Tower of Power saw my TB nickname online and asked me to be the next bassist inTOP.
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Let's spread some musical misinformation
- Thread starter pklima
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Actually, it was the other way round...
The Wall Street Crash was caused by investors thinking they'd be rich beyond the dreams of avarice by investing in Jazz.
So TOP will become TOM (Tower Of Mediocrity).Tower of Power saw my TB nickname online and asked me to be the next bassist inTOP.
BREAKING NEWS: It's well understood, that instruments with pet names are more responsive and more tuneful than those without. Under the militant leadership of one particular relic'd custom fretless — goes by the name of Badoom Tish — a whole swath of named and unnamed instruments have formed an international union in response to recent lockdown laws.
They're apparently demanding that all instruments be regularly dusted down, tuned, and entertained in a manner befitting their predicament, regardless, and that all instruments be named so that no one feels left out and everyone can be properly differentiated on social media platforms and disparate chat groups, during the lockdown and ongoingly.
A special report from Lichtenstein states that 77,018,623 anonymous P basses have already signed on, and a good number of Steinways are looking to follow their lead but many are, at present, struggling with the stairs — it's a moving scene.
Guitars of all kinds are amassing in huge numbers across the globe but confusion reigns and they can't get well enough organized to contribute meaningfully to the official numbers.
Drums have no time for this sort of thing and are currently napping in the basement, happily gathering dust. A snare drum, one Keith Moonunit, has reportedly hijacked a bus and demanded that the driver to take him Cuba.
Cowbells are said to be making unreasonable demands and no one's taking them seriously. Shakers are conscientiously objecting. No banjos, at this stage, have come forward but the pipes, the pipes are calling, according to TMZ. Stay tuned.
They're apparently demanding that all instruments be regularly dusted down, tuned, and entertained in a manner befitting their predicament, regardless, and that all instruments be named so that no one feels left out and everyone can be properly differentiated on social media platforms and disparate chat groups, during the lockdown and ongoingly.
A special report from Lichtenstein states that 77,018,623 anonymous P basses have already signed on, and a good number of Steinways are looking to follow their lead but many are, at present, struggling with the stairs — it's a moving scene.
Guitars of all kinds are amassing in huge numbers across the globe but confusion reigns and they can't get well enough organized to contribute meaningfully to the official numbers.
Drums have no time for this sort of thing and are currently napping in the basement, happily gathering dust. A snare drum, one Keith Moonunit, has reportedly hijacked a bus and demanded that the driver to take him Cuba.
Cowbells are said to be making unreasonable demands and no one's taking them seriously. Shakers are conscientiously objecting. No banjos, at this stage, have come forward but the pipes, the pipes are calling, according to TMZ. Stay tuned.
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"Bebop-a-Lula, she's my baby"
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"Well now she's the one that's got that beat
She's the one with the flyin' feet"
This refers to Gene Vincent's girlfiend Lula, who was the drummer in a bebop jazz band at the time, as well as one of the early exponents of martial arts in the USA. She later taught Bruce Lee (who had come to the USA to be a rockabilly bassist initially) all he knew, although not about martial arts, sadly.
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"Well now she's the one that's got that beat
She's the one with the flyin' feet"
This refers to Gene Vincent's girlfiend Lula, who was the drummer in a bebop jazz band at the time, as well as one of the early exponents of martial arts in the USA. She later taught Bruce Lee (who had come to the USA to be a rockabilly bassist initially) all he knew, although not about martial arts, sadly.
Steve Harris has not wasted his time in lock down. He spent his time listening to Rick James and has been inspired to put together a disco band. They will be touring under the name Funky Maiden and playing songs such as Number of the Beast as disco.
Tina Weymouth was so excited to hear this she started a new fan club for the band. The TOM club.So TOP will become TOM (Tower Of Mediocrity).
you guys are all wrong ..... Jazz was never invented ... it's one of those secret society things.... but the powers at be don't want you to know that ....
No, no, it was invented but the Stone Cutters suppressed it was some of it was free jazz, and they couldn't tolerate that sort of anarchic, socialist music. Plus it was awful.
now you did it .....don't you know that every time you mention the society of the stone cutters ...Keith Richards gets another wrinkle
Not possible because Keith died in the 60s. He was replaced by Paul McCartney who, at the time, bore a striking resemblance to Keith. McCartney was replaced in the Beatles with another look alike fueling the stories of about Paul behind dead.
And don't get me started on the Beatles. John Lennon wasn't assassinated. The whole thing was faked so that he could get away from Yoko Ono and her singing.
I wasn't going to, but you went off on one about The Beatles anyway!
You guys should do some research. What they're not telling you is that 5G masts, in the rain, do that hum-sizzle noise in the time signature of π r^2 which is the only conformity freeform jazz submits to. Many of us realize that this lockdown is a government hoax to keep us out of the way and have put down our Pot Noodles, climbed out of our mum's basements and taken direct action, setting those jazz-spewing masts alight. I'd post up some videos onto Youtube but my internet connection has suddenly got really laggy - probably because the govt are onto me.
Don't address fret wear. Leave it as it is and you'll eventually become a great fretless bass player.
Don't dress when you fret and you will eventually become a defrocked bass player.
Paddy turned up to band practice once with a kids sized bass guitar... when the others in the band asked why he had such a small bass Paddy replied "you said to get a bass with less frets - so I did"
Guitarist Mick said "No Paddy we said a fret less bass"
Guitarist Mick said "No Paddy we said a fret less bass"
The phaser can for the space race and now the bass race is using it.
Most people mispronounce effects.
Phaser - Pah-hazer
Chorus - Kah-horus
Delay - Deal-eh
Flanger - Feel-anger
Phaser - Pah-hazer
Chorus - Kah-horus
Delay - Deal-eh
Flanger - Feel-anger
