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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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The first Kazoo band was in Hungary in 1903--when they passed a law against kazoos being played in group of two or more...
(Or is that kazoo banned?)
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand issued an edict outlawing multiple kazoo groups. This led to his assassination in 1914 by the fanatical kazooist, Gavrilo Princip, beginning WWI. Germany lost the war 5 years later and kazooists were once again free to play in groups.
Gavrilo Princip invented the bass kazoo. The first model was actually called a Precision P-kazoo.
Of course, then Princip developed the jazz kazoo, beginning the "Which is better, the P-kazoo or J-kazoo?" controversy which goes on even to today, which is why I have the PJ-kazoo (now known as the Kazooka).
Of course the real issue, does the fretless 'zoo have lines or not...
Have you ever wondered why it is we have enough nuclear bombs to blow the Earth up several times?
They are planing out the destruction of the entire universe as we speak!
They have chosen Earth as their primary military base!
There's a giant nuclear missile launch station on the dark side of the moon!
Pink Floyd knew it!
If you are playing the track Money in reverse and isolating the right frequecies and then slow it down you'll clearly hear David Gilmour say: "Illuminati", 6 times through the song.
The song last 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
2 times 3 is also 6.
That's 666 for you!
They are planing out the destruction of the entire universe as we speak!
They have chosen Earth as their primary military base!
There's a giant nuclear missile launch station on the dark side of the moon!
Pink Floyd knew it!
If you are playing the track Money in reverse and isolating the right frequecies and then slow it down you'll clearly hear David Gilmour say: "Illuminati", 6 times through the song.
The song last 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
2 times 3 is also 6.
That's 666 for you!
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Just a quick reminder for the newer bass players out there...
Never leave the instrument cable plugged into your bass when not in use, it completes the circuit and will quickly drain your instrument battery. Likewise, never leave the other end of the cable plugged into your amp when not in use as it will have the same effect and drain the electricity out of your house.
Never leave the instrument cable plugged into your bass when not in use, it completes the circuit and will quickly drain your instrument battery. Likewise, never leave the other end of the cable plugged into your amp when not in use as it will have the same effect and drain the electricity out of your house.
And if you are an environmentalist and have solar panels be careful you don't drain the sun.
Class D heads can be run directly by simply placing them in the sun. The letter D is to indicate that they use the same reactions that allows skin to create vitamin D on exposure to the sun. A/B heads can be run on shredded carrots or yeast, and so appreciate a beer. C class amps weren't successful, leading Orange to swap back to A/B for its range.
Have you ever wondered why it is we have enough nuclear bombs to blow the Earth up several times?
They are planing out the destruction of the entire universe as we speak!
They have chosen Earth as their primary military base!
There's a giant nuclear missile launch station on the dark side of the moon!
Pink Floyd knew it!
If you are playing the track Money in reverse and isolating the right frequecies and then slow it down you'll clearly hear David Gilmour say: "Illuminati", 6 times through the song.
The song last 6 minutes and 23 seconds.
2 time 3 is also 6.
That's 666 for you!
You never explain who 'they' are. The truth is that 'they' are Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Ginger Spice and Bruno Mars.
But seasoned players coat their instrument and amp with Vaseline to prevent electrical leaks. This evolved into the tall tale of players eating fried chicken before playing.
The fried chicken actually did prove popular in the Muscle Shoals studios, and attributable to that are the particularly greasy grooves associated with regional music. Also the reason that flatwound strings last decades, even in areas close to the Gulf
Fried chicken was popular in the Muscle Shoals studio because they had an incredible chicken place nearby; the Alpine House Military Officer's Chicken. It's secret recipe of a 10 herbs and spices was stolen by Harlan Sanders who added salt as he understood that 11 is a much funnier number than 10.
It's also why Flea often played in just underwear, as to be on the safe side he coated himself in vaseline too, and didn't want to soil his clothes.
On a side note, Peter Gabriel was seriously hurt after covering himself in vaseline and then crowd diving as he slipped through the fingers of the crowd. If a goth frontman tried it there would be enough frills and buckles for the crowd to get a grip, but they would be too wan and weak to hold anyone aloft.
Dr. Feelgood wanted to record in Muscle Shoals as they thought it was Mussel Shoals and that they could probably also get winkles and maybe eel and mash. When they discovered it was next to a fried chicken joint instead they cancelled.
The entire fried chicken/musical band connection goes way, way back. The "drum stick" isn't called that by coincidence. Neither is the term "wing it". We owe much of our common musical vocabulary to fried chicken. Let's just all be glad haggis wasn't a popular band food, or who knows what kind of demented things we'd be saying.
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