Clockwork Wolf & Co - In The Sunshine (Formerly Rob Chapman Band)

bingefeller · December 2018

you got anymore recommendations Randall? This EP is sweet!

rlw · December 2018

guitartango said:

timmysoft said:

wow, that was horrible.

To be fair its not that bad, could do with a better singer

Like Paul Rodgers in fact, given that it sounds so Free like....

fendergibson · December 2018

Don’t usually like to criticise music, each to their own and all that - but this is flippin’ shite !
He should forget singing altogether and concentrate on being a guitarist.
Bassist with his gob open most of the time and exaggerated neck movements is appalling to watch.

Next !

BGG · December 2018

No soul :-/

peteri · December 2018

I try not to slag him off, he's doing a job I'd love to etc.

But - consistently everytime I see/hear his music - it strikes me that the first point of song writing has to be, surely, that you have something to say.

There are just so many clichés in this I'm not sure it's not a joke 'no rest for the wicked, sleep when I'm dead' well the last bit is a quote from Bon Jovi for sure, and I'm sure he didn't make it up!

It all feels like someone trying, really, really hard - but actually without that missing spark. Oasis was hardly original, but good grief the songs are memorable and great to sing along to, there's none of that here.

And that extends to the imagery, it's well shot etc - but it's bad enough when Bon Jovi (them again!) etc are wandering around the desert, what's a boy from Swindon doing there?

Sorry, but I just don't get it

Philly_Q · December 2018

@peteri ; good post, you've summed it up very well.

JezWynd · December 2018

Dreadful. The YouTube persona might bring him sales and fans but it also points up sharply that he's playing with genres and over used imagery.

digitalscream · December 2018

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

Musicman20 · December 2018

digitalscream said:

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

I didn't even know such a 'chart' existed to be honest.

Rob is very talented but this feels INCREDIBLY forced. It has said before, but there is no soul. Music is about art and expression and enjoying yourself; this is the opposite (to me).

Give me Kurt Cobain throwing around a battered Fender with a heap less perfection any day.

fftc · December 2018

I want to know more about Bog Shed!

Grumpyrocker · December 2018

My my the bitterness and jealousy in this thread.

fields5069 · December 2018

Grumpyrocker said:

My my the bitterness and jealousy in this thread.

Is it? I thought most people had valid points.

fields5069 · December 2018

fftc said:

I want to know more about Bog Shed!

I have an entire black disc full of the stuff, which I have only been able to listen to once.

It's...... interesting.

I see Rob Chapman as one of the Eastenders of the music world - quite popular and I can't see why. Full of bad/indifferent acting. Adam Woodyatt to Adam Ant's Marlon Brando. Sort of thing.

pmbomb · December 2018

on the grounds of only saying positive things, I'll just leave this here.

RMJ · December 2018

These are pretty old Chapman songs I think. He obviously has a fan base. Seeing him at shows in the past he is like the pied piper with loads of teenage kids following him round.
I can't knock him really...worked hard anf made a name for himself and he's using that success to do what he enjoys. Oi Brent

Philly_Q · December 2018

Musicman20 said:

digitalscream said:

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

I didn't even know such a 'chart' existed to be honest.

I keep reading about Rob Chapman's bands being top of various charts on Amazon - I've never seen them - and I genuinely don't understand it. How are these charts compiled?

I don't say this out of mean-spiritedness (or - yawn - "jealousy"), but surely he's not popular enough to be number 1 in any kind of chart? I've never heard or seen any reference to him or his music outside of the world of guitar forums and YouTube.

digitalscream · December 2018

Philly_Q said:

Musicman20 said:

digitalscream said:

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

I didn't even know such a 'chart' existed to be honest.

I keep reading about Rob Chapman's bands being top of various charts on Amazon - I've never seen them - and I genuinely don't understand it. How are these charts compiled?
I don't say this out of mean-spiritedness (or - yawn - "jealousy"), but surely he's not popular enough to be number 1 in any kind of chart? I've never heard or seen any reference to him or his music outside of the world of guitar forums and YouTube.

Just search for them, it's pretty trivial. There's no complicated algorithm - they do it for all of their product categories, it's simply the best-selling stuff in of a given type.

Philly_Q · December 2018

digitalscream said:

Philly_Q said:

Musicman20 said:

digitalscream said:

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

I didn't even know such a 'chart' existed to be honest.

I keep reading about Rob Chapman's bands being top of various charts on Amazon - I've never seen them - and I genuinely don't understand it. How are these charts compiled?
I don't say this out of mean-spiritedness (or - yawn - "jealousy"), but surely he's not popular enough to be number 1 in any kind of chart? I've never heard or seen any reference to him or his music outside of the world of guitar forums and YouTube.

Just search for them, it's pretty trivial. There's no complicated algorithm - they do it for all of their product categories, it's simply the best-selling stuff in of a given type.

It remains a mystery then. Who are all these Rob Chapman fans?

fields5069 · December 2018

There are plenty of them, fans I mean, at least of the previous incarnation, if the YT comments are anything to go by.

digitalscream · December 2018

Philly_Q said:

digitalscream said:

Philly_Q said:

Musicman20 said:

digitalscream said:

I can't bring myself to watch it - bluesy stuff bores me to tears, quite honestly - but it's interesting to note that despite all of the deficiencies pointed out in this thread...it's still top of the Amazon blues charts

I didn't even know such a 'chart' existed to be honest.

I keep reading about Rob Chapman's bands being top of various charts on Amazon - I've never seen them - and I genuinely don't understand it. How are these charts compiled?
I don't say this out of mean-spiritedness (or - yawn - "jealousy"), but surely he's not popular enough to be number 1 in any kind of chart? I've never heard or seen any reference to him or his music outside of the world of guitar forums and YouTube.

Just search for them, it's pretty trivial. There's no complicated algorithm - they do it for all of their product categories, it's simply the best-selling stuff in of a given type.

It remains a mystery then. Who are all these Rob Chapman fans?

How on earth is it still a mystery???? The fact that you can't be bothered to put "amazon blues chart" in Google doesn't make it a mystery, and if you did you'd see that it says "Best-selling <something>, updated hourly" at the top. Go on, have a look

Substituting "itunes" for "amazon" in that search query shows that his EP's dropped to #40 on the global iTunes chart though, which might cheer up a few people in this thread...

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