A Whistling Gentleman on Stage
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A Whistling Gentleman on Stage
I've been fooling around with amazon.com's very interesting new search engine, A9.com, and entering "tinwhistle" yielded this as the first-ranked image:
Turns out it's from a website from a European band called "Subway to Sally."
Discuss.
Dale
Turns out it's from a website from a European band called "Subway to Sally."
Discuss.
Dale
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I thought it might be from Wrestlemania. Change his name to The Whistling Warrior, give him a Serpent Village Smithy (it'd be the perfect foreign object), you'd have a champeen on your hands.
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I was thinking that about you, Steven. (Just kidding.)I could never figure out why musicians (or artists in general?) feel that they have to go to such odd extremes in dress and personal style. Wierd.
I think the weird style is about exhibitionism. To get on stage and be seen, you have to play music or be a standup comedian. Stage magicians and animal tamers don't seem too ordinary, either.
I know a number of ITM musicians I think are a bit strange, but it's not manifested by outlandish dress.
Tony
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Personally, I can't figure out why you change a few bits of cloth that you wear, or cut some hair a little differently, and people think it's so "odd." It's really funny how little a change will elicit strong negative reactions sometimes...NorCalMusician wrote:I could never figure out why musicians (or artists in general?) feel that they have to go to such odd extremes in dress and personal style. Wierd.
I think artists in general like to experiment with cultural reactions like that. Then again, some are just attention-seekers.
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Dang!!! Beat me to it, Tony.TonyHiggins wrote:I was thinking that about you, Steven.I could never figure out why musicians (or artists in general?) feel that they have to go to such odd extremes in dress and personal style. Wierd.
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Re: A Whistling Gentleman on Stage
So, does their set list include "Mustang Sally" and "Down in the Sally Gardens"?DaleWisely wrote:Turns out it's from a website from a European band called "Subway to Sally."
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Oh, boy, I feel the love. :roll:
My take is that if the music the people have to play is good enough they would not have to resort to outlandish style and get-ups to distract the audience.
Whatever. Just an opinion.
My take is that if the music the people have to play is good enough they would not have to resort to outlandish style and get-ups to distract the audience.
Whatever. Just an opinion.
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IMHO . . . I have found that "most" people's outward appearance, in terms of what they do to their hair, what kind of clothes they wear, and so on, is an outward expression of what's in their heart. As for what motivates people, that is up for interpretation. I'm not saying it's good or bad . . .
It looks to me like this guy could use a fan or towel—he's building up a sweat there
It looks to me like this guy could use a fan or towel—he's building up a sweat there
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I've found that no matter how good you are, having a really hot chick in your band will increase your fan baseNorCalMusician wrote:Oh, boy, I feel the love. :roll:
My take is that if the music the people have to play is good enough they would not have to resort to outlandish style and get-ups to distract the audience.
Whatever. Just an opinion.