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pattyluvsjoe wrote:
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God I hate polkas.....

Try going to a wedding around here and not hearing a polka.....

I refused to let them be played at my wedding.....that's how much I hate them.....

The marriage didn't take, but that's one little victory I can remember.....

SRV...I'm sorry I used polkas lol  in trying to get my point across on my feelings.....I seriously doubt Joe will be doing polka shows any time soon.......  Patty

Imagine if Weird Al Yankovic did a Joe song in one of his polka medleys!

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it's_all_about_apples wrote:
pattyluvsjoe wrote:
SRV wrote:

God I hate polkas.....

Try going to a wedding around here and not hearing a polka.....

I refused to let them be played at my wedding.....that's how much I hate them.....

The marriage didn't take, but that's one little victory I can remember.....

SRV...I'm sorry I used polkas lol  in trying to get my point across on my feelings.....I seriously doubt Joe will be doing polka shows any time soon.......  Patty

Imagine if Weird Al Yankovic did a Joe song in one of his polka medleys!

OMG! If Weird Al ever wants to do Joe, I have just the song for him, although it won't get a PG rating. I never shared it here, because it's probably in questionable taste, but it involved a case of food poisoning and the song "Taking the Hit". I'll let you fill in the blanks.
SRV....I share your aversion to polkas. I'll probably offend multiple ethnicities with this comment, but polkas sit directly above bagpipes at the bottom of my musical tree.

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I'll probably offend multiple ethnicities with this comment, but polkas sit directly above bagpipes at the bottom of my musical tree.

I doubt you'll offend anyone Bill. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it's just a matter of expressing personal tastes. But bagpipes at the bottom??? Say it isn't so! I grew up riding on my Grandfather's shoulders as he marched around the front room with "Scotland the Brave" blasting on the stereo, and said goodbye to my father as a piper played "The Skye Boat Song" at his funeral. I grew up to be a head-banger and rock-and-roller, but I do love the pipes!

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Bill S wrote:

I'll probably offend multiple ethnicities with this comment, but polkas sit directly above bagpipes at the bottom of my musical tree.

I doubt you'll offend anyone Bill. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it's just a matter of expressing personal tastes. But bagpipes at the bottom??? Say it isn't so! I grew up riding on my Grandfather's shoulders as he marched around the front room with "Scotland the Brave" blasting on the stereo, and said goodbye to my father as a piper played "The Skye Boat Song" at his funeral. I grew up to be a head-banger and rock-and-roller, but I do love the pipes!

Stu,
Maybe it's an acquired taste? It took me a while, but scotch eventually became my drink of choice...although I had to drink a few gallons to get there.
Maybe I just haven't heard the right piper? I assume there are levels of expertise, just like other instruments. I have only heard bagpipes a half dozen times, give or take.
I will say in all sincerity that the thought of bagpipes at a funeral could easily bring a tear to my eye...they do have a very mournful sound.

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My father-in-law was a Scot (my wifes half Scottish but I think it's not the best half wink ... and I'll be in trouble if she reads this ) and he loved the pipes....haven't seen the attraction myself but I do love a good whiskey now and then.

Bill S wrote:
Stu Craig wrote:
Bill S wrote:

I'll probably offend multiple ethnicities with this comment, but polkas sit directly above bagpipes at the bottom of my musical tree.

I doubt you'll offend anyone Bill. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it's just a matter of expressing personal tastes. But bagpipes at the bottom??? Say it isn't so! I grew up riding on my Grandfather's shoulders as he marched around the front room with "Scotland the Brave" blasting on the stereo, and said goodbye to my father as a piper played "The Skye Boat Song" at his funeral. I grew up to be a head-banger and rock-and-roller, but I do love the pipes!

Stu,
Maybe it's an acquired taste? It took me a while, but scotch eventually became my drink of choice...although I had to drink a few gallons to get there.
Maybe I just haven't heard the right piper? I assume there are levels of expertise, just like other instruments. I have only heard bagpipes a half dozen times, give or take.
I will say in all sincerity that the thought of bagpipes at a funeral could easily bring a tear to my eye...they do have a very mournful sound.

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Bringing up "polkas" has really set this thread on a wild deviated course....sorry Joe wink
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Polka, Jigs, Norteño Cojunto, Rag (Indian) Rags (American), accordion, pedal steel, banjo, bouzouki, baglama, oud, bajo sexto, veena (or vino), dan bau, psaltry, rebab, saz, theremin, get ready because Joe may pick up any one of these very very soon!!!
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pattyluvsjoe wrote:

Bringing up "polkas" has really set this thread on a wild deviated course....sorry Joe wink
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pattyluvsjoe wrote:

This is what I think:   Joe is on a journey thru life like the rest of us.  I think it's pretty darn cool that he shares his life with us.

ya got my agreement there PLJ
If it's all about connection, this is a great avenue to that - thanks Joe for providing it for us.

pattyluvsjoe wrote:

....there is not one of us who takes most criticism to heart.   And I know I usually turn around and ask someone else for their opinion.  Constructive criticism can sometimes be helpful.

ya still had me PLJ....
I wrote a lot as did others about tuning out the criticism and just playing what you feel, but then I realized it's not possible to do so.  Any artist in any medium is part of a 2-way interaction and connection, so part of the creative process is the RESPONSE to what is created - most artists crave that as much as they do the act of making their music/painting/photos/etc.

pattyluvsjoe wrote:

he has made the best decisions for HIS musical journey thru life.

yep - ya had me.... and then....

pattyluvsjoe wrote:

I can honestly say that if Joe decided tomorrow he wanted to play polkas, I would say," Bring it on Joe Bonamassa!" because I know he would pour his heart & soul into it and bring the best d*** polka show you ever saw in your life.

DOH!!!! - yikes! right there ya lost me!!!  Style and taste DO matter!

Welcome to Hell Joe, here's your accordian!

PattyluvsJoe, you've issued forth a challenge to us all to stand behind any lofty notions of openmindedly embracing change. hehe! I'm trying to hear a Joe Bonamassa Polka in my head and it requires a more visionary, creative outlook than i'll ever have.

But trying to do so is a good mental excercize as a world music cd is on the agenda and would be so amazing, but will probably alter expectations completely from that point forward.

You might help a few of us to grow along with you Joe!

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Okay, you're never going to believe this but listen to what Wikipedia has to say about polka

     ...."In the 1980s and 1990s several bands began to combine polka with various rock styles, sometimes referred to as "punk polka", "alternative polka" or "San Francisco -style".

                              yikes  yikes  yikes  yikes  yikes  yikes  yikes  yikes

P.S.  Clarinet was my major in college  lol
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Key, your crypto ain't so secure...You may have the keytothehighway, but you might want to toss it away and see what's around the bend...Try Buckwheat Zydeco and tell me an accordion belongs in hell....Stones may claim "greatest rock and roll band...", but Buckwheat claims to have the "the world's greatest party band." Maybe, maybe not.  Sure a lot of fun, and I hear tell hell ain't much fun...  I have found that altering expectations (whether decidely purposeful or recalcitrantly accidental) can be even more delightfully fun than any expected alterations chemically induced...

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Rocket wrote:

Try Buckwheat Zydeco and tell me an accordion belongs in hell....
Rocket

Heheee!  I hear ya rocket, and I love Buckwheat Zydeco - I didnt mean to sound so harsh against the idea of an accordian per se.  I actually was really trying to conceptualize the idea of Joe Bonamassa playing Polkas and i got a pretty silly visual of that. As for "welcome to hell" - it's a joking reference to what i thought may be a very well known Far Side cartoon, with St. Peter at the pearly gates in the first frame saying "Welcome to heaven, here's your harp" and in the second frame, Satan in a swirl of flames saying "Welcome to hell, here's your accordian", which, love or hate the accordian, is pretty funny.

The idea (and the soundless visual!) of the bonamassapolka kinda threw me for a loop this afternoon.  Esp picturing the audience I saw in SF enthusiastically dancing to it. I should switch to decaf.

Your earlier post is actually really worth thinking about - get ready when the world music CD comes out - who knows what they will pick up and what amazing things will come of it.

Pattyluvsjoe - what have you triggered here???!!!!

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Rocket wrote:

Key, your crypto ain't so secure...You may have the keytothehighway, but you might want to toss it away and see what's around the bend...Try Buckwheat Zydeco and tell me an accordion belongs in hell....Stones may claim "greatest rock and roll band...", but Buckwheat claims to have the "the world's greatest party band." Maybe, maybe not.  Sure a lot of fun, and I hear tell hell ain't much fun...  I have found that altering expectations (whether decidely purposeful or recalcitrantly accidental) can be even more delightfully fun than any expected alterations chemically induced...

Truck On Tyke & Keep The Frightless Faith,
Rocket

Or C.J. Chenier.....or his old man Clifton.  Buckwheat?  Hell yeah.  Or maybe Zachary Richard?

I think our friend suffers from Lawrence Welkitis.....

I did for a long time too.

I live in southwestern pa., and I hate polkas.....

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Whoops Key.....

I guess I responded too soon.....

Good Lord, Far Side.....and Bloom County/Opus.....

Musta been all that time I spent in the '70s.....

Let's see now.....JB related.....

OK.....is the Walk In My Shadows link fixed yet?

(God I hope you people have a sense of humor.....my feelings get hurt easily...)

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True artists have to follow their heart and play what they feel. I am a huge Joe Bonamassa fan! You can't please everybody all the time. You start trying to do that, then you start compromising your craft. Everyone has their own likes and dislike about everything. I myself, love the harder rocking Joe Bonamassa. That does not mean that I don't like the other more passionate sounding vintage blues songs. Stay true to yourself Joe, or join the ranks of the cookie cutter artists trying to force a hit song to please the masses.

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Hey Shred, I guess if he started looking like that we would be calling him Joe Blingamassa !!!!!!!!!!!  hehe

Shredit wrote:

Looks like I get the 100 post! Hey Joe you said it would peek some interest. Your the one running the show, you already have a substantial fan base and growing daily. When you wake up in the morning, and feel good about the direction your heading towards, thats all you can ask. Theres no way everybody is going to agree on all your body of work, so dont trip on it. Now if you start tipping your baseball cap to the side, draped in gold chains with JB hanging off your neck, you might lose a few of us, then again if it sounds good, we'll buy that record too!

Shred

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Did this thread get re-threaded?

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Okay, I was channel surfing last night and get this,  there was a station broadcasting a polka show, and guess what the polka place was called?     "Big Joe's"         lol lol

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Wow, an artist that truly wants his fans opinions! Has that EVER happened before? If it has, I've never ran across it.

It's as simple as this: To this point, you've done what you and your management team has thought was best, and look how far you've gone. I see no reason to alter that now. Critics are critics, and sometimes they completely miss the mark. Strings? Why not?

The critics love John Mayer. I have nothing against him, but he has done nothing to elevate my personal music conciousness. Is he a good player? Yes. But his playing lacks the passion that I hear in your playing. Yet, the critics say Mayer is the Heir Apparent of the Blues. I challenge that. Some day the critics will know they are wrong.

Joe, YOU are the future of blues. And your time is NOW. Keep on doing what you do best, and you'll always be successful.

See you in St. Louis at the Pageant on November 10th.

I was better, but I got over it...........