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Some guy just told me

#41
My grandfather had a saying for people like that.

"Sometimes you just gotta let somebody else be the coolest guy in the room".

When expounded upon, what he meant was this. Thay guy is miserable. He has very little joy in his life. So he gets off on knocking people down a peg to bring him a tiny bit of joy.

Just smile and let him have that. In fact, thank him for opening your eyes to the truth. Then go about your life with the understanding that you aren't that miserable, thankfully.
 
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two fingers said:
My grandfather had a saying for people like that.

"Sometimes, [to be the coolest guy in the room,] you just gotta let somebody else be the coolest guy in the room".
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I like your grandpa. My version of that includes the bracketed addition above. Most of the time, the other people in the room either know, or will figure it out soon enough.
 
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jd56hawk said:
That's exactly what my band is trying to accomplish...bringing back music from that era.
Imagine a Twilight Zone episode where someone walks into a bar and the band is pure mid-seventies...because it's actually 1975.
We don't have time for covers, we're an all original retro-rock band...think New York Dolls, Bowie, Slade, etc.
Nothing wrong with the '70s...just the opposite, right?
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I had a love / hate thing with those bands being your typical thick headed blue jeans stud rocket from the '60s but I liked The Stooges so I always gave the glamers a break cos they were rockin hard too and if you're killing it in the same fashion then THANK GOD! from the other end of the spectrum I was a / am a heavy King Crimson fanatic of that era and when Fripp pulled the plug in Jan. '75 along with Humble Pie, Mountain, TYA etc. calling it quits then and seeing disco usrping everything I knew I was standing at the peak and any step forward was a step down so I said ''that's it, I'm not growing up any more!'' lol hence, I'm still 20yrs old and it continues to work well for me as long as I can preserve my compromised hearing, that's why I've focused solely on bass in recent years and couldn't be happier. keep rocking JD!
 
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That guy might be on to something, even if he's from the 70's.
Not a good batch.
I lived through eons so let me enlighten you with my eternal wisdom: Screw one of those bolts out immediately or it will eventually taint the originality out of your bass till there's nothing left!
Worse yet, the taint might spread to your other basses.
It might already be too late, but also there might yet still be hope.
Trust me on this, I've seen it happen to countless basses before, you can thank me later.
 
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tycobb73 said:
My 75 fender pbass wasn't all original because it had a 4 bolt neck. Even used the line "i lived through the 70s."

Why?
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I lived through the 70s. Did most of my teens during them even. Heck, I even played bass during entire 70s. :wacky:

That didn’t make me an expert on Fender basses. :crying:

I must have missed the memo. :meh:

Wonder if it’s too late to get my own Fender Expert wallet card and lapel pin? :cautious:

Why am I always the last person to find out about these things???? :eyebrow:
 
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two fingers said:
My grandfather had a saying for people like that.

"Sometimes you just gotta let somebody else be the coolest guy in the room".

When expounded upon, what he meant was this. Thay guy is miserable. He has very little joy in his life. So he gets off on knocking people down a peg to bring him a tiny but of joy.

Just smile and let him have that. In fact, thank him for opening your eyes to the truth. Then go about your life with the understanding that you aren't that miserable, thankfully.
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Your grandfather and my father would have been pals.
 
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Bass V said:
I had a love / hate thing with those bands being your typical thick headed blue jeans stud rocket from the '60s but I liked The Stooges so I always gave the glamers a break cos they were rockin hard too and if you're killing it in the same fashion then THANK GOD! from the other end of the spectrum I was a / am a heavy King Crimson fanatic of that era and when Fripp pulled the plug in Jan. '75 along with Humble Pie, Mountain, TYA etc. calling it quits then and seeing disco usrping everything I knew I was standing at the peak and any step forward was a step down so I said ''that's it, I'm not growing up any more!'' lol hence, I'm still 20yrs old and it continues to work well for me as long as I can preserve my compromised hearing, that's why I've focused solely on bass in recent years and couldn't be happier. keep rocking JD!
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First concert I saw was Humble Pie at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, July 1973.
 
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jd56hawk said:
First concert I saw was Humble Pie at Convention Hall in Asbury Park, July 1973.
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not many today can say anything like that, you were lucky, few rocked as hard as the Pie and Greg Ridley should have a monument somewhere. my first slice included Peter in '72 and I floated on air out the door after they'd finished their 4th encore. they were all shirtless and the stage was swamped in their sweat. btw, Slade and Boz Scaggs w/ Steve Miller opened! lol yes, those were the days, keep'm going!
 
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