| Author | Message | ||
     jonathan |
"Spring Rain" has been added to the tabs page, thanks to Pete for doing the work on this. You can find the tabs page through the "Links" page on the site. Jonathan | ||
| Pete Azzopardi |
Hate to be a pain, Jonathan, but if you'll look at the header for the 'Spring Rain' tab you'll notice it in fact says 'Surfing Magazines' from Rachel Worth. | ||
| Mark Ilsley |
Arg! You mean there's a difference? | ||
| michael |
Pete, you're a machine. I just found this site. I've just moved to London. I was in a band in Hobart, we used to do SR. I think the acoustic lead twangs in the pre-chorus are crucial. I always thought this emphasis was on the 7th note. Anyway very pleased to see To Reach You, always my fav on Liberty B. Haven't tried to play it for years, however didn't bring the vinyl with me, will have to get it somewhere, good excuse to get the circus release. | ||
| Pete Azzopardi |
Thanks for the feedback Michael. What band were you in in Hobart? I live in Melbourne myself but I have a very good friend in Cygnet just south west of Tassies capital. I think I know what you mean about the seventh note (acoustic guitar) in the pre-chorus. I'll give it another listen but I remember thinking the same thing until I actually sat down to do the tab and realised they were only playing C-note (1st fret B string), E-note (2nd fret D string). I think it's one of those aural illusions created by the wall of acoustic and electric guitars here. I'll give it another listen today and either stand by it or note the correction. | ||
| michael |
I've got some friends who bought the old red velvet lounge in Cygnet. The band was called Smithton 500, we palyed very infrequently,our last gig was on the roof of the Royal Hobart Hospital. In SR, our drummer used to have trouble with the drum roll into the chorus, as discussed elsewhere I think by you. He's definitely not epileptic, its a hard roll. We used to speed it up a bit like on the covers album (can't remember who that was by but it was good). Our drummer is still in Northern Tassie in a band called Ladies Night Out. The rest of us have gone to the 4 corners for a while. | ||
| Pete Azzopardi |
Michael, I had another listen to SR and I stand by what I transcribed. It was the hardest part of the song to do though as it's particularly hard to hear what each guitar is doing in this part. Perhaps the new remastering job will make things a bit more clearer. Great to hear your drummer also had problems with the roll, though I mustn't be as forgiving as you. Must have been cold playing on top of the Hospital. My girlfriend and I went to Tassie for the first time for two weeks last November. Queenstown and the whole West side of Tasmania has a certain eeriness about it, almost as strong as in Port Arthur. Certainly copped a bit of attitude from the locals while we were there, but that's to be expected I guess. | ||
| michael |
I'm sure you're right Pete, my skills in that department would not be as honed as yours. Queenstown is eerie. Ghost townly. I remember driving through after coming out of the amazing West coast forest and down via the carved out mined hills into town, shacks, shanties and feralness. Just driving out on the north side of town there was one place which had a real duelling banjoes look to it. A shack with yellow perimeter tape and handwritten signs warning trespassers would be shot at if they entered. Hard to shake off the 2 heads tag with that sort of carry on. Port Arthur is too creepy I refused to go there. I met a woman when I worked at the Royal Hobart Hospital who had developed paralysis in her arm 3-4 years after the Port Arthur massacre, because she refused to move her arm, having spent the entire time clinging to a doll. Disuse injury. On a brighter note - the south island as the locals call it, has some amazing places, particularly around the Huon, east coast and west coast, Craddle etc. I've got an old nylon string with me now, so will keep strumming if you keep up the tab. Cheers. Tell me about your band. I know melbourne pretty well, got a good mate in Carlton. | ||
| Pete Azzopardi |
That's some fucked up shit about the woman with paralysis. Didn't make it to Craddle mountain 'cause the car we took only ran on LPG and LPG is so scarce is Tassy that we wouldn't of made it (actually, almost ran out in the hills betweens Queenstown and Strahan). Didn't know that before we left the mainland though. For the record, Swansea was our favourite stop, though we missed a lot of places on the East Coast. Hawley Beach was nice too, and Richmond. Loved the place with 'the Nut' on the North West - its name escapes me now. Preferred Launceston to Hobart. The best record store I found was in an antique shop in Devonport. Saw a beautiful '60s Maton Firebyrd electric in Sorrell and contemplated selling the car to buy it. Sorry if you're disgusted by my window shopping in the apple isle but it's hard to break habits even when on vacation. I wrote a fairly detailed description of my band under the general chat topic "Bjorn Again Australians" (some great phallucratic discussions there) on April 17 if you're interested. Usually play around venues near Carlton (that side of the city anyway): places like the Rob Roy in Fitzroy, the Old Bar in Fitzroy, the Empress in North Fitzroy (once), the Espy St. Kilda (once, other side of city). The band's from Geelong though, only I live in Melbourne. |