OT: 119th Obsequious Banter Thread: April Foods Day

[JojoTheWhale]

@JojoTheWhale it does not

If you want to sue him, I’ll pay for it. There is a line we do not cross.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Anyone who plays a 6 string banjo is alright by me

(I actually have one of those, Deering Boston electric 6 string, v. nice)

Oh are we doing banjo music now?



Slight distortion on standup bass is fire too. Every Fleck/Meyer teamup is greatness.

 

[Magua]

If you want to sue him, I’ll pay for it. There is a line we do not cross.

You try too hard selling us you’re not an Avril fan. Those who most vociferously decry something are always the ones secretly doing that very thing.

Right now you’re probably unironically wearing your Keith Jones t-shirt, blasting some “Sk8er Boi,” and reading your latest Dan Brown novel.

 

[Beef Invictus]

After years of listening to Edgar Meyer I'm somehow only just realizing the key to his fireness is that he treats the instrument like a fiddle

 

[Jack Straw]

Love me some banjo. The Avett Brothers became my favorite band largely on the back of theirs. Always gets my foot tapping.

I got into bluegrass in high school, two of my best friends had a band and we used to go to Lancaster to see some of the “big” bluegrass acts; Jim & Jesse, Doug Dillard, Country Gentlemen. But my favorite is the Kruger Brothers, nothing like them. They play some great bluegrass but also stuff like this:

 

[Beef Invictus]

Dan Brown novel.

I just reflexively spit on my phone

 

[Jack Straw]

Oh are we doing banjo music now?



Slight distortion on standup bass is fire too. Every Fleck/Meyer teamup is greatness.

Bela Fleck is great.

 

[Chinatown88]

You try too hard selling us you’re not an Avril fan. Those who most vociferously decry something are always the ones secretly doing that very thing.

Right now you’re probably unironically wearing your Keith Jones t-shirt, blasting some “Sk8er Boi,” and reading your latest Dan Brown novel.

@JojoTheWhale if you wanna sue for defamation I'll call up my IRL best buddy who is a lawyer.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

You try too hard selling us you’re not an Avril fan. Those who most vociferously decry something are always the ones secretly doing that very thing.

Right now you’re probably unironically wearing your Keith Jones t-shirt, blasting some “Sk8er Boi,” and reading your latest Dan Brown novel.

We stopped doing lobotomies before any of those people were born. We might have been a little hasty.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Bela Fleck is great.

Saw the Flecktones live in college. Fantastic experience. Came out to hang out and meet the couple dozen of us who stuck around after the show

 

[Beef Invictus]

We stopped doing lobotomies before any of those people were born. We might have been a little hasty.

We still have car batteries, rope, boats, and oceans

 

[JojoTheWhale]

We still have car batteries, rope, boats, and oceans

Please replace boats with trebuchets.

 

[Jack Straw]

Saw the Flecktones live in college. Fantastic experience. Came out to hang out and meet the couple dozen of us who stuck around after the show

Alison Brown is another one who takes the banjo in different directions.

 

[Kermit the Prog]

Bela Fleck is great.

On another Philly sports forum about 10 years ago, there was a guy who was a writer for a local mag. He was supposed to write an article on Bela Fleck but was feeling overwhelmed, so I wrote it for him, even though I had never heard any Bela Fleck music (I did know who he was, though). They published it.

I generally cannot do metal in any of its forms after the "For Those About to Rock" album (my first concert), BUT two of the new songs by Idles - "Dancer" and "Gift Horse" are on over-saturation on my current favorite playlist. Though not "strictly" metal, there is definitely a strong metal element on both tunes.

 

[Striiker]

Please replace boats with trebuchets.

DID YOU SAY TREBUCHETS?

 

[Magua]

@JojoTheWhale if you wanna sue for defamation I'll call up my IRL best buddy who is a lawyer.

He watched possibly double digit Flyers games this year. It’s not possible to defame him because his reputation is already irreparably damaged.

We stopped doing lobotomies before any of those people were born. We might have been a little hasty.

Lobotomies are easy to perform. You don’t even really need a medical degree. I can get everything I need at Home Depot and Fine Wine & Good Spirits.

 

[Striiker]

He watched possibly double digit Flyers games this year. It’s not possible to defame him because his reputation is already irreparably damaged.

Zero.

Not even one.

 

[Jack Straw]

Oh are we doing banjo music now?



Slight distortion on standup bass is fire too. Every Fleck/Meyer teamup is greatness.

Edgar Meyer/Yo Yo Ma teamups are pretty hot too.

 

[ajgoal]

If you don't like some stupid music, I think you're beyond help or lying. Those are the only two choices.

I'm pretty sure I only like stupid music.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

I'm pretty sure I only like stupid music.

One of my favorite things in music is finding a really good version of a song I don’t like at all. It’s often a live version of something that just didn’t translate to the studio. It’s confirmation that I’m still open to changing my mind.

 

[BernieParent]

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[BernieParent]

I'm pretty sure I only like stupid music.

The first album I ever owned included such timeless treasures as My Friend the Witch Doctor, the Teddy Bears' Picnic, and The Streak.

 

[BernieParent]

 

[Jack Straw]

The first album I ever owned included such timeless treasures as My Friend the Witch Doctor, the Teddy Bears' Picnic, and The Streak.

Don’t you dare slander Teddy Bear’s Picnic!

 

[Chicken N Raffls]

Not directed at you, but whenever someone cites this as evidence that someone is a talented musician, I want to scream. Most musicians worth a damn write their own stuff, much of that far better than anything Swift has ever written.

Jeez this is on page 7 so....I think we're on the same page with this. Not saying that makes her great, just that I respected her, especially back then, for writing her own music. Aka not a Brittney Spears clone.

Prince wrote for how many other "artists"? Is it Lionel Richie or someone else I'm thinking of who is a living legend when it comes to that? My only point with Tay Tay was, good for you, as an 18 year old. I'll never listen to your music, but at least you did it yourself.