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10 Steps on How To Be A Rocker
- Thread starter Richland123
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Richland123:
And let's not forget the correct way to say "dude" when conversing with someone.
It's not just "dude", it's DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!
And make sure you insert the word "like" every fourth or fifth word in your speech.
Observe this training example from Chapter 8 of the "How to be a Rocker" manual:
"DUUUUUUUUDE!!! Like......I mean, like total, you know, like way rad duuuuuude, like, like, like, duuuuuuuuude!"
This proper form of verbal communication will convey to those listening that you are clearly a rocker of the highest caliber, and people around you will be instantly in awe.
And let's not forget the correct way to say "dude" when conversing with someone.
It's not just "dude", it's DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!
And make sure you insert the word "like" every fourth or fifth word in your speech.
Observe this training example from Chapter 8 of the "How to be a Rocker" manual:
"DUUUUUUUUDE!!! Like......I mean, like total, you know, like way rad duuuuuude, like, like, like, duuuuuuuuude!"
This proper form of verbal communication will convey to those listening that you are clearly a rocker of the highest caliber, and people around you will be instantly in awe.
You guys scoff but that list is truer than you think.
Musicians are entertainers. Like it or not.
Musicians are entertainers. Like it or not.
True dat!
I think what I got such a kick out of was the OP's premise that the list he provided is the ticket to being a rocker.
When I saw Paul McCartney in concert, Paul rocked the house like nobody's business, and yet he did not meet the description in the OP's post.
If the OP feels that his list is the recipe, then by all means I encourage him to follow it to the "tee" (no pun intended). Go for it! And don't let anyone tell him otherwise! But to suggest that the list provided is THE recipe for being a rocker is, IMHO, being rather naive. It's cute, but naive. In the 56 years I have been wandering around on this planet, I have seen a plethora of successful rockers who don't fit the description in the OP's list (way too many to list here).
#11. If you needed this list to learn how to act like a rocker, you will never be successful as a rockstar.
SactoBass said:
The OP quoted a list he found online. This is the humor section. Perhaps he was providing it because it is completely ridiculous.
Now to find myself a pair of baggy camo pants so I can be a real rocker.
From one who has lived it:
1. Black leather trousers
2. Long hair
3. Black silk shirt
4. Cigarette
5. Alcohol
6. Bass down around your groin (unless you are Lemmy)
7. Cowboy boots
Whatever these weird kids are today with their baggy clothes, short styled hair and 'camo' - they are definitely not Rockers.
Simple.
1. Black leather trousers
2. Long hair
3. Black silk shirt
4. Cigarette
5. Alcohol
6. Bass down around your groin (unless you are Lemmy)
7. Cowboy boots
Whatever these weird kids are today with their baggy clothes, short styled hair and 'camo' - they are definitely not Rockers.
Simple.
Yes, you are correct. I did post this from a humorous website in the "HUMOR" section here. Some of you are taking this way too seriously.
I've got a black Precision with a mirrored scratchplate, therefore I am Phil Lynott and, by definition, a rocker. For avoidance of doubt, I have hair, a t-shirt and am not wearing shoes.
Ah......in that case, I tip my hat to you, good sir! And I apologize for being so brain dead last night!
I need to start paying more attention to the category a post is in.
