Music that Makes Me Want to Bang on Things

 

Q. Do you know what they call someone who hangs around with musicians?

A. A percussionist (or drummer).

That said, sometimes we all just feel like beating on things, and the right music can certainly set the mood for it.

Or maybe:

Or maybe it’s this little singsong rhythm?

What music gets you drumming your fingers, tapping your toes, and just beating on things?

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  1. Percival Thatcher
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Since I am a violinist, might as well throw this out there:

    Q. What does a violinist use for birth control?

    A. His personality.

    What are the differences between a violin and a viola?

    A viola holds more beer, and burns longer.

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  2. Percival Thatcher
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    What is the difference between a viola and a trampoline?

    You are supposed to take your shoes off before you jump up and down on a trampoline.

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  3. Dotorimuk Coolidge
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  4. Percival Thatcher
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    A young boy returned from his first music lesson on the tuba.

    “How did it go?” asked his father.

    “Great. I learned how to play a ‘C.’”

    The next week the boy took another lesson and his father asked about the lesson.

    “Terrific. I learned how to play a ‘G.’”

    The following week the child didn’t come home. The father was frantic with worry. The boy didn’t come home until 2:00 AM.

    “Where in heck have you been?” shouted the father.

    “I had a gig!!” answered the son.

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  5. Vectorman Inactive
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    Percival (View Comment):
    A young boy returned from his first music lesson on the tuba.

    You finally got around to the best one….

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  6. Jim Wright Inactive
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    This was our go-to when letting our neighbors know they were getting too loud.

    My roommate had one those amps used by DJs to fill a conference hall.  He’d crank this until the windows threatened to crack (and once did).

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  7. Percival Thatcher
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    Why are viola jokes so short?

    So violinists can understand them.

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  8. Percival Thatcher
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    How can you tell when there is a soprano at the door?

    She can’t find her key and she doesn’t know where to come in.

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  9. Boss Mongo Member
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  10. Boss Mongo Member
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  11. Percival Thatcher
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    What is the difference between an alto sax and a lawnmower?

    Vibrato.

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  12. Jim Wright Inactive
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    The difference between a dead skunk in the middle of the road and the dead trombonist next to it?

     

    The skunk was probably on its way to a gig.

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  13. Samuel Block Support
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    Definitely this.

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  14. Arahant Member
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    Combining the music with the jokes makes this thread so much better.

    There was a violist who was reputed to be able to play a hemi-demi-semi-quaver¹.

    All the other violists gathered around him to ask, “Is it true? Could it possibly be true?”

    He tucked his viola under his chin and briefly stroked a string. Looking at them with a challenge in his eyes, he asked, “Would you like to hear another?”


    1 A quaver is another name for an eighth note. The prefixes are all versions meaning half of what succeeds it, so a hemi-demi-semi-quaver is one sixty-forth note.

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  15. Dotorimuk Coolidge
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    Garth Hudson of The Band told this one: “What’s the difference between an onion and an accordion? Nobody cries when you cut up an accordion.”

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  16. Umbra Fractus Inactive
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    And to slow things down a bit

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  17. colleenb Member
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    Vectorman (View Comment):

    Gene Krupa in his prime! Fantastic.

    • #47
  18. Jeff Hawkins Inactive
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  19. The Scarecrow Thatcher
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    Clifford A. Brown (View Comment):

    T. Rex thunders live out of 1971. Check the outfits and the hair on the dudes and chicks as they “Bang a Gong:”

    We have three or four days available this month for you to bang on about “Music that makes me . . . .”

    Interested in Group Writing topics that came before? See the handy compendium of monthly themes. Check out links in the Group Writing Group. You can also join the group to get a notification when a new monthly theme is posted.

    I kept thinking “Wow, that piano player sure looks like Elton John”. Guess there’s a good reason.

    And I thought the girls’ hairstyles all looked terrific.  And they are all lovely. But I was 15 in 1971 – all older girls were lovely.

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  20. The Scarecrow Thatcher
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    Carl Palmer just sittin’ around.

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  21. Jim Beck Inactive
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    Afternoon Arahant,

    One thing I love about the swing/big band era, is that the musicians are having fun.

    I know Vectorman already linked Sing Sing Sing but they happiness of this groups of musicians is so plain.

     

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  22. Jim Beck Inactive
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    Afternoon Arahant,

    This is just for the joy of watching a young man begin to master an instrument.

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  23. colleenb Member
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    The Scarecrow (View Comment):

    Clifford A. Brown (View Comment):

    T. Rex thunders live out of 1971. Check the outfits and the hair on the dudes and chicks as they “Bang a Gong:”

    We have three or four days available this month for you to bang on about “Music that makes me . . . .”

    Interested in Group Writing topics that came before? See the handy compendium of monthly themes. Check out links in the Group Writing Group. You can also join the group to get a notification when a new monthly theme is posted.

    I kept thinking “Wow, that piano player sure looks like Elton John”. Guess there’s a good reason.

    And I thought the girls’ hairstyles all looked terrific. And they are all lovely. But I was 15 in 1971 – all older girls were lovely.

    I had to look again. That must be Elton John. I thought everyone’s hairstyles looked terrific too. I’m glad I’ve (humm) matured in my tastes a little. I always think about clogged sinks and plumbing lines.

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  24. aardo vozz Member
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    “Smoke On The Water” and “Hush” both by Deep Purple 

    “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones

     

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  25. Boss Mongo Member
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    aardo vozz (View Comment):

    “Smoke On The Water” and “Hush” both by Deep Purple

    “Brown Sugar” by The Rolling Stones

     

    Yes, and I’d add another Deep Purple song: Lazy

     

     

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  26. aardo vozz Member
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    And also “Locomotive Breath” by Jethro Tull.

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  27. Jim Beck Inactive
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    Ok, if I have to go more modern, Ian Paice and Richie Blackmore:

     

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  28. Jim Beck Inactive
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    Yea, I can beat Ian Paice, Ravi Shankar, Monterey 1967.  There are mostly crowd shots until 10 minutes in.

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  29. Percival Thatcher
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  30. Percival Thatcher
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