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Poll: stage outfits
Joined: Feb 28, 2006 Posts: 2354 San Jose, Ca. 
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Posted on Mar 07 2007 12:18 AM
First, a picture of you drinking foo-foo drinks instead of beer.
Bob —Bob |
Joined: Mar 15, 2006 Posts: 1487 San Francisco
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Posted on Mar 07 2007 12:24 AM
Arright Bob, keep in mind, you prompted me to do this -- here's a picture of me about 8 hours after the tux pic was taken, looking a tad less respectable....
There's a bit mroe of the Bill we all come to expect, huh??
~B~ |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25568 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A. 
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Posted on Mar 07 2007 12:32 AM
ah Bill, Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Mar 08 2007 11:13 AM
Dude, that would be a blast! I've been jonesing to play some surf. Gb |
Joined: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 448 50,000 Light-Years Beyond Planet Claire 
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 12:03 AM
I dont' really know WHY the thread I was reading has been shunted over here? What's the point ? Anyway, NOW that I'm here....Here's my take. It's well thought out, natchurally. The Hawaiian shirt on stage says a couple of things, tacitly. _It's the EASY thing to do. (too lazy to put thought into an outfit) Like a fast paint job it covers a million sins. Requires no thought and absolute minimum effort._ The interesting thing is....these attributes are reflected on the band. I'm assuming we're all (pretty much) adults here. Aren't we? |
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Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 204 Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 01:48 AM
in my last band we went for black trousers, cheap dress shirts and ties..the sax player never conformed, always track pants and a t-shirt, untill one night we had a gig at one of the "in" venues. We were well recieved. booked a couple more times the i had a breakdown and split the band up!! But it was fun picking on the young guy in the track pants while it lasted.... |
Joined: Feb 25, 2006 Posts: 19294 Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 08:20 AM
Because we don't need two threads discussing the same thing. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 5304 the outer banks of north carolina
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 08:31 AM
k-mart killed the hawaiian print shirt — |
Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 2683 Ventura, CA
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 01:18 PM
There is a Costco on Kauaii!? |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 25568 Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 01:51 PM
I think its fine to have your opinions about Hawaiian shirts in or not in surf bands, But lets keep it Cival. No need to get snooty about it saying that Jeff(bigtikidude) Jeff(bigtikidude) —Jeff(bigtikidude) |
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 04:45 PM
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Mar 19 2007 05:44 PM
as for me, hawaiian shirts just dont really look all that good in my opinion, but all the power to any surf band that wants to wear them. i must agree that it seems like it is kind of the first outfit idea along with bowling shirts, which i prefer the latter. i dont think a surf band is conformist if thats what they wanna wear, but thats just the look and feel they want to portray, because most likely the surf bands they listen to inspire the same feeling that they want people to see in them. if anything, most surf bands using the same or similar fender amp is more conformity than the costume issue. im not insulting anyone or fender, i love fender. in fact, i Wish i had a nice fender combo instead of the not-very-well-known british thing i have. and that, my friends, is my opinion. — |
Joined: Mar 17, 2007 Posts: 839 United Kingdom
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Posted on Mar 31 2007 04:41 AM
I Think the most interesting aspect to come out of this thread is the issue of conformity/authenticity. As Stratofuzz said earlier on: ...and I agree because you can't freeze something at a moment in time and expect it to keep any aspect of rebellion - because you are actively rejecting the whole concept of the medium developing. I used to play in a 50's Rock n' Roll band and the people that followed us were probably the least rebellious that you could ever meet. The Catch 22 is that if Wah Wah and Chorus pedals had been availaible in Eddie Cochran's time then he would have used them and those sounds would have been part of the iconography of Rock N' Roll (this is definitely NOT an argument for the use of Chorus pedals in Surf Music BTW) It seems to me that Surf music is a broad church that loosely embraces everything between Santo and Johnny to The Cramps and I'm thankful that it does. It's great that some bands are keeping the original vibe alive and it's great that some bands are stretching it's boundaries. The unifying concept is the 'Twang' I guess.... In another thread on this forum I read a post from a guy saying that he wouldn't even give a listen to a band he saw playing Danelectro guitars and I just find that scary. Everyone loves the vibe of a vintage Fender and I have few myself, but although the image you choose to create is important, what really matters is the music and how it makes you feel. Whatever shirt you wear, whatever guitar you play. —http://www.myspace.com/thepashuns Youth and enthusiasm are no match for age and treachery. |
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Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 204 Newcastle... Australia
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Posted on Mar 31 2007 09:47 AM
well said Estreet!!
adam |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Apr 04 2007 12:55 PM
someone should definetely make SG101 shirts, assuming no one has. i would wear it! — |
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Joined: Apr 03, 2007 Posts: 33 Winter Park, FLA |
Posted on Apr 04 2007 01:19 PM
My own basic rule of thumb over the years: look as good as ya can afford to, long as it doesn't inhibit ya. In other words, don't dress so nice that yer afraid to get yer clothes messy! As I tend to do a lot of sweating, rolling, spilling, and bleeding during a set, there's just no way in hell I can afford to wear anything too spiffy or irreplaceable without toning it down a bit, and frankly, I'd rather look like a slob than calm it down. Plus, being 6'2" and 250 lbs, yer average thrift store ain't gonna have a whole lotta threads that'll fit! I learned a valuable lesson some years back when I played a gig wearing a very nice silk tie. You ever tried untying a knotted piece of soaking-wet silk at three in the morning after about 15 beers? I ended up sleeping with the damn tie still on, and finally managed to work it free about 5 pm the next day. Nightmare! Never again... |
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Joined: Feb 27, 2006 Posts: 3832 netherlands
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Posted on Apr 04 2007 01:48 PM
good point! so wait, why do I usually play in my wedding jacket? Oh, I remember, I got married in a $25 jacket form the Amsterdam flea market! WR —Rules to live by #314: |
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Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 107 |
Posted on Apr 08 2007 09:18 AM
Whenever i see a band in street clothes it doesnt kill it for me but its certainly a downer. It feels so uncordinated, like 5 different musicians playing together, rather than a band. |
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Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 1010 Bay City, Michigan
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Posted on Apr 14 2007 10:37 AM
it also depends on if the people in the band have the same taste is clothing. if you get people wearing similar streetwear onstage that also helps. ive found that friends usually tend to dress alike, so i think thats a big part of that, too. — |
Joined: Mar 02, 2006 Posts: 11053 Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Apr 14 2007 11:52 AM
Doesn't have to be clothes, you could all share some kind of accessory too. —Danny Snyder Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF |
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btd--you hit the nail on the head little brother-----its not the hawaiian shirts or stage outfits that holds surf music back-----its the promoters and the record companies that only push formula music. radio stations too are involved. if the music doesn't guarantee an immediate, high profit--then it doesn't get played. period... art don't sell--shit sells. face it, rock may as well be dead because there is no creativity allowed. it all has to be the same. same with rap and country. commercial music is shit. blues is shit now . jazz is not so hot anymore. i turn on the radio and hear the same crap that i didn't like 10-20-30-40 years ago 
