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12-06-2006, 03:42 PM
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So there is this jazz group, they are in a really nice gig. They are all hooking together that the sound amazing. The drummer is hitting all the hits, the guitar is playing amazing voicings, and the horn line is playing all their parts hitting all the highs and lows. The drummer thinks to himself, "Man, after this we are gunna get famous and rich and i can buy alll the drums i want." The guitarist thinks, "Man, think of all the chicks i can get after with all my cash and sexiness." The bassist is really in it with an amazing bass face and is thinking, "a,b,g,d,c,a,b,d,b,g,c,"...
What do you think of this joke?
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12-06-2006, 03:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | Pretty funny, but needs to be twisted a bit to have a better punch line. Something like 1 word or a phrase. A string of letters takes too long to read/say and then people have to go "oh, I get it!"
Or at least, I had to. =/
By the way, do you actually think of the notes you're playing? I hear it's good practice to say the notes out loud if you're playing scales or something, but I never do. =/ |
12-06-2006, 03:54 PM
| | | | No, i hardly ever think, i just play, but if i just said "the bass player thought "......"" that wouldn't be funny, oh wait..... that would be funny, but it would insult myself
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12-06-2006, 04:00 PM
| | | Meh. I say, make it a country band and have the bass player thinking "root, five, root, five..."
A bit more of a dig at bass players, but a better punch line IMO  |
12-06-2006, 04:13 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | Yeah, that could work, but like you said, it's a dig on us. We get digged enough. =/
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12-06-2006, 04:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | Better to be thinking of the notes than thinking "Hey, that leyboardist is right!! He CAN do it all on his left hand"  Quote: |
Originally Posted by Poop Loops By the way, do you actually think of the notes you're playing? I hear it's good practice to say the notes out loud if you're playing scales or something, but I never do. =/ | Most of the time I just rock out but there are some more complex songs we play where I will say the notes in my head while playing.
It helps me learn the note locations and also helps learn how various tunings effect note location etc. |
12-09-2006, 11:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pensacola, FL | | | that was pretty gay....no offense
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12-09-2006, 11:25 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | Yeah, I agree. Everything about it made me think of homosexuals. Homosexuals that listen to Slipknot. |
12-09-2006, 11:39 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lincolnshire, UK | | | awful joke. |
12-09-2006, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The little red dot on the map. | | | I don't get it.
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12-10-2006, 05:00 AM
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12-10-2006, 05:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Perth, Western Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by ALiP BoB  I don't get it. | With the exception of the bass player, noone else is thinking about the music they are playing.
The joke pokes fun at both the bassplayer for thinking music and not tail/money/fame, and pokes fun at the other muso's for thinking those things over the music, and depending on which you believe in, the joke potentially invites you to choose a side 
It's quite clever methinks...then again I can't work out basic scales properly so simple things can challenge me at times 
Last edited by Depth_Charge : 12-10-2006 at 07:16 AM.
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12-10-2006, 08:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: the Netherlands, Amsterdam | | | no...i dont think it's a funny joke |
12-10-2006, 12:02 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | | It would have to work the opposite way. Like, the guitarist is thinking about tail, the singer about fame, the bass player about money, and the drummer is thinking "boom boom boom boom" or something really simple. |
12-10-2006, 02:32 PM
| | | | ... a rose by any other name...
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Originally Posted by Poop-Loops Yeah, I agree. Everything about it made me think of homosexuals. Homosexuals that listen to Slipknot. | ... Erm, in this context I think you'll find that "gay" means "lame". At least it does here in UK. Oh, and a "fag" is a cigarette, btw... Just in case you ever make it over to this side of the pond and someone asks if you fancy one!
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12-10-2006, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wellington, New Zealand | | | yep lame joke
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12-10-2006, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Poop-Loops Yeah, I agree. Everything about it made me think of homosexuals. Homosexuals that listen to Slipknot. | +100 |
12-10-2006, 02:52 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auburn, Washington | | Quote:
Originally Posted by pipFunk ... Erm, in this context I think you'll find that "gay" means "lame".
pip | Yeah I know, which is completely ridiculous and bigoted. That's my point. People who use "gay" to mean "stupid" or "lame" are idiots. |
12-27-2006, 03:11 PM
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Heh, i've heard a similar joke before but the main character (i mean bass player) was thinking about "C-E-G-C-E-G".
it was a rock'n'roll band .
Actually, there is a large quantity of jokes like that. And it may cast a false colour on the bassists kinda.. 'really stupid lame ducks'.
sometimes it may offend you slightly. but it also important to have an ability to make fun of youreself and to take it easy 'cause it's just a joke.  |
12-27-2006, 09:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rochester NY | | | i get it, but i dont think its very funny. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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