Amazing performance by Living Colour

[JDs Couch]

Ah, I found it, they tried to change your 93 human rights law last year, to make misgendering "hate speech," amongst a bunch of other stuff, and it rightly pissed a bunch of people off and they fought back this year. Good for the NZ first people.

Makes sense, as it's happening all over the world.

In the middle of a raging culture war, the NZ Law Commission has done something utterly remarkable: it has delivered a calm, principled and evidence-based blueprint for human rights reform. The commission’s review of the protections of the Human Rights Act 1993 “for people who are transgender, people who are non-binary and people with innate variations of sex characteristics” was begun in 2023 at the request of then justice minister Kiritapu Allan. The final report, released last week and named Ia Tangata – “each and every person” – recommends that the Human Rights Act 1993 be amended to explicitly protect people from discrimination based on their “gender identity or its equivalents in the cultures of the person” or “having an innate variation of sex characteristics.”

In short, the final report is asking our politicians to make the implicit explicit.

Right now, protections for transgender, non-binary and intersex people are assumed to exist under the umbrella of “sex” in section 21 of the Human Rights Act. Government lawyers act consistently as if they do. The Human Rights Commission accepts complaints on this basis.

 

[geetarmikey]

Great song and I like a lot of their tunes, but is it the only song they ever play? Absolutely horrible tone too unfortunately.

 

[Nigel]

Vern, LC, and this song specifically inspired me to play guitar. I'm about as emotionally invested as one can be in this band.

Vern's never been the most articulate or inspiring with his live playing. One video I saw for a guitar mag recently made me cringe. He got murdered in the comments.

I don't understand it all all. He can objectively express excellence and spirit at a higher level. That has been demonstrated.

You never know what's going on in another's inner world. God bless him and LC.

Jimmy Kimmel played the game during the great crime of the century. Not much coming back from that. He cursed intelligence.

 

[SgtThump]

Vernon Reid still sucks. Doesn't matter how old he gets, he never improves. He's still sloppy as fuck.

I can’t stand his playing or tone. I don’t understand how people do either.

 

[Racerxrated]

Saw them WAY back in 89 after I got out of the army(active anyway). 1st ave in Mpls. Great show. He was sloppy yes, but it worked for him and his off the wall style. Mr Page was a sloppy live player too....at times....but he's JP. I enjoyed their first album. They put on a great show and Vernon had nice tone. He's a different player for sure, I can see why guys watch him and go 'huh?'.

 

[CarlF]

Vernon’s tone sucks the last couple of decades, but back in the 80s-90s, he had that Quad Preamp rack system, and later on the Rectifiers. He sounded great.

 

[alund]

I feel ya on that . But it has a fire and vibe that’s cool at times . But he can very sloppy yes

Lots folks sloppy but comes across well in the song. Saw them in a small bar in Raleigh NC about ~88? Maybe 89. Hell idk. But he played a Marshall JCM800 2x12 combo. Fucking loud as hell. And a good groove all night. Yeah he is sloppy. So is angus. And Jimmy Page. They had good tunes. And we have a perishable skill.

 

[alund]

Saw them WAY back in 89 after I got out of the army(active anyway). 1st ave in Mpls. Great show. He was sloppy yes, but it worked for him and his off the wall style. Mr Page was a sloppy live player too....at times....but he's JP. I enjoyed their first album. They put on a great show and Vernon had nice tone. He's a different player for sure, I can see why guys watch him and go 'huh?'.

Ha. Just mentioned those.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Vernon can't play? As they say in the South, "Back that horse up".

Led Zeppelin is my favorite band. Living Colour takes second place. I once delivered a guitar to Vernon at the House of Blues in Hollywood when he was touring with Jack Bruce. He plugged in and let me tell you, that man plays his ass off. He started off with a beautiful clean sound tune and it sounded like angels, then he kicked in the afterburner and it was "Katy, bar the door!" He was incredible. Another time at NAMM, LC played a gig and I stood 5 feet in front of him and he leveled the place with his playing...he was astonishingly good. Dude goes places sonically that a lot of guitarists can't even conceive of. Two of his big influnces are John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, so you either get it or you don't. He's also one of the nicest dudes you'll ever meet.

I will say that he'd sound even better if he used dUBblE KrEEm pickups.

Vernon can't play? Please.

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

That song comes on the radio, I turn it up. Every time.

But as someone who plays with too much gain, he’s playing with too much gain. Guess we have the same disease

 

[alund]

That song comes on the radio, I turn it up. Every time.

But as someone who plays with too much gain, he’s playing with too much gain. Guess we have the same disease

Dude. I’ve heard you play…. Your gain and tone is really good.

 

[VonBonfire]

Vernon can't play? As they say in the South, "Back that horse up".

Led Zeppelin is my favorite band. Living Colour takes second place. I once delivered a guitar to Vernon at the House of Blues in Hollywood when he was touring with Jack Bruce. He plugged in and let me tell you, that man plays his ass off. He started off with a beautiful clean sound tune and it sounded like angels, then he kicked in the afterburner and it was "Katy, bar the door!" He was incredible. Another time at NAMM, LC played a gig and I stood 5 feet in front of him and he leveled the place with his playing...he was astonishingly good. Dude goes places sonically that a lot of guitarists can't even conceive of. Two of his big influnces are John Coltrane and Ornette Coleman, so you either get it or you don't. He's also one of the nicest dudes you'll ever meet.

I will say that he'd sound even better if he used dUBblE KrEEm pickups.

Vernon can't play? Please.

I watched a video of him backing James Blood Ulmer, Vernon can play the blues.

OP's video wasn't very good mostly cause Corey's vocal left a bit to be desired IMO. Didn't see much of a problem with Reid's playing.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Some good rectifier tone. They're gigging on national TV and were not. Haters gonna hate.
There's always taylor swift, jelly roll or the beer joints on Hwy 30 for the alternative.

 

[Geo]

They had one decent song with a lousy solo and Kimmel sucks hairy moose cock.

 

[CarlF]

Vernon has Rectifiers, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re being used for power amp only, amplifying his digital trash distortion unit.

 

[Techdeth]

Lots folks sloppy but comes across well in the song. Saw them in a small bar in Raleigh NC about ~88? Maybe 89. Hell idk. But he played a Marshall JCM800 2x12 combo. Fucking loud as hell. And a good groove all night. Yeah he is sloppy. So is angus. And Jimmy Page. They had good tunes. And we have a perishable skill.

Ya I think you have to be able to see what the guitarist has to offer . From cobain to til Henson ( lol had use him ) alhave something to offer or learn from . I listen to it .you think like me

 

[SgtThump]

Some good rectifier tone. They're gigging on national TV and were not. Haters gonna hate.
There's always taylor swift, jelly roll or the beer joints on Hwy 30 for the alternative.

Please don’t compare me playing the beer joints on Hwy 30 with you doing nothing. There’s a big difference.

He he

For example… It’s 2:36am right now and I’m drinking a few more beers after getting home from a 4-hour gig. You have been in bed for 4-hours now.

 

[Dale B]

I still listen to the Vivid and Time's Up on the regular.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Please don’t compare me playing the beer joints on Hwy 30 with you doing nothing. There’s a big difference.

He he

For example… It’s 2:36am right now and I’m drinking a few more beers after getting home from a 4-hour gig. You have been in bed for 4-hours now.

Wasn't about you Bro. Maybe the beer is distorting your facts.
I like the band, they are solid. Are they my favoriets ? Maybe not but i respect their contributions to music.
The Hwy 30 beer joint reference was about a band i was in that played those. Its great if you like drunk folks w/ Smith & Wessons giving you shit during a 3am loadout.
So over "bar bands" at least around here. Most allow indoor smoking [still] at this point i need all the lung i have left.
Lung disease is real.

 

[thegame]

Vernon’s sloppy shredding doesn’t negate other cool aspects of his playing.