Musical Joke of the Day

[Denis]

A biology graduate student went to Borneo to take some samples for his thesis work. He flew there, found a guide with a canoe to take him up the river to the remote site he where he would make his collections. About noon on the second day of travel up the river they began to hear drums. Being a city boy by nature, the biologist was disturbed by this. He asked the guide, "What are those drums?" The guide turned to him and said, "Drums OK, but VERY BAD when they stop."

Well the biologist settled down a little at this, and things went reasonably well for about two weeks. Then, just as they were packing up the camp to leave, the drums suddenly stopped! This hit the biologist like a ton of bricks, and he yelled at the guide,

"The Drums have stopped, What happens now?"

The guide crouched down, covered his head with his hands and said: "Bass Solo!"

[Dave W]

I remember when my great grandfather told me that joke. 

[Denis]

Heh, we must be about the same age. 

[uwe]

I read that hand-painted on the walls of some bronze age cave ...

[Highlander]

That's known over here as the "Mark King Joke" (didn't know he was that old...  )

[ilan]

I first read it in Jeff Berlin's column in Guitar Player magazine, early 80's IIRC. But it's a good one.

[Highlander]

Is there such a thing as "the other bass-player joke...?" 

[rahock]

Is there such a thing as "the other bass-player joke...?" 

I used to know a couple of guys who did a lot of studio work and they liked to refer to this one. "How do you shut up a bass player?"
"Give him a piece of sheet music."
Rick

[Dave W]

What do you say to a bass player in a three-piece suit?

Will the defendant please rise.

[GonzoBass]

"How do you shut up a bass player?"
"Give him a piece of sheet music."

Ahh, one of the differences between a 'Bass Player' and a 'Bassist' defined right there.


I use to hear it as:
How do you get a guitar player to turn down?
Put sheet music in front of him.

[Basvarken]

Man wakes up out of narcosis.
There's a surgeon at his bed, he tells him:
Welcome back sir! I have some bad news and I have some good news for you.
The bad news is, we had to remove 80% of your brains...
The good news is, we bought you a bass guitar.

[luve2fli]

What did the bassist get on his IQ test?



....... Saliva

[Dave W]

What did the bassist get on his IQ test?



....... Saliva

Unfair! That's a drummer joke! 

[Pilgrim]

Son: "Daddy, I want to grow up and be a bass player."
Father: "Son, you can't have it both ways."

Ba-da-BIM!!

[Highlander]

Encore...! Encore...! (but not the bass solo, please...!)

Apart from the suit (which no longer fits me) that I got married in... OK Dave... guilty as charged...

Just one thing... what's "sheet music"...?