do you enjoy watching people playing musical instruments?

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i quite like watching jazz drummers. and i'm reasonably interested in watching orchestras.

otherwise i'll just look somewhere else. or close my eyes.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:01 (twenty-two years ago)

i used to think so, but, by and large, no.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

not even eric clapton?

― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:03 (twenty-two years ago)

only when he looks really pained.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah everyone else besides drummers are either boring or too showboaty.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

although if they were from, i dunno, bulgaria. and dressed in national costumes. and jumping around. and their instruments weren't guitars or basses.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i might have to close my ears though.

― mullygrubber (gaz), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

drummers for sure. and of course perving on cute musicians.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I enjoyed watching Vinnie Colaiuta play drums for the attitude he displays (as well as his finesse and groove).
I also enjoyed seeing guitarist Robert Fripp perform (I know that he does very little but move his fingers and press buttons with his feet, but I got to stand right beside him as he performed and seeing someone with such command and knowledge of their instrument and equipment was highly impressive. Trey Gunn on the stick (sort of like a bass and guitar combined into one instrument) is really enjoyable as well, but that is more visual. His body movement, the fluidity of his nimble fingers, and he can be downright funky when he wants to be (not enough in my opinion).
Pianist Philip Aaberg is quite impressive as well. It is as if he has ten fingers on each hand. His concentration level is extremely high.
Of course, percussionist Ray Cooper is fun as hell to watch. If only because it is obvious that the old coot is having a blast at what he's doing.
I also like seeing bluegrass musicians perform. Shitkickin' and darn tootin'. Yeeehaaaaaa.

― bahtology, Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:18 (twenty-two years ago)

a good hearty acoustic guitar player is pretty fun to watch.

― Debito (Debito), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 04:21 (twenty-two years ago)

If they're creative, and do crazy shit, like DEVO and their sawwed off guitars, or when Man or Astroman sets off a tesla coil.

― David Allen (David Allen), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 05:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Not if they're utter wankers or boring.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I enjoy watching hugh metcalfe kicking his acoustic guitar, the way he plays and dances with the disconnected beefheart-ish sound of it and then getting his gas mask and screaming through his poetry and then the room blow up.

I love watching AMM, for the economy of effort.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

i love watching a dj scratching with one, two or three turntables.
after two minutes i end up enjoying the music, but i still love to see the juggling.

― joan vich (joan vich), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I got the George Harrison tribute DVD for Christmas, the first 30 mins or so is a sitar performance, featuring Ravi Shankar's daughter (not that one), which was quite fascinating. Then Jeff Lynne came on and I fell asleep (to be fair, it was 03:30 am).

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Depends on the player and the music, really. I'm pretty bored by watching most drummers/guitarists, unless they are doing special techniques. I tend to have a special interest in how, say, Sonic Youth plays their music, because there's a "so that's how they do that" factor. I like watching people play keyboards and assorted electronic devices, because I have a better understanding of those instruments generally.

― Matthew Perpetua (Matthew Perpetua), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 13:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Watching jazz drummers is the best. I like watching most jazz musicians for how they carry themselves actually.

When it comes to musicians in general, more of them need to dance.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 14:14 (twenty-two years ago)

my girlfriend doesn't like watching people play instruments. She says that the face a guy makes when he plays a guitar is the face he makes during coitus. that statement resonates. it's kind of gross seeing people curl their lip a la Elvis when they do a bendy. and that soloing open mouth/slack jawed face? eiw.

― AaronK (AaronK), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 14:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, no one likes guitarists anyway.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, that pretty much wraps it up.

― Barima (Barima), Wednesday, 25 February 2004 14:29 (twenty-two years ago)

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