This seems to be connected to streams of adrenaline. So next time you have stage fright, you want to bring a beater for the occasion.
This seems to be connected to streams of adrenaline. So next time you have stage fright, you want to bring a beater for the occasion.
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
From Willkamm - "However, I've been told that some of the classic vehicles destroyed in movies are sometimes the real thing."
They don't even need to be 'classic' cars - Aston Martin produced 10 (i believe) DBS V12 cars to be used in the James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" at a cost of approx. $266,350 US each - Quote :-"Six Aston Martins were destroyed during filming, and one of them was purchased by a fan."
That styling of Aston Martin is now the AM 'Vanquish 4' or the DB11 'Volante 3' - either of which i'd swap any of may mandolins for - even though i don't drive,i love car design !!.
Just imagine destroying even one of these ???. I wonder what Dave Harvey would say to somebody who asked him to build 10 Gibson 'Master Model' mandolins so that they could be destroyed in a film ?,
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Weber F-5 'Fern'.
Lebeda F-5 "Special".
Stelling Bellflower BANJO
Tokai - 'Tele-alike'.
Ellis DeLuxe "A" style.
Have always found this one to be quite funny. Even moreso as this is a direct homage to John Belushi in the movie Animal House.
Usually doesn't bother me when an instrument is broken in a film or television show. (Hateful 8 being an exception). I try not to get caught up in it too much. Was also not aware of the Kyle Busch incident. Sigh. That's also uncalled for, IMO.
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I cannot listen to a certain Oklahoma “new country” singer-songwriter who smashed a Takamine guitar in a music video. Self indulgent behavior from a rags to riches guy who claims to be humble. Nope, not buying it.
Mike Snyder
C'mon, it's a cartoon.
David Hopkins
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Breedlove Legacy FF mandolin; Breedlove Quartz FF mandolin
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The older I get, the less tolerant I am of political correctness, incompetence and stupidity.
John Belushi smashed Stephen Bishop's guitar in the movie 'Animal House' . . . but I'm sure that was on a completely different level . . .
My little girl when she was 2, well my fault but I was playing mandolin and wasn't payin attention and well she got herself in my Gibson
Master Model case and pushed the lid over and snapped the ribbons, bent the hinges-CRINGE, I was a wee bit bummed but again my fault! When your pickin you best be watchful over the little ones-They is hell bent on destruction!
Purr more, hiss less. Barn Cat Mandolins Photo Album
The on stage guitar abuse by rock stars has long prompted me to say, "Could have given that guitar to a young player desperate for an instrument." I don't remember all of the examples, though The Who and Jimi Hendrix come to mind. Instruments have feelings, too!
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John Hiatt said it well-
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Flatiron A
Way too many other instruments
I realize that this is pretty atypical of the usual guitar smashing incidents - but I had a friend who went to see the band Kiss back in the 70's, and he swore that a stage hand brought out some sort of junker instrument before they smashed it on stage.
An English friend of mine, who was around when the Who were on the rise claims that Pete Townshend had a special guitar that he smashed and glued together regularly. I have no idea whether that's true, but an up-and-coming band wouldn't be able to afford to destroy a new guitar every show. Ravi Shankar, who came from a poor country and held a spiritual approach to music, was often quoted as saying how disturbed he was by the Who and Hendrix destroying instruments at Monterey Pop. I sympathize with his viewpoint, but the thing about the 60's was that there was a lot of cultural repression to deal with. You had to be there to really get it.
Here's my instrument horror story. Many moons ago, my small daughter was taking fiddle lessons. I taught her to never put her violin down on the floor, a seat, or anywhere unsafe, but always put it in the case or on a table. One day, I was tuning for her when the phone rang. I went to the next room and answered it. After a few minutes talking, I returned to the couch, and promptly sat on her mini-sized fiddle, snapping the neck. It was me who left it there, so I told her to learn from my mistakes. Fortunately, it was a clean break, easily repaired by a luthier. And she's still fiddling nearly twenty years later, never having done something as careless with an instrument as her dad did.
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Robert Johnson's mother, describing blues musicians:
"I never did have no trouble with him until he got big enough to be round with bigger boys and off from home. Then he used to follow all these harp blowers, mandoleen (sic) and guitar players."
Lomax, Alan, The Land where The Blues Began, NY: Pantheon, 1993, p.14.
If it's junk or reglued it is still stupid show off gimmick. Why would a craftsman destroy the tools of his craft symbolically or realistically. If he doesn't respect what he does what right does he have to expect me to. Accidents happen and we've all done careless or stupid things but to do this intentionally you have lost my respect.
I dunno, that dance-off to the death scene in Puss in Boots was pretty darn funny.
Plus, it was in self defense.
Plus, it wasn't really real.
So, yeah -smashing imaginary instruments has a place in comedy.
Despite the high cost of living, it still remains popular...
In "Horsefeathers" (1932) there is a scene with Groucho serenading Thelma Todd while playing a 1920s Gibson L-5 (probably his own). At around 1:17 in this video he throws a different flattop, roundhole guitar into the water.
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