LOL LOL @ the Shanester. Now that's some funny schtick. Well, since I am the all time non-stop boss of the insecure, namby-pamby, low self esteem, milquetoast, types....I should know. Right?? Love that name "Possum Whisperer" Go get 'em, ace,...you got stones. Regards, Joe Lee (goes back and reads his poetry book and struggles to be a good little pacifist)
---------- "A man who will not FORCE himself to rise above his circumstances is doomed to a life of mediocrity"....Ty Cobb
To Miles Dewar. You are wrong. Joe Lee ---------- "A man who will not FORCE himself to rise above his circumstances is doomed to a life of mediocrity"....Ty Cobb
In that spooky car movie "Christine", the main actor started out being a geek. He looked like Buddy Holly. As the movie progressed and the car seemed to possess him, he became cooler/sexier. There's an example of an actor turning it on/off at will.
But-- Could Woody Allen or Marty Feldmon or Chris Farley have turned it on?
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gene: What about that strip club scene in Beverly Hills Ninja (re: Chris Farley)?
joelee: watch the geek talk. By the dictionary definition, we are all harp geeks here, so that includes you (and it's really geeky of me to point this out lol).
Back your horse out my stable, back him out fast, I got another jockey, get yourself another mare. Now, you can't ride, honey, you can't ride this train, I'm the engineer, I'm gonna run it like a Stavin'Chain.
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Well all i can say is that Billy Branch must be playing some high class gigs to be able to get away with that kinda behavior......... I've played places where that would earn you a meeting in the carpark , but of the non sexual kind ,unless you consider having a Harp shoved up your nether regions sideways.... Great thread ..keep those stories coming.
Seriously, though, my two cents - and that's about what it's worth...First of all, I'm what I jokingly refer to as a "musical masturbater" - I play by myself, for myself. I've been playing 25 years, and few people even know I do. Clearly, I don't have a lot of "harmonica sexuality" experiences...
My daughter's activities, however, puts me in the company of a lot of women - coaches, teachers, mothers, etc... I am aware of four of these women finding out I play the harmonica. The reason I can remember these discoveries is their reactions - it was as if I had just told a gold-digger that I was a billionaire. It seemed as if pulses raised; eyebrows certainly did. Just a month or so ago it happened, and the woman's reaction turned ME on...
"Well all i can say is that Billy Branch must be playing some high class gigs to be able to get away with that kinda behavior......... I've played places where that would earn you a meeting in the carpark , but of the non sexual kind ,unless you consider having a Harp shoved up your nether regions sideways...."
lol...Well, without getting too much into detail, there was a time when as an audience member I would have turned that place over for a guy "playing" with my woman like that. But then again, different times, different place and I was a different person. But I agree with your statement to a degree.
As far as sexuality and either having it or not....I was born with it and nurured it as I grew; now I'm just a natural stud....ohhhh yeeeeaaaa!!!
I'd agree that Rachel Plas, as well as being an amazing player is an attractive young woman (and therefore sexy in one sense) - I'm not so sure I'd say she really exudes sexuality in the way we're talking about here.
She certainly doesn't 'work it' the same way that say the Pussy Cat Dolls (or any other manufactured 'teen friendly front-end for a producer' type act) do.
The whole microphone as phallus thing? maybe, but to me harp players just look like they're scoffing corn on the cob!
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I think there's something a little more sexually visceral in the harp than there is in some of the other wind instruments. Most of it comes across better when the harper is the frontman and vocalist, versus a sideman like myself. Maybe it's the way harps are held relative to the mics most of the time, with the hands right up by the mouth, as compared to saxes or brass instruments. I also think it's a connection that's way more prevalent when using harp in blues, as opposed to country, jazz, or pop, etc. I think there's some inherent connection that can be utilized and augmented.
When I go see famous harp players, and local ones for that matter, I'll watch the woman in the audience. No doubt about it, chicks dig harp players. Our drummer's wife said to my girlfriend: I'll bet he's good at--uh- a certain sex act that didn't involve my penis. Playing harp is the second best thing I do with my tongue. LOL
I should add that when i played gigs i was an 18 stone body builder and i an 6,2! the women LOVED the arms when playing an intense solo! no boyfriend trouble either!.......those were the days LOL.
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Dang I didnt mean anything saying your story sounded fishy,(Fingers)Fishy as in oh never mind;-)I dont know which forum member I would hate to meet in a back alley,You which I was impessed,Or Kingobad he's looks like a monster,;-)And half the members here have a black belt,But i was told by a teacher in 6th grade a female at that,Ill allways remeber (there aint a horse that cant be rode or a rider that cant be thrown;-)
But Mr Eastwood says it best. No lets get back to music and sexuality;-)
---------- Hobostubs
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The 1st gig I played , i had this HOT girl Half my age,I was about 40(late starter),start erotic dancing in front of me just inches away as I played,I tried to mumbles dirty stuff to her as I played into the harp,as drool poured out my mouth;-)Didnt work though she didnt go home with me;-) ---------- Hobostubs
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@ Hobostubs! LOL!! i am a peaceful guy i only train for fitness and self defense! i can honestly say i have never started a fight in my life anyway i an an old man of 52!!and your fishy comment made me laugh out loud! cos the panties were dripping wet! i think the young lady had dipped them in her lager....well that's what it tasted like when i sucked them............oh i miss those wild gigs!
PS. i only posted the video to show what i looked like! sorry if it seemed i was being flash! :-)
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No problem You do look like someone who could diss out a ass whipping;-)I need to get back in shape Im like wow he,s 10 years older and in a lot better shape than me.I was being funny I try to be sarcastic sometimes,IN real life im very quiet and shy most times, anyways peace;-) ---------- Hobostubs
i was sitting in with a friend's band one time last year. it was the third set, past midnight, much of the crowd had gone home. but there was this one very good looking blonde woman who came in late, sitting at the bar with this BIG biker-looking guy, long hair, beard, tatoos, etc. we started playing, and she was enjoying the music. then she gets up, walks up to the band and starts dancing. and i mean, *dancing*, very suggestive, replete with clothing adjustments. after a while, she goes back to the bar, fishes around in her purse, and comes back with a fistful of bills. more dancing, punctuated by pauses where she comes up and stuffs dollar bills in our clothing, or crumples them up and throws them to us. when she runs out, she goes back to her purse and comes back with more.
this goes on the entire set. we're all looking at each other, trying to remember what song we're playing, thinking alternately:
"wtf?", "who has that many dollar bills?", and "any minute now that guy is going to come over here and kill us". but he just sat there watching, with a bemused expression on his face.
when the set was over, we found out what was going on. she was a stripper, just off her shift at a nearby gentlemen's club (hence all the bills). she had kicked her husband out of the house, because she was annoyed that he got jealous of her (go figure). and the guy she was with was her best customer.
we pooled the tip money and split it up. she spent $50 overall! this was the first (and probably last) time i ever had a stripper throw money at me.
my friend's comment: "who knew? i should invite a stripper every time!"
Guys sure I like Clint too but I'm not so sure he belongs in this thread! Now stories of strippers chucking you cash....! Yeh thats a beauty!! That hasn't happened to me yet, but sometimes girls ask my wife about the tongue thing! :~}
Rubes, but he is singing in my posts! It's interesting, in the Paint Your Wagon piece he manages to exude almost none of his trademark toughness. I'd say that is a pretty good argument that if you can act you can change how you project to people, and hopefully that means you can project sexuality if you know how.
I've heard people argue it's all about confidence, and I've certainly seen friends who looked like they'd been hit by the ugly stick a few dozen times who had lousy jobs and no cars still somehow manage to always seem to get the girl. Me, I've got the confidence of an ostrich, with my head is in the sand before I can get any words out. In my day (quite a few pounds ago and a whole lot of hair ago) people used to say I looked like Don Johnson or David Cassidy, but I couldn't pull off the swagger. (Now I look more like Uncle Fester with a goatee.) I think I buy the confidence thing, and I suspect studying actors/acting is a good way to pick up on that. Study the performances of people who get laid a lot... after all, the more tricks you have in the bag the easier it is to get the crowd going, even if, for some strange reason (like already having someone) that's not your goal. :)
So, what makes someone sexy? Looks help, but, for instance there was a girl who used to go to our local open mic who was really plain looking, but when she got up on stage she owned the place and became sexy. It was a combination of her voice and her confidence. She sounded like Janis Joplin. (She was tiny, maybe 5'1".)
Sounding good helps a lot, but it wasn't just that. She seemed absolutely confident that she was going to lay the room to waste. Good actors can switch between projecting so many different things. I can actually talk to a room full of people easier than if you asked me go up and talk to any one of those people alone.
I wonder also if there is a bit of subliminal narcissism in being attracted to whoever is on stage. If you think about it, whoever is the focus has all these signifiers that say, 'look, this person is important'. From there, it's not hard to imagine we are conditioned to try to get close to the person who is important. It's a good survival trait. If you are with the chief of the tribe you get all the benefits of being the with the alpha. Someone who isn't projecting confidence isn't confident that they are in a position to stay alpha. No sense pairing up with the chief if he's going to have his head chopped off next week!
There also has to be something about the beat. All sorts of studies show that a lot of our fight or flight arousal responses can be tricked. You are more likely to be attracted to someone if your heart is racing when you meet them. If people are out on the dance floor sweating and they look up and see you you've got a leg up.
Of course, that's all general stuff, not harp specific theories. Anyone who gets up in front of a crowd and seems confident and all... at the very least, when a lady asks you how you play something and you can say 'with tongue slaps' you've got a good ice breaker.
While I was busking today a couple of construction workers came up, threw a few bucks in the tip basket and said 'Play another.' 'What would you like? Fast, slow...sad?' I asked. 'Sleazy,' said one. His mate grinned. So I slowed a shuffle waaaay down, threw in some extra warbles and wails, and they started swaying then grinding like the strippers in their minds. When the song was done, they gave me a (manly) hug and were on their way. You never know what's gonna happen out there. Gotta love busking!
I'm not a big fan of musicals, but I am happy with Paint Your Wagon and South Park, Bigger, Longer, Uncut. Mind, I bought the DVD of PYW 8 months ago and it's still in its cellophane. ----------
Andrew. ----------------------------------------- Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.
West Side Story is genius, but not something I find myself ever wanting to watch.
So that I don't get accused of thread-drift, Hobo,
"The 1st gig I played , i had this HOT girl Half my age,I was about 40(late starter),start erotic dancing in front of me just inches away as I played,I tried to mumbles dirty stuff to her as I played into the harp,as drool poured out my mouth;-)Didnt work though she didnt go home with me;-)"
I'm guessing the swollen comb was just too unsubtle. ----------
Andrew. ----------------------------------------- Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.
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Rubes, yeah, that's Clint Singing. The other link there takes you to more of his stuff. He's actually sung in or composed music for a lot of his movies and tried his hand at pop way back in the day.
About sexual reaction to harp playing, isn't there something in the sound of the instrument itself ? Especially the way it was played in old days, most often very high pitched and with lot of wailing ?
Maybe the ultrasounds could cause some effects close to sexual excitement, or even the resemblance with the sound of a baby crying... I don't know, but maybe there is something in all that.
For the obvious "tongue thing" that we, harp players, like to joke about... remember that most people are unaware that harp players use their tongue to play (in fact, most people don't even know that you can draw, they see harp as an instrument you blow into, like a trumpet). So, I think it's just a private joke for harp players and blues connaisseurs.
Gloth, you can certainly make sounds that sound like someone moaning in ecstasy. As for people not knowing about the tongue thing, whenever a pretty lady asks you how you a make the fluttering sound or octave sound it's your responsibility as a member of the brotherhood of harmonica players to explain to her at whatever volume lets the most pretty women hear the explanation. It's part of the blues man code.
Well women sure as hell aren't falling all over me just because I have a harp in my mouth. I just don't know - am I a geek or a chump boy? How do I tell? ---------- /Greg
I havent chimed in on this topic, nor have i read the near 100 posts that are in it, but i will say that from day one of playing in front of a crowd, i emit sexy. it was first nature to portray making love to the instrument. how can you put on the right kind of show with our little harmonica, and not? im confused. who are you playing for if your not eye fucking the blond in the front row whos looking right back at you too? its part of it guys. at least that how i look at it. I may never see a piece of booty come of it, but the ladies who appreciate what i do in the band sure do show it when i walk up to them and wail... ---------- Kyzer's Travels Kyzer's Artwork "Music in the soul can be heard by the universe." - Lao Tzu
There is NO undetectable force being applied. That is my evidence. If one person has it and "It" can be seen or observed, the viewer Most definitely CAN apply the knowledge.
although pocket full of soul is not yet out there is a part in the trailer that says "it will get you laid"once I played amazing grace at an outdoor bonfire party and a lady that I had never met told me how much she enjoyed it.......now you know the rest of the story
