#robbie mcintosh

[homostalgia]

by Robbie McIntosh

[the-hottest-band-tournament]

Round Two

The Clash 

Defeated opponents: Blondie

Formed in: 1976

Genres: Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, reggae, experimental rock

Lineup: Joe Strummer- vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano

Mick Jones- guitar, vocals, keyboards

Paul Simonon- bass

Topper Headon- drums, piano

Albums from the 80s: 

Sandinista! (1980)

Combat Rock (1982)

Cut the Crap (1985)

Propaganda: 

Pretenders 

Defeated opponents: Throbbing Gristle

Formed in: 1978

Genres: Rock, punk, new wave

Lineup: Chrissie Hynde – vocals, rhythm guitars, harmonica

Robbie McIntosh – lead and rhythm guitars, vocals

Malcolm Foster – bass guitar, vocals

Martin Chambers – drums, vocals, percussion

Albums from the 80s:

Pretenders (1980)

Extended Play EP (1981)

Pretenders II (1981)

Live at the Santa Monica Civic (1982)

Learning to Crawl (1984)

Get Close (1986)

The Singles (1987)

Superstar Concert Series (1988)

Propaganda: 

[brian-in-finance]

Video 📹 clip: full 1:30 at AngusAngels on Twitter

Twitter

Remember… she is a powerful human being and her life force as an actor is awesome. — Robbie McIntosh

[guessillalwaysbethisway]

“Everything passes”

[harrisonarchive]

Photo by Leslie Bryce.

“I suppose, all in all, the people who really influenced me most [as songwriters] are John and Paul because I had day-to-day contact with them for ten years. At the same time I realized where all their influences were coming from and I could see that they got their material from everywhere. It was very different being on the inside, to being on the outside like the public. I felt a bit overshadowed at first when I began writing because they’d produced so much, and in the beginning I had to get one song squeezed in here and another one there, but gradually I got more confident and I actually got to a point where I had more songs written than I could possibly get on to a Beatles album.” - George Harrison, Record Mirror, 1972

“George was such an underrated guitarist, partly because everything he did was so subtle and complementary to the song. But when you try and play them you find those parts are much harder than they sound. George was my first musical hero, when I was about five or six. I suppose I’m a guitar player now because of him. […] As far as most musicians in the UK were concerned, until The Beatles arrived, there was no such thing as a lead guitar. George Harrison defined that role. His parts on all those records are definitive; when I was playing with Paul [McCartney], with Beatles songs I was very faithful to those parts because it’s difficult — impossible, maybe — to improve on them. They’re fantastic. Things like Fixing A Hole, All My Loving, are beautiful, perfect solos. […] Then there’s his slide playing, which is unique; his pitching is absolutely second to none.” - Robbie McIntosh, MOJO, January 2002 (x)

[neutron669]

"everything goes"

Ph: Robbie McIntosh

[people-dujenoir]

Robbie McIntosh

[ars-solitudine]

Robbie McIntosh

[ludmilachaibemachado]

Paul, Linda, Blair Cunningham, Hamish Stuart, Wix Wickens & Robbie McIntosh in the early '90's🌼🌼🌼

Via @lindalouiseeastmanmccartney on Instagram🌼

[rolloroberson]

The Pretenders ~ Thumbelina

[homostalgia]

by Robbie McIntosh

[i-am-the-oyster]

May 2023 interview with Robbie McIntosh. Robbie played with Paul from 1988 to 1993 (and at the benefit for Montserrat in 1997).

A couple of highlights:

The great thing about Paul is that he said, “If we’re doing it unplugged, we’re doing it completely unplugged.” None of those acoustic guitars were plugged in. They just have microphones on them.

--

We had a nice stay with me and my wife and my kids hanging out with Paul and Linda at their house. It was a beautiful day. Stella and Mary were there. James was still quite young. They had these plastic plates you could paint on and put them in the oven. We still have them.

[why is this so endearing to me?]

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He seems like such a lovely guy. Here are a couple more great Robbie moments:

[bluegrass version of Can't Buy Me Love -- starts at 20:35]

[Paul always seems to lean on Robbie during live performances of Hope of Deliverance, eg around 2m:]

[mitjalovse]

Some musicians surprise us by doing what they should not have done. For instance, Talk Talk shocked us this way – yes, you heard the story before in here, but I like that tale. They had an opportunity to do anything they wanted, which they transformed into both Spirit Of Eden and Laughing Stock. One continues to be baffled by how they changed their previous styles, even though one can notice the traces of that in the previous records. Sure, they were not as pronounced as they could've been, but they were there. Moreover, their post-rock continues to be stronger than that of a lot of players in this genre. The thing is I believe Talk Talk used the emotional palette the style provides more than many who followed them.

[mychameleondays]

Talk Talk: It’s My Life

top: EMI 32 239-6, 1984 (Club Edition)

2nd: Parlophone 0190295792619, 2017

3rd: Parlophone 0190295195328, 2020 (coloured vinyl)

Originally released: February 1984

[nervoussystemmusicreverence]

Talk Talk - I Believe in You

Music Video

Artist

Talk Talk

Composer

Mark Hollis Tim Friese-Greene

Lyricist

Mark Hollis Tim Friese-Grene

Produced

Tim Friese-Grene

Credit

Mark Hollis - Vocals, piano, organ, guitar, melodica Lee Harris - Drums Paul Webb - Electric bass guitar Tim Friese-Greene - Harmonium, piano, organ, guitar Robbie McIntosh – Dobro, twelve-string guitar Danny Thompson – Double bass Andrew Stowell – Bassoon Michael Jeans – Oboe Andrew Marriner – Clarinet Christopher Hooker – Cor anglais Phill Brown – Bowed guitar Simon Edwards – Mexican bass Mark Feltham – Harmonica Martin Ditcham – Percussion Henry Lowther – Trumpet Nigel Kennedy – Violin Hugh Davies – Shozygs Choir of Chelmsford Cathedral - Choir

Released

September 12 1988

Streaming

[harrisonarchive]

“George was such an underrated guitarist, partly because everything he did was so subtle and complementary to the song. But when you try and play them you find those parts are much harder than they sound. George was my first musical hero, when I was about five or six. I suppose I’m a guitar player now because of him. […] As far as most musicians in the UK were concerned, until The Beatles arrived, there was no such thing as a lead guitar. George Harrison defined that role. His parts on all those records are definitive; when I was playing with Paul [McCartney], with Beatles songs I was very faithful to those parts because it’s difficult — impossible, maybe — to improve on them. They’re fantastic. Things like Fixing A Hole, All My Loving, are beautiful, perfect solos. […] Then there’s his slide playing, which is unique; his pitching is absolutely second to none.”

Robbie McIntosh, MOJO, January 2002