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Gear Discussion Forums => Other Bass Brands => Topic started by: OldManC on May 18, 2010, 05:22:36 PM
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Here are various non Gibson Thunderbirds I've come across over the years.
I thought I'd started this thread here but I can't find it, so here it is. Feel free to add pics and brands you know of.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Alembird-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Alembicbirdbody.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Alembicbirdbodyback.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Alembicbirdheadstock.jpg)
Alembic
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Bach_THI_burst.jpg)
BaCH
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/BCRichPurpleBirdcopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/BCRichBirdcopy.jpg)
B.C. Rich
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/benaventeThunderbirdcopy.jpg)
Benavente
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/BriceTBburstcopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/BriceTBwhitecopy.jpg)
Brice
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/EdwardsFuglyBird.jpg)
Edwards
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ESPYellowBird01.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ESPnavigator.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ESPrickybird.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ESPupsidedownbird.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ESPLeftyBirdcopy.jpg)
ESP
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Fernandezbirdcopyblue.jpg)
Fernandez (this is a copy of a copy; Nikki Sixx's Spector Bird)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GMPbirdad.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GMPbirdbodyagain.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GMPbirdheadstock.jpg)
GMP
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Gould.jpg)
Gould
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GrecoBirdscopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GrecoNR.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/GrecoThunderbirdIIincacopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/WhiteGrecoBirdcopyarranged.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/whiteupsidedowngrecocopyarranged.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/76GrecoSB-850sized.jpg)
Greco
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/NikkiBirds-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/HamerFB8_Petersson.jpg)
Hamer
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Funderbird_black.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/FunderbirdRed.jpg)
Hotwire
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ibaneztbirdcopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/ibanez.jpg)
Ibanez
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/JacksonTBIRDPair4n5.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/jacksontbirdcopy.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/jackbird.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/94JacksonThunderbirdcopy.jpg)
Jackson
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/JBThunderbirdcopy.jpg)
JB
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/LakieFenderBirdmockup.jpg)
(the one they should have built)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/lakland-fenderbird.jpg)
Lakland
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/SessionsThunderbird.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/SessionsThunderbirdbody01.jpg)
Sessions
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/nikkispector.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/players/motley/nikkilivewSpector_1.jpg)
Spector
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/TokaiBirdcopy.jpg)
Tokai
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Westfield_bird.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Westfield_bird_body.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/Thunderbirds/non%20Gibson%20Thunderbirds/Westfield_bird_headstock.jpg)
Westfield
I'm sure there are more, but these pics are what I have at the moment.
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I had a chance to buy this Roscoe several years ago but waited too long and it was gone.....
(http://i50.tinypic.com/e7b96t.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/16lydtx.jpg)
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I had no idea that there have been so many. It's not something I ever paid close attention to, but it just goes to show that the body shape is more desirable than some people would have you think.
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Here's a couple from my pics......
A St.George ho, almost bought this one.............
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/ho.jpg)
And a new Spector Bird
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/spectorbird.jpg)
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(http://stavemguitars.com/images/images_small/bass3.png)
(http://stavemguitars.com/images/images_small/bass7.png)
Stavem.
(Built for Bent Saether from Motorpsycho)
(http://www.mikelull.com/Instruments/Images/TBass_small.jpg)
Mike Lull.
(http://www.noizewood.com/shop/img.aspx?img=/shop/images/BTH5_BK_01.jpg&height=255)
Until recently BaCH used to make Reverse (normal) Thunderbirds too. With Ibanez shaped headstock. Found this pic of a 5 string TB on an Italian site of a BaCH reseller.
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Sheldon Dingwall has toyed with the idea of doing a fanfret T-Bird. I would raid my savings for that.
(http://www.dingwallguitars.com/forum/files/super_t_sketches_119.jpg)
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So would I. The slanted frets are in harmony with the Rev body angles.
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Filthy.....
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A St.George ho, almost bought this one.............
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/ho.jpg)
Wow, I had no idea so many companies had made T-birds! And Mark, there was a St. George like that one on eBay for a few weeks not too long ago; looked almost exactly like that one!
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(http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/US/1998PCbirdinset.jpg) (http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu280/kjrstewart/1979RDPC.jpg)
(http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/images/bass/73_jaestudio.jpg)
Peter Cook
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Awesome thread guy's keep em coming,, I'm learning alot!
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"Unk" named for an old friend with a n old gold Pontiac Catalina.Made from a maho body & a 'greatdeals'neck.oh yeah a we bit o elbo grease.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/shadowcastaz/IMG_0005-4.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/shadowcastaz/IMG_0006-3.jpg)
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/shadowcastaz/pontiac_logo_chief.png)
pg has this logo on it now (minus the word pontiac)
Tbird pups etc.M
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The headstock is as important as the body in my book.
If it doesn't have the Classic headstock, it doesn't rate.
My lefty Tokai is a beaut! a Lawsuit perfect ho!
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I like the gold one! Also the one-string simplicity ;D
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LOL, I realized I dont have a finished pic of Unk Great to be human :mrgreen:
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Here's some high priced Ho's
A Valenti
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/valenti.jpg)
A Le Compte
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/lecompte.jpg)
And me and my Lull ;D
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/7CedarsMarch2010100of247.jpg)
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Looks like a pair of high-priced hos in that last pic. :thumbsup:
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LMFAO!! I almost spewed my coffee on the keyboard! ;D
(no offense to Herr Fräulein)
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Looks like a pair of high-priced hos in that last pic. :thumbsup:
A girl's got to do something to keep the common riff-raff away ;)
The trick is to not price oneself out of the market.
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Let's not get into defining "tricks".... :o
Cool looking basses, Mark!
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That Lull does have a special look about it. Great shot Mark.
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i didn't even notice the bird. That fraulein caught my eye.
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I just love the color of that bass, As soon as I pay off my Lull I'm gonna have a single pup made.
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Does this Modulus (almost) NR qualify? ;D
(http://www.bananasmusic.com/multimedia/491/FullImage/491.jpg)
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That reminds me more of a Warwick Dolphin than a Thunderbird.
Warwick wrote the book on ugly. That Modulus comes close, though.
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(http://www.drumza.com/images/MusicManAlbertLeeElectricGuitar.jpg)
I think the Dolphin is quite ugly. Sometimes I get used to a bass, but everytime I see a Dolphin.. Just not my cup of tea.
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That looks more like the Albert Lee sig.
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I love my Ho-Bird!
(http://www.jfhproductions.net/rick10_001.jpg)
Orville, The real deal, the Lull and the Bach
(http://www.jfhproductions.net/bird_007.jpg)
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Really nice family portrait.
You are the perfect one to ask my question. How does the Bach compare to the real deal (although only one pup) and the Lull which has same pup setup. soundwise only as i am planning on changing out the bach pups? All i have is a 76 which is different pup design.
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The comparison in common is the feel they both feel pretty similar but the tone from the 67 is nice and meaty kinda in your face grunt and girth, The Bach is a little more subdued and mellower but I'm sure it's the Artec's or the electronics. Don't get me wrong the Bach sounds good and sits well in the mix it's just missing something the 67 has.
The Lull is just plain ole nasty, I'm calling it my Marshall killer. I can play any genre of music with that bass and it finds it's place. The Bart pre (I was really never a fan) really shines on this bass and takes it to a whole new level of tone shaping.. I can make it sound like the Orville, The 67 or Bach, Then I can twist a few knobs and get a great Jazz bass burp tone or monster P tone, Very Versatile bass. I love it.
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Nice birds!
Was your '67 refinished? Its beautiful. I really like that color (kerry green?).
I like the color of your Lull too - kind of an ice blue, right? Someone here had a 76 that had been refined in a color like that, IIRC.
I'd love to try the Lull pickups someday.
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Heny, they're all sweet!
Love that Ice Blue Lull, nice that someone else here can sing the praises of that bass ;D
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The comparison in common is the feel they both feel pretty similar but the tone from the 67 is nice and meaty kinda in your face grunt and girth, The Bach is a little more subdued and mellower but I'm sure it's the Artec's or the electronics. Don't get me wrong the Bach sounds good and sits well in the mix it's just missing something the 67 has.
The Lull is just plain ole nasty, I'm calling it my Marshall killer. I can play any genre of music with that bass and it finds it's place. The Bart pre (I was really never a fan) really shines on this bass and takes it to a whole new level of tone shaping.. I can make it sound like the Orville, The 67 or Bach, Then I can twist a few knobs and get a great Jazz bass burp tone or monster P tone, Very Versatile bass. I love it.
i didn't realize Mike was putting preamps in the tbirds. i thought they were all passive. is that an option you requested or standard in the bass. Mark isn'y yours passive???
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Yes, it's an option. Tho at the time I ordered mine it wasn't - no loss for me tho, I love it's
passive tone.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that Ice Blue one originally Kebo's?
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I think Henry's asleep already!
But yeah, that was Kebo's.
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Yep I was at rehearsal last night guy's,, The 67 was refinned to Kerry Green, Nice job also by Krishna out at Boston guitar works, The Lull is ice blue metallic and was ordered special for Kebo, I looked at that bass everyday for 3 months until I finally made him an offer he couldn't refuse,, lol Glad I did also.. Easily my favorite bass out of the 20 or so that I have but they all get equal lovin!.
Thanks guy's I appreciate the kudos'.
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which Bart preamp is that. NTMB ? 2 or 3 tone
Man i love those lull's . can't decide which is nicer - the blue or the orange??? GAS list 1A
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Not sure?? How can I tell? I'll drop Mr Lull a line and see if he remembers...
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The 67 was refinned to Kerry Green, Nice job also by Krishna out at Boston guitar works
Ah ok - I was kinda wondering if it was the same one. Krishna is a really nice guy. I bought an EB-0 from him off Ebay once with the original intent of refinishing it. Years before, I had seen an EB-3 in sparkling burgundy, loved it, and I was thinking of trying to refin the EB-0 like that. I saw on his blog that he had done up a melody maker in SB, and he not only shared his approach to replicating that color but also sent me some of the materials along with the bass. Really cool.
I got distracted by the BaCH, but might still try that finish one of these days. Looks challenging to apply, to say the least.
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Krishna is a great guy and does fantastic work, I had a 68 Tele bass and he restored it from a complete basket case in Candy apple red, He did my 64 P in Fiesta and my 72 P in LPB. I'm going to have him do the Bach in Cardinal Red..
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Here's my home made NR ho, modeled after my 60's NR.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/60s%20Repro%20NR%20TB/100_12872.jpg)
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That is friggin sweet! 8)
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Thanks! I love my TBs!
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Here's my current flock of "Birds....Gibbys, Hamers, Jacksons, ESPs, Greco.
(http://home.earthlink.net/~mc2/images/TBird_Collection_WebCaption.jpg)
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Big pictures of your beautiful rare basses pretty please!
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Big pictures of your beautiful rare basses pretty please!
+1!
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The original IS much larger. I tried to repost it a few times but it seems like this site might have a size limit and automatically reduces it? It that possible? Never had that happen before. I even went inot the HTML and manually changed the size it defaulted to but it automatically made it smaller each time.
If there is a simple way to get it larger let me know...or else I'll have to shop it up into a few sections and do each separately...or give everyone a magnifying glass :)
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If you click on the image with the control key held down you get the drop down menu asking to view the image in a new frame.
Click it and it opens medium size.
If you hover over it with the cursor you get a magnifying glass symbol. Click the image once and it'll show full size.
Or
click
this link:
http://home.earthlink.net/~mc2/images/TBird_Collection_WebCaption.jpg (http://home.earthlink.net/~mc2/images/TBird_Collection_WebCaption.jpg)
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Thank you Yoda, all-knowing one :)
Hey....it even works on a Apple/Mac!
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My pleasure Darth Vader ;)
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Serial Hamer fan... welcome to Planet Earth... do you come in peace...? ;)
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If any of them ever need a home........... ;)
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You're insatiable... ;D
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If any of them ever need a home........... ;)
I "might" have to give you one.....I just realized there are 13 of them in the photo!!
Oh wait...I also have a '64 Gibby Tbird II I'm restoring. That makes 14. I'm safe. No bad ju-ju :)
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See, that's why I have 14 too! 13 is just bad karma ;)
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See, that's why I have 14 too! 13 is just bad karma ;)
I wonder if I can make my wife see that kind of logic.
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I hate to say this, but...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_in_Chinese_culture)
14 to the Chinese folk is not an auspicious number...
If ever there was an excuse... ;)
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14 is a lucky number cos it was the number under which Johan Cruijff played!
What a collection! Love it!
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14 is a lucky number cos it was the number under which Johan Cruijff played!
What a collection! Love it!
....as all the Americans sit and stare at their monitors with question marks over their heads ???
Ohhhhh...he's a former Dutch soccer...OOPS, I mean the "other" football... player [how to really piss off the rest of the civilized world..hahaha.]
Actually, THAT's why I have 14 TBirds. I played fullback in jr. high school, until I got fed up with getting the crap kicked out of me protecting the damn goalie.
One thing great about the World Cup....you can walk into any American sports bar that has it on TV and go up to the bar and get a beer right away!!! There's not a soul in the place!! hahahahahaha. Crazy.
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Everyone can laugh all they want but the US is doing rather well in the World Cup! Well, we are at least hanging in there!
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I've never noticed so much interest in soccer until just now. Maybe it's because of facebook? Well, Chicago just won the Stanley Cup for the first time in my lifetime. That's all I care about! :P
PS - I'm pretty much a total non-sports guy. Until one of our teams gets into the playoffs/finals. Fair weather friend I guess.
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Yeah, I'm not much of a sports fan much either...but since I also live in New Orleans part of the time, I was rooting for the Saints all year and stunned that they made it to the Super Bowl after 43 years.
So, I made sure to be down there in New Orleans to watch that game from a local bar. It sure paid off!! TOTAL INSANITY!! I walked doen into the French Quarter after the game and all the way there it was wall-to-wall people joyously screaming out of their minds. You could not fit a sheet of paper between people on Bourbon Street, it was so crowded.
Super Bowl also happened to fall dead in the middle of Mardi Gras as well this year, so really out it over the top. Plus, they had the 4-year mayor election the day before Super Bowl and elected the first white mayor in about 40 years...probably because most of them since then ended up in jail :) That's not saying much in New Orleans though because the last white mayor's first name was "Moon" and he is the father of the guy who just got elected (a the new mayor's sister is the State Senator!) It's the only city in the USA more corrupt that Chicago, where our President and most of his pals are from. Democracy is great :)
But back to sports....the Tuesday after Super Bowl the city had a "win or lose" parade planned. All of the big Mardi Gras "crews" that normally compete with each other to have the best parades and floats...each put up thei best float and loaned them for The Saints parade (first time that ever happened.) So, you have this enormous parade with all The Saints players, management, staff, etc. riding on the best floats and throwing out beads, footballs and about anything else they could!! They even had the big trophy on the float with Drew Brees hoisting it in the air as he threw beads with his other one.
They expected like 300,000 people and ONE MILLION showed up for the day!! No violence, just great fun. It could not have been more perfect...people from all walks of life drinking , laughing and partying together in the streets New Orleans style with music everywhere.
Oh...BTW...at the bar where I watched the game, it was VERY emotional. Just as the game started and they sang the National Anthem on TV, the entire crowd in teh bas slowly began to sing until everyone was singing it loud together. I felt like I was in a movie scene becaue my part of the 'hood is a real mixed crowd...white, black, Cajun, straight, gay, rich and pretty damn broke...but the whole place errupted in song. Truly a once in a lifetime thing. I attribute it to how hard everyone in New Orleans had gotten beaten down by Hurricane Katrina and has tried to come back since. The Saints making it to Super Bowl was sort of our vindication in some strange way. NONE of us really expected them to win it...just getting there was more than we could have imagined.
Having had to evacuate the night before Katrina hit and then go back to rebuild my house there and live through all that devastation...the whole Saints thing this year was great.
New Orleans and the Gulf was just starting to get back to being liveable after 5 years....and now we get drowned in friggin' BP oil!!!! What a crime. It smells like a huge gas station in town and my friends are starting to say they itch after bathing or taking showers, so something is up that no one is talking about.