Geezers Just Wont Quit - Page 5

KAHUNA801 · #81 12-20-2012, 01:19 AM

63, just retired, and playing better and more, than ever. More time to practice. I host an open jam where we get a lot of younger players, and have no problem with most of what they want to play. I step aside for Death Metal and Thrash (not my cup of tea). I'm sure you'll understand as you mature, that lack of desire, not age and experience are the only reason us foggies would ever stop doing what we love. And don't mess with "BLUE". He's my boy!!!

ewe2 · #82 12-20-2012, 02:36 AM

Rock/pop/dance genres seem to think they have an age requirement. Jazz, blues, P&W, lots of genres don't care about this. It's weird.

lfmn16 · #83 12-20-2012, 04:41 AM

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Beethoven died when he was 56.

Are you trying to make a point? Is that not old enough to qualify?

Road-Dog · #84 12-20-2012, 06:11 AM

Playing the same bass for 40 years was not a plan. It just happened. I did do a couple years during the Yes, Renaissance days with a 4001 Rick, but came back to my Precision. I do use a fretless Jazz for some music, had it since 86.
The P bass just fits with about any type of music that I have ever played. It seems that the days of changing basses a lot and trying to find other sounds is relatively new. Funny thing I see is everyone is constantly looking for the P sound and most of the posts I see are how to get the sound with other basses. Why bother! My bass and I are old friends and I know where every scratch and ding came from and remember where I was when it happened. We have been around the world together and it fits my hands like an extension of me. I am just the kind of guy that when I find something that works for me, I just stick with it.
For the record, I still have my 67 Mustang and been married to the same woman for 30 years.

Roadkill · #85 12-20-2012, 08:03 AM

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P&W

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Big Brother · #86 12-20-2012, 09:40 AM

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Praise and Worship, playing at a church

Roadkill · #87 12-20-2012, 09:49 AM

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Praise and Worship, playing at a church

Oops, I knew that

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bluewine · #88 12-20-2012, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Stewie26

Speaking of Geezer stuff:
We were playing at a bar last summer. I think we were playing "Honky Tonk Women" or something close to that. This smoking hot young blonde was really shaking it up directly in front of me on the dance floor. When the song was over she looked right at me and said, "I just love dancing to this Geezer Rock." Whoooa, that was the first time I had heard the term "Geezer Rock." It was also the first time I have ever felt really old playing on a stage. Just sayin.

Not endearing to me. She would have received my best ignore look possible.

Blue

Stewie26 · #89 12-20-2012, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bluewine

Not endearing to me. She would have received my best ignore look possible.

Blue

I did not take it as an insult to me or to the genre, (classic rock) of music we were playing. In fact she said she loved the music and her dancing showed it. It was only at that moment when she refered to the genre as Geezer Rock that I fully realized how far apart the perspective of a 21 year girl is from my world. Ageing is not something that happens overnight. It slowly sneeks up on you. This was one of those moments when I had to mentally deal with the fact that I am getting older.

JimmyM · #90 12-20-2012, 01:02 PM

Wah wah wah...I take the term "Geezer Rock" as a compliment. I AM a geezer, after all!

**bassybill** · #91 12-20-2012, 01:42 PM

TalkBass is so educational. I never knew the word "geezer" over there meant old. Here in England it's nothing to do with age, and could actually be taken as a bit of a compliment, as in "He's an absolutely diamond geezer. Top bloke."

Over here, I guess the equivalent term would be "fogey".

Carry on.

**ExaltBass** · #92 12-20-2012, 01:53 PM

I'm 62, and no longer up for the 2AM bar gigs, but still playing more than every other week at church, and other occasional gigs. I think I'm playing more intentionally than before - although I may not be as fluid as when I was playing 6-7 nites a week throughout the seventies and early eighties. Still a very important part of my life.

JimmyM · #93 12-20-2012, 01:59 PM

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TalkBass is so educational. I never knew the word "geezer" over there meant old. Here in England it's nothing to do with age, and could actually be taken as a bit of a compliment, as in "He's an absolutely diamond geezer. Top bloke."

Over here, I guess the equivalent term would be "fogey".

Carry on.

We use "fogey" over here, too, but not as much as I heard it when I was a kid, and always in conjunction with the word "old." Nowadays, the kids like to substitute a different F-word in that scenario

hbc · #94 12-20-2012, 02:09 PM

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Retired, age 58. Busier than ever, playing/singing/writing/gigging. Multiple projects. What has changed the most is the kind of music I want to play. No more bar gigs and pop or rock cover bands. No more time sucking rehearsals that lead no where. No more lusting after the latest "whatever" to find the holy grail of tone. No more dealing with adults who haven't reached the maturity level of a fifteen year old. No more playing with wannabees with too many pipe dreams and too little talent. No more illusions about where it all leads. I play for the shear joy of making good music with others who want to do the same. Gigs seem to come often enough to keep me in gasoline and strings, pay for instruments and maintenance, and little more ... but that's just fine by me.

This is my first night off after a six night run. Never did that back in 70's. Musically, I'm in the prime of my life, and enjoying every minute of it.

Couldn't agree with you more. I too just turned 60, look younger than most 50'ish musicians (I made sure I avoided drugs & alcohol during my younger years), and now play with more style and ability than ever. Lucky enough to make it "big time" when I was young, and now I get to pick when I play, where I play, and who I play with. Also lucky that other things pay most of my bills now. Other benefits of being older include: My ears have improved tremendously; I can anticipate musicial sections and improv choices better than I could when younger; My musical vocabulary & notational choices are both much larger; I know what makes for a "great" tune; etc. Avoiding the idiots (both young and old) is the real task these days. So hard to find "seasoned" players, who understand what good music (in any venue or style) really is. Can we all say "dynamics"?

deepBassie · #95 12-20-2012, 02:33 PM

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Can we all say "dynamics"?

Dynamics! Kid tested, Geezer approved.

**bassybill** · #96 12-20-2012, 02:34 PM

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Nowadays, the kids like to substitute a different F-word in that scenario

Now that's a real compliment once you get past retirement!

bluewine · #97 12-20-2012, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie26

I did not take it as an insult to me or to the genre, (classic rock) of music we were playing. In fact she said she loved the music and her dancing showed it. It was only at that moment when she refered to the genre as Geezer Rock that I fully realized how far apart the perspective of a 21 year girl is from my world. Ageing is not something that happens overnight. It slowly sneeks up on you. This was one of those moments when I had to mentally deal with the fact that I am getting older.

Cool,

I really struggle with it. Turning 60 in 2 months.

Blue

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BWB · #98 12-20-2012, 08:56 PM

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I turned 50 this summer. I'm playing now the best I have ever played and I'm still getting better/learning.

I don't get the "too old" thing - I'm almost 44 and I gotta say, I am peaking with my bass playing with every passing day. I'm really, really good, and I get great satisfaction from that fact. I'm gonna be totally bummed out if my playing ability diminishes with age - I want to be 80 and ripping lines off on stage in front of people at 100 dB SPL.

I seriously have thought to myself that one of the best things about getting to retirement age at 65 or whatever will be that I can go play gigs 3 or 4 nights a week because I can sleep it off the next day and have the time to learn more music. I hope hope hope this happens.

Vakmere · #99 12-21-2012, 06:36 AM

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I seriously have thought to myself that one of the best things about getting to retirement age at 65 or whatever will be that I can go play gigs 3 or 4 nights a week because I can sleep it off the next day and have the time to learn more music. I hope hope hope this happens.

Or you will be playing lots of golf 3 or 4 days a week. I do. After years of bass, bands, and whatever, it's now more a hobby. At 65 you'll find a different way of thinking than you do now. Call it "the next step". At 80 playing at loud volumes, in your case, would be interesting to watch. Hope I'm around to see/hear it.....

MusicEd · #**100** 12-21-2012, 07:15 AM

I'm 63 and I just got my first bass 2 months ago (I've played guitar for 5 or 6 years). I'm a firm believer that when you stop learning, you stop living. I'm retiring this summer and I hope to be the hit of the bingo and shuffleboard crowd.