I was surfing through the channels the other morning, trying to wind down from an all night work session, and I stumbled across the VH-1 classic channel. I was bored and thought what the heck, I can catch some of the older videos from back in the day. First up: The Stones"She's so cold", then I noticed something that I was oblivious to when I was growing up watching these vids. Their guitars were not plugged in. or amps for that matter. Not to mention how weird it was to see these guys faking all this stuff. Now, I'm somewhat intelligent(sometimes), but until I started playing guitar, I never noticed it! Next up: Rod Stewart "Hot Legs" wow.... the setting is in an old south-of-the-border setting, Rod's lead guitarist commences to do a baaaaaad version of Chuck Berry's "duckwalk" OMG can you imagine what the onlookers were thinking? "Heres this nut duckwalking down a railroad track, pretending to play guitar"....again unplugged. :roll : While I realize these are videos and usually are lip synched and the playing is faked, if one is going to spend that kind of money to make a video, why not spend a couple of bucks and get a cord? Maybe build some cardboard amplifiers?This way, maybe it would seem a bit more realistic. Just a random thought Anyways, if you are ever bored,(and want a good laugh) tune in.
Honestly, I'd rather just listen to Sirius and use my imagination...lol
Here are some of the vids for your entertainment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcjjxYbgNM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRSEVRgqVY
No offence to the Stones BTW

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2001 Fender Highway One, 2004 Fender SE Ash, 2011 Fender 200 SCE '99 Washburn WR120Pro, Amps: Fender Stage 160, Vox Valvetronix 30, Peavey 212 400 watt, Ibanez 50 watt Toneblaster

You wanna see lip-synch in it's gestational stages, check out some of Dick Clark's American Bandstand clips. I often wonder what happened to that backline of Vox Super Beatles. AFAIK they were never played through four or five seasons of the show. Prolly worth ten grand apiece on Ebay now......



Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

Still going on today on CMT...

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Dennis in CR
Rockin' since 1963

nice bits of nostalgia jayro. thanks Bro.

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you can save the world with your guitar one love song at a time it's just better, more fun, easier with a fender solid body electric guitar or electric bass guitar.