Cats are solo artists; they do not work and play well with others. However, dogs flourish in a band environment because of their desire to conform to the pack.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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A band of dogs all play the same instruments, as dogs unconditionally follow their leader.
Except when they play poker.A band of dogs all play the same instruments, as dogs unconditionally follow their leader.
Chuck Berry's original lyrics were:
"Deep down Louisiana, close to New Orleans way back up in the woods among the evergreens.
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood where lived a country boy named Willy T. Goode.
Who never ever learned to read or write so well but he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell."
Willy got in trouble and his dad told Chuck to stop using Willy's name.
Chuck was beside himself because his record deal was just about complete so he asked Willy's dad if he could use his other son's name. Willy's dad said he was just learning guitar so it would be good for Johnny's motivation, so go ahead.
Chuck forgot to get Johnny's middle initial but he remembered his dad said it would "B. Goode" for Johnny. He went with that and got the new name to the printer just in time. The rest is history.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
"Deep down Louisiana, close to New Orleans way back up in the woods among the evergreens.
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood where lived a country boy named Willy T. Goode.
Who never ever learned to read or write so well but he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell."
Willy got in trouble and his dad told Chuck to stop using Willy's name.
Chuck was beside himself because his record deal was just about complete so he asked Willy's dad if he could use his other son's name. Willy's dad said he was just learning guitar so it would be good for Johnny's motivation, so go ahead.
Chuck forgot to get Johnny's middle initial but he remembered his dad said it would "B. Goode" for Johnny. He went with that and got the new name to the printer just in time. The rest is history.
That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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"Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" was written by Kraftwerk as a tribute to their heroes, the Blue Man Group. That's why the original German title is "Sag mir, wo die Blue Men sind".
The British expression "blooming hell" is derived from "Blue Men hell", a reaction to a Blue Man Group concert, and nothing to do with flowers.
A Cockney will always pronounce "bath" as 'barf". So if you hear one say " 'Av a barf? Me mother never 'ad a barf in twenty years!.." this does not mean that his mother never threw up in twenty years.
They also pronounce "Bass" as "Byce".
If you are a rhyming Cockney, then you will order Geezer pickups as " Fridge and Freezer" pickups.
A rhyming Cockney calls shoes " Rhythm and Blues" so if you are playing R&B tell him that you are playing "Shoes" and he will know what you mean.
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When writing autobiographical songs, you have to ask yourself: are people going to be interested in your story? Most of the time, unfortunately, the answer is no. Unless your name happens to be Jed. For some weird reason, people are more willing to listen to the story of a man named Jed.
Sustain of a bass is affected by many parameters. One of those is weight. The heavier the bass, the longer the sustain. Why is sustain different in the hands of different players? Simply because of the weight difference of these players. Bass and player form a resonance system. So the heavier the bassist, the longer the sustain.
Songs about girls are more popular if they include a phone number. Just ask Jenny 867-5309
A lot of people think an instrument's, amp's or pedal's "pot" is derived from the term "potentiometer" — but the truth is it goes much much further back than is generally accepted.
In ancient Mesopotamia, the resources for bass and other instruments were scarce, so the mechanics of pots were derived from the bone and sinew of hippopotami because metallurgical skills hadn't yet developed. As you might imagine, "pots" were much larger then, owing to the complexity of their design and the crude materials of hippo bone and sinew. Nothing was wasted though, and the teeth of the hippos were often used as the knobs of the "pots".
The only real catch was harnessing electricity — the Mesopotamians were unable to control lightning, and the amount of electric charge generated by rubbing furs together to get static-electricity was not enough. It would be a long wait, many centuries, before electricity was rediscovered and harnessed after being lost in the tides of time...
In ancient Mesopotamia, the resources for bass and other instruments were scarce, so the mechanics of pots were derived from the bone and sinew of hippopotami because metallurgical skills hadn't yet developed. As you might imagine, "pots" were much larger then, owing to the complexity of their design and the crude materials of hippo bone and sinew. Nothing was wasted though, and the teeth of the hippos were often used as the knobs of the "pots".
The only real catch was harnessing electricity — the Mesopotamians were unable to control lightning, and the amount of electric charge generated by rubbing furs together to get static-electricity was not enough. It would be a long wait, many centuries, before electricity was rediscovered and harnessed after being lost in the tides of time...
HOWEVER, they will absolutely NOT play a stringed instrument equipped with CATgut strings. Seriously!
It is this discovery that lead Jim Morrison to sing Mr. Mojo Risin'
