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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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The sole reason for her fame is that Gordon Brown said she was a bigot. If we review his reasons for doing so, to whit her question "where are all those Eastern Europeans coming from?", we can see that she is not only a bigot but a geographical intellect par excellence. Why the FUCK the Deputy Prime Minister should have to entertain an audience with her is quite beyond me. Does every idiot with an opinion get their own five minutes of fame now?
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:07, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
is how much you like it up the wrong 'un.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)
Now go to your room and think about what you've done.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:15, Reply)
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:23, Reply)
I used to love them (but I had to kill them)
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:27, Reply)
I was about to say "You are Axl Rose AICMFP" (quite the insult, I think you'll agree) but then I remembered that G'n'R only covered that song... and I can't remember who did the original
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:31, Reply)
that I clung to the knowledge that it wasn't their own work throughout the wilderness years.
I am a huge Guns'n'Roses fan. And I make no apology for this. There, I said it.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:39, Reply)
I am as well. Despite being somewhat bored of the song, I still maintain that the guitar solo from Sweet Child is the best ever.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:46, Reply)
The one from Hotel California gets a lot of shouts, but to my mind Slash does a better job on his own than two Eagles ever managed.
I have fond memories of that solo from when I was playing guitar myself. I'd obsessively practiced the whole song for weeks and was thoroughly enjoying playing it. Then I got to the solo and called in some (much more experienced) help to decode it. We got up to a certain point - I think you know where I mean - and he said "no chance mate. Come back in ten years".
Respect.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:59, Reply)
I kind of gave up learning other peoples solos years ago (unless they are easy). Part of it is getting the right guitar sound for a start, particularly with someone like Slash or Kirk Hammett, which are the sort of ones I'd have been learning.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:12, Reply)
I was just happy to pluck away at my £100 guitar without an amp or effects pedals. As such, my pitiful imitation of the start of the Sweet Child solo sounded awesome to me, and I was gutted to learn that the rest of it was inexlicably far beyond my capabilites.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:16, Reply)
I'm pretty good at some stuff, but not so good at others. I can't help but compare myself to metal guitarists I know and think I don't stack up that well.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:18, Reply)
That's like me watching the professionals on Strictly and berating myself for not being as good as someone the same age as me who started learning 20 years earlier
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:24, Reply)
my style is totally different admittedly (i.e. lazy) and I've come to terms with not being able to play really fucking fast.
I only use one scale really, except on odd occasions.
I'm talking myself down here...I have a really good ear and can pick stuff up annoyingly fast.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:32, Reply)
It took me fucking forever to pick things up and that was the measure by which I gauged my own ability. I had fast fingers but no muscle memory so spent a lot of time going over things you'd probably take for granted. Didn't help that I was listening to a lot of Megadeth and Pantera at the time.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:36, Reply)
probably prog blues-rock is how you'd want to describe it.
I'm happy with that.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:44, Reply)
*grows mullet, rocks out*
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:45, Reply)
I do like rocking out though.
Do you know Clutch? That's the stuff I like to play best really.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:46, Reply)
Not really my thing, quite like them in short bursts though
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 14:55, Reply)
the last one was a bit shit unfortunately.
The best thing about b3ta is that it introduced me to Clutch and Bigelf
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:09, Reply)
Most notably not from Anne Robinson *smugs*
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:18, Reply)
Am not sure if I won't get my legs slapped by the BBC for doing so. Anyway my moment has passed, I'm not so vain as to assume that people still want to see it
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:26, Reply)
Public: "where are all those Eastern Europeans coming from?"
MP: "Eastern Europe obviously"
Public: "that's not what I meant"
MP: "well you should think about what you're saying before asking a question"
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:09, Reply)
The extra votes he might have obtained for such a response as opposed to the subsequent fallout could have tipped the balance in the election. I still find it unbelievable that the Prime minister had to go and apologise to a bigot for calling her a bigot.
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:12, Reply)
to forget the first rule of being a politician
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:13, Reply)
But the media shouldn't dictate said rules. It's truly sad that enough people watching at home thought there was nothing wrong with was Gillian Duffy said
(, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 13:22, Reply)
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