hmmmmmmmm just remembered this and had a look and a listen .... Hmmmm wish I would have stopped with just a listen, because the guy is actually really good I actally think that is a pretty cool groove ...
Like Florin said, I tried not to look. One look at that dude and I tried to look away, but then I had to look again thinking, That guy cant really be playing that, so I looked again and he was, so i tried to look away again, but then thought, nah somebody that wierd cant really be that good a bass player, so I looked again to see if maybe it was a camera trick, but it wasn't, So I looked away again, then I started thinking it was somekind of chris angle mind freak thing going on, so I looked again to see if I could figure out the trick, but there wasn't one so I looked away again, then the last post after mine came to mind, was that really John Myung, so I looked again, and of coarse it wasn't, thank god, so again I looked away, then started thinking about Jester saying it was going to really irritate me, so I looked again to see what it was I was going to get irritated at, but couldn't figure it out, so I was about to look away when all of a sudden they switch to the guy wearing somekind of yoga get up and feeling himself up, so I quickly closed my eyes and looked away, but then thought, now I didn't really see that, so I looked again, and it was back to the normal wierd guy wearig that rediculous get up, omg did I just use the word normal when describing any part of that video, so again as I was about to look away I saw 4 glasses sitting on the end table and flashes of 2 girls and a cup came to mind, so I immediately looked away and almost shut off my computer, but something made me remember seeing something about freddie mercury in relation to this video so I just had to look again to see what that was about, and if this guy is japans version of freddie mercury, then japan is in trouble because, although Freddie may have been a homo amd a bit of a drag queen, I don't think freddie would have been caught dead (sorry bad choice of words not intended to be a pun) in a gawdy and rediculous get up like that this guy was wearing, so I looked away again, only to hear a really cool riff, like to close out the piece, so that made me look again, but all I saw was some guy acting like he was about to be sick, so I looked away and by the time I looked again, it was thankfully over.
Irritated? Not at all
Disturbed and emotionally scared for life? Without a doubt.
Plan on joining his fan club? Maybe if I ever go blind
Want to grow up to be just like him? Would rather have a frontal labotamy or a bottle in front of me ... I would need both to ever make a video like that one.
***DISCLAIMER***
In reference to a previous post in another thread .... these comments, with the exception of my saying he is a really good bass player and that it was a cool groove, was not ment as opinion to foster further discussion but rather was ment as an attempt at humor ... Possible a very bad attempt at humor, but a humorous attempt all the same. However, I'm not trying to stifle any further comments or discussion about this video or even the questionable attempt and making humor at this videos expense, so please feel free to comment away. I mearly added this disclaimer to clarify my position when it comes to the my above comments......
*** FURTHER DISCLAIMER ***
It should also be noted that all the comments up to now and including this Further Disclaimer are my own and in no way represents the opinions and comments of Hans Peter, Warwick or any of it's employees. Also, it should be made perfectly clear that although Pop Bass Legend Florin Barbu's name appears in the above comments, his name and any similarity to Florin was used without his permission and in no way is ment to imply his support or endoresment of said comments. Hopefully he is laughing his a$$ off reading this, but that too in no way should be taken as a show of support or endorsement of anything said anywhere in this post.
Furthermore, the fact this post was not immediately deleted does not in any way infer that Bass Genius and Forum Moderator Greg agrees with or endorses this post. Actually at this point, I expect that Greg is shaking his head and wondering who is crazsier, the guy in the video or the stupid yank that spent all this time writing this post. Not that that comment is in anyway menat to imply that Greg actually feels or thinks that way, it was just another stupid attempt at humor.
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Although rumor has it that Ms Diva is seriously considering the outfit the guy was wearing in the video to be the offical band uniform for her band, I wouldn't expect to see our own PK and bass guru Golem wearing it anytime soon. Like Freddie M, I cant imagine Golem being caught dead in that outfit, maybe playing that bass, but not wearing that outfit.
Then again ....
Now there's a video where I won't look!