Speaking of the music of the 60s, let us not forget or overlook The Wrecking Crew!!! Possibly THE very best group of unheralded musicians at their peak.
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Sep 25, 2021
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Wits-end wrote:
Speaking of the music of the 60s, let us not forget or overlook The Wrecking Crew!!! Possibly THE very best group of unheralded musicians at their peak.
And in the 80s, the World Class Wrecking Crew with Dr Dre. Possibly THE very best... well not really, they were awful.
Women apparently fare poorly on tests, so the education standard was changed to include a great deal of coursework. Think that began in the 90's.
That has led to British students breaking the record for high achieving test results, year after year after year. It's really quite silly at this point.
It has led to people going to university to learn less than useful subjects. Then going straight onto unemployment benefit, living off of mum and dad, or going to work in a call center.
It's also led to us having tuition fees (England didn't have that until the last 20 or so years, and I think Scotland still doesn't have it yet). I know someone who moved in with his girlfriend to learn that she was in tens of thousands of pounds worth of debt (he was like "wtf? You only did some dancing at uni!").
The only people who benefit from this are the universities and professors who are running a scam. Same thing with the various European Union incentivized education schemes (that are on borrowed time) which are hilariously corrupt.
The subjects that add value (business, engineering, maths, etc etc) are still apparently filled by men.
The concern isn't men particularly, but rather a lack of social mobility more generally. The working classes used to look to grammar schools. Currently, the trend is to want to get their child into a catholic school, which are the best schools in the country. And demand is ridiculous for places.
The English education system isn't absolutely terrible, but it's underperforming (despite the "record setting" test results year after year after year), wasting talent, and letting children/teens/young adults down.
why some people mad at this..its not wrong to make something forum that off topics that even made by famous person..imagine if you are professional football player, you can do something that unrelated with football..same goes to @batgirl who always tell about history of chess..but do something off topic too..well you free to do anything..do people need to pay what they did..no do you think this is Electronic Arts memes that need to paid something with very high cost..cmon people use your mind
Wits-end wrote:
Speaking of the music of the 60s, let us not forget or overlook The Wrecking Crew!!! Possibly THE very best group of unheralded musicians at their peak.
I had heard of them but never knew anything about them. I looked them up and their lineup of musicians and list of hits is very impressive. Turns out they performed or backed up many great hits attributed to other bands such as The Beach Boys and The Mamas and the Papas. Musicians such as Glen Campbell and Leon Russell were members. Very impressive lineup indeed.
Here they are backing up Johnny Rivers on "Mountain of Love".
Sep 26, 2021
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Well the Wrecking Crew wasn't really a group. The term just referred to conglomeration of session musicians (musicians' musicians) who were on standby for hire and could be counted on to be dependable, to add a certain style, to improvise when necessary, to be mistake-proof and all in very short order (with the notable exception of Glen Campbell, all could sight read). They were in high demand during especially the 1960s decade. Mostly their contributions were anonymous to preserve the illusion that the groups did all their own playing in the studio and other than the few who made solo, like Glen Campbell (who started off as a jazz guitarist) or Leon Russell, mentioned above, I'm sure the members were household names to other in-musicians, but for the rest of us not so much. It's said that the 3 key member were Carol Kaye on Bass (she started off as a session guitarist and only switched to bass when a scheduled bassist failed to show), guitarist Tommy Tedesco and drummer Hal Blaine. They played on a phenomenal number of records.
As sessions musicians, they not only played on many really famous songs and albums, but were hired by TV producers to perform title music for TV shows such as Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, M*A*S*H, Twilight Zone, Green Acres, The Pink Panther and many other famous shows and films.
During their heyday, they were first known as The Clique, then The First Call Gang. It wasn't until later people started calling them The Wrecking Crew.
Sep 26, 2021
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Sep 26, 2021
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#54
I am a man with two degrees, an MA, a PhD, and two kids in their mid-late 20's. If my kids were 17-18, I would advise them not to go to university. What is the point of loading yourself with debt in exchange for woke brainwashing?
Sep 26, 2021
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#55
The creation of Pet Sounds focusing on Brian Wilson but including mostly interviews with Wrecking Crew members
Sep 26, 2021
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#59
It's fun to watch Brian Wilson interacting with Hal Blaine on one of the 17 recording sessions for Good Vibrations.:
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