Let's spread some musical misinformation

[-Asdfgh-]

The above isn’t misinformation. Lennon was the original commie (see Imagine lyrics). Most people think it’s a joke when they say: “Who’s buried in Lenin’s tomb?” never realizing that Lenin is Cyrillic for “Lennon.”

Yet he still managed to do OK being in a band with McCarthy.

 

[Count Bassie]

Yet he still managed to do OK being in a band with McCarthy.

Lennon survived McCarthyism.

 

[Jay2U]

Basses are longer than guitars to compensate for the missing strings.

 

[mrjim123]

 

[Jay2U]

Guitars are designed to show off. Why else would the instrument have two E strings?

 

[Scooter Johnson]

a McCarthyism sit-in protest,,, Sorry ... That's a Lennonism protest... they have 6 string guitars !!

 

[Scooter Johnson]

The Band That started it all

 

[-Asdfgh-]

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Ringo's real name was Starsky and he later started with David Soul on TV and was his drummer for his musical career.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Whereas folk rock abilities are improved with real ale, cider, or snails.

Full marks if you get the reference to the last two items

 

[-Asdfgh-]

a McCarthyism sit-in protest,,, Sorry ... That's a Lennonism protest... they have 6 string guitars !!

When it's serious it's banjos.

Give peace and quiet a chance.

 

[PillO]

a McCarthyism sit-in protest,,, Sorry ... That's a Lennonism protest... they have 6 string guitars !!

That is actually one of Pol Pot's political re-education camps. Many in the west thought that those sent there were killed. In fact they were taught Freebird, Mustang Sally, and Brown Eyed Girl.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

That is actually one of Pol Pot's political re-education camps. Many in the west thought that those sent there were killed. In fact they were taught Freebird, Mustang Sally, and Brown Eyed Girl.

Many people would prefer death.

 

[Jay2U]

A city in Russia carries the name of John Lennon, who was born in the USSR as Джон ленин (Dzon Lenin). The city in question is Leningrad.

 

[konfyouzd]

You only buy instruments with more than a "standard" number of strings for the purpose of only playing those strings.

 

[Scooter Johnson]

Speaking of strings ... the Tuba was once a string instrument but the strings always got caught on the spit valve !

 

[mrjim123]

Guitars are designed to show off. Why else would the instrument have two E strings?

For the same reason a woman has two ... um, never mind.

 

[Jay2U]

For the same reason a woman has two ... um, never mind.

Which are sometimes out of tune.

 

[Scooter Johnson]

For the same reason a woman has two ... um, never mind.

A woman's ... UM, Never mind, are not always easy to tune and strumming is out of the question !

 

[IamGroot]

For the same reason a woman has two ... um, never mind.

Men have two of something...........

Like kidneys

 

[IamGroot]

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