The BIGGEST douche move onstage is...

[GlennW]

Something I do think is funny is how every American-made ancient Rome or Greece or pretty much ancient anything movie uses British accents. Even the Turks in Aladdin (Ottoman Empire, here) had British accents. Americans just seem to view it as "the far off" kind of speaking, I suppose.

I believe it's the norm for Europeans to learn English with an English accent. Makes sense if you think about it.

We Americans are the oddballs.

 

[ghiadub]

Biggest douce move has got to be a horrible band acting like rock stars. I mean out of tune, missing changes, messing up lyrics, then walking off stage and acting like they nailed it and being asses to everyone.

I am fine with a fake accent if it is meant to be funny or mocking. Just don't loose the crowd, have them on your side. There is always one jaded person in every crowd that cannot be pleased. F-em. If it works, do it. Certainly does for Green day, Geddy

 

[Fat Steve]

Biggest douce move has got to be a horrible band acting like rock stars. I mean out of tune, missing changes, messing up lyrics, then walking off stage and acting like they nailed it and being asses to everyone.

I am fine with a fake accent if it is meant to be funny or mocking. Just don't loose the crowd, have them on your side. There is always one jaded person in every crowd that cannot be pleased. F-em. If it works, do it. Certainly does for Green day, Geddy

And every single one of those guys are regulars over there on the BM board

 

[NWB]

Wow so I guess you're calling Geddy Lee a douche, huh?

How's that?

AFAIK, Geddy never used empty cabs.

Chicken roaster, food vending machines, washer and dryer, sausage machine yes, but no empty cabs that I'm aware of.

 

[GlennW]

And every single one of those guys are regulars over there on the BM board

I hate to break it to you, but if you want humor BM's where the action is. Major drama and chit like "You got to gird up your balls and get the job done," "Don't you want to be somebody?" BM is much funnier, imdo (in my douchey opinion).

 

[eyeballkid]

what's a "BM"?

I know what it is when my Grammy says it, but....

 

[GlennW]

Band Management - not as serious as it sounds.

 

[Saxn]

I do the same thing. I'll often start picking up bits of someone's accent as I talk to them. I used to live with a Canadian, and by the end of our conversations my prosody started to match up with his... Until his accent become more American, I suppose.

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I have lived in Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and more. I remember I spent one summer working on a ranch in Texas, and everyone made fun of my accent when I came back talking 'bout hawg huntin'. I can honestly hear differences in Georgia accents vs Tennessee accents vs Texas accents... It's just something you kind of start to pick up after a while.

Something I do think is funny is how every American-made ancient Rome or Greece or pretty much ancient anything movie uses British accents. Even the Turks in Aladdin (Ottoman Empire, here) had British accents. Americans just seem to view it as "the far off" kind of speaking, I suppose.

Good GOD man, where do I begin - are you me??? I'll be brief since this is a tangent, but...

Regarding the Southeast regional dialects, yeah - there are tons of 'em! They might all sound the same on sitcoms where every Southerner is an ignorant redneck, but if you spend some time traveling through the area, you can listen to the sharp Appalachian twang turn into a relaxed Georgia drawl as you head south, and then when you hang a right and start westward it slowly evolves into that lively, happy Cajun dialect. It's a very cool thing.

And I have also paid attention to how the Greeks and Romans spoke the Queen's English It cracks me up... might as well speak 'Murrican, really...

You should spend some time over here. With your ear for regional variations, you'll be amazed how many different accents we have on this one lump of rock.

I've done that! In fact I had a fantastic time in the Abu Dhabi desert with a guy from Nottinghamshire ("Ay? Ay mate?") as we needled each other for a couple of months about our funny way of speaking. Then we both had a laugh at a Londoner when we got back to civilization. Yeah, it's a different world out there, and not much to do... don't judge! Point is that I am constantly amazed at how closely you can peg a person geographically if you listen to them and are familiar with the idiosyncrasies of regional dialect... I find it a thing of beauty.

 

[SquierJazz72]

"You got to gird up your balls and get the job done," "Don't you want to be somebody?"

That does almost seem like the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Floyd Eye]

Like those idiots in that movie where the ex drummer of some lame ass ( but huge) rock band starts a band with his nephew. Dudes are from Cleveland or something and they all have crappy British accents and dress like the ****** from Poison.

 

[Munjibunga]

You do have a point. Those shirts (along with floral prints) were a terrible idea last year but they're very trendy now. If you have some, wear the hell out of them before the trend dies. It might be decades before you get another chance like this.

I'm in San Diego (when I'm not at Groom), and Hawaiian shirts are considered semi-formal wear. The order generally goes: loose wife-beater, tank top, T-shirt, T-shirt with pocket, Polo shirt, Hawaiian shirt, Madras plaid shirt, open collar white shirt with sleeves rolled up (formal).

 

[jaywa]

Fake accents aside.....

I saw someone pull what I would consider the biggest douche move ever. A couple months ago I was checking out a friend's band, they were playing at a place my band has played a few times. While not really an "open mic", the venue expects the band to allow "certain" people to get up and play a song or two. We've done it, generally it's okay and pretty low key (Country bar). Usually the same crowd of people there.

So this guy gets up on stage, a guitarist/singer, and asks the band to do "Guitars/Cadillacs". They get rolling and about 3 measures in, he stops playing and says "stop....stop...stop....". He turns around, looks at the drummer, and tells him that he's not playing the right beat. The drummer kinda plays a little rat-a-tat-tat, and they start up again. Same thing. At about the same point, he stops the band again, looks at the drummer and tells him he's playing the wrong beat, but this time is sorta making hand movements and doing the whole "boom boom boom" thing with his mouth. Take #3 goes the same way. Now....take #4...the singer guitard guy seems to like this version as it starts and says something into the mic about "well I guess he got it right this time"........ At this point I'm cringing in my seat feeling bad for the guys on stage, who appeared irritated.

And this was a band that has this song as part of their standard setlist, and they do it pretty darn well.

I thought that was pretty douchey.

Wow. If I had been that drummer, I would have left the stage after the first time that singer stopped... And I would have deposited my sticks in his hind orifice on the way off.

And shame on whoever the supposed leader of that band was for not getting in that singer's face way before things got that far. Best thing to do after the singer stopped them the first time would have been to go his douch-ery one better and refuse to start playing again.

 

[sondich]

Or Billy Joe Armstrong ever, desperately trying to sound like the Clash.

Billy Joe Armstrong's fake accent = weak

However, if you go for more of a Bert from Mary Poppins schtick, that would be awesome.

 

[4001]

What about a Brit ditching his accent to sound "American"? Joe Elliot once said he didnt sing with an accent because rock n roll was American so he wanted to sound like one.

After High And Dry, Def Leppard has sucked.

 

[grey area]

I believe it's the norm for Europeans to learn English with an English accent. Makes sense if you think about it.

We Americans are the oddballs.

the dutch all seem to speak american english but thats coz they learn from films i believe.

 

[SoVeryTired]

the dutch all seem to speak american english but thats coz they learn from films i believe.

Not at all - they learn from an early age (6, I believe) at school, so can almost all speak English to a high standard as adults. But there is schtill a very schpeschific Dutch acschent.

In fact, regarding Europeans speaking English with an 'English accent'... not really. You can distinguish quite easily between French, Germans, Spaniards, Dutch, Italians etc speaking English. It's neither an English nor an American accent, it's a whole different range of accents.

 

[sxaxsx]

What about guitarists that play solos with their teeth, or behind their head or behind their back? Am I the only one that finds this dickish? I mean if you are Hendrix go ahead and play with your teeth, if you are Stevie Ray, go ahead and play behind your back, all others look like idiots.

 

[grey area]

What about guitarists that play solos with their teeth, or behind their head or behind their back? Am I the only one that finds this dickish? I mean if you are Hendrix go ahead and play with your teeth, if you are Stevie Ray, go ahead and play behind your back, all others look like idiots.

hendrix done these things for a laugh a few times but then found it was expected of him and got miffed about it. the guitar smashing townshend also got tired of smashing his gear up and also found that it was expected and difficult to get away from. that is the nature of gimmicks. best to stay away from them.

 

[GlennW]

hendrix done these things for a laugh a few times but then found it was expected of him and got miffed about it.

It was mainly part of his stage act, not for laughs. People talked and wrote about that stuff, and it generated a ton of publicity.

Not only could be blow everyone away; he could do it while playing with his teeth, behind his back, between his legs, etc.

He was a HELL of a showman. Knew all the tricks, AND had the licks.

Yeah, he got tired of it and being expected to repeat moves for the audience; and he started playing while just standing there for the most part.

He was "at one" with the guitar like no other.

 

[Goatee220]

What about a white guy from Baltimore using a fake Jamaican accent while fronting a reggae band? They were a phenominal band, I didn't think he needed to use it while talking between songs.