Do you wear your glasses on stage?

[stingrayPete1977]

How can we as musicians slag off simon cowell and all the reality nonsense then diregard a band if the bass player wears glasses?!

[rOB]

Contacts for stage.

Anything that helps my confidence is good

Plus better peripheral vision.

[skej21]

Contacts for normal gigging and glasses for reading gigs. Can't read in contacts and low light as the small, fast eye movements make my contacts slip and/or go sticky. Really annoying and I find the same thing happens with gaming sometimes too.

[EssentialTension]

I need my glasses to see what's happening on stage so I wear them.

Why woudln't you wear them if you need them? Glasses are cool these days aren't they?

[dincz]

Never used to wear them on stage in my previous life as a vocalist. Part vanity and also felt less terrified if I couldn't see the crowd.

[Monckyman]

[quote name='hiram.k.hackenbacker' timestamp='1366675696' post='2055932']
I've just been informed that I will be wearing some decade appropriate specs when I dep for an 80's band at the weekend. They will have clear glass (hopefully) but I have no idea how I'm going to get on playing wearing them!
[/quote]

Pics needed for accurate assessment of indignity!

[paulmcnamara]

Without my glasses I can't see the neck of the bass clearly! Although I don't need to look at the neck all the time, I like to see it clearly when I do look.
As regards Buddy Holly and John Lennon their glasses are part of their iconic image..... as distinct from practical considerations?

[chris_b]

Actually BH, Lennon and the Big O were blind without their specs.

[Mikey R]

All the best looking people wear glasses.

Just tie them to your head, you can headbang all night.

[dougal]

I prefer to wear contacts: I have played in glasses but they tend not to sit very well on my sweaty face.

If I didn't have contacts, I'd [i]have[/i] to wear them. Blind as a bat, me.

[discreet]

I don't wear glasses on stage OR for rehearsal. I don't like wearing them at all, really.
They make me look like a sinister foster parent, or possibly some sort of paedophile/librarian.

I am none of these things, of course. Well OK, a [i]bit [/i]sinister. Mainly at night.

[Bilbo]

I wear them because I read charts. Never considered contacts. Not that vain.

[Dave Vader]

I wear mirrored sunglasses sometimes, so i can ogle the girls without them noticing....
Does that count?

[discreet]

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366729175' post='2056507']
I wear mirrored sunglasses sometimes, so i can ogle the girls without them noticing....
Does that count?
[/quote]

No.

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1366729232' post='2056508']
No.
[/quote]

Bugger....
Still like the look of them wedgee things though, will keep my shades on my face.

[discreet]

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366730289' post='2056532']
Bugger.... Still like the look of them wedgee things though, will keep my shades on my face.
[/quote]

Eh..? How's that going to work?


Yours pretending not to understand,
Mark

[Dave Vader]

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1366730421' post='2056536']
Eh..? How's that going to work?


Yours pretending not to understand,
Mark
[/quote]

Well, the heels go behind my ears and then..... erm... I need to be more discreet about this (badoom tish)

[discreet]

Wahey!

[Gust0o]

I wear mine - after all, being able to see where the stage is, is a very good start

If it's looking a bit wild, or I'm moving about a bit, I will ditch them to the top of my amp.

[mep]

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1366584193' post='2054619']
Always. Can't see jack without 'em, and wouldn't want to miss a jugfest..
[/quote]

Indeed. We gig to watch the audience, while they watch and listen to us.

[discreet]

[quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1366825079' post='2057783']
I tried putting coloured lenses in once and was blown away by how hard it is to put the f***ers in!
[/quote]

Tell me about it. I tried 'em once. A painful nightmare to get 'em in, then it turned out I was allergic to the solution they were kept in, then the frigging 'optician' scratched my eyeballs taking them out and I was obliged to spent the rest of the day at Moorfields Eye Hospital. My mincers have never been the same since. Great fun!

Edited April 24, 2013 by discreet

[L_Bass_Dog85]

As a hardcore glasses wearer (eyesight has been crap since I was 5) I do wear them sometimes but prefer to wear contacts when on stage or general use. Saying that I know I am sexy whether I wear glasses or not despite I cannot see past my nose without either! I am not vain, honest haha!