paul_5 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Mrs_5 is a MUCH better driver than me. I'm a better bassist, but probably because she doesn't play…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I was reading the list thinking oh dear! It's ridiculous. Then at the bottom there's a list of best songs by a woman....and the majority are sh*t. It really doesn't help the argument. Also a few of the women trade of T&A so that doesn't help the feminist cause. The singer in my band is a girl, sh*t not girl a bird, no what they called..oh yeah a woman. (she prefers being a girl and calls us boys, we're all in our 30's no one gets offended). But we do get comments like as if she can sing Zeppelin or as if she's rocks that much. A lot of people think she is Hot tho and that usually comes first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Also, i didn't know the Tom Daley thread got locked......that is a surprise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1386405766' post='2299677'] Also, i didn't know the Tom Daley thread got locked......that is a surprise! [/quote] It was inevitable really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Tum te tum.. I'm just filing me nails while I wait for Dingus to get here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangur Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 In fairness to men, I think women have a distinct advantage over men. When a man meets an attractive woman his testosterone rises to his brain and reduces it to scrambled egg. So women, enjoy the moment and cue the stupid banter like, "i bet you're buying a blue one as it's your favourite colour". The poor twit's just trying to make a conversation. He should remember the one "It's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the boy Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1386364728' post='2299452'] My last band had a female trumpet player [/quote] Resisting the temptation to say something sexist................ It's very difficult.......... It actually hurts........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sausage Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1386407796' post='2299701'] Tum te tum.. I'm just filing me nails while I wait for Dingus to get here.. [/quote] are you sure you are alright to use a file. Be careful woman! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1386375240' post='2299584'] Please do so! I would LOVE to see the examples given. [/quote] Er ... 'hello big boy!'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 It's not just in music. My wife has a Private Pilot's Licence & one day we went over to trhe Glasgow Flying Club to buy a new chart. Although she was the one who asked for the chart & the particular designation, the guy only looked at me and spoke to me. I directed him to ask my wife, but he continued his practice much to my, and her, annoyance. We never spent money in there again. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1386365488' post='2299469'] Let me through, I'm a feminist!!! [/quote] Me too, but only because I look great in dungarees. What is ever so slightly risable about this article is that this woman is about thirty years behind the times with her angry, tight-lipped polemics about how life isn't fair for women . More astute socially - aware women realised a long time ago that life actually isn't fair for [i]anyone[/i], and stopped worrying too much about what men say and do in favour of worring more about what they themselves were going to do to makie the changes to their lives that they wanted to bring about . This kind of quasi-feminist diatribe belongs to 1973 far more than it does to 2013. This poor woman who has knocked up this article has done quite a good job at being entertaining and it is an enjoyable read - she has got us talking about it- so kudos to her for that, but if , as she seems to expect, she is seriously expecting people to get indignant and hot under the collar at such terrible social injustices as getting surly or patronising service in a guitar shop then she is a bit of a lost cause, despite her claimed credentials as a "feminist advocate". She may as well be advocating protesting against the Vietnam War, so out-of-date is her rhetoric. More accomplished spokeswomen in the feminist movement( if any such "movement" exists, which it doesn't) will tell you that one thing they [i]don't [/i]need to help their cause is people to go round looking for trivialities to get indignant about , because all that does is discredit them and undermine the serious issues . Unfortunately, it seems like this woman has got nothing but triviality to occupy her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Lord Sausage' timestamp='1386405766' post='2299677'] Also, i didn't know the Tom Daley thread got locked......that is a surprise! [/quote] I would love to have seen what people said about that ( can't read it because I'm banned from Off Topic. Some people can't handle The Truth ). How could there be a ruck about Tom Daley? Young man who is good at swimming says he's happy in a relationship with a man...and so what? Even I can't see what there is to fall out about on that subject! Do some folks not believe him ? He looked pretty sure to me. Edited December 7, 2013 by Dingus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 There are people in all walks of life who will say ignorant things to all sorts of people, the list is just that You could write it about bass players, cabbies, plumbers, people of mixed race, white guys, black guys, train spotters ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1386427682' post='2299999'] I would love to have seen what people said about that ( can't read it because I'm banned from Off Topic. Some people can't handle The Truth ). How could there be a ruck about Tom Daley? Young man who is good at swimming says he's happy in a relationship with a man...and so what? Even I can't see what there is to fall out about on that subject! Do some folks not believe him ? He looked pretty sure to me. [/quote] You are banned from Off Topic?!! That is f***ing sad. I don't always agree with your angle on things but you are one of BC's valuables in OT. The 'ruck' was because a few people said they couldn't stand camp mincy gay blokes (all an act, false, annoying), and that Pride annoyed them (shoving their sexuality in people's faces). It got a little messy because they felt victimised by a few others (including me). Milty went off again aswell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) it made me laugh when i posted a vid from this young lady. the comments ranged from "oh you only like it because shes hot" to 'well if it was a guy playing it would seem average" total horse sh*t. i like her playing regardless of what she looks like, or what sex. im blind when it comes to music. im aware that its human nature to judge things from our eyes. Good thread Nige. my heroes in music are 50% women. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEyJmR7z4ng Edited December 7, 2013 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) On a daily basis the pages of BC adduce to the idiotic things that are said when hobby musicians gather. Members regularly post examples of eye-watering misapprehensions and tactlessness. From my own experience (and I've forgotten more than I remember): * Let's try it in waltz time - that's 4/4 * Why show me that low string riff? The bass and the guitar are in different tunings * (Onstage) I love the blues. Black people have [i]such[/i] a great sense of rhythm * Jimmy Plant wrote Stairway To Heaven, you prat * I'm a 'feel' player - that's why I only play in the key of A Why might women in bands be exempted from the cornucopia of total bollocks that passes for intra-musician dialogue? The young lady's list is evidence not of institutional sexism but of institutional stupidity. Edited December 7, 2013 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1386429052' post='2300013'] it made me laugh when i posted a vid from this young lady. the comments ranged from "oh you only like it because shes hot" to 'well if it was a guy playing it would seem average" total horse sh*t. i like her playing regardless of what she looks like, or what sex. im blind when it comes to music. im aware that its human nature to judge things from our eyes. Good thread Nige. my heroes in music are 50% women. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEyJmR7z4ng[/media] [/quote] To be fair mate, this wasn't the one you posted that generated those comments, you posted the blonde woman with the blue and gold Stringray who was a bit of a stinker, she wasn't very good. This one is great, she plays fantastically well for a chick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted December 7, 2013 Author Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1386429122' post='2300014'] On a daily basis the pages of BC adduce to the idiotic things that are said when hobby musicians gather. * Let's try it in waltz time - that's 4/4 * Why show me that low string riff? The bass and the guitar are in different tunings * (Onstage) I love the blues. Black people have [i]such[/i] a great sense of rhythm * Jimmy Plant wrote Stairway To Heaven, you prat * I'm a 'feel' player - that's why I only play in the key of A Why might women in bands be exempted from the cornucopia of total bollocks that passes for intra-musician dialogue? The young lady's list is evidence not of institutional sexism but of institutional stupidity. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1386429052' post='2300013'] im blind when it comes to music. [/quote] Judging by a lot of the stuff you've posted over the years you're deaf when it comes to music too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1386429339' post='2300016'] This one is great, she plays fantastically well for a chick. [/quote] Did you put that bit at the end just to see if anyone noticed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1386429339' post='2300016']...she plays fantastically well for a chick.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 my god im getting sh*t from all sides. Nige im sure i have posted that girl with that specific Incognito song. but yes ive posted a stinker or 4. your a tough crowd. Rhys come on man, i may have had a few beers with when i posted a lame one now and then, but music is subjective and all that.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 (edited) like Partridge said. " lets forget about all this." you have to wait until the end to watch the bloke and the girl play. Pino's playing is just fabulous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtPVoV7moMU Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle Link fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 I know a lot of female bass players. They don't get positive or negative discrimination as far as their musicianship goes, by other musicians, because of their gender. It's usually people who aren't musicians who make the politically incorrect comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1386429052' post='2300013'] my heroes in music are 50% women [/quote] Which artists are Hermaphrodites ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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