Since we're about to start the World Series and this is a Music forum, this should fit.
A friend of mine sent this to me via email and I thought it was pretty funny.

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Thanks to master trombonist Max Lyon for sharing this with us.


Interviewer: "What do you expect is in store for the future of jazz guitar?"

Yogi: "I'm thinkin' there'll be a group of guys who've never met talkin' about it all the time.."

Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?

Yogi: "I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, it's right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong."

Interviewer: "I don't understand."

Yogi: "Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it."

Interviewer: "Do you understand it?"

Yogi: "No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it."

Interviewer: "Are there any great jazz players alive today?"

Yogi: "No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it."

Interviewer: "What is syncopation?"

Yogi: "That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds."

Interviewer: "Now I really don't understand."


Yogi: "I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well."
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"It ain't over till it's over."
~Yogi Berra

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

this is really funny, but care to share some background info about who this guy is for those who don't know (like me)? i'm not an american so that might explain it.

funny stuff and really quite apt.

Yogi Berra was a baseball player, a member of the historic New York Yankees during the late 50's, quite awhile ago. He's still somewhat of a personality because of his many failed and unintelligable quotes. Just re-read the topic again, although I can't vouch for its authenticity. Google him up!!!

I gotta say, that's a pretty good explanation!

mrdespues said:

Aah, sorry about that.
Keep in mind that the "interview" is a mock one and just a parody of what Yogi might have said.

Yogi Berra was a member of the fabled New York Yankees from 1946 to 1963 and considered one of the best catchers to ever play the game. He appeared in 14 World Series with the Yanks of which they won 10.

However he's probably better remembered for his malaprops that have come to be known as Yogi-isms...

"This is like deja vu all over again."

"You can observe a lot just by watching."

"He must have made that before he died."
(Referring to a Steve McQueen movie.)

"I want to thank you for making this day necessary."
(On Yogi Berra Appreciation Day in St. Louis in 1947.)

"I'd find the fellow who lost it, and, if he was poor, I'd return it."
(When asked what he would do if he found a million dollars.)

"Think! How the hell are you gonna think and hit at the same time?"

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there."

"I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early."

"If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else."

"If you can't imitate him, don't copy him."

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

"Baseball is 90% mental -- the other half is physical."

"It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."

"Slump? I ain't in no slump. I just ain't hitting."

"A nickel isn't worth a dime today."

"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowded."

"It gets late early out there."
(Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium.)

"Glen Cove."
(Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show.)

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

"Do you mean now?"
(When asked for the time.)

"I take a two hour nap, from one o'clock to four."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."
(This was used as the name for one of his books)

"You give 100 percent in the first half of the game, and if that isn't enough in the second half you give what's left."

"90% of the putts that are short don't go in."

"I made a wrong mistake."

"Texas has a lot of electrical votes."
(During an election campaign, after George Bush stated that Texas was important to the election.)

"Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."
(After being told he looked cool.)

"I always thought that record would stand until it was broken."

"Yeah, but we're making great time!"
(In reply to "Hey Yogi, I think we're lost.")

"If the fans don't come out to the ball park, you can't stop them."

"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

"It's never happened in the World Series competition, and it still hasn't."

"How long have you known me, Jack? And you still don't know how to spell my name."
(Upon receiving a check from Jack Buck made out to "bearer.")

"I'd say he's done more than that."
(When asked if first baseman Don Mattingly had exceeded expectations for the current season.)

"The other teams could make trouble for us if they win."

"He can run anytime he wants. I'm giving him the red light."
(On the acquisition of fleet-footed Ricky Henderson.)

"I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. I just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, I change bats. After all, if I know it isn't my fault that I'm not hitting, how can I get mad at myself?"

"It ain't the heat; it's the humility."

"The towels were so thick there I could hardly close my suitcase."

"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."

"Never answer an anonymous letter."

"If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."

"The future ain't what it used to be."

"I didn't really say everything I said."
(Another one that was used for the title of a book)

And probably his most famous...
"It ain't over till it's over."


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm
[Edited 10/22/04 23:04pm]

I think I like this guy The hardest part is letting the ideas fall out of your mouth. The second hardest part is getting them to make sense. Preferably before they've fallen out of your mouth
[Edited 10/23/04 10:00am]

Yogi Berra's hey day is probably past but those qoutes are still pretty funny. Do you think he knows what he's saying. Does he say it on purpose....am I starting to sound like him by even asking?

Yogi is a classic American success story. A guy that quit school in the 8th grade to chase a dream of becoming a professional baseball player and making it. All through his 10 championships with the Yankees the guy always came off humble, giving the credit to others. He played every game giving 100% effort. Casey Stengel (former Yankee manager) said, "He springs on a bunt like it was another dollar."

This is probably one of the reason these quotes endear him to everyday people as opposed to making him look like a buffoon. He's just your average guy, with not much education that went on to accomplish some pretty big things in the world of sports.

Btw, he claims to have never said many of the quotes attributed to him.

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:



one of the best descriptions of playing Jazz that I've ever read...

VinnyM27 said:

Who knew?

theAudience said:

I figured he never said all that stuff.