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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Monkeyleg on August 13, 2015, 08:12:47 PM
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I know that banjo music is almost universally hated around here. I just love the sound of the soundtrack to "Public Enemies", though. It's really distinct.
public enemies soundtrack instrumental
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Banjo music is fine, I just don't want to hear it while out enjoying riparian activities.
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I like banjo's. I also like bluegrass. Since when is banjo's hated around here?
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I like banjo's. I also like bluegrass. Since when is banjo's hated around here?
Not by me :angel:
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I'm not a big fan of the banjo by itself, but when properly played alongside other instruments, the result is quite pleasing.
For example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDVObM1kxc
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Banjos are fine. It's the banjo players who are the problem, much like accordion players. =)
http://www.milk.com/random-humor/banjo_jokes.html
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Banjos are fine. It's the banjo players who are the problem, much like accordion players. =)
http://www.milk.com/random-humor/banjo_jokes.html
https://youtu.be/5eHaTLgcq9A
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I've always been a fan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RvI6ZI2JWc
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I theoretically own a nice banjo. Haven't played it since I was 10. Need to get it and learn. Ok, really, I just want to hook an amp to it and play Motorhead.
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I theoretically own a nice banjo. Haven't played it since I was 10. Need to get it and learn. Ok, really, I just want to hook an amp to it and play Motorhead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDsP8Wew3vAv
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Add an accordion and a harmonica to a banjo and some bagpipes and you could get any info from a prisoner you wanted!
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This technique is called washboarding.
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Leave the bagpipes out of this.
The problem is most pipers know "Amazing Grace", "Danny Boy", "Scotland the Brave" and possibly some generic reel tune. Now imagine a line of men in skirts walking towards you, being led by some crazed man squeezing a cat to this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7PKSOAtUjc
stay safe.
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I love banjo music.
A good friend of mine started a Bluegrass band when he was in graduate school at Penn State. They were good, and quickly started getting a lot of gigs around State College, including one opening for Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys when he played at the Bryce Jordan Center back in the early 1990s.
Matter of fact, here's an article about the band, Fresh Country Scrapple, from a 1991 Daily Collegian, and it talks about Bill Monroe.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archives/article_c5654e53-034b-5b26-a6d5-d3f1b9cc7f43.html
The John mention is my friend, who is now a professor of forestry at SIU Carbondale. Vaughn Neill is another kid I grew up with, now a civil engineer in Pittsburgh.
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Leave the bagpipes out of this.
The problem is most pipers know "Amazing Grace", "Danny Boy", "Scotland the Brave" and possibly some generic reel tune. Now imagine a line of men in skirts walking towards you, being led by some crazed man squeezing a cat to this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7PKSOAtUjc
stay safe.
Why is it that people playing the bagpipes are always walking?
They're trying to get away from that horrible noise.
:P
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Someone you wouldn't expect to play the banjo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tdbmhhrxl8
Dad used to listen to The Black Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CupRlspIE3Q
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Steve Martin has long been considered one of the top banjo players in the United States.
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Steve Martin is an accomplished musician separate from his comedy and acting. A very multi-talented man.
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Other banjo-pickin' actors:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htzzSapAYXA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcFJgAa-REI
I read on some website that Gary Larson plays, as well, but I haven't seen him.
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Steve Martin is an accomplished musician separate from his comedy and acting. A very multi-talented man.
Well, he hasn't done any comedy since sometime in the 80s, so...
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Dad used to listen to The Black Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CupRlspIE3Q
In a fair and just world the piper on the far left and the bass drummer would be standing in front of the bandmaster and the Sergeant Major preparing to explain to the Regimental Commanding Officer just why they have not had their St. Vitus Dance cured. After which the Bandmaster would have his turn to explain why that was not caught before the band went out in public.
OTOH, this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIHHaEsJ1eI was done on purpose. (And be sure to watch "the little fellow" in the cammies (no jacket) and carrying the cane - he's the big boss.)
But for pure bagpiping genius this cannot be beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzi_qFjGz5Y Put the pipes in the middle (drives the front half before them and the rear half tries to catch and strangle them).
stay safe.
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The distorted sound of the lead banjo reninds me of Mark Knoepfler's lead in "Momey For Nothing".
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Anyone remember one of our own, the renowned Skunkabilly? He can play a pretty mean banjo as I recall.
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I don't mind banjo music. It's just I am a Blues/Funk/Classic Rock drummer and we don't get many banjo players in those genres. A good friend of mine plays the banjo and we swap jokes all the time. Now bagpipes drive me up a wall! I get massive headaches from some sounds and smells and bagpipes are a sure trigger for me. My Scottish ancestors are not happy with me!
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Now bagpipes drive me up a wall! I get massive headaches from some sounds and smells and bagpipes are a sure trigger for me.
The English had the same problem ;)
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The difference between a banjo and a trampoline? You are expected to take your shoes off when you jump on a trampoline.
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"Perfect Pitch": Getting the banjo in the dumpster on yer first throw.
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Leave the bagpipes out of this.
The problem is most pipers know "Amazing Grace", "Danny Boy", "Scotland the Brave" and possibly some generic reel tune. Now imagine a line of men in skirts walking towards you, being led by some crazed man squeezing a cat to this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7PKSOAtUjc
stay safe.
I'm imagining it. And I'm planning where my first round would go. >:D
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I like bagpipes, as long as they are played outside.
My mom almost killed someone over this subject.
As far as banjo's, my mom got really heavy into folk music when I was a kid. So we were always going to jams and parties and festivals. Two things I'm very used to are falling asleep surronded by musicians playing bluegrass/old-time/folk music and being shoved into a small car with an upright bass.
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Well, he hasn't done any comedy since sometime in the 80s, so...
He's had 30+ roles in movies and TV since 1990. Not all were comedy but he has ad steady work.
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I don't mind banjo music. It's just I am a Blues/Funk/Classic Rock drummer and we don't get many banjo players in those genres. A good friend of mine plays the banjo and we swap jokes all the time. Now bagpipes drive me up a wall! I get massive headaches from some sounds and smells and bagpipes are a sure trigger for me. My Scottish ancestors are not happy with me!
I've never noticed any unusual smells from bagpipes, now bagpipe players are another story...
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He's had 30+ roles in movies and TV since 1990. Not all were comedy but he has ad steady work.
And if you've seen them, you know that none of them are comedies. =| :P He just hasn't been funny in a long time, is my point.
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And if you've seen them, you know that none of them are comedies. =| :P He just hasn't been funny in a long time, is my point.
Everybody is entitled to their opinion.
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I like bagpipes, as long as they are played outside.
One of my favorite little jokes on a first date with a woman is to ask if she's ever had a guy serenade her, standing outside her window playing romantic music. All say no, and I then say, "next time I'll bring my accordion." When she makes a disapproving sound, I say, "I'm kidding. I don't play the accordion." Pause, then "I play the bagpipes."
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Leave the bagpipes out of this.
The problem is most pipers know "Amazing Grace", "Danny Boy", "Scotland the Brave" and possibly some generic reel tune. Now imagine a line of men in skirts walking towards you, being led by some crazed man squeezing a cat to this tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7PKSOAtUjc
stay safe.
I've heard a story about the battle of El Alamein where a British (or maybe Scottish) regiment was pinned down by the Germans and their commander called back and ask for a platoon of tanks or a bagpiper.
I've always wanted to go to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYVmnMFMtA
Meanwhile back to banjo players:
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