I’ve read Portnoy’s complaint. He hates drummers.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
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How can you tell when other drummer's stages are level? When they dr00l out of both sides of their mouths.
The word 'drummer' is actually pronounced dumber, and should be spelled 'dumber'.
However 'dumbers', being dumb, are incapable of spelling properly and ended up missing the 'b' entirely, and added extra letters, hence the accepted modern-day spelling of 'drummer'.
However 'dumbers', being dumb, are incapable of spelling properly and ended up missing the 'b' entirely, and added extra letters, hence the accepted modern-day spelling of 'drummer'.
Hey, viola players have value. They give the bassoon players someone to make fun of.
The Floyd Rose tremolo system was developed by accident by an engineer at Westmark who was working on developing new egg slicers.
Right, and the reason she ran around naked most of the time was that Delta Spacelines lost her luggage. It got routed to Tralfamador. They sent Billy Pilgrim to bring it back, but he was never in the right place at the right time.
I was told it was a collaboration between Pink Floyd and Gypsy Rose Lee, with the trem arm helping in removing her brassiere during performances. The fact that it was useful on guitars was purely accidental.
The band Pink Floyd was originally The Pink Floyd Sound, named after Floyd in honour of the sounds that Barret could get using a trem arm. Since Barret played a Telecaster, he actually used it as a prototype form of Levin's funk fingers.
They have lots of uses, such as crash test dummies, ballast in the holds of ships, or as placeholders in queues for the latest iPhone, or as human cannonballs.
Another use for viola players include as scarecrows. Here it is actually valid for them to have their viola with them, as it deters birds. It can attract randy tom cats, but that also deters birds, so is a bonus. The sound of small explosions which are referred to as 'bird scarers' is actually the sound of a famer putting an old viola player down.
If you are putting together an orchestra, and want to save on conductor's fees, you can use one of these: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. You will find the viola players trying to hold a conversation with it, though.
Paint it to make it look like Leonard Bernstein and the viola players will try to have sex with it (and if they're fast and agile enough they might succeed).
Q: How does one keep their violin from being stolen?
A: Keep it in a viola case.
Worked for Al Capone, too. When he turned up with a DB case, you definitely had cause to be worried, though.
And that's why I didn't post that information in the thread about misinformation!
Allz I did was pick up on the little repeated pattern word wordplay from the get-go, then tried to find a group/act with the repeated word.
I like Duran Duran, which is why that was one of the first acts that came to mind:
True, though double-D's last album was actually titled Paper Gods, I considered Roberto Duran (of repeated name-fame) a Paper Champion (Mr. T to Rocky [Rocky III]) in Leonard vs Duran('s) "No Mas" fight/our last album.
I assure you, no members of the actual Duran Duran were harmed during or preceding the making of this myth!
There is a little-known secret in the music industry — there is a moniker magi who is actually responsible for coining the names of every famous band that ever rose to prominence.
Band managers meet this secret sorcerer of magnificent monikers in person and provide info about the band, the band-members, the style of music etc, and the magi listens intently without uttering a word. Once the meeting is over, the magi gives the band its name on a cocktail napkin. Occasionally, when the napkins have run out, he has been forced to utter the name of the band aloud. Alas, the magi has a stutter...
There you have the real reason for bands such as Talk Talk, The The, Duran Duran, Yoyo (Ma), Tom Tom Club, Tin Tin Duffy, Django Django, Ting Tings, Mr Mister, Wet Wet Wet, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Now Now, Here Here, Mother Mother, Controller Controller, Frou Frou...
Band managers meet this secret sorcerer of magnificent monikers in person and provide info about the band, the band-members, the style of music etc, and the magi listens intently without uttering a word. Once the meeting is over, the magi gives the band its name on a cocktail napkin. Occasionally, when the napkins have run out, he has been forced to utter the name of the band aloud. Alas, the magi has a stutter...
There you have the real reason for bands such as Talk Talk, The The, Duran Duran, Yoyo (Ma), Tom Tom Club, Tin Tin Duffy, Django Django, Ting Tings, Mr Mister, Wet Wet Wet, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Now Now, Here Here, Mother Mother, Controller Controller, Frou Frou...
He also instructed Dee Dee Ramone how to count. "Wuh, tuh, tuh, fuh!"
Why not? Wasn't it possible to harm them just a little?
