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19Dec2007
Merry Xmas!
I’m in Melbourne now, and after todays recording of Spicks and Specks I’m off to join the family in Bali, so will be offline for a bit..Enjoy the holidays all, which remember is essentially a hijacking of the winter solstice by the Romans to appease the christians and head off a provincial revolt in Palestine..All religion is poisonous superstitious dogma but I thoroughly approve of a season of goodwill to all men..
Love to you all
xxGuy
35 comments
karen - December 19, 2007 2:50 AM
Nice,
Keen to hear about how Spicks and Specks went, assume will not be screened till next year some time.
Unwind and relax, again thanks for everything, веселое рождество.
Karen.
Paul - December 19, 2007 6:05 AM
All the best Guy, and enjoy some quality family time. I’m sure you would’ve enjoyed the ” Spicks and Specks ” session with Myf, Adam and Alan. They’re good value, but sometimes a little forgetful about the 80’s. Would rather remember ” Jessie’s Girl ” by Rick Springfield than ” Icing on the Cake ” by Stephen Duffy ? People tend to forget the decade had some stonker tracks that hold up as well as anything from the 60’s and 70’s ! But hey…enough of my yackin’.…let’s ROCK !
Cheerio and all the best.
Paul
( Your Karma Hit My Dogma ).
Nate - December 19, 2007 8:23 AM
… and women! 😀
Have fun Guy (and family)
See you in the New Year!
Nate
Spider - December 19, 2007 5:32 PM
Merry Christmas to you and your family… I hope next year will be really nice for you!
Cheers!
Spider
Paul Sexton - December 19, 2007 6:17 PM
Merry Xmas everyone!!
Cheers
Paul
Paul - December 19, 2007 11:51 PM
And a Merry X‑mas to everyone. Hope 2008 is a great one !
Heather and Phil - December 20, 2007 3:08 PM
Have a lovely break and thank you for all your hard work in 2007…the book still has us in hysterics and Echoes still has us in awe. Look forward to hopefully seeing you again next year.
Best Wishes and have a good rest and Happy New Year love from Phil and Heather
Brian Rushbrooke - December 20, 2007 5:59 PM
Guy
Happy Xmas to you & your family!
I was great to meet you at, of all places…Alton Towers in October,
(the chocolate factory certainly was’nt worth the wait, the children were not too impressed).
Anyway, the band I am in have just done a Comfortably Numb cover without the synths, it’s still sounding a little empty…any suggestions.
Thoroughly enjoyed the Gilmour DVD
All the best for 2008,
Brian (the drummer)
Ed and Marie - December 20, 2007 10:18 PM
Happy Holidays. Hope we get a chance to see your stand-up show in the US this coming year!
Pedro - December 21, 2007 8:44 PM
Merry Christmas Guy!
It was great to meet you this year in Algarve!
I wish you an Excellent Year of 2008!
(Desejo-te um Feliz Natal e um Excelente Ano de 2008!)
Pedro from Portugal
Emilio - December 22, 2007 12:36 PM
Ciao Guy and all,
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a rockin’ 2008!
emi
Richard - December 22, 2007 3:31 PM
Happy Christmas Guy. Hope to see you playing with Bryan or Roxy in the New Year.
All the best
Richard
http://www.bryanferry.tv — The Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music Video BLOG
lorraine - December 23, 2007 10:01 PM
Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Hope you make it back to Edinburgh Festival in 2008 (you were ever so good this year):D
Comfortably Dumb - December 25, 2007 2:19 PM
Merry Christmas everyone
Jonesey - December 30, 2007 1:13 AM
Guy,
They finally released your book here in the US, and even way out here in Idaho. Loved it, and laughed my guts out. Thanks for sharing. Please bring your show to the US.
PS, I was at the December 87 show in Seattle before your glorious bus trip to Vancouver. Nicely done on both counts.
Toodles.
Dave
Guy Pratt - December 30, 2007 11:02 AM
Dave
How do you mean released? Was it in a shop? That must be on import…Can you tell me more?
Cheers
Guy
luca - December 30, 2007 12:18 PM
hi guy…i’m italian..my name is luca and i’m a guitar player…i think you’re one of the best bass player i ever seen.…!!!!!!!!
i want to wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year..with gratification…with music and whatever 😀 🙂
sorry for my english… bye
luca
Phoenix - December 30, 2007 8:55 PM
It’s available on Amazon.com, Guy, for $26.52. Pretty much the going conversion rate of 2 dollars per pound sterling. Although, it says it’s ‘temporarily out of stock’, which probably means they only ordered a small handful and some other lucky souls got them for Christmas.
http://www.amazon.com/Bass-Other-Animals-Guy-Pratt/dp/0752876317/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199044252&sr=8–1
Happy early birthday. 😀
Becky in Atlanta - January 2, 2008 1:21 AM
“All religion is poisonous superstitious dogma but I thoroughly approve of a season of goodwill to all men..” [and women, no doubt!]
I like that very much.
Happy New Year, Guy!!!
Becky B.
Thomas Robinson - January 2, 2008 7:05 PM
Happy New Year. Hope everyone is having fun.
The website on my name isn’t my band, but it is one that i would recommend to everyone. Really, everyone who goes to their gigis enjoys them. Even if you’re not too keen on the music the chat between songs is incredibly funny. Worth looking on youtube.
Anyway, hope everyone has a good year.
Thomas
karen - January 3, 2008 1:23 AM
Hello Guy,
Happy Birthday to a fellow Hu.
Karen.
Jonesey - January 3, 2008 4:51 AM
Guy,
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on your question about how I got the book. With the holidays and all, I’ve been out and about with family and friends.
As I’ve been a Floyd fan for so long, I’d been following the Gilmour and Guy Pratt websites for long before you guys took to touring the On an Island album. Somewhere early on I noted that you were working on the book and have been waiting patiently to get it. I’d been watching Amazon.com for months but only the UK site allowed pre-orders until sometime in late November or early December when the US site made it available for immediate purchase. I ordered it straight away from them and tore through it, laughing so hard many times that I startled the evil Mrs. Jones.
In spite of being nearly the same age as you and having somewhat similar interests in music, not being from the UK caused me to miss a few references which I circled in pencil only to Google later to clue in on. That exercise in itself was loads of fun and highly educational.
I haven’t been in the book shops around town for awhile, but I’ll look around to see if its in there and drop a note on this or the next blog, as well as talk it up here.
Have a Happy Birthday Guy!
Toodles.
Dave
Nate - January 3, 2008 10:51 AM
Happy Birthday Guy!
lorraine - January 3, 2008 11:40 AM
Happy Birthday Guy:D
Thomas Robinson - January 3, 2008 12:52 PM
Happy Birthday. Did you get one really big present for Christmas and birthday combined or is that just for kids?
Have a great day.
Thomas
Michèle - January 3, 2008 1:42 PM
Bön Anniversaire, Guy!
Oh! getting older is not a problem. As the Chinese proverb says: ‘Every smile makes you a day younger’ , and I think you are very good at smiling and laughing!
Michèle
Heather and Phil - January 3, 2008 3:53 PM
Happy birthday Guy and hope you’re having a lovely break. Hope to see you again sometime this year.…enjoy!
Ricardo Britan - January 3, 2008 4:31 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Pratt!!!!
Anushka - January 3, 2008 5:03 PM
H A P P Y * B I R T H D A Y ! !
May this day be filled with love and joy as a reflection of all the other days in your life!
Best wishes from Portugal,
Anushka
Paul Sexton - January 3, 2008 6:55 PM
and a very Happy Birthday from me as well!
Cheers
Paul
Phoenix - January 4, 2008 12:00 AM
Happy birthday on the day, Guy! 😀
Gabrielle Childers - January 4, 2008 12:25 AM
Hey you!
Couldn’t agree with you more regarding your comments on the holiday season — more about feeding your hard-earned money into the mouths of the ever-ravenous corporate ‘have mores’ than anything else. Having said that, my 10-month-old (!) grandson loved the twinkling lights and I did love his photo with Santa ever-so-much! Being young (Rowan, not me), he was unaware that there should be presents under my handy-dandy fiber-optic twinkling tree and is blissfully unaware that his new car-seat (ultra-safe and goes up to 59 pounds) served as a token holiday present from grandma and grandpa!
And, last but not least, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU Mr. Pratt!! I hope you had a wonderful holiday with your family and are now enjoying being, let’s see … 46?!?! I suppose now I should stop feeling maternal towards you and welcome you to the over-the-hill gang;^)) All those years watching the Delicate Sound of Thunder vhs had you frozen in time … that baby face and all. ‘Course now that I know the back-story to the performance (sleepy Guy, heh-heh) I’m quite impressed with your ability to have pulled it off flawlessly and looking fresh and frisky in your jumpsuit!
Peace and Love to you/yours!
Gabrielle
Phoenix - January 4, 2008 12:26 AM
What, you want the traditional lyrics or rude ones? 🙂 🙂 🙂
Ricardo Padua - January 4, 2008 12:29 AM
Surprise us! 😉
Phoenix - January 4, 2008 2:41 AM
The last time someone said that, I rewrote the lyrics to ‘On the Turning Away’ to refer to World of Warcraft…
I’ll settle for a raucous rendition of the traditional lyrics tonight and spare you my songwriting skillz. 😉