^^ So are we gearing up to go mug Bryant???

phatphuk said:

“Thanks For Trying Anyway, Cousin!”

Prince and Bryant Gumbel:...of "Today"

By Neal Justin | January 27, 2017 — 10:51am

It's not news that Bryant Gumbel and Prince had a strong bond. The rocker even popped by for the anchor's last day on "Today" in 1997, surprising his usually unflappable friend by dressing up like him and performing a special song in his honor.

It turns out it wasn't the only time Prince wrote music for Gumbel.

In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, Gumbel reveals that the superstar, who died last year, once offered to compose the theme song for CBS's "Public Eye With Bryant Gumbel," the short-lived newsmagazine show that debuted in 1998.

"He took a run at it and I didn't like it," Gumbel told reporter Stephen Battalgio. "After three times I called it off. It was becoming embarassing -- a guy who can't read music can't tell Mozart, 'No this isn't good.' But I own three Prince songs that have never seen the light of day."

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I just love your ongoing attempts at busting the org's server memory capacity

If I read the artical correctly, something tells me he would hand over the swag without much of a fight ;د)

What does that even mean? HaHaHaHaHa!

I just wanna say, forty: Your nonsensical sense of humor might be lost on most people on this site. But your indecipherable non sequiturs have always cracked me up.

Keep up the Zippy-esque hilarity dude :thumpsup:

phatphuk said:

Today I learned that I play more instruments than Prince...

Prince's recreated Tamboracca for sale from Paisley Park

…Prince could play at least 27 instruments. In the credit of his debut album For You, he’s listed as the musician for: All vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Or bass, bass synth, singing bass, fuzz bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro Soloist, Oberheim 4-voice, clavinet, drums, syndrums, water drums, slapsticks, bongos, congas, finger cymbals, wind chimes, orchestral bells, wood blocks, brush trap, tree bell, hand claps, finger snaps…

[Source: Fox 9/KMSP]

Aha! Do you see what he did there?

Just attributing the credits as "Prince: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, and Percussion" would have covered all of the above "27 instruments". But of course, that would have made for yawn-inducing marketing copy.

If all musicians are allowed to couch our musical talents in those same terms, then I can truthfully say that I got Prince beat on the number of instruments that I can factually say that I "play"...

1. Fisher Price 10-Key Toy Piano [on which I first discovered my musical powers]
   
   
2. My Aunt's 20-key 1960s-era Fan-Driven Miniature Electric Organ
   
   
3. Board Of Education Triangle In My Kindergarten Classroom
   
   
4. Board Of Education Piano In My Kindergarten Classroom
   
   
5. Elementary School Textbook With A Twangy Rubber Band Around It
   
   
6. Elementary School Desk (aka "Kindergarten Congas")
   
   
7. My 3rd Grade Best Bud's Dad's 1960s-vintage Danelectro
   
   
8. My 4th Grade Best Bud's Dad's Gibson Les Paul
   
   
9. Brass Bugle In Grade School Drum & Bugle Corp
   
   
10. Snare Drum In Grade School Drum & Bugle Corp
    
    
11. My Other Aunt's Living Room Upright Piano
    
    
12. My Older Brother's $80 Teisco Tulip Electric Guitar
    
    
13. The Snare Drum Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
14. The High Hat Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
15. The Mounted Tom Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
16. The Floor Tom Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
17. The Bass Drum Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
18. The Crash Cymbal Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
19. The Ride Cymbal Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
20. The Cowbell Attached To My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
21. My Other Older Brother's Living Room Upright Piano
    
    
22. The Snare Drum Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
23. The High Hat Of My 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
24. The Left Mounted Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
25. The Right Mounted Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
26. The Floor Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
27. The Bass Drum Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
28. The Right Crash Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
29. The Left Splash Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
30. The Ride Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
31. The Chimes Attached To My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
32. My 5th Grade Bud's Older Brother's Fender P-Bass
    
    
33. The Fender Strat Of The Guitarist In My First Punk Band
    
    
34. The Gibson Hollow-Body Bass Of The Bassist In My First Punk Band
    
    
35. The Gong In The Studio Where My First Punk Band Recorded Our First Demo
    
    
36. My Fender Rhodes From My First Wedding Band
    
    
37. My Korg Synth From My First Wedding Band
    
    
38. My Bandmate's Moog From My First New Wave Band
    
    
39. My Oberheim Synth From My First New Wave Band
    
    
40. The Simmons Electronic Drums Of This One Kid I Used To Jam With
    
    
41. The Ovation Bass Of A Good Bud That Used To Jam With Me And The Simmons Drums Kid
    
    
42. My Ovation Breadwinner Electric Like Robert Smith's From The Cure That I Got For A Steal From Some Pawn Shop
    
    
43. My Gretsch Country Gent Like John Squire's From The Stone Roses
    
    
44. My Fender Tele Like Black Francis' From The Pixies
    
    
45. My Oberheim OBX Drum Machine
    
    
46. My Roland Drum Machine
    
    
47. I Could Go On And On But I'm Starting To Bore Myself...
    
    

Ain't nobody bad…like me — unless you can play 48 instruments ;د)

Didn't you ever play the recorder in elementary school?

PennyPurple said:

Didn't you ever play the recorder in elementary school?

Yeah! I sure did actually — now that I recall. Make that 48! :د)

You just triggered a long-buried childhood memory, PennyPurlple! I owe you one.

I can now go to bed tonight with a smile in my heart

phatphuk said:

PennyPurple said:

Didn't you ever play the recorder in elementary school?

Yeah! I sure did actually — now that I recall. Make that 48! :د)

You just triggered a long-buried childhood memory, PennyPurlple! I owe you one.

I can now go to bed tonight with a smile in my heart

I remember the claims coming out about Prince when he was first becoming famous. This 27 instruments claim really caught people's attention.

Basically it boils down to variation of:

Guitar

Bass

Drums

Keyboards

Se7en said:

rogifan said:

Se7en said:

I remember the claims coming out about Prince when he was first becoming famous. This 27 instruments claim really caught people's attention.

Basically it boils down to variation of:

Guitar

Bass

Drums

Keyboards

How many instruments don't fall into one of those categories besides wind instruments?

Good point.

If you accept "Guitar" to be a synonym for the more general category of "Strings". And if you accept "Drums" to be a synomym for the more general category of "Percussion", then every single instrument that I'm personally familiar with fits into one of only four "families of instruments"…

1. Strings
   
   
2. Percussion
   
   
3. Woodwinds
   
   
4. Brass

At least that's what I was taught.

In case you were wondering, "Butt Trumpet" is the windiest of all Wind Instruments ;د)

phatphuk said:

Today I learned that I play more instruments than Prince...

Prince's recreated Tamboracca for sale from Paisley Park

…Prince could play at least 27 instruments. In the credit of his debut album For You, he’s listed as the musician for: All vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Or bass, bass synth, singing bass, fuzz bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro Soloist, Oberheim 4-voice, clavinet, drums, syndrums, water drums, slapsticks, bongos, congas, finger cymbals, wind chimes, orchestral bells, wood blocks, brush trap, tree bell, hand claps, finger snaps…

[Source: Fox 9/KMSP]

Aha! Do you see what he did there?

Just attributing the credits as "Prince: Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, and Percussion" would have covered all of the above "27 instruments". But of course, that would have made for yawn-inducing marketing copy.

If all musicians are allowed to couch our musical talents in those same terms, then I can truthfully say that I got Prince beat on the number of instruments that I can factually say that I "play"...

1. Fisher Price 10-Key Toy Piano [on which I first discovered my musical powers]
   
   
2. My Aunt's 20-key 1960s-era Fan-Driven Miniature Electric Organ
   
   
3. Board Of Education Triangle In My Kindergarten Classroom
   
   
4. Board Of Education Piano In My Kindergarten Classroom
   
   
5. Elementary School Textbook With A Twangy Rubber Band Around It
   
   
6. Elementary School Desk (aka "Kindergarten Congas")
   
   
7. My 3rd Grade Best Bud's Dad's 1960s-vintage Danelectro
   
   
8. My 4th Grade Best Bud's Dad's Gibson Les Paul
   
   
9. Brass Bugle In Grade School Drum & Bugle Corp
   
   
10. Snare Drum In Grade School Drum & Bugle Corp
    
    
11. My Other Aunt's Living Room Upright Piano
    
    
12. My Older Brother's $80 Teisco Tulip Electric Guitar
    
    
13. The Snare Drum Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
14. The High Hat Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
15. The Mounted Tom Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
16. The Floor Tom Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
17. The Bass Drum Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
18. The Crash Cymbal Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
19. The Ride Cymbal Of My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
20. The Cowbell Attached To My 4-Piece Orange Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
21. My Other Older Brother's Living Room Upright Piano
    
    
22. The Snare Drum Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
23. The High Hat Of My 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
24. The Left Mounted Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
25. The Right Mounted Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
26. The Floor Tom Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
27. The Bass Drum Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
28. The Right Crash Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
29. The Left Splash Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
30. The Ride Cymbal Of My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
31. The Chimes Attached To My 5th Grade Bud's 6-Piece Blue Sparkle Sears Drum Kit
    
    
32. My 5th Grade Bud's Older Brother's Fender P-Bass
    
    
33. The Fender Strat Of The Guitarist In My First Punk Band
    
    
34. The Gibson Hollow-Body Bass Of The Bassist In My First Punk Band
    
    
35. The Gong In The Studio Where My First Punk Band Recorded Our First Demo
    
    
36. My Fender Rhodes From My First Wedding Band
    
    
37. My Korg Synth From My First Wedding Band
    
    
38. My Bandmate's Moog From My First New Wave Band
    
    
39. My Oberheim Synth From My First New Wave Band
    
    
40. The Simmons Electronic Drums Of This One Kid I Used To Jam With
    
    
41. The Ovation Bass Of A Good Bud That Used To Jam With Me And The Simmons Drums Kid
    
    
42. My Ovation Breadwinner Electric Like Robert Smith's From The Cure That I Got For A Steal From Some Pawn Shop
    
    
43. My Gretsch Country Gent Like John Squire's From The Stone Roses
    
    
44. My Fender Tele Like Black Francis' From The Pixies
    
    
45. My Oberheim OBX Drum Machine
    
    
46. My Roland Drum Machine
    
    
47. I Could Go On And On But I'm Starting To Bore Myself...
    
    

Ain't nobody bad…like me — unless you can play 48 instruments ;د)

only ONE person can play my instrument....and that "beats" all yours

Would your "instrument" happen to fit into the family of instruments that the disco diva Anita Ward suggestively alluded to in her hit, "Ring My Bell"? Do tell!

I don't like to brag, but I have "beaten up" of few "bells" in my time ;د)

TrevorAyer said: