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Could You Hang?

June 18, 2008
posted by Jill | View Comments

spinal_tap.jpgSo I am the resident office musician. I’m in a band. I do a little studio work from time to time singing jingles (if anybody’s from Austin, I’m the Gatti’s Pizza jingle girl), and I demo out songs for local writers.

If you hang out with musician’s a lot (and especially if you are one) there are lots of qualifiers that can get you into the club or quickly make you an outsider. And I thought, with our audience of music lovers and musicians out there in the Sixthman community, who would actually be able to hang?

So here goes, Sixthman peeps. Ten examples of the “get to know you” trivia we musicians might throw your way before you can join this little society and the musical debates we REALLY find important…..and don’t think for a minute that ANY of them have to actually do with chord structures, or illegal downloads, or if indie really is the way to go…we have much BIGGER things on our minds:

(To see my answers head to the comments. Yes I am sad enough to comment on my own blog)

10. The Beatles or Elvis? State your case.

9. Dylan – genius or egomaniac?

8. Do you know every verse to “American Pie” by heart?

7. Is your favorite Ryan Adams song “Summer of 69”?

6. Who are your dirty secret bands? The ones you would never tell anyone that you love?

5. Who would win in a fist fight – Cash or Sinatra?

4. Is Townes Van Zandt your favorite member of Lynyrd Skynyrd?

3. Who’s your favorite Beatle? (If you say Paul, don’t even think about showing up)

2. Quote at least 5 lines from Spinal Tap from memory. If the only one that “counts” isn’t in there I’m gonna know you just went to the internet and looked them up. That is so cheating.

1. Is that a capo in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

-Jill Mac

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  • Hi Tracy - That's actually the joke. Ryan Adams didn't sing "Summer of 69" and is famous for allegedly having a fan kicked out of a concert who kept screaming it as a request.

    Just seeing who could catch the trick...
  • mercuri
    Who the hell is Ryan Adams???!!! He is only the most musically talented f%$#ing genius of our time right now. And I love his use of casual profanity.

    Anyone who has Emmylou Harris do their backup vocals on their first solo album is pure Gold (uh, pun intended). He is so far ahead of his time. He writes from a steam of consciousness and doesn't give s sh-t about what anyone else thinks. He's arroagant and beautiful and mesmerizing.

    Check out Heartbreaker. Or Jacksonville City Nights. Or Easy Tiger. Or 29. Or... gosh, it's so hard to pick. Just check him out.
  • TRACY
    WHO THE HELL IS RYAN ADAMS????? A PROOF READER CAN COME IN HANDY SOMETIMES!!
  • ummmm number 7...sillyness Jill Mac..simple Sillyness.

    everything I do...I do it for you...
    of course (and yes I caught it)
  • 10. The Beatles. Always changing, always innovating. Also - Elvis could not make a sitar work on a rock album. You should try debating this with friends. You’d be surprised what a heated, but friendly debate it can turn into.

    9. Both. The man stole everything he ever did or was, thinks he’s a god and yet he still wrote “The Times They Are a Changin’.” Both.

    8. Don’t worry….none of us do either.

    7. Please tell me you caught this.

    6. Bette Midler. I know. But I can’t help it. Maroon 5. And that blessed Sara Bareilles. I try so hard not to like skinny girls who write pop music but I can’t help myself!

    5. Cash. Sinatra had the mob but Cash had June.

    4. Seriously? Like getting caught by the Ryan Adams thing wasn’t enough?

    3. Paul….I mean George!! George!! Did I say Paul? Who said that? George. Definitely George.

    2. "We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening."

    "How much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black."

    "You don't do heavy metal in Dubly."

    "We are Spinal Tap from the UK - you must be the USA!"

    And of course: "These go to eleven."

    (And just for good measure: "Well, it's one louder, isn't it?")

    1. Please tell me it’s a capo.
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