I HATE THE BANJO!!!! Do you hate it too? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

beedubaya · 12-27-2006, 03:23 PM

There is nothing I hate worse than the banjo or bluegrass hillbilly music. Is that your most hated thing too?

uncle phil · 12-27-2006, 04:53 PM

you must seriously be a rookie...

paddyjoe · 12-27-2006, 08:27 PM

he could just be a serious rookie.........

Ch'i · 12-27-2006, 08:30 PM

surely you jest...

bernadette · 12-27-2006, 10:09 PM

Isn't the world full of enough hate already?

Daniel_ · 12-29-2006, 08:38 AM

"Squeal piggy, squeal"

Wilkerson · 12-29-2006, 09:34 AM

I love banjo music and bluegrass music. Get me my fiddle Pa we gots some music to be a-playin' and some strings to be a-pluckin'
Check ma profieel if ye don't believe me.

Doesn't like the banjo? What is this...a joke?

vermin · 12-29-2006, 10:38 AM

I prefer electric banjo played with a wah-wah pedal. But that's just me.

P.S. How can you hate banjo more than bagpipes? Just wondering.

Ourcrazymodern? · 12-29-2006, 01:47 PM

I love the banjo, in spite of "duelling banjoes", and gave one to my son, the self-taught and not half bad, guitar player. He sounds good on it, too, and has yet to tell a tourist that he has purty lips.

paddyjoe · 12-30-2006, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ourcrazymodern?

I love the banjo and gave one to my son.

Fly · 12-30-2006, 12:25 PM

DUDE!!!!!

are you fucking crazy???

the banjo is sweet man............

'cept for that damn string half way down the neck of course.

Charlatan · 01-13-2007, 05:09 AM

When I think of the banjo I think of two things:

1) Deliverance

Quote:

Mountain Man: Now, let's you just drop them pants.
Bobby: Drop?
Mountain Man: Just take 'em right off.
Bobby: I-I mean, what's this all about?
Toothless Man: Don't say anything, just do it.
Mountain Man: Just drop 'em, boy. (To Ed - at knifepoint) You ever had your b---s cut off, you f--kin' ape? Looky there, that's sharp. Bet it would shave a hair.
Toothless Man: Why don't you try it and see? (To Bobby) Take off that little ol' bitty shirt there, too. (To Mountain Man) Did he bleed?
Mountain Man: He bled. (To Bobby) Them panties. Take 'em off. (After attacking him) Hey boy, you look just like a hog....(Holding Bobby's nose as he straddles him from behind) Come on piggy, give me a ride...Looks like we got us a sow here, instead of a boar....I bet you can squeal like a pig.
Bobby: Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

2) Hee Haw (rip Buck)

grumpyolddude · 01-13-2007, 10:10 AM

I simply can't abide intolerance!

Banjos is sweet... ESPECIALLY that extra string about halfway down the neck!

Fly · 01-13-2007, 10:16 AM

it is a sweet instrument isn't it grump.......we use it on 2 or 3 tunes of ours and it just adds........something.

but that 5th string always messes me up so..........i let my buddy dial it in and I stick with the bass.

grumpyolddude · 01-13-2007, 10:27 AM

They are sweet in the right hands, dangerous in the wrong ones. I haven't toyed with one in years... the neighbors are grateful!

ngdawg · 01-17-2007, 08:11 AM

How could you hate something Steve Martin plays so well?
banjo

Sharon · 01-19-2007, 10:27 AM

Bela Fleck is a genius!

Val_1 · 01-19-2007, 04:01 PM

As long as it's played well, it's a fun instrument.

Ourcrazymodern? · 01-29-2007, 08:59 PM

Pickin' & a grinnin'

Hee-haw!

warrrreagl · 01-30-2007, 05:42 AM

On New Year's Eve in 1995, I played a featured banjo solo with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra.

Just take a few minutes to let that whole sentence wash over you a bit.....

Sharon · 01-30-2007, 12:29 PM

warrrreagl, we're going to need pictures. And a soundclip. Video would be good actually.

uncle phil · 01-30-2007, 01:45 PM

and this would be a canadian banjolier at the westview marina in tahsis, BC:

Fly · 01-31-2007, 05:21 AM

sweet phil..........i lived in Tahsis for a couple months awhile back......never got to see this dude but......he does have a nice instrument.

yeah you freaks can read into that as you may.

Lak · 02-10-2007, 12:32 AM

You hate the banjo? Thats a damn shame! The banjo is glorious fun.
Have you seen Billy Connelly play the banjo? Fantastic!

Happy four-and-a-half-strings, everyone.

jbw97361 · 02-10-2007, 05:41 PM

Banjo is perfectly fine. I don't seek it out but if it is playing in some muzak capacity I will live with the strange sounding notes.

Astrocloud · 02-13-2007, 06:09 AM

A picture is worth a thousand words. Need I say more?

uncle phil · 02-13-2007, 03:44 PM

/me is going to start "playing" kingston trio songs and, you know what...you guys will LOVE them...right, fly?

ozahs · 02-23-2007, 09:19 PM

As already mentioned, but it is worth repeating, Bela Fleck is amazing.

For some reason, I don't even mind the bagpipes as much as most people.

Ourcrazymodern? · 02-27-2007, 07:27 PM

What are strange sounding notes? Sometimes they clang and sometimes they cling. The listening is the trick.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbw97361

Banjo is perfectly fine. I don't seek it out but if it is playing in some muzak capacity I will live with the strange sounding notes.

No notes sound strange in space or the near space. Can you hear even the banjo on the moon?

ring · 01-26-2008, 08:16 AM

I love ukeleles..and the sound of the wind whistling
through my screen door..

Pass the banjo please

blahblah454 · 01-26-2008, 10:47 AM

The banjo is amazing!! It can be used for lots more that just "hillbilly music". One of my best friends owns one. I have a mandolin, I dont really know how to play it yet, but I do play the guitar.

Fly · 01-26-2008, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blahblah454

The banjo is amazing!! It can be used for lots more that just "hillbilly music". One of my best friends owns one. I have a mandolin, I dont really know how to play it yet, but I do play the guitar.

dude,the mandolin freakin' sings eh?

check our band out,(i think it's "lighter drug")we use mando and banjo for fillers.........love those sounds.

grumpyolddude · 01-26-2008, 12:36 PM

"lighter drug" is just one of your many fine tunes, fly.
I'll have something for your ears soon! (no banjo, tho)

Kaimi · 01-26-2008, 01:23 PM

I absolutely cannot stand the banjo.

Tophat665 · 01-26-2008, 03:07 PM

Lighten up, Francis.

I've been there. Bluegrass used to get my back up. Not really the banjo's fault but it drew my ire, for a while. Then I heard Bela Fleck and thought, it isn't the banjo, it's the Bluegrass. Then I heard the Gourd's cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin N Juice, which isn't strictly speaking bluegrass, but gets pretty close, and the obligatory bluegrass song on each Phish album, and then I heard Hayseed Dixie's bluegrass covers of AC/DC and realized that it's like Yiddish - it just sounds irritating until you realize that there is something fundamentally amusing about it.

Now, emo banjo I would probably still hate, but I can't even imagine what that would sound like (grey grass?)

Fly · 01-27-2008, 06:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grumpyolddude

"lighter drug" is just one of your many fine tunes, fly.
I'll have something for your ears soon! (no banjo, tho)

thanks grump........can't wait to hear it.

uncle phil · 01-28-2008, 01:44 PM

youse gots ta love these guys:

http://www.kingstontrio.com/

View Poll Results: I HATE THE BANJO!! Do you?
Yes, and all toothless hillbillies that play it	5	21.74%
Nurp, my banjer is settin' over yonder in tha winder	18	78.26%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

12-27-2006, 03:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
beedubaya Upright	I HATE THE BANJO!!!! Do you hate it too? There is nothing I hate worse than the banjo or bluegrass hillbilly music. Is that your most hated thing too?

12-27-2006, 04:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	you must seriously be a rookie... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

12-27-2006, 10:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
bernadette ::::::::::::::::::::::::: :. Location: this ain't kansas, toto	Isn't the world full of enough hate already? __________________ .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.

12-29-2006, 08:38 AM	#6 (permalink)
Daniel_ Evil Priest: The Devil Made Me Do It! Location: Southern England	"Squeal piggy, squeal" __________________ ╔═════════════════════════════════════════╗ Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air, And deep beneath the rolling waves, In labyrinths of Coral Caves, The Echo of a distant time Comes willowing across the sand; And everthing is Green and Submarine ╚═════════════════════════════════════════╝

12-27-2006, 08:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	he could just be a serious rookie.........

12-27-2006, 08:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ch'i Artist of Life	surely you jest...

12-29-2006, 09:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
Wilkerson Upright Location: I live in a hovel near a hole in the ground with a gang	I love banjo music and bluegrass music. Get me my fiddle Pa we gots some music to be a-playin' and some strings to be a-pluckin' Check ma profieel if ye don't believe me. Doesn't like the banjo? What is this...a joke? Last edited by Wilkerson; 12-29-2006 at 09:37 AM..

12-29-2006, 10:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
vermin Indifferent to anti-matter Location: Tucson, AZ	I prefer electric banjo played with a wah-wah pedal. But that's just me. P.S. How can you hate banjo more than bagpipes? Just wondering. __________________ If puns were sausages, this would be the wurst.

12-29-2006, 01:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	I love the banjo, in spite of "duelling banjoes", and gave one to my son, the self-taught and not half bad, guitar player. He sounds good on it, too, and has yet to tell a tourist that he has purty lips. __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

12-30-2006, 12:25 PM	#11 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	DUDE!!!!! are you fucking crazy??? the banjo is sweet man............ 'cept for that damn string half way down the neck of course. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

01-13-2007, 10:10 AM	#13 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	I simply can't abide intolerance! Banjos is sweet... ESPECIALLY that extra string about halfway down the neck!

01-13-2007, 10:16 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	it is a sweet instrument isn't it grump.......we use it on 2 or 3 tunes of ours and it just adds........something. but that 5th string always messes me up so..........i let my buddy dial it in and I stick with the bass. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

01-13-2007, 10:27 AM	#15 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	They are sweet in the right hands, dangerous in the wrong ones. I haven't toyed with one in years... the neighbors are grateful!

01-17-2007, 08:11 AM	#16 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	How could you hate something Steve Martin plays so well? banjo __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

01-19-2007, 10:27 AM	#17 (permalink)
Sharon Coy, sultry and... naughty! Location: Across the way	Bela Fleck is a genius!

01-19-2007, 04:01 PM	#18 (permalink)
Val_1 Addict Location: In a State of Denial	As long as it's played well, it's a fun instrument. __________________ I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. -Frank Sinatra

01-29-2007, 08:59 PM	#19 (permalink)
Ourcrazymodern? still, wondering. Location: South Minneapolis, somewhere near the gorgeous gorge	Pickin' & a grinnin' Hee-haw! __________________ BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

01-30-2007, 05:42 AM	#20 (permalink)
warrrreagl pinche vato Location: backwater, Third World, land of cotton	On New Year's Eve in 1995, I played a featured banjo solo with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra. Just take a few minutes to let that whole sentence wash over you a bit..... __________________ Living is easy with eyes closed.

01-30-2007, 12:29 PM	#21 (permalink)
Sharon Coy, sultry and... naughty! Location: Across the way	warrrreagl, we're going to need pictures. And a soundclip. Video would be good actually.

01-30-2007, 01:45 PM	#22 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	and this would be a canadian banjolier at the westview marina in tahsis, BC: __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

01-31-2007, 05:21 AM	#23 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	sweet phil..........i lived in Tahsis for a couple months awhile back......never got to see this dude but......he does have a nice instrument. yeah you freaks can read into that as you may. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

02-10-2007, 12:32 AM	#24 (permalink)
Lak Insane Location: New Zealand	You hate the banjo? Thats a damn shame! The banjo is glorious fun. Have you seen Billy Connelly play the banjo? Fantastic! Happy four-and-a-half-strings, everyone. __________________ ignorance really is bliss.

02-10-2007, 05:41 PM	#25 (permalink)
jbw97361 Tilted	Banjo is perfectly fine. I don't seek it out but if it is playing in some muzak capacity I will live with the strange sounding notes. __________________ JBW

02-13-2007, 06:09 AM	#26 (permalink)
Astrocloud Apocalypse Nerd	A picture is worth a thousand words. Need I say more?

02-13-2007, 03:44 PM	#27 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	/me is going to start "playing" kingston trio songs and, you know what...you guys will LOVE them...right, fly? __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

02-23-2007, 09:19 PM	#28 (permalink)
ozahs Tilted Location: Eden Prairie, MN	As already mentioned, but it is worth repeating, Bela Fleck is amazing. For some reason, I don't even mind the bagpipes as much as most people. __________________ "It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive"

01-26-2008, 08:16 AM	#30 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	I love ukeleles..and the sound of the wind whistling through my screen door.. Pass the banjo please

01-26-2008, 10:47 AM	#31 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	The banjo is amazing!! It can be used for lots more that just "hillbilly music". One of my best friends owns one. I have a mandolin, I dont really know how to play it yet, but I do play the guitar.

01-26-2008, 12:36 PM	#33 (permalink)
grumpyolddude Deliberately unfocused Location: Amazon.com and CDBaby	"lighter drug" is just one of your many fine tunes, fly. I'll have something for your ears soon! (no banjo, tho)

01-26-2008, 01:23 PM	#34 (permalink)
Kaimi Crazy	I absolutely cannot stand the banjo.

01-26-2008, 03:07 PM	#35 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	Lighten up, Francis. I've been there. Bluegrass used to get my back up. Not really the banjo's fault but it drew my ire, for a while. Then I heard Bela Fleck and thought, it isn't the banjo, it's the Bluegrass. Then I heard the Gourd's cover of Snoop Dogg's Gin N Juice, which isn't strictly speaking bluegrass, but gets pretty close, and the obligatory bluegrass song on each Phish album, and then I heard Hayseed Dixie's bluegrass covers of AC/DC and realized that it's like Yiddish - it just sounds irritating until you realize that there is something fundamentally amusing about it. Now, emo banjo I would probably still hate, but I can't even imagine what that would sound like (grey grass?) __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.

01-28-2008, 01:44 PM	#37 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	youse gots ta love these guys: http://www.kingstontrio.com/ __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.