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

[dead_flyboy]

A few years ago I played a guy Anestesia (Metallica) to show him how amazing Cliff was.
When I asked him what he thought, he replied:
"I enjoyed it once the rest of the band kicked in, but before that it was boring" :scowl:

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Brought my Bongo 5 to a gig and a drunk walks up and asks "What is that, a Sitar?"

 

[Noonan768]

After someone said they needed to take up bass... another girl responded with this.

"regular guitar is the way to go. hehehe Guitar players are hott!!"

Ouch!

 

[MisterMagician]

After someone said they needed to take up bass... another girl responded with this.

"regular guitar is the way to go. hehehe Guitar players are hott!!"

Ouch!

Well I play both, so I get the best of both worlds in that situation

 

[Noonan768]

Well I play both, so I get the best of both worlds in that situation

So do I..
But it's still dumb to say.

 

[MisterMagician]

So do I..
But it's still dumb to say.

Well it isn't like may -if any- women are clamoring to get a hold of the Bassist.

 

[McHack]

I think the things I found to be the dumbest, is when some drunk tone-deaf redneck starts bitching about the mix.

 

[Cyoder]

Whenever I'm at school and with my double bass there's always some different fat lady in the parking lot that says "You should've picked the flute." Another time there was a tour group on campus and they were in my way and I had to take a long route to get to where I was headed and before I turned around one of the parents in the group yells "Wow, THAT'S BIG!" I also always get "Hey man, that's a huge guitar." Another time a drunk guy on campus asked why my cello was so big and how many beers I was carrying in the case, and then there's the idiots who whisper to their friends "I think that guy kills people and lugs them around in that case."

 

[MatticusMania]

"I think that guy kills people and lugs them around in that case."

Well they'd probably stop saying that if you didn't have blood dripping from the seams of your case...

 

[I<34080]

I have gotten a lot of people who`ve seen me on upright say, "Hey, you play cello?" That one does bother me.

HA! In my yearbook from sophomore year of high school there's a picture of me playing upright in orchestra and the caption says "In his spare time, (my name) plays bass guitar to help with his cello playing."

 

[becker4567]

I was once asked by a girl "Whats the difference between a bass and a 'real' guitar?". We were playing in a country/western bar (of all things....yeeeeech), so that might explain it!

 

[NickInMesa]

"In his spare time, (my name) plays bass guitar to help with his cello playing."

That is hilarious.

 

[irishryno]

Can you drop d tune this bass?

 

[MisterMagician]

Can you drop d tune this bass?

Something wrong with droptuning?

 

[irishryno]

he didnt know if the bass would allow me to detune it. It is it's own entity, you know.

 

[gt96g]

This is something other musicians mainly emo and metal people ask me, "Why the hell do you have a horn section"

 

[NickInMesa]

he didnt know if the bass would allow me to detune it. It is it's own entity, you know.

Then the frets can't do their magic, so that you know ok.

 

[dreadheadbass]

the ones i like the most are the one's that happen towards the end of the night after you've finished the set and your unplugged and just noodling to yourself to pass the time before you leave
then a rather drunk fellow walks up to you and says

"dzood niish shet reeely rocking man dooz youz know aany iron maiden?"
to which you reply "yeah a couple of tracks why?"
and then comes the stupid question that never fails to entertain me
"dzood can you play that one zat goes duh d d duh dd duh d duh dd duh?"

can anyone tell me which album "duh d d duh dd duh d duh dd duh" is on as the bloke assures me its one of the best tracks they've ever done and everyone knows it

 

[NickInMesa]

the ones i like the most are the one's that happen towards the end of the night after you've finished the set and your unplugged and just noodling to yourself to pass the time before you leave
then a rather drunk fellow walks up to you and says

"dzood niish shet reeely rocking man dooz youz know aany iron maiden?"
to which you reply "yeah a couple of tracks why?"
and then comes the stupid question that never fails to entertain me
"dzood can you play that one zat goes duh d d duh dd duh d duh dd duh?"

can anyone tell me which album "duh d d duh dd duh d duh dd duh" is on as the bloke assures me its one of the best tracks they've ever done and everyone knows it

The Trooper. That's an easy one: it's on Piece of Mind.

 

[Ozzman]

The Trooper. That's an easy one: it's on Piece of Mind.

+1
99% positive thats the one the guy was referencing.