong as it seems, I'll trade-out Mick Fleetwood for Ginger Baker, and on bass I'm conflicted... Keeping John McVie is a tie with trading him out for Leo Lyons of Ten Years After; arguably the hardest bopping bassist in all of rock & roll. That will round things out nicely but I'll add either Jon Lord or possibly Ray Manzarek on keyboards for that whole organ thing... Peter Green Duane Allman Danny Kirwan Leo Lyons Ginger Baker Ray Manzarek or Peter Green Duane Allman Danny Kirwan John McVie Ginger Baker Jon Lord As stupid and pointless as this whole exercise is, it is kinda fun to think about how such matchings would have turned-out... What changes in music history would you have made tried if given the omnipotence?
Kimbabig Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Bach- Organ Paganini- violin Tasmin Little- violin Johnny Rotten- lead vocals Pavarotti- backing vocals Joanna Kozlowska- backing vocals Franciso Tárrega- guitar Andres Segovia- 2nd guitar Mishca Maisky- Cello Ralph Kirshbaum- Cello William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production/instrument tech Adolph Sax- Saxophone Martin Fröst- clarinet Ringo Starr- drums Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar, Arvo Pärt- compostion Shotakovich- composition Debussy- messing with original compositions Ives- change altered compositions Stravinsky- change the previously changed compositions Schoenberg- remove useless tonality from compositions Varèse- remove useless instrumentation from compositions Mussorgsky- remove useless Western influences Tchaikovsky- insult all other composers
cody78 Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Bach- Organ Paganini- violin Pavarotti- vocals Franciso Tárrega- guitar Mishca Maisky- Cello William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production Ringo Starr- drums LOL! Ringo Starr on drums with all those greats!
Kimbabig Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 LOL! Ringo Starr on drums with all those greats! I'm glad you got the joke, if you have any more greats you'd like to add, I'm open for suggestions.
cody78 Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 I'm glad you got the joke, if you have any more greats you'd like to add, I'm open for suggestions. Maybe a few more musicians with; Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar, Ralph Kirshbaum - cello, Tasmin Little - Violin, Joanna Kozlowska - Vocals Arvo Part & Dmitri Shostakovich - Composition/ Arr. Charles Ives - Composition/ Arr. to conflict with the original compositions! ...and lastly Johnny Rotten - Lead vocals In terms of Contemporary music I would have; John McLaughlin, Joe Maphis & Joe Pass - Guitar (would be interesting to see what they came up with) John Paul Jones - Bass Jon Theodore - Drums Joe Henderson - Sax Herbie Hancock - Piano/ Rhodes All instrumental so no vocals included and just noticed they all are John's or Joe's except Herbie oddly, so could be called Herbie and the J's lol!
jdgm Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 "The Intro and The Outro" - Bonzo Dog Band - Hi there. Nice to be with you. Happy you could stick around Like to introduce "Legs" Larry Smith, drums And Sam Spoons, rhythm pole And Vernon Dudley Bohay-Newell, bass guitar And Neil Innes, piano Come in, Rodney Slater, on the saxophone With Roger Ruskin Spear, on tenor sax Hi, Vivian Stanshall, trumpet Big hello to big John Wayne, xylophone And Robert Morley, guitar Billy Butlin, spoons And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler, on vibes. Nice! Princess Anne on sousaphone Introducing Liberace, clarinet With Garner "Ted" Armstrong on vocals Lord Snooty and his pals, tap dancing In the groove with Harold Wilson, violin And Frankln MacCormack, on harmonica Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele. Hi Eric! On my left, Sir Kenneth Clark, bass sax. A great honour, sir And specially flown in for us, a session gorilla on vox humana Nice to see Incredible Shrinking Man on euphonium Drop out with Peter Scott on duck call Hearing from you later, Casanova, on horn. Yeah! Digging General de Gaulle on accordion. Really wild, General! Thank you, sir Roy Rogers on Trigger Tune in Wild Man of Borneo, on bongos Count Basie Orchestra on triangle. Thank you Great to hear the Rawlinsons on trombone Back from his recent operation, Dan Druff, harp And representing the flower people, Quasimodo on bells Wonderful to hear Brainiac on banjo We welcome Val Doonican as himself Very appealing, Max Jaffa. Mm that's nice, Max! What a team, Zebra Kid and Horace Batchelor on percussion And a great favourite (and a wonderful performer) of all of us here, J. Arthur Rank, on gong From their 1967 debut album "Gorilla"
cody78 Posted October 11, 2014 Posted October 11, 2014 Bach- Organ Paganini- violin Tasmin Little- violin Johnny Rotten- lead vocals Pavarotti- backing vocals Joanna Kozlowska- backing vocals Franciso Tárrega- guitar Andres Segovia- 2nd guitar Mishca Maisky- Cello Ralph Kirshbaum- Cello William Shakespeare- lyricist/frontman/drug user Rimsky-Korsakov- arrangement/production/instrument tech Adolph Sax- Saxophone Martin Fröst- clarinet Ringo Starr- drums Andres Segovia - 2nd guitar, Arvo Pärt- compostion Shotakovich- composition Debussy- messing with original compositions Ives- change altered compositions Stravinsky- change the previously changed compositions Schoenberg- remove useless tonality from compositions Varèse- remove useless instrumentation from compositions Mussorgsky- remove useless Western influences Tchaikovsky- insult all other composers You forgot Iannis Xenakis to ruin all the compositions totally! I like the classical in jokes too! You don't hear too much reference to a lot of these composers/ musicians on here!
Jimi Mac Posted October 12, 2014 Author Posted October 12, 2014 "The Intro and The Outro" - Bonzo Dog Band - I must confess I had to google The Bonzo Dog Band to find The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band... Do Not Adjust Your Set! I must also confess I've never heard of it all... I've never followed Avant-Garde art... But I am fond of Monty Python's Flying Circus and Benny Hill! They were a little closer to my own tastes and a bit more circulated here in the states... It went right over my head, which doesn't usually happen... Well played! If we're gonna take it there, then my "dream-team" would have to include Spike Jones & Beetle-Bomb! With a smattering of Ray Stevens on the side! You can't get away with "Ahab The Arab" in this day of Islamo-Fascist PC BS!
L8_4thesh0w Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I'm glad you got the joke, if you have any more greats you'd like to add, I'm open for suggestions. Franz Liszt- piano (disappears for a while then comes back and "snakes" every ones' dates) Edgar Allan Poe- on Onomatopeia
pippy Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 There are a few fans of the Doo-Dahs hereabouts! A couple of small notes; ...And looking very relaxed, Adolf Hitler, on vibes. Nice! Princess Anne on sousaphone... Over there, Eric Clapton, ukulele. Hi Eric!.. Apparently there was a bit of a kerfuffle with the juxtapositioning of Adolf and Her Royal Highness... Eric Clapton DID actually play the ukulele on the recording!........how cool is that?.......... Great track! P.
charlie brown Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Damn, you guys MUST be BORED!! Go play your guitars!! CB
badbluesplayer Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 I think I'll just stick with the original supergroup, Clapton, Bruce & Baker.
the dog Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Any band with Steve Marriott.....Best rock singer ever(my opinion) and not a bad guitar player.... Heck it took two people to replace him when he left The Small Faces....
pippy Posted October 14, 2014 Posted October 14, 2014 Vocals - Paul Rogers. Lead guitar - Paul Kossoff. Bass guitar - Andy Fraser. Drums - Simon Kirke. Rhythm guitar - Me.....LOL. P.
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