Possibly OT: Lady Gaga rocks a Big Al?

[DaddyFlip]

I see all the MM parts and the lamentable extras. Is that thing even playable I wonder or is it just a prop? Does she play or just hold on and swing around on it?

 

[mynan]

I don't think the Big Al was plugged in...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ByiLIosTPA&feature=topvideos"]YouTube- Lady GaGa - Brit Awards 2010 Performance (Telephone - Dance in the dark) HQ[/ame]

 

[DTG]

If you show up here in this outfit I will let you play mine for a minute....

I am in but I draw the line at the head gear

 

[Spudmurphy]

Doesn't her bass player use a Big AL?

Yup, sure does - voila -

 

[Grand Wazoo]

Here is an artist I do admire, she has a great voice and can really sing, if you go past the eccentricity of her act, you can't but realize she is the next "Madonna" in the making. Good luck to her, I say. And also great that her band plays EBMM gear.

 

[bassmonkeee]

So, basically no one read Derek's post (#3) where he says that everyone who was playing with her last summer was booted and she's gone through multiple musicians since then.

 

[bovinehost]

So, basically no one read Derek's post (#3) where he says that everyone who was playing with her last summer was booted and she's gone through multiple musicians since then.

 

[Manfloozy]

Here is an artist I do admire, she has a great voice and can really sing, if you go past the eccentricity of her act, you can't but realize she is the next "Madonna" in the making. Good luck to her, I say. And also great that her band plays EBMM gear.

GW, that is the parallel I made.... as long as she can continue to reinvent herself to continue to be relevant as culture changes... Madonna is an extremely intelligent businesswoman.

As for management booting the musicians... don't understand... don't think I want to because I'm sure it would appall me.

 

[shakinbacon]

I kinda like everything Lady Gaga does. I mean, she's an okay musician (better than her music, if you know what I mean), and an average singer. But as a commodity she is absolutely brilliant. She's somehow tapped into the zeitgeist and transformed herself into this spectacularly marketable product, while simultaneously remaining true to her vision. Is it disposable pop culture nonsense? Probably. But I find her utterly compelling.

I totally agree. I find her strangely fascinating

 

[cellkirk74]

Sadly, to be successful these days does not necessarily mean you do good music.

The same with Madonna by the way. Great marketing, but songs nothing more than average.

(just my 2 cent, sorry for the rant)

 

[Jimmyb]

So, basically no one read Derek's post (#3) where he says that everyone who was playing with her last summer was booted and she's gone through multiple musicians since then.

I did. I also posted about the so called 'auditions' for the UK leg of her tour.

I have a lot of respect for her, but it looks like management are trying to take over...

 

[slow roasted]

We sent them 3 basses to use for a 2 1/2 year tour! Most likely she took one for herself when management Kicked the band out of the gig!

Interesting but it looks like the Flat black bass we made for Tommy K while in the band!

..They have had multible backing musicians come and go since last August!

db

The flat black lives safely with the rest of my EB basses in Chicago. I guess
Tommy wanted to divest himself of anything associated with that tour. Must have, because it's the most impressive bass I've played in a long while....

 

[Jimmyb]

Doesn't sound like they parted nicely.....

 

[bovinehost]

I still believe she's a guy.

I would look more closely at the photographs from that British awards show.

 

[bassmonkeee]

The flat black lives safely with the rest of my EB basses in Chicago. I guess
Tommy wanted to divest himself of anything associated with that tour. Must have, because it's the most impressive bass I've played in a long while....

Wait--if I'm reading this correctly, you are in possession of a flat black Big AL. If that is the case, and you haven't posted detailed photographs, there is going to be some explaining to do.

The Stealth package doesn't normally do it for me. But, if there is one bass that I think I would like as a Stealth is a Big AL. So, you know, slowroast up some pics. With a quickness.














*I would prefer black dots on the rosewood fretboard. Which, of course, defeats the purpose of having fret dots-I understand. But, I still think from a Stealth perspective, it would really embiggen the Stealthiness.

 

[bassmonkeee]

i would look more closely at the photographs from that british awards show.

:d Yeah, that picture brings to mind "tuck" but not in the way cellkirk is implying.

 

[Bean]

:d Yeah, that picture brings to mind "tuck" but not in the way cellkirk is implying.

Ugh, not before breakfast...

ARGH, can't get the image out of my head.

I retract any previous statements about her attractiveness.

 

[cellkirk74]

(Joke gone wrong, better that way.)

 

[oli@bass]

All that so reminds me of Prince in his early days. The rumors. The rants. The glory.

 

[bassmonkeee]

Same height, too.