Conformity; what are your limits

[gt96g]

I've seen dress code, that is fine depending on the gig, for more formal events etc. But also uniforms dive me insane.

Also, when another band member tries to assign me a stage name.

 

[DirtDog]

I asking a very general question. Clothing was just an example.
When I took standardized tests I used my own #2 pencils. When everyone else used HB lead in their Pentals I used 2B .

Rebel!!

 

[Pbassmanca]

What really gets my goat is this: When for the sake of discussion, you openly question some piece of conventional wisdom or a commonly held idea, say when conversing with a friend, and they then immediately proceed in a near panic to rhyme off some conformist platitude with a disdainful aire that pretty much ends that line of conversation....

 

[Drgonzonm]

Mariachi bands have dress codes, providing a unity, and they do not dress alike. Yes there are rules to be followed but very few bands sound alike.

 

[Drgonzonm]

I have to ask.
Why?
Was it purely to be different, or did you feel (rightly) that a 2B made a better mark?

Actually, two reasons, one shakespeare, its either 2B or not 2B
and I spent a lot of time using 0.3mm pencils, which require a light touch; the 2B mimicked the touch on a 0.5 mm.

 

[Drgonzonm]

As a bass player, marching to the beat of a different drummer will get you kicked out of most bands.

But not the band in Thoreau NM

 

[bolophonic]

I will never conform to the tyranny of the cargo short.

 

[shadven]

I can't think of any, really. I learned 2 guiding principles at an early age, that have removed a lot of needless angst from my life:
1. The Golden Rule. Them that has the Gold, makes the rules; and
2. Don't Sweat the Small S**t (and, things tend to be pretty much ALL small s**t).
In 66 years, it's been amazing how much stress I've avoided by remembering those two things. Probably why I still have all my hair...

Low testosterone levels

 

[mellowinman]

In fact, the vast majority of kids were not wearing school uniforms in Nazi Germany. It never was and still is not part of the culture. Case in point: The German school here in Hong Kong is the ONLY one without a school uniform. So if you see a plain clothes kid on a school day you know they're either German or skiving...

"OK Kinders, raise your hand if you know the answer. How many of you knew there were no school uniforms in Nazi Germany?"

 

[navijaz]

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"OK Kinders, raise your hand if you know the answer. How many of you knew there were no school uniforms in Nazi Germany?"

Errrr... You do know that those are not school uniforms, right? If not, whatever.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I'm not willing to conform for no benefit.
For instance, I conform to posted speed limits & the benefit is not getting citations for speeding for the local constabulary.
This in turn keeps my insurance premiums down.

 

[gln1955]

Errrr... You do know that those are not school uniforms, right? If not, whatever.

Boy Scouts, right?

 

[phangtonpower]

I live in Japan. Conform, conform, conform. I try my hardest not too here, and it can be a lonely place when you don't. I've burnt many bridges here and that's something I have never even thought of doing or have ever done back home.

 

[navijaz]

Boy Scouts, right?

Probably taken at the 2017 jamboree speech.

 

[Killed_by_Death]

I've burnt many bridges here

That can be dangerous for your longevity there, being so far from home.

When I purposely burned bridges it was usually for betrayal, like the frenemy who took a job right out from under me while I was unemployed. He had to take leave from his regular job to accomplish the short-term job he took from me.
but never just to avoid conforming

the conformity in Asia is great, because that makes you stand out as an individual
It's like being a rock star, which is ironic, because I remember first spotting Jimmy Page in Pattaya & no one gave him a second glance.

 

[Honch]

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Can't belive this turns up at Talkbass. Not in my wildest imagination.

You probably won't believe this, but these guys were from my hood. I even knew Gert Johnny. It was those bands who bought all their stuff from the music store I used to work in. Kept us from going belly up. They came in and spent all their money on gear. In those days. We had a bulletin board where customers could seek others to play with and we just put these "cards" up there to make mockery of them. Even back then I had the guts (we, all in the shop, from manager down) to tell mr Gert that "but come one guys, you can't be serious..." and everybody else just stood there and mocked them and came up with ever endings puns for them promo photos. Gert Johnny IS the porky one of them. You won't believe the bands that were around then. They came dime a dozen...here's another one:

Of nonsense curiosity, the nude man in the bath tub, used to play drums for two major league famous ones: Once he played with synth stalwart Vangelis, after Aphrodites Child, and after that for love-song tenor singer Demis Rousouss. He was french/greek. Jean Patrick was his name. What made him end up here, in this band in Sweden, still beats all of us. You will get huge mileage out of the www.svenskadansband.se. It deep six "worst albums covers" books, many times over.

Believe me, after you ploughed through that one, you can keep yourself from laughing, and any conformity of dress code or else pales to insignificance.

 

[phangtonpower]

That can be dangerous for your longevity there, being so far from home.

When I purposely burned bridges it was usually for betrayal, like the frenemy who took a job right out from under me while I was unemployed. He had to take leave from his regular job to accomplish the short-term job he took from me.
but never just to avoid conforming

the conformity in Asia is great, because that makes you stand out as an individual
It's like being a rock star, which is ironic, because I remember first spotting Jimmy Page in Pattaya & no one gave him a second glance.

Mostly with Musicians. Never work.

With the rock star thing. I'm actually Asian American. We either just mix into the crowd, or they look down at us.

Glad to see you back!

 

[Pilgrim]

I've come up against my own squareness recently.

At 67 I'm learning about sex and food, going beyond my conformity. It's interesting, frustrating, embarrassing and delightful

Also 67, and I share the sentiment. As my daughter sez, "I do what I can."

And I dress the way I'm going to dress. If I don't have my own style and habits by now, I never will.

 

[Honch]

You have to agree that music industry and artist themselves have contributed to that you should dress like the music style or fashion that you'd like. The "hard rockers" came in with the second wave with british metal started with "Judas Priest". Prior to that you coulnd't tell on the pics what kind of music the band played. Could you really tell the difference between Poco, Eagles or Led Zeppelin? All hippies, long hair, mustasch, bearded.... not until the end of the 70s starting with the punk movement, you could tell the audience from a metal audience. And on it went with the 80s and so on. Seattle grunge as well. Today, it's "hipster" style with bald head and full beard.

 

[Jeff Scott]

After looking at the pics, I may not be able to ever get my Schytts together, again...

Boy, do I have a video for you!