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What's the dumbest thing a non-musician has ever said to you?

#263
infamusblkdeath said:
also,i hate that they always have to yell
"FREEBIRD!!!!!!!!"

or we had this gig once where some 50 year old hag kept yelling to us after every song we played

"LED ZEPPLIN!!! PLAY SOME LED ZEPPLIN!!"
:scowl:
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.... at a concert(Cruefest 2) I went to yesterday, Drowning Pool started playing Freebird. Than he just stopped, and went to one of their songs. :( A lot of people were shouting Freebird. Huge tease they are. great concert though.
 
#266
Rav said:
Wow this thread about people saying dumb things is so ironic.

Considering at least a dozen comments in here about "drunk/sober/girls" saying stupid things to you after your shows.

They are just hitting on you morons.

Its the same as when you see a hot girl and go say something ******** to them to get their attention. If they just said "nice bass" that would be the end of the conversation. They are trying to elicit a response and your too dense to get it.

When they call your bass a cello they aren't being serious. Not anymore than you walking up to a girl at a rave and complementing her on her fine ballet. Or telling a girl riding a vespa scooter that you like her "Harley".

Learn to flirt.
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And that response is often a negative one.

Just because someone means well, does not mean I have to be understanding beyond my own feelings.
 
#268
During camp while walking to lunch, my counselor randomly asks, "What's that big instrument, that's played standing up, it's a cello, right?"

I said, "No, that's a bass, I play it (yayy, opportunity to talk about bass.) a cello is smaller and played sitting down."

He looks at me funny and says, "You sure that's not a cello?"

I wanted to say "I know what I play, idiot." But I'm not that mean, so I just said something like, "It's definitely a bass."
 
#269
cynical-rabbit said:
During camp while walking to lunch, my counselor randomly asks, "What's that big instrument, that's played standing up, it's a cello, right?"

I said, "No, that's a bass, I play it (yayy, opportunity to talk about bass.) a cello is smaller and played sitting down."

He looks at me funny and says, "You sure that's not a cello?"

I wanted to say "I know what I play, idiot." But I'm not that mean, so I just said something like, "It's definitely a bass."
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I've had this (situation where someone incorrectly assesses the double bass as a cello, then asks "are you sure?" when you say it's a bass) happen to me after playing a set on the instrument. Funny that they would second guess what I called it, being that I obviously played the damn thing.
 
#274
saxmachine777 said:
I've had this (situation where someone incorrectly assesses the double bass as a cello, then asks "are you sure?" when you say it's a bass) happen to me after playing a set on the instrument. Funny that they would second guess what I called it, being that I obviously played the damn thing.
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I hate that. I don't mind then asking, they're just showing interest (even if it is stupid.). It's just when they doubt you... :rollno:
 
#276
i was playing my acoustic bass in the youth room of the church i go to and a kid came up and said 'your guitar is missing two strings' my friend(who also plays bass) told him its a bass and i think that confused him. another time, a different little kid told me i ant play for 'doody':) then i started playing and he said, 'oh, you CAN play!'.
side note- things my guitard has said- "Is that My Generation?" (when i was playing Come Together).
i asked him if he wanted to do some blues jams next time we practice and he said "i cant do jams! all i can do is improvise!"
 
#277
One of my friend's girlfriends (God bless her, but she's dumber than a tree stump) was in jazz band with me. I had my bass strapped on, but I didn't have it plugged in. She walks by, stops, looks for a second, and runs her hand through all the strings, to which it made very little noise compared to the massive thump that our schools SWR Workingman brings. She looks at me and after a second she asks "Why isn't it making any noise?" to which I replied "You're not cool enough to do it right." :D
 
#279
Tom Servo I've been stopped by cops a few times, even when just carrying a Hohner B2A.
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I suppose the stupidest and saddest thing I ever heard was nothing, when I traveled through and returned through Boson airport in 1997 with a B2A in the same bag. I had to draw the staff's attention to it to make sure it was ok.

The second stupidest question was:- " What did you think of the band?" I had just walked off stage a distance of 15 feet. Talk about the invisible member!
 
#280
cynical-rabbit said:
During camp while walking to lunch, my counselor randomly asks, "What's that big instrument, that's played standing up, it's a cello, right?"

I said, "No, that's a bass, I play it (yayy, opportunity to talk about bass.) a cello is smaller and played sitting down."

He looks at me funny and says, "You sure that's not a cello?"

I wanted to say "I know what I play, idiot." But I'm not that mean, so I just said something like, "It's definitely a bass."
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Cop a look of sudden epiphany, then exclaim, "THAT's why..."

JM
 

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