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Thou shallt hire Bill Bruford, for he waseth in all three of the major king of prog bands.

 

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Thous shalt attempt to insert a lot of greek/roman mythology into your songs

Thou shalt play the mandola/madolin/mandocello/anything with mando in front of it

Thous shalt be surrounded by keyboards on stage - at least three deep on every side

Thou shalt have a very very very big drum riser

Thou shalt have a high voice (men), ethereal voice (women)

Thou shalt have a pushy bass player, over-zealous drummer, guitar player interested in creating angular soundscape, away-with-the-fairies singer and occasionally a member of the band who does nothing but is billed as 'percussionist'

thou shalt not ever say the word 'concise'

thou shalt wear spandex and or satin

thou shalt sell steadily fewer and fewer records until you are a self-financing collective releasing triple cds based on the works of obscure 19th century fantasists via the internet and living in a tree house

thous shalt split up, reform, hate the other members of your band, have a nervous breakdown and tour for the money

thou shalt get one's head together in the country several times during a 30-year career
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Thou shalt not allow record companies to force you to into recording albums that really aren't in your best interest.  You also shouldn't allow them to take pictures of you on a beach looking like the BeeGees....
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thou's album covers will have your band's name and
the name of the album in the center-middle. or not at
all on the cover.
*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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Thou shalt sell thy "Unplugged MTV" cut for a fortune !

Thou shalt tour Latin America when nobody else wants to book your tours ! and or if thou are really decadent !

Thou shalt trade in the longtime faithful wife for a "plastified" pinup babe so at least some midia attention wilt be earned !

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Followers of thou shall queue for the toliets at concerts unless thou is female.
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Thou shalt have one member responsible for sacking all other members of the best lineup, and steadily replacing them with less worthy musicians.....

Hi there Mr Box.......

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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2004 at 08:59

LOL Ha! Funny stuff, folks, and great thread, Frenchie!Clap

Ermm How about this one:

#27, Addendum 12-B: Thy complex, convoluted and pretentious over-long compositions, coupled with thy wordy, rambling, pompous and semi-coherent lyrics, shalt in turn inspire complex, convoluted, pretentious over-long, wordy, rambling, pompous and semi-coherent reviews.Geek

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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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                                       guilty indeed mr Rideout!!

 

 

oops!! im in trouble now RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!!

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Thee Drummer must hath the hugest gong behind him onstage whetherest he playest it or not forsooth.

All Roadies,Musical Instrument Manufacturers ,Girlfriends/Wives,Pets and Pubs,Bars and Hotels must hath ye honourable credit on the album sleeve.
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2004 at 09:57

Originally posted by Man Erg Man Erg wrote:


All Roadies,Musical Instrument Manufacturers ,Girlfriends/Wives,Pets and Pubs,Bars and Hotels must hath ye honourable credit on the album sleeve.

Geez I could be famous by now...  Probably mentioned as the pet however..
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Thou shalt have one member responsible for sacking all other members of the best lineup, and steadily replacing them with less worthy musicians..... 

Wow, I hope that doesn't happen to Crimson....
I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
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Thou shouldest have the finest silk Persian carpet (20 foot square minimum) to stand upon whilst playing thy solo. Thoust may thrust thy roadie into deepest damnation least he forgets to vacuum it,  before thy show. Thoust shall useth a large 747 for thy travels unto thy fans and least ye forget the world about thee, the will speaketh as the ecologist.LOLSmileTongueWink
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Thou must have one member who will play a Glockenspiel or The Vibes at least once on one album and tour.

 
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Thou shalt treat thy groupies very well and make sure they get the point of whatever it is you are thinking......
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Thou shall make loud, WEEEE, THRRRLLL, WEEE, BLIP, POP, WZZZZHHHSSSS, sounds with thy synth whenever other instruments could play something more meaningful, but would takest away the spotlight from thy godly visage.

 

Keith who?  
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Originally posted by danbo danbo wrote:

Thou shall make loud, WEEEE, THRRRLLL, WEEE, BLIP, POP, WZZZZHHHSSSS, sounds with thy synth whenever other instruments could play something more meaningful, but would takest away the spotlight from thy godly visage.

Keith who?  

Hey Keith never took my eyes away from the godly image...
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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2004 at 21:55
Greg Lake looks kind of short...how tall was he TF?
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Points: 4215 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 18 2004 at 22:27

He's actually right on 6 ft.

Actually from this pic.... Greg is 6 ft... .Carl is about 5.10... and Keith is about 5.9



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Originally posted by sigod sigod wrote:

Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Thou shalt have one member responsible for sacking all other members of the best lineup, and steadily replacing them with less worthy musicians..... 


Wow, I hope that doesn't happen to Crimson....

Surely you are not referring to the Bruford Levin / Mastellotto Gunn situation.....

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