10 Viewer's Questions Answered! (2024 Edition)
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- Last week I put up a video inviting viewers to ask me any question, and promised to pick 10 to respond to. Here are those ten queries and my answers!
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Many thanks, JH.
Good questions and interesting choices, James. This is my top 10 bands.
10. Beck
9. The Fixx (obscure new wave 80s band from the UK but awesome music)
8. Soundgarden
7. Led Zeppelin
6. Rush
5. Supergrass
4. Oasis
3. Metallica
2. Foo Fighters
1. The Beatles
Me fav 10 bands:
1: Oasis (NGHFB included in this)
2: Ocean Colour Scene
3: the Verve
4: Cast
5: Arctic Monkeys
6: Coldplay (first 2/3 albums)
7: Kings of Leon
8: Dire Straits
9: The Beatles
10: Primal Scream
Honourable mentions:
The Charlatans
The Stone Roses
Kasabian
Inspiral Carpets
Happy Mondays
Stereophonics
Kula Shaker
Decent list but without the beatles none of them exist.
My personal top 10 at the moment
1. Suede
2. The Cure
3. U2
4. REM
5. Oasis
6. Radiohead
7. Joy Division/ New Order
8. The Damned
9. Ramones
10. Killing Joke
My super group would have Robbie Robertson on guitar, Rick Danko on bass and vocals, Richard Manuel on piano and vocals, Garth Hudson organ and Levon Helm on drums and vocals.
Hi James, it’s cool to see your musical journey. I myself am starting to build my online presence (on my other music dedicated channel) to help my band in the future so I can live my dream life of touring and making music with my friends!
The inclusion of Bez in the supergroup 😂 brilliant
7:28 oh! Wow! I totally didn’t expect to get an answer for this! I thought it was a lame question, but I decided to ask anyway, a bit for the RUclips algorithm and because I know it always nice to receive comments. I surely noticed you don’t ask to “smash that like button” and I do really appreciate that, and that’s why I always like your videos (because I get to the end of each video without enjoying every second of it with no interruptions). Thanks for the response.
James, you may see everyone else as equals but even though that's a nice attitude to take and how we should all treat each other those in power or with influence so have more power to get things done than say you or me. I don't know if this is the case with Ricky Gervais or Dave Chappelle but it definitely is of some people in power or with the ear of them.
Yeah fair enough. I guess my main point is that by telling people we won’t ‘punch down’ on them we’re also literally telling them ‘you are beneath me’ and I dunno, it just feels wrong somehow
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar they are beneath us
when you talk of punching up and down, consider not certain individuals or groups, but who has the power.
@@wavell14 who's 'they', wavell14? And who's 'us'? Please, be specific.
Enjoy your channel and how you approach your topics (and interviews). Long live UK guitar music.
Top 10 bands :
1) The Strokes/The Ramones and The Parisians.
4) The Shins
5) The Kills
6) Television
7) Bob Dylan
8) The Sex Pistols
9) Patti Smith
10) ?
I’ll just put honorable mentions instead: Plastiscines, The Smiths, The Jam, AS Dragon, Phœnix, Jimi Hendrix.
Great video. Love your insights. You're smart in music and many other topics. You invited us to share top 10 bands. Mine, like everyone else for sure, varies from time to time. So here it is now:
1. Grandaddy
2. Radiohead
3. Oasis
4. The Beatles
5. Father John Misty
6. Bjork
7. The Smiths / Morrissey
8. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
9. Death Cab for Cutie
10. The Decemberist
Need to remember to pick up your LP 😁
Cheers
My Top 10 Bands
10. Iron Maiden
9. Wu Tang Clan
8. Oasis
7. NWA
6. Megadeth
5. The Mamas & The Papas
4. Three Days Grace
3. Guns n Roses
2. Bone Thugs n Harmony
1. The Doors
Hey James. Thanks for answering my question. I was surprised that mine was the second question!
No worries!
Hello James I’ve been listening a lot to the sawmill sessions(rock n roll star) to be exact and I would love for you to replicate that madness outro for it! The high pitch squeal of the guitar as it goes into the back and forth between the 2 closing chords and the unheard solo only on the sawmill session thank you 🙏
Your top 10....Where are Pink Floyd, Muse & Kings of Leon?
Pink Floyd I can see and Muse are my favourite band, but kings of Leon should be nowhere near anyone’s top 10 imo.
@jonathanmarkham1998 I hear you...its all subjective right. KOL are one of those bands who only need 3 chords & the truth, and they make it work. Probably not top 10 worthy though! 😆
Looking great with this dark background ❤
New Order (with Peter Hook) is my favorite band. Have been since 1988. After that the list fluctuates. Joy Division ,Velvet Underground, Killing Joke, REM, Lush, Public Enemy and more . Too many bands to organize for a favorites list. My dream band would mostly be the "Quiet Ones": Geordie Walker on guitar, Jamie Stewart on bass, Bill Berry on drums and backing vocals, Alan Wilder on keyboards, plus (not so quiet) David Bowie and Victoria Legrand on vocals. Then whoever they all choose for a producer or producers.
A Jeff Buckley video on your channel would be great! Cheers mate
Really excellent answers there my man 👌
Bravo... great movie Jim
Have a great time James
Living the dream 👊 🤘
I completely agree with your reply to the first question!
Question James: love the content! What is your favourite era for Liams voice? If you could use his voice for your songs which year would you want? (I love ever year from 95 to 2000 and can never decide which is my favourite, highlights for me are Fade In-Out, Carnation live 99, Lets All Make Believe, and Some Might Say/Morning Glory from 95, just to name a few)
Liam NOW
Carnation studio and death in Vegas collab both amazing
On the first thing, I'd like to add that belief in equality is often an *ideal* belief; we want people to be equal and so we try to treat them as equals where that benefits everyone but consequentially, it's often beneficial to recognise that some groups are marginalised and thus actual serious political dialogue about such groups may benefit from other ways of thinking. I say this, for example, as a trans woman.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuut, comedy is an art form and a joke's a joke, but if your entire joke is "wow! look at this group! haha, aren't they strange?" à la Little Britain, then it probably won't age too well.
Love your videos, all the best x
Yeah, fair play. It is an idealistic belief, and I’m definitely all for serious constructive dialogue - all the way. I’m just also 100% for free speech too. I actually don’t reckon you can have one without the other.
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar sure :) i'm glad to hear it mate x
America is the size of the whole of Europe and Oasis were massive in America in the mid 90’s around 1996/1997, they just faded out of popular culture over there as the boy bands then later nu-metal became more popular, so they weren’t the era defining band over there that they still are today in the UK & Ireland 🎸🎶
You’re forgetting about the White Stripes and everything that came with their influence.
You said like and subscribe, so I did. Nice one James! 👍
I appreciate your honesty James . You have your favourite artists but you're no sycophant which is refreshing. Your fantasy band of musicians was interesting to hear , a nice eclectic mix I think, which would certainly make interesting listening! Finally I'm glad you don't beg for likes and subscribers ; I can't imagine the likes of Noel, Paul Weller, Pete Townshend, Jimi etc begging or pandering to anyone in such a fashion. Nice one geezer 👍
I know I'm late to the party but
If I were to have supergroup, I'd have
Bernard butler on guitar, brett anderson vocals, Richard oakes on guitar, mick ronson on guitar also, Paul mccartney on bass, ringo starr on drums, Brian molko on guitar, neil codling on guits/piano, ray brown on double bass, etta james on vocals along with Louis Armstrong on trumpet and Miles davis on saxophone
1. Oasis/Liam; 2. Pink Floyd/Gilmour/Waters; 3. John Williams; 4. Roses/Ian; 5. Faith No More; 6. Beta Band/Steve Mason; 7. Smiths/Morrissey; 8. Air; 9. Waylon Jennings; 10. Take That.
Finally a fellow Oasis fan who is also into Faith No More! Both bands are in my top 5 as well.
Thanks for that man.
Great video as always mate
Some Lineup for that supergroup hahaha
hey james, i was wondering if you would be able to make a video of how to make a melody to put lyrics over in the style of oasis songs.
Try taking the pentatonic scale and play along with some oasis songs - it may help
cheers
I can't rememeber anything about the G-MEX gig so a DVD would be welcome 😁
There’s a few bits online and the music is some of their best
😂 love the super group
Hello James,
I Hope you're doing well,
Did you get my album that i have sent you with Bancamp?
Best wishes
Cmon James
Spacemen 3
Spriritualized
Spectrum
Lot's of S! In the 90's
I think that is the greatest supergroup i have ever seen!
Hi James, firstly, I enjoy your videos, so thank you. But I wanted to say something about your punching-down comedy comments and everyone being equal. I can't entirely agree with what you are saying here. It's easy as a white man to say that you treat everyone equally, but that's not other people's reality, some people start from a disadvantage, for a variety of reasons, gender, race, disability, poverty etc... I believe we should elevate people if we are in a position to do so, not take cheap shots for laughs. I also think that the punk spirit is more about disrespecting authority than it is about laughing at people. That being said, if something is funny, then it's funny and I wholeheartedly agree that comedians should be free to make people laugh as part of their performance, come what may, but punk it ain't. I just think we should be mindful that the 'everyone is equal' attitude works for you in your position, but perhaps not for those being laughed at.
Gervais and Chapelle are in fact punching up. You can trash, poke fun and criticize men, whites, heterosexuals, christians etc all you want without any repercussions. But criticizing or making fun of “protected” groups gets you cancelled and sometimes even arrested. One is not allowed to criticize or make fun of these groups. They must be celebrated and held in high esteem. So, Gervais and Chapelle are in fact the ones punching up and they are stunning and brave for doing so.
I wasn’t referring to the comedians, they are performing, and can say whatever they want. I was referring to James really and his ‘everybody is equal’ comments. I just think that it’s easy to say that when you’re like him, instead of saying that some people need support, kindness etc. mixing up a performer and real life is where I believe the issue is.
Hi James, you made a video about Dig Out Your Soul was predicting the end of Oasis. I can not find it anymore. Did RUclips take it down?
Sure. How?
Or is this some kind of saying which is not to be taken literally? Like Hold my beer? Not sure.
(Forgive me for not knowing but im dutch so not a native speaker)
Anyway..me and my son thoroughly enjoyed the masterplan conspiracy and he s a big oasis fan now. Wanted to show him the Dig out your soul one but couldn’t find it.
hello mate, the previous message wasn’t from me but a scammer. he is now blocked from the channel. I did take that old video down, but it will be up again soon on an ‘archive’ channel I will be launching soon. watch this space 👍
@@JamesHargreavesGuitar Thanks for letting me know and putting it ip again. Looking forward😄
You ever gonna do a video on the step out Liam Gallagher vocal take?
@WillStephensArt I'm also from America, and I thought my wife and I were the only ones who got Oasis. The US radio only plays Wonderwall while everywhere else in the world, Oasis are seen as kings of rock n roll, held just as high as The Beatles.
Not sure everyone is equal. Are John Lennon and Mark Chapman equal?
James - have you heard of new English Indie band English Teacher?
if you could design Mount Rushmore in the style of Deep Purple in Rock. Which musicians, that have had an impact on your life, would you have sculptured?
Be good to hear the chats in the comments too. I'm forever changing, today... Paul Weller, John Lydon, Wattie Buchan, Joe Strummer and . . .
i want to be in the super group, I'm a mean tambourine player😂😂😂😂
What do you think of Liams decision to have john squires play noels parts on the upcoming liams definitely maybe 30th anniversary tour. Noel wrote the songs and played the guitar parts.liam has decided that John squires will do that.
Link ?
Yay!
I defy anyone to beat that? How we gonna beat that? There’s no one left! 😂
Hahahahahahaha
I would have also got Guthrie Govan in somewhere if I didn’t already have 2 lead guitarists lol
Why did you remove the oasis conspiracy part 2
10:24 Some of us Americans have been diehard Oasis fans since ‘94. It’s the same now as it was then - you just ignore the naive “Wonderwall” idiots. 😂
I think with gervais there’s a meta level of humour going on, where what he is really ridiculing is the class of people who take literally everything at face value and employ no critical thinking skills, it’s just a shame he has to explain that before he starts his routines.
If you have to explain all of that before the routine, maybe just maybe it’s not all that good a routine.
Ironically I don’t think he’s taking any brave stands like most of his fans claim, if anything he’s one of many voices pushing in the same direction.
I don’t know if a comedian pointing out the irony of “marginalized groups” capable of destroying a lifetime of work in the span of a day is “punching down”
Cream !
My Top 10 Favourite Bands Of All Time:
1. Bon Jovi
2. Nickelback
3. First Aid Kit
4. Kings Of Leon
5. The Big Moon
6. Iron Maiden
7. Architects
8. Green Day
9. The Last Dinner Party
10. Oasis
Ten Honourable Mention Favourite Bands:
11. Disturbed
12. Fightstar
13. Busted
14. Westlife
15. Take That
16. Nothing But Thieves
17. Ward Thomas
18. Blink-182
19. Keane
20. Foo Fighters
These lists change a lot depending on my listening preferences, but I have an eclectic taste in music and listen to a lot of different artists from rock, metal and pop music, and I love a lot of different things, but they are amazing artists in my opinion on my list.
Boston always had a high affiliation with British culture & music. Because they're the closest large US city to Britain, they used to get all of the good import records/CDs first, back when. You could go into any mid-to-large record or CD shop & find all the latest stuff from Dublin/London. U2 had a huge following in New England early on, they played large venues there before War came out.
WBCN & other Boston radio always had top UK talent on rotation before the rest of the US.
Also add, a large ongoing UK/Irish student & expat population has kept those cultures at forefront.
The thing with the humour issue is that it ignores the fact that society ISN'T equal and prejudice definitely DOES EXIST.
Also you'll notice as well that certain topics like, say, armed forces members who've lost all their limbs at war, or politicians linked to serious s*x offenders simply don't crop up with these comedians. Why?
Do I want to hear jokes aimed at such stuff? Not really. But why are we not hearing them if it's 'fair game for everyone'?
For the record someone like Steve Coogan is much closer to a 'punk' comedian than a sell out like Ricky Gervais.
Great point and well made
James thanks for bringing up my question regarding certain “comedians” being punk etc. I really enjoy your content and I know you’re an intelligent guy, your recent break down of Viva La Vida for example was brilliant and I feel it’s in that kind of analysis that you really shine. But this also means I can’t buy the “I’m just a simple northern lad” line. I do think you have a bit of a blind spot regarding the topic at hand due to being in a position of privilege and as an influencer, you carry some responsibility with your messaging. I am also someone who grew up working class in Northern England in the 80’s and I understand lad culture, and banter among mates. I can also admit it often included a hefty dose of misogyny, racism and homophobia that I thankfully grew out of. In any case redirecting the conversation to that is something of a straw man argument, the fact is when we talk about punching down and that indicating people are not equal, what you’re not understanding is equality and equity are not the same thing, it’s about access to power. Attacking trans folks for example, serves simply to dehumanize and cause harm. That is not very punk in my opinion. It can’t be 1994 forever.
The blind spot is with you. You've been brainwashed by Marxist/Fascist rhetoric. It's as hard to undo as religious indoctrination. But it can be done.
calling an ordinary working class bloke with a minor yt channel "privileged" and gaslighting him by telling him he has a blindspot because of his "privilege" is peak psychopathy.
And in a beautiful ironic twist - your comment sounds like it was shit out of the mouth of Vladimir Lenin 100 years ago. Outdated worldview that has killed 120 million people. Let it go. It can't be *1883* forever.
@@-tracer- lol, always one who is incapable of having a mature conversation,sorry to get you so triggered. Not much doubt in my mind what you actually mean by “working class bloke” but unpacking that is no doubt futile, also pretty sure James does not need you to white knight for him, he’s a big boy. Anyway sorry your fifi’s are hurt, take a few deep breathes and try not to take it out on the wife and kids 👍
The whole premise of the question is in accurate any way, Gervais and Chapelle ARE PUNCHING UP….. they are punching against people who inhibit the halls of congress and parliament, the are the mainstream media (BBC ABC et al.) they are academia, their POV is mirrored in corporations all across the west….in fact, if one were to speak out in a work place, you’d get fired for saying you liked their specials… So, these people are at the highest place our cultures have, if you speak out against them without already being rich; your fooked
My question, do you realise how bad your songs are 😅
The Jam, the Stone Roses, the Small Faces not in your top ten ! Sorry but you have gone down in my estimations.
I like your videos but Oasis were and always will be...meh. To rank them above the Beatles is absolutely mental.
Agreed on the second part, but they’re certainly better in then just meh
That answer to the first question was such cope, no one says you can't punch down too but with the new ricky and dave material thats ALL they do...
Sex pistols gta be top 10 easy
About punching up and punching down... It's hard to explain just how wrong you are on this with a short post, so I'll be more detailed. We may all be equal in principle, but we don't all have equal power and privilege. Your take makes as much sense as if you went back in time and told Martin Luther King, Jr. "What's all the fuss about? You're already equal! Why are you fighting for black rights?" Another analogy: someone who was born into a rich family and from that launched their music career might get a ton of people coming up to them asking them for selfies any time when they step into public, while someone who grew up in poverty and has schizophrenia and lives on the street will be avoided or treated as invisible by the same people. This is not equality in the sense of ACTUAL equality. People get treated differently, this is just a fact of life. I don't think we can ever have total equality, but we can strive to make a society where people don't suffer disadvantages just because they were born in a certain place, with a certain skin color, ethnicity, sexuality, etc. We still have a lot of work to do. Just being in a marginalized group means you have to deal with negative impacts of society that you don't have to or are way less likely to if you're not in that group. Punching down in comedy can literally hurt marginalized people in real ways. For example, in the U.S. and around the world there's a lot of hate toward transgender people right now. Rates of violence against them have shot up. There's so much fearmongering and misinformation. There's so many bills being introduced in the U.S. to limit their rights and straight-up personally attack trans people now. There's high suicide rates and suicidal ideation these people experience, and I have a couple of trans friends who have told me horror stories of being bullied and threatened just for existing, and often it's the same sort of humor that's been to weaponized and cut them deep. Not because they're too sensitive, but because of the way many in society still hate, fear, or misunderstand them. Dave Chappelle is in a position of power. Even with your level of success you have more in common with a homeless man than him, that's how rich and powerful he is. The problem is not just jokes being offensive, it's them being not really jokes and actually harmful. It's spreading harmful rhetoric that a lot of people don't actually take as a joke. And I think in comedy context matters. A lot of messed-up jokes are funny precisely because they're so messed up. I don't find most jokes about rape funny but when George Carlin joked about "people say rape isn't funny but...", I thought that was funny because acknowledges the messed-upness of joking about rape while being meta and self-aware. It was witty. With a lot of jokes like this (or "The Aristocrats") people are literally laughing because they know it's messed up. In theory it would make sense for those types of jokes to be "anything goes". But I think often Chappelle isn't really joking, and he's just expressing bigoted and ignorant views. And a lot of people don't laugh because it's so messed up like an Aristocrats joke, but because they're like "haha so true" and they're agreeing with bigotry. Chappelle is a rich celebrity with a powerful platform, so he's a bad influence on a lot of people. That's why I think it's worth calling out people like him out. I don't really believe in canceling people, I would just hope they learn and be better. You can't learn or get better if nobody gives you feedback so it's important. I appreciate you at least responding to that comment, and can only hope this one makes you at least understand why so many people get upset at certain comedians. It comes from a place of genuinely caring about the disadvantaged and those hurt most by society. That's what marginalized means.
Wonderful comment, i agree 100%! Thank you
There is no such thing as “punching up” and “punching down.” In fact, by saying you’re “punching down” at some group of people, you’re elevating them above all else. And by that logic, poking fun at those groups is actually “punching up.”
In my opinion, the whole and only reason why it is wrong for comedians to make jokes about marginalised groups is that are already "being punched " by many other groups, including violent ones. This is, again in my opinion, the reason why we say "punch down "; they already on the floor 😢.
The "job" of a comedian is to be funny, its not funny when someone is curled into a ball shielding their head from the blows.
Read the room.
Yeah he was way off on this one. He literally just marginalized everyone putting them in the same group. Jeesh
Who decides who is up and who is down?
I appreciate you being very respectful about this and I completely get where you’re coming from. I have got to be honest though I share James’ opinion; maybe for slightly different reasons. For me I think that the farest way to treat people is to treat them the same so to make jokes about all people regardless of what group they belong to or make jokes about none of them, like James I think that the ability to make jokes or ‘take the piss’ is a sign of closeness and actually takes power away from the insult. Similarly I welcome any joke from anyone about anything I do, I think if we can learn to laugh about our differences it is A positive, and B it suggests we can discuss in a positive manner our differences and through that dialogue better understand each other. Just my opinion though feel free to disagree and please remember it is with the intent of accepting/celebrating people, not marginalising them.
@@thewave8468 personally, I think that "banter" should be between friends, i.e people who know you and can jab back. (BTW I hate lad banter, especially what grew in the 90s)
But it is very different when you are on a stage, literally looking down on an audience and snearing. In my opinion its about how that comes across.
@@thewave8468 and I would basically guarantee that you're not from a marginalised group, and thus have no experience of what you're saying people should 'take'.
Comedy only being about attacking people in authority is silly it's never been just that. It can be but the whole modern "punching down" line that's recycled over and over is so silly.
Regarding Chappelle's trans jokes, it seems he's envious of the progress they've made on equality compared to black people. It's obvious he believes they don't deserve it but instead of attacking the people in power keeping everyone down he's lashing out at those he feels are less worthy than him. It's a crabs-in-a-bucket mentality and sad to see.
I don't know about Gervais, I've never liked his persona or comedy. He's always struck me as the kind of person who would say something mean or "edgy" to see if it would get a laugh. He's never had to struggle against discrimination or marginalisation in his life.
The kinds of things the 1st questioner describes as 'punching down' has a spell over all western governments, corporations, schools, banks, entertainment etc etc. Even if one were to agree only punching up, I fail to see how it doesn't qualify. Taking the piss out of it is a comedian's duty.