Special Q & A with Ed Bicknell - DISCUSSION THREAD

[stratmad]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

some get-a-life lunatic should start working on getting it all together, in one big long q&a, sorted by topic or era...
someone like...lustyval? quizman? Julia?

I could do it, of course, as I have the cast iron butt, I even transcribed Mark's entire radio show (try to do that! 3 hours of talking and no AI help!). Ed's little Q&A is nothing compared to that. The Google Docs would be nice, though I can't do it now and I want somebody else to shine and do the honours anyway.

I think it's just easier to write a book at this point!

Maybe it's a group job. If all the Lusties, Fusties, Busties, Rusties, Crusties and Uncle Kingsley and the guy from Uranus work together, it might be easier to do. I can certainly help!

[quizzaciously]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

some get-a-life lunatic should start working on getting it all together, in one big long q&a, sorted by topic or era...
someone like...lustyval? quizman? Julia?

I could do it, of course, as I have the cast iron butt, I even transcribed Mark's entire radio show (try to do that! 3 hours of talking and no AI help!). Ed's little Q&A is nothing compared to that. The Google Docs would be nice, though I can't do it now and I want somebody else to shine and do the honours anyway.

I think it's just easier to write a book at this point!

Maybe it's a group job. If all the Lusties, Fusties, Busties, Rusties, Crusties and Uncle Kingsley and the guy from Uranus work together, it might be easier to do. I can certainly help!

That is a good idea, as Google Docs are shareable and workable together. Needs some organising, though. First, throw everything in one document, then slowly but surely bring it together. It's way easier than trying to do it in the forum's engine. Some light correction is possible to save space and also the nerves of the reader.

I remember I tried to convince Chris to organise his topic Q&A style, but he declined. I don't think it makes sense to build his Q&A from his posts as many are diluted by disputes but it is possible. Everything's possible.

[Robson]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

It's true. Just finished reading. Amazing stories.

[Robson]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

some get-a-life lunatic should start working on getting it all together, in one big long q&a, sorted by topic or era...
someone like...lustyval? quizman? Julia?

Brilliant idea !

[Robson]

We are fighting floods in southern Poland. Thank you Ed for the many smiles.

Ed:

have no idea. Not after all these years because I've only seen him in high heels.
I would say about same as me, about 5ft 10’’ because when we slept together everything lined up perfectly.

Def not 6ft. John is up there, on windy outdoor gigs we had to stick John’s hair on extra tight.

M surrounded himself with tiny people. .
All the crew had to be 5 6” or under.
The caterers 5 4’ or under.
The truck drivers were never allowed out of their cabs ( they were monsters), ditto the bus drivers.
Chris White had to stand in a trench.
That was why Jack didn't wear shoes and Guy’s riser was slightly lower than Alan’s to level them up.
Paul Franklin was fine. He actually fitted UNDER his pedal steel and we had to get him a higher bench to sit on. His bed was the flight case to save money.


I'm suave, hip, cool and beautifully dressed and back then M was…well he wasn’t!  He looked like he’d been dragged through a car wash backwards 😀.


 

[dustyvalentino]

For those of you who like your bonus tracks, Ed had just added a TON of great stuff based on this thread, thanks again Ed!

[Jules]

Thanks Ed for taking your time with this Q&A.

Good work Dusty.

AMIT is so great because of things like that.

[Pottel]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

some get-a-life lunatic should start working on getting it all together, in one big long q&a, sorted by topic or era...
someone like...lustyval? quizman? Julia?

I could do it, of course, as I have the cast iron butt, I even transcribed Mark's entire radio show (try to do that! 3 hours of talking and no AI help!). Ed's little Q&A is nothing compared to that. The Google Docs would be nice, though I can't do it now and I want somebody else to shine and do the honours anyway.

I think it's just easier to write a book at this point!

Maybe it's a group job. If all the Lusties, Fusties, Busties, Rusties, Crusties and Uncle Kingsley and the guy from Uranus work together, it might be easier to do. I can certainly help!

leave my anus out of it. perv

[Pottel]

A huge THANK YOU to the legend and all round good guy that is Ed Bicknell.

Not only has this been great fun, I genuinely believe that the answers thread has become one of THE most important resources of FACTS about DS available anywhere.

This has been a huge effort by Ed and we are all massively grateful.

some get-a-life lunatic should start working on getting it all together, in one big long q&a, sorted by topic or era...
someone like...lustyval? quizman? Julia?

I could do it, of course, as I have the cast iron butt, I even transcribed Mark's entire radio show (try to do that! 3 hours of talking and no AI help!). Ed's little Q&A is nothing compared to that. The Google Docs would be nice, though I can't do it now and I want somebody else to shine and do the honours anyway.

I think it's just easier to write a book at this point!

as i have learned now, NOTHING about Ed is little!

[dmg]

Have to thank EB for his time and effort in all this.  Also Dusty for being the middle man.

Love Ed's reference to Mark as M.  IMHO a nod to M in the Bond films, being the grumpy boss. 

[KnopfleRick]

A big THANK YOU to EVERYONE involved with this Q&A!  Especially to Ed for taking his time and patience to answer all these questions. Great reading!

[superval99]

  Thanks to all those who took part in this Q&A, especially Ed for giving us so much information and many laughs!      

[Robson]

This is a great bonus from Ed. I wasn't expecting it. Fantastic!

Ed:

Being “perfect” musically for me is a really awful, misguided thing,
It becomes cabaret.
Bands like Springsteen, The Stones, ZZ Top, Skynyrd, Eric C, BB King,  all the jazz artists I love were/are driven by the FUN of playing .

I saw Anastasia not long ago. Utterly brilliant. Exciting. One of my best gigs ever.
And she didn't need 900 lights and a fucking orchestra, she sang from her SOUL and it was fun ( amazing audience, one of the loudest I've ever heard ).
 
OES had no fun.


I never thought of it that way

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And Ed's words at which I stopped for a long time:

Ed:

People DO change , it’s called maturing.
We ALL got older, had kids or more kids, more responsibilities, bigger houses, smaller houses, more stuff, less stuff, divorces, new loves, different aspirations and so on.
What I want out of my life now is light years from what I thought I wanted at 27.
So we all changed and hopefully got a bit wiser and sadly some had to come to terms that their dreams were not panning out.

I don't know M now but I'm guessing he’s more than content with Kitty and his kids.
She was really good for him and he loves his family that’s for sure.
He’s had a great career, lived his dream, got a microwave and played with The Shadows and Bob “ Rambling’' Dylan ( but not together ).

It doesn’t matter what I think or any of you lot.
I can't imagine he’s ever looked on this site, for what?

For all of us now in our 70’s we think about the Grim Reaper….the last email I got from him was about that ( after `Brendan died, big loss to us both ), it was unusually philosophical.
I lost 7 friends to Covid including David Stewart RIP.
2 more this week (heart attacks) .
Jack died at just 68.
We are in the departure lounge .



Strong...

THANK YOU ED!

[Love Expresso]

So obviously Ed and M are still e-mailing if I understand correctly. Somehow that's a very nice thing.

LE

[Banjo99uk]

Thanks Ed, it was a brilliant read, and thanks Dusty for your part in it. I may have missed this somewhere in all the discussions but is Ed referring to AC as the splif lighting arsehole on the BIA tour. The back stage at Live Aid argument was priceless. I’m really seeing things in a different light.