harmonicanick
2059 posts
Oct 18, 2013
2:53 PM
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Three long gigs this week, last night walked to a 2nd jam with friends and at after 2am, rockin' I said to the guys, I am going home,
Shout from a female in the audience...'Lightweight'
Not happy..
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Frank
3033 posts
Oct 18, 2013
3:42 PM
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I'm in bed for 4 hours by the time 2am rolls around but I'm up at 6am daily 7 days aweek - I get me 7 to 8 hrs of sleep - tonight the great John Nemeth is going to perform in my neck of the woods...I have to work in the morning and will be in bed by 10:30pm missing his awesome show, sleep trumps music for me - sleep is sacred and is part of my mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health regimine - keeps the "tiger in the tank" ;) Now, if I was off tommorow - this lightweight might muster up the strength to go to the show and get in bed by 12pm :)
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 18, 2013 3:58 PM
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rbeetsme
1395 posts
Oct 18, 2013
4:46 PM
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I haven't been called "lightweight" in some time!
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Philosofy
487 posts
Oct 18, 2013
4:47 PM
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You should've invited her home with you...
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joe
113 posts
Oct 18, 2013
7:42 PM
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if it really stung you, you probably need some time alone in the
woodshed
if your response is incomprehension, don't worry about it
that sort of crap is from the same book which demands that concert pianists
commit their whole repertoire to memory
the same book that makes music a performance sport
j.
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Joe_L
2362 posts
Oct 18, 2013
8:32 PM
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The truth is often painful to hear.
Lightweight.
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nacoran
7237 posts
Oct 18, 2013
11:24 PM
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I'm posting this at 2:23 am. :)
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didjcripey
649 posts
Oct 19, 2013
12:26 AM
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As we say where I'm from, 'go hard or go home'
A witty comeback might have been good, like
'what's that love?; you'd like to lose weight?'
Sometimes you just better off to go home.
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Kingley
3216 posts
Oct 19, 2013
1:18 AM
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If a little insignificant comment like that upsets you then maybe you are a lightweight and playing music in front of people isn't for you. All musicians need to have a thick skin, especially blues players. Crowds can be tough to please and very critical. You need to be able to take it all on the chin.
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BronzeWailer
1159 posts
Oct 19, 2013
4:45 AM
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I don't give a sh*t what people say. And they say a lot of things on the street. Did she get up and do her thing?
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Frank
3034 posts
Oct 19, 2013
5:23 AM
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She was most likely having an intimate evening with John Barley Corn her faithful companion and lover and he prompted her outburst...ofcourse like all good drunks - she must be submissive to his authority :)
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TheoBurke
490 posts
Oct 19, 2013
6:37 AM
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The fact that she called you a "light weight" when you decided to go home AFTER 2 AM tells that she has a problem you'd rather not have. People who want to keep the party going get nervous when others decide to return to their lives outside the taverns.
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harmonicanick
2060 posts
Oct 19, 2013
6:43 AM
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@Bronzewailer
Yup, she was dancing wild, and she was young and I am old:)
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Frank
3038 posts
Oct 19, 2013
7:43 AM
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Was'nt Sugar Ray Leonard a light weight :)
No mas...no mas !!
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 19, 2013 7:47 AM
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Thievin' Heathen
261 posts
Oct 19, 2013
10:33 AM
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Relax, maybe she was critiquing your playing power, not your staying power.
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Fingers
231 posts
Oct 19, 2013
12:23 PM
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We allways remember the single bad comment among the thousands of good ones!! (well I do):-) I am learning Happy Birthday on the Uke for my Granddaughter for her fifth birthday and when I showed my wife how I was doing she said......if you play it any slower she will be 6 by the time you've finished!! Lol.
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nacoran
7240 posts
Oct 19, 2013
5:58 PM
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I'm not sure I'd take it as a slight if she said it right after you said you were heading home. In the context you gave, it sounded more to me like she was just making fun of you for quitting the party.
That's a pretty typical lighthearted jab whenever anyone leaves early. Now, if she was talking about your playing, yeah, then maybe you need to work on your comebacks and have one ready. (Some of my favorite comedy is when a comedian gets heckled and the comedian is ready to make the heckler crawl down a hole and cry.)
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KingoBad
1403 posts
Oct 19, 2013
6:05 PM
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You bellyache like a lightweight...
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JInx
591 posts
Oct 20, 2013
1:35 AM
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no man, she has a point. if you're a real blueser, you're gonna have to be able to hang after 2
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LIP RIPPER
704 posts
Oct 20, 2013
3:34 AM
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I enjoyed this thread. You guys cracked me up at 6:34am. I too am a lightweight.
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harmonicanick
2062 posts
Oct 20, 2013
5:17 AM
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@Jlnx
BTW nice painting..
I hope my 'real blueser' credentials are intact because last night I played on till well late.
I would add that I play a lot when performing and get all the aches and pains in shoulders and hands that you young whippersnappers may not get yet:)
I took that lightweight comment as a backhanded compliment, that she did not want me to stop:)
I should have walked past her grabbed her head in my hands, and kissed her forehead with a flourish ha ha
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TheoBurke
493 posts
Oct 20, 2013
7:16 AM
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"Lighweight" needs to be reconsidered. I am in bed by 9=9:30pm five nights a week, but I also out of bed at 4:30 AM for work. I suspect those who decided to stay behind and close the bars won't be up until 9am, minimum, with manslaughter hangovers and the state of bewilderment that comes with not knowing who's bed you slept in last night.
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Frank
3043 posts
Oct 20, 2013
8:20 AM
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You can always serenade the culprit with this tune :)
Or...take off your shirt and bounce your pectorals :)
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 20, 2013 8:24 AM
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Joe_L
2363 posts
Oct 20, 2013
9:22 AM
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Your "real blueser" credentials being intact?
That's great! Whatever that is?
The blues men and women I have known are not concerned with their "blueser credentials." They just do what they do. They live life.
If you worry about some non-existent bogus credentials, you're probably a lightweight.
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Last Edited by Joe_L on Oct 20, 2013 9:23 AM
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Kingley
3217 posts
Oct 20, 2013
9:43 AM
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I agree with everything Joe L just wrote. Maybe you need to ask yourself why this woman's comment got to you so much.
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harmonicanick
2063 posts
Oct 20, 2013
9:46 AM
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@F lol
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Frank
3044 posts
Oct 20, 2013
9:58 AM
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Remember this one
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 20, 2013 9:58 AM
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LSC
521 posts
Oct 20, 2013
10:06 AM
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@harmonicanick - I suspect that it was actually a comment made in jest. Consequently I would also say you might ask yourself the question why it bugged you so much you had to post here for validation. Consider the following tale.
I use to book myself under an assumed name fronting a booking agency. The difference in reaction from club owners as opposed to calling as my "real" self was remarkable. So one day I do a follow up call to talent buyer that I'd sent a package to and asked him what he thought. His reply? "Oh, the band is great but I think the singer is crap." I was the singer. Did I crumble into the fetal position and suck my thumb? No. In a heartbeat I replied, "Yeah, I know. But not to worry. We sacked that guy and got another one who's much better." Straight away the guy gives me a date.
When we went to do the gig after the first set the talent buyer comes up to me and says, "Hey man, you guys are great. Tell your agent if he has any more bands like you I'll have 'em."
Moral: You gotta roll with the punches.
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JInx
592 posts
Oct 20, 2013
10:26 AM
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Tommy Herns, what a show ...Hagler, Lenord, Duran ...brutal stuff
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MP
2969 posts
Oct 21, 2013
12:24 PM
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Young female heckles you at 2am.
I doubt she remembers the incident. probably forgot it not long after she got the laugh from her friends.
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Rick Davis
2568 posts
Oct 21, 2013
2:53 PM
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It was just some drunk woman having fun. She probably says the same thing to her friends when they leave the bar to go home. It is just a throw-away line that means absolutely nothing. Forget it.
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blueswannabe
321 posts
Oct 21, 2013
4:53 PM
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@harmonicanick, Don't know how old you are..but after I do a three hour gig in the evening... I'm looking for steak and eggs and then sleep.
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Rick Davis
2577 posts
Oct 22, 2013
2:31 PM
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Yeah, Denny's starts to sound pretty good at 2:30 am after a gig.
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Frank
3053 posts
Oct 22, 2013
4:07 PM
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Is this the girl?
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harmonicanick
2066 posts
Oct 22, 2013
5:03 PM
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It is 1.02am and I have just got back home after playing all night.
Wife is sleeping peacefully and I am about to do the same guys..
@blueswannabe 62
Last Edited by harmonicanick on Oct 22, 2013 5:06 PM
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Frank
3056 posts
Oct 22, 2013
6:45 PM
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Nick - is'nt all night till around 6 in the morning :)
Last Edited by Frank on Oct 22, 2013 7:00 PM
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chromaticblues
1488 posts
Oct 23, 2013
11:30 AM
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Frank you crack me up!
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