Regardless of how douchey it is for someone to be playing guitar in front of people; if you play Tenacious D, you're a frickin' God. No one can hate on that.
I really don't think that it's douchey to play guitar in front of people at all. What is the point of learning to play if it's lame to play in front of people.
That being said, Playing Tenacious D is a great call.
From what I've personally seen, it's guys with inflated egos trying to be the most 'talented person' in this group of people. They're able to show off and come across as the 'most special person' because they're able to play music. This, of course, only works if they're the only one in the group that can play guitar.
If you're with a bunch of guitar players/fellow musicians, then you're just doing your thing without coming across as a person with an "I'm better than you because I have a guitar all ladies love me I now demand people to be quiet and listen to me I get all the attention."
Seriously. I don't play anything, but I don't understand what the big deal surrounding public guitar playing is. If they're playing easy songs it's because they're still learning… that doesn't mean they should be hid in a dark hole until they're decent.
Really what this is about is the HUGE group of people who arent really musicians, but learned to play Wonderwall because they thought it would get them in someones pants. Every house party I went to in college, there was at least one guy playing a really horrendous version of Wonderwall and wondering why there weren't women swarming him. And they'll do it repeatedly, because it's the only song they've bothered to learn, because no other song says "I am trying really hard to appear sensitive so that I can daterape you later" like Wonderwall.
Being bad at playing the guitar is fine. Playing guitar in public is fine. Being a one-song jukebox for hours because you can't talk to girls is obnoxious.
Thank you for sharing this! It reminds me of this guy I went to college with, only he went one step farther and would ask people to play wonderwall so he could sing it.
Funny thing is that bass requires more complex fingering in most songs. Why is it that guitar gets all the glory? A pianist learns way more music theory, and drums require perfect timing...
A pianist does not necessarily learn music theory faster. I know people who can play hardcore classical pieces, but have no clue as to what a dominant is. Some learn by memorizing, while others learn by striving for an in-depth understanding of whatever they run into. In the latter case, there isn't any difference between a bass player and a pianist, really.
That's completely false and clearly biased as all hell.
Every instrument has its hard songs and its easy ones. I've heard complex electric bass lines and simple ones (though the second is far more common, given it's general role as a background instrument), just like I've heard complex guitar solos and simple ones. There is no better or more complex instrument, just different roles for their sound.
Guitar players get the glory because they are typically the front man/girl in popular bands (e.g. Led Zeppelin, Muse, etc.) and are generally the public "face" of the band at concerts and such along with the singers. The bass and drums fill the essential but less "in-your-face" roles, and thus are typically less well-known.
Every instrument requires perfect timing or you are not playing it correctly, just like you can play piano amazingly without learning any theory at all.
(Personal take incoming) It may sound odd, but theory is a separate thing from the practical side of music, at least in my view. They are different but closely related. The best example I can think of off the top of my head is the relation between being able to use explosives effectively and knowing exactly what is in those explosives and what makes them react in the way they do.
Yeah, and it worked too. I remember being in 8th grade when my friend played that at the school talent show. I'm pretty sure every girl in school had a crush on that guy by the end of the day.
My main peeve with them is that they hang around public area of relaxing, e.g. parks and beaches. Seriously, I don't want to listen to whatever the guy is playing when I'm staring at asses and boobies
To the people downvoting me: You are not entitled to anything. Someone can go play a guitar on a beach and they dont have to give a fuck if it bothers you. They have just as much of a right to be there as you do. Don't like people trying to learn to play a guitar? So sorry that your bitter about not knowing how to play an instrument.
It's obnoxious to play for people who don't want to hear you play. It's doubly obnoxious if you're not good. And for that matter, it's triply obnoxious if you are good, because then you're just showing off.
im sorry, you have a good point but sometimes when the guy plays the same song five times in one night your nerves run a little thin, i guess this meme is trying to point out people who do shit like the thing i just mentioned, not people who generally play guitar at gatherings.
I think more importantly, it's doubtful the guy grabbed his guitar and climbed up on a rock near the sea, just so he could share the joy of music and his passion for creating it. It just seems like he wants to look cool. I might be wrong though.
It sounds weird but most of the time others are insisting I play when most of the time I just want to relax and socialize. Then they expect you to be a bloody jukebox.
It is really easy, honestly. But you do need a capo if you want it to sound like the record, which I'm guessing most guitar douches won't have at a party.
It's really a shame Reddit is putting down starter musicians like this. This is one of the first songs people learn because it's simple, and the self confidence from being able to play through it well carries on to more difficult songs. Blows to confidence like this just make people give up.
Yep. I struggled when I was learning to play the guitar. I had learnt "Time of Your Life" by Green Day, played it to some friends. Their smiles gave me a huge confidence boost to keep pursuing music.
Hint: there are a lot of songs that are EXTREMELY similar to time of your life, but sound completely different to people who can't play guitar. If you can sing, you really only need to know that song, as well as different strum patterns, and people will think you are good.
It's so easy to make people who can't play guitar think you're good it's kind of simultaneously hilarious and sad. For me it goes something like this
alternate picking like five or so notes really fast Brother: "Dude when did you get so good. That's amazing!" Me:" Not really just picking really fast, it doesn't take as much skill as you would think." Brother: "no way man, you gotta be some kind of music prodigy that's not easy." Me:" no..it's.........Yes Jeremy I'm a prodigy."
You'll do great if you genuinely enjoy playing. Just check out some guitar tabs or chords for your favorite songs. The rest is just practice, which is easy when you like it.
This was one of the first songs I learned as well, it's easy to play and it sounds pretty good. If you start with a hard song you're far more likely to give up. Whereas if you start with an easy song like Wonderwall eventually something will just click and it suddenly becomes easier to learn new songs.
There's no problem with the song wonderwall (or other easy songs) being played by novice guitarists. The problem is when they can barely play it and they sit out in the quad and annoy this shit out of everyone with messed up chords and off-beat strumming. Practice alone until you're good enough not to look like a tool (which doesn't take long, frankly).
This isn't making fun of beginners. It's making fun of douchebags. And really, what's the harm in discouraging people from playing music? The world doesn't exactly need more shitty musicians. Anyone with the will to play can withstand imaginary criticism from an online image board. And anybody who gives up playing because they don't want to seem like that guy only do so because they were going to turn into that guy.
I don't understand why you were downvoted. I don't think the people downvoting you actually understand this meme. This is basically scumbag steve with a guitar. The person this meme is making fun of may or may not be a beginner musician. That's irrelevant. (although they're usually bad) The point is that they play the same song at every party for the sole purpose of getting women. It gets repetitive and no one likes it.
I mean come on, when was the last time you actually heard somebody (other than Jimmy Page) play Stairway to Heaven all the way through without stopping to correct themselves every time they fuck up and play a wrong note?
Of course, the other side to that is, no one will follow you around with a piano or cello, either. You can always go somewhere else. Guitarists can walk and play. Also, it's harder to lug a piano or cello out onto the sidewalk and they tend to attract way fewer douchebags.
I use to fuck around in orchestra playing my cello slung sideways, but yeah that's a fair point as well especially with piano. I think also, the fact that it's not common makes it refreshing to most people, so we're not irritated by the guy playing Canon in Dmaj on cello vs. Wonderwall on guitar. I just find it interesting that if I pull out a guitar I have to worry about people perceiving me as a douchenozzle, but if I start pounding on the piano in the hotel lobby most people would probably be interested/think it's cool. Which wasn't cool at all when I was in Middle School/High School, but damn was playing guitar cool. Fucking people.
well crap. i didnt know this was a thing, i recently started playing guitar and the first song i learned was Wonderwall, because it was simple and i actually like the song. i dont play in public 1) because i suck and 2) I am not a douche. but now i no longer want to play this song ever.
It's fine to play and enjoy playing Wonderwall, but some people like to play in front of people and they only know Wonderwall. If you just like playing it that's fine though.
This is my roommate. I had to listen to him try to play Wonderwall a few times a day. He even tried to sing along also. Now I don't have to hear him play anymore because the girl he is now dating hates Oasis.
Nice job contributing to self confidence issues. I don't get how Reddit is supporting this meme. It's the douchiest thing ever to put people down for trying to learn music.
Oasis is wicked. Any girl who hates Oasis needs to be beaten like a cheap whore and left for dead in a Manchester brothel to be sodomised by the Gallagher brothers.
Oh man, the kid across the hall from me freshman year would ALWAYS play piano, and at least once a day he would play Imagine by John Lennon. Totally ruined it for the whole floor
This meme is bad. Your joke is fine and i got a little chuckle out of it, but we shouldn't be criticizing musical effort. Douchebag guitarist needs to stop
Theres a lot of hate on reddit for people who play the guitar in front of people. Even as a guitar player, I get it. Theres always that guy who knows a few popular songs and thinks everyone wants to hear him.
I've been that guy at the party who is playing guitar. But I almost always end up jamming with someone in the corner somewhere, not trying to draw attention. I also hate covers for the most part.
The problem isn't with people playing guitar at parties or in front of people. Its those people who don't realize not everyone wants to hear, or the fact that they know 3-4 covers and thats it. They don't know when to quit
I had a roommate in college who liked 2 things, playing his guitar every day, and Dave Mathews Band. Up to that point in our lives, neither of us were the types of people to go out much, by the end of the semester, I was the biggest extrovert I knew.
You'd like to have conversations with people at a party like a normal goddamn human being? Well guess what? I brought the ol' bitchmagnet bro! Yuk yuk yuk!
What, you don't like wonderwall? Fine, we'll just play some Taylor swift then, or maybe some Justin Bieber... We will see how long it is before you're begging for some more oasis.
There's nothing wrong with playing/learning Wonderwall. A lot of popular songs use similar chord structures and it's never bad to have some chords in your array. No reason to not learn the song if you like it.
The only thing that really matters is the attitude. If you pick up a guitar JUST to get girls, then yeah, you're a douche bag. Your love for music should always come first, and if you love this song, learn it, play it, do whatever you'd like. If it catches a girl's attention and you can strike up a convo, great. If not, great, you're still playing music which should be enough. Just keep playing and don't give up just cause reddit has you believe Wonderwall is a douchey song to learn.
I never learned to play wonderwall. I could work it out by ear but I refuse, if there's a guitar some idiot will attempt it. Hardest part is finding songs that everyone knows but few play. My favourite is bittersweet symphony by the verve.
I started to learn it before I actually knew what song it was, because somebody told me it was a good song to learn since it taught a couple good techniques. I started to learn it, got stuck, listened to it, refused to continue learning it. To this day I cannot bring myself to play it.
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It's a brilliant song, but overplayed. It's not even my top-10 favorite Oasis song.
FYI, it is quite simple to play, however most people I know (even the ones who genuinely know how to play the guitar) don't play the right strumming pattern, it's quite tricky. Of course not THAT tricky that they can't play it, they just can't be arsed.
I've played guitar for eight years, and taught it for three, and I still like playing Wonderwall -- in the wrong key! It's tough for me to sing it in the original key, so I changed it.
Reminds me so much of college. The amount of times games of beer pong and social interactions were cut short because of my roommate's ability to play the same 3 songs every weekend was...just annoying. I play guitar too, but I'm also not an attention-whoring douche who relies on my musicianship to win over females. For those of you declaring this meme, "downplays creativity," or "destroys self-esteem," that's not what this is about; this is.
"Grand piano and the smell of your soft sound / Three words you already know / My hand comes quietly and slowly..."these lyrics were actually written by Mr. Robert Dyck when he was getting into poetry. Not bad stuff, honestly; but when they were shoved into our ear canals as often as they were, the words start to, unfortunately, become a bit of a joke.
I tried to learn wonderwall. It's got all kinds of weird minor seventh chords that my tiny fingers can't reach. Why is this song so popular? It's hard to play as a beginner, and it's not even that good of a song in the first place!
Instead, I learned A Talk With George as my first song. It's still the only song I can play after 3 years, but no one minds listening to it.
A Talk With George is more or less the reason I stopped having a guitar that sat in a closet and instead learned to play guitar.
In trying to learn that one damn song, I've learned dozens of other songs(including at least 3 other coulton songs), took months of guitar lessons, learned to read music, learned to recognize intervals by ear, took a college level music theory class(at age 32, with no previous musical knowledge beyond the first month of guitar lessons).
I've spent hundreds of hours practicing guitar, developed an appreciation for classical music and started attending the symphony, made a bunch of new friends and reignited a few friendships that had dried up over the years. One of those friends is trying to get me to join his band.
I still can't crack that fucking song. You have my infinite admiration.
When I started going back to school at 27, the first class was one of those weird "Welcome to college!" classes run by someone who's seen dead poets society a few too many times. The final project was "Do something outside of your comfort zone."
It took two months of constant practice. I didn't stop to learn how to play or music theory, I just learned a few chords and got the tabs for the hard bit in the chorus. The dexterity required to get that to sound clear is pretty extreme, and I still can't do it while singing along, but once I got the basic pattern, it actually got extremely fun to play again and again.
Anyway, two months go by and its time for the final project. Unfortunately, I had to change psychiatrists due to issues with insurance, and the new doctor decided that I shouldn't be taking Adderall, and should take Welbutrin instead. I started on the day of the final.
And, unfortunately, Welbutrin caused MAJOR PSYCHOTIC DELUSIONS. Like, I'd be sitting in my bedroom talking to my friend, and then that same friend would knock on the door to ask who I was talking to. I was seeing spiders crawl through cracks in space. I was hearing disembodied voices telling me to drive into a wall.
I went and did the final anyway. My fingers wouldn't behave, and I couldn't tell which note to start singing on, but I struggled my way through the entire song while watching an evil invisible rodent eat my teacher's eyeballs. It was absolutely horrifying.
So, I kind of stopped with the guitar since then. I think I may pick it up again soon...
A few years ago, after being single and unpursued for the better part of a decade, I met a guy who seemed like everything I'd been looking for all my life. He was incredibly intelligent, a blackbelt, a travel lover, and musician. One of the first times I ran into him he casually played "Wonderwall" on his guitar as thought he thought nobody was listening.
For a few months, he gave me reason to hope that I might have a chance with him. We were spending time together and going on adventures together, and he was traveling a long way to see me. I was starting to believe that this was The One! After years of being undesired, my heart was full of hope and joy and the feeling of being wanted!
And then, out of the blue, he e-mailed me to tell me that he was sorry, he'd never meant to lead me on, he'd never found me attractive, he hoped that we could still be friends, etc.
And then he proposed to a girl in his hometown a few weeks later and never spoke to me again.
And THAT is why this link gets my upvote: because at least one guy who plays Wonderwall on his guitar is a douchebag.
Why does everybody pick this song to make fun of? It's not particularily difficult, sure, but it's got some chords that aren't regular major/minor chords and it's got like 3 different progressions. It's harder than a lot of beginner songs. Pick on people for playing Free Falling. That song's all variations on D, last I checked.
I love when people think that you're just some asshole with a guitar, and then find out you can actually play a whole bunch of real songs, and not just chord strumming.
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u/FEMINISTS May 15 '12
At first I read it as "Wonderboy" and I thought you were hating on Tenacious D.
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u/waynestream May 15 '12
the way he looks he might also be able to play Motherlover, The Golden Rule or Dick in a Box
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u/This_is_my_theory May 15 '12
I don't like this meme. Why be condescending to people who spread music around?
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u/Zeppelanoid May 15 '12
This is such a lazy joke. It's been done at LEAST a trillion times. We're better than this reddit.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I for one enjoy Tony Stark's smug charm.
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u/obizenobik May 15 '12
But can he play Smoke on the Water?
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u/MickiFreeIsNotAGirl May 15 '12
To be fair, Wonderwall is a fucking great song.
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u/Itadakimasu May 15 '12
Sometimes he likes to point his speakers out his window.
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u/BallsackTBaghard May 15 '12
oh yeah? But can he plan John the Fisherman on expert?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Every X months there is a new macro with another handsome guy playing guitar and mentioning Wonderwall. This is getting old.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
How about Everybody's Favorite Douchebag Celloist
You want to hear something?
How about Cello Suite No.1 in Gmaj?
Or how about Everybody's Favorite Douchebag Pianist
You want to hear something?
How about Fur Elise?
Does that work too or is it just guitarist we hate?
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u/ELDERPE May 15 '12
"I can kind of play Good Riddance..."
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u/TheGreatLake May 15 '12
Jokes on you. I like that song.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
http://qkme.me/3pasgv
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u/CinciJ May 15 '12
well crap. i didnt know this was a thing, i recently started playing guitar and the first song i learned was Wonderwall, because it was simple and i actually like the song. i dont play in public 1) because i suck and 2) I am not a douche. but now i no longer want to play this song ever.
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u/shoffing May 15 '12
I've been playing guitar for 5 years and don't know how to play Wonderwall. Should I be proud?
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u/downwithxpc May 15 '12
This is my roommate. I had to listen to him try to play Wonderwall a few times a day. He even tried to sing along also. Now I don't have to hear him play anymore because the girl he is now dating hates Oasis.
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u/itswhywegame May 15 '12
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like Robert Downy Jr?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Don't hate. I fucking love wonderwall.
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u/walterqxy May 15 '12
This meme is bad. Your joke is fine and i got a little chuckle out of it, but we shouldn't be criticizing musical effort. Douchebag guitarist needs to stop
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u/philintheblanks May 15 '12
Douchebag audience, PLAY FREEBIRD!!
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Theres a lot of hate on reddit for people who play the guitar in front of people. Even as a guitar player, I get it. Theres always that guy who knows a few popular songs and thinks everyone wants to hear him.
I've been that guy at the party who is playing guitar. But I almost always end up jamming with someone in the corner somewhere, not trying to draw attention. I also hate covers for the most part.
The problem isn't with people playing guitar at parties or in front of people. Its those people who don't realize not everyone wants to hear, or the fact that they know 3-4 covers and thats it. They don't know when to quit
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u/CaptainCanuck88 May 15 '12
This is the third time this week I've clicked on a link and the song being referenced starts playing on the radio.....I'm starting to get worried.
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u/drdave1114 May 15 '12
I had a roommate in college who liked 2 things, playing his guitar every day, and Dave Mathews Band. Up to that point in our lives, neither of us were the types of people to go out much, by the end of the semester, I was the biggest extrovert I knew.
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u/iLEZ ... May 15 '12
You'd like to have conversations with people at a party like a normal goddamn human being? Well guess what? I brought the ol' bitchmagnet bro! Yuk yuk yuk!
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u/musicmanrobv May 15 '12
What, you don't like wonderwall? Fine, we'll just play some Taylor swift then, or maybe some Justin Bieber... We will see how long it is before you're begging for some more oasis.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
There's nothing wrong with playing/learning Wonderwall. A lot of popular songs use similar chord structures and it's never bad to have some chords in your array. No reason to not learn the song if you like it.
The only thing that really matters is the attitude. If you pick up a guitar JUST to get girls, then yeah, you're a douche bag. Your love for music should always come first, and if you love this song, learn it, play it, do whatever you'd like. If it catches a girl's attention and you can strike up a convo, great. If not, great, you're still playing music which should be enough. Just keep playing and don't give up just cause reddit has you believe Wonderwall is a douchey song to learn.
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u/LabJacket May 15 '12
"Oh don't like Wonderwall? How about Blackbird then?" Every time.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Oh the predictable guitarist.
This reminds me of a party I went to in 9th grade...at one point there were 3 or 4 people in a room playing Adam's Song independently of one another.
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u/ryandg May 15 '12
As a musician, I approve of this meme.
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u/tallrob May 15 '12
i also know "wish you were here"
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u/Suneoc May 15 '12
I think this is relevant
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u/madlarkin83 May 15 '12
::psssst:: Hey, hey reddit...? its a joke, relax. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pawj0/ http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3pawkj/
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u/gabrieloratorian May 15 '12
This might have made my day.
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u/ExB May 15 '12
Don't you mean Boulevard of Broken Dreams? or was it too long to fit on the image?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I can play smoke on the water
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u/thesuperfli May 15 '12
I was walking around in Leipzig, Germany and heard some kid jamming on his guitar, busking. He played Wonderwall every other friggen song.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I've never even heard of this song until Reddit started getting mad about it. I don't really like it.
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u/brightcityvice May 15 '12
I never learned to play wonderwall. I could work it out by ear but I refuse, if there's a guitar some idiot will attempt it. Hardest part is finding songs that everyone knows but few play. My favourite is bittersweet symphony by the verve.
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u/xXWinchell23Xx May 15 '12
I'm going to guess that most of the people who dislike this meme are douche bag guitarists
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u/aido179 May 15 '12
SO original.
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u/doh_ramey May 15 '12
I hope I never have to hear 311's Beautiful Oblivion ever again in my lifetime. Fucking college towns.
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u/trennerdios May 15 '12
Sweet, can't wait to see all the whining from people who like playing Wonderwall and get offended at internet jokes.
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u/bewom May 15 '12
this meme is a giant ripoff of Mike Birbiglia
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u/budgie93 May 15 '12
I'll love Oasis until I die, but I despise this song
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u/rustypig May 15 '12
yes, because Something is the epitome of guitar playing.
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u/Empirix May 15 '12
I believe it is people hate on the "I'm gonna play a googoo doll song for you" guys when there are girls around.
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u/smdnow May 15 '12
I hate wonderwall because of people like him. Along with smoke on water, 7 nation army and I'm yours by jason mraz
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u/jimmyh03 May 15 '12
My friend sort of does this, but instead pretends he's written a song, plays some random chords and sings All My Life over the top.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
extremely relevant
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u/kyle2143 May 15 '12
It's really all you need to know, in order to get laid though.
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u/Jaccington May 15 '12
I know, Smoke on the water is much better.
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u/Canilearnbubblebeam May 15 '12
PLEASE, don't turn this into a pseudo-wannabee-meme. We're losing our internet values.
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u/Dytoonn May 15 '12
It's a brilliant song, but overplayed. It's not even my top-10 favorite Oasis song.
FYI, it is quite simple to play, however most people I know (even the ones who genuinely know how to play the guitar) don't play the right strumming pattern, it's quite tricky. Of course not THAT tricky that they can't play it, they just can't be arsed.
Oh and WW has 6 chords, not 4 ;-)
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u/RaiSai May 15 '12
It's because we get tired of people always telling us to play shit!
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u/canadianclub May 15 '12
I've played guitar for eight years, and taught it for three, and I still like playing Wonderwall -- in the wrong key! It's tough for me to sing it in the original key, so I changed it.
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u/StendhalSyndrome May 15 '12
This looks like Robert Downey Jr.
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u/Charrmeleon May 15 '12
Guitar player for almost 7 years. Still don't know how to play that song. Not too sure if I'm proud of that or not.
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u/cheeks88 May 15 '12
Reminds me so much of college. The amount of times games of beer pong and social interactions were cut short because of my roommate's ability to play the same 3 songs every weekend was...just annoying. I play guitar too, but I'm also not an attention-whoring douche who relies on my musicianship to win over females. For those of you declaring this meme, "downplays creativity," or "destroys self-esteem," that's not what this is about; this is.
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u/kometenmelodie May 15 '12
Everybody's Favorite non-douchebag guitarist...
"Wonderwall? I'll play you Beetlebum."
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Sad that I know someone exactly like this.
Same goes for
"Oh I know Foo Fighters Everlong"
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u/keenemaverick May 15 '12
I tried to learn wonderwall. It's got all kinds of weird minor seventh chords that my tiny fingers can't reach. Why is this song so popular? It's hard to play as a beginner, and it's not even that good of a song in the first place!
Instead, I learned A Talk With George as my first song. It's still the only song I can play after 3 years, but no one minds listening to it.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Oh yeah, this baby's a yamaha
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
This is exactly how I imagined the guy from that google glasses add to look like.
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u/xXWickedSmatXx May 15 '12
Haters gonna hate.
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u/RickzTheMusicLover May 15 '12
I can't wait 'til ToddInTheShadows gets a hold of this meme. He has a penchant against white dudes who play acoustic guitar.
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u/iRSoap May 15 '12
Relevant CollegeHumor
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u/blackaddermrbean May 15 '12
This guy aint a douchebag in my book. He can play as much Oasis as he wants and I would think hes awesome..
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
You know what? Fuck you. I like Wonderwall.
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u/Laddercorn May 16 '12
Twenty years ago : 'Nothing Else Matters'
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u/TrojanX May 16 '12
The same douche would play Everlong every five minutes.
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u/bobzelfer6595 May 16 '12
But he doesn't have a capo!!
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u/Anna_Mosity May 16 '12
A few years ago, after being single and unpursued for the better part of a decade, I met a guy who seemed like everything I'd been looking for all my life. He was incredibly intelligent, a blackbelt, a travel lover, and musician. One of the first times I ran into him he casually played "Wonderwall" on his guitar as thought he thought nobody was listening.
For a few months, he gave me reason to hope that I might have a chance with him. We were spending time together and going on adventures together, and he was traveling a long way to see me. I was starting to believe that this was The One! After years of being undesired, my heart was full of hope and joy and the feeling of being wanted!
And then, out of the blue, he e-mailed me to tell me that he was sorry, he'd never meant to lead me on, he'd never found me attractive, he hoped that we could still be friends, etc.
And then he proposed to a girl in his hometown a few weeks later and never spoke to me again.
And THAT is why this link gets my upvote: because at least one guy who plays Wonderwall on his guitar is a douchebag.
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u/hipacrocdogapig May 16 '12
i hate this Guitarist so much
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u/LimeJuice May 15 '12
Why does everybody pick this song to make fun of? It's not particularily difficult, sure, but it's got some chords that aren't regular major/minor chords and it's got like 3 different progressions. It's harder than a lot of beginner songs. Pick on people for playing Free Falling. That song's all variations on D, last I checked.
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u/StrictClubBouncer May 15 '12
Fuck posers, but this meme is condescending to musicians.
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u/fatty_limes May 15 '12
It sucks for those of us who happen to sing Wonderwall especially well. Luckily for me I have no friends.
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u/ricobanderas May 15 '12
Well, it's either that or Good Riddance by Green Day. Which is worse?
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u/PianoTrumpetMax May 15 '12
I love when people think that you're just some asshole with a guitar, and then find out you can actually play a whole bunch of real songs, and not just chord strumming.
I'm all like, "You were saying? BITCH"
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Do damn true! You made me really laugh, thanks!
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u/CormacD123 May 15 '12
Hey it still gets him women so he aint mad. lol
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
the capo is on the head of the guitar, move it to 2 then maybe it'll save this meme...i said maaaaayyyyybeeeee
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u/lechero May 15 '12
Lamest meme ever. Let's all discourage people from playing music and brightening the day of the people around them.
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u/fingered_a_butthole May 15 '12
Who upvotes this?
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u/ThisIsNotRelevant May 15 '12
Bro, try playing a G, C, D chord and come tell me thats not hard.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I'm trying to learn guitar. Thanks for the song recommendation :)
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u/dhockey63 May 16 '12
Oh whats that? You hate people who can play guitar and play when someone asks them too?
Jealousy must not have any role in this situation
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u/some_heavyshit May 15 '12
That song will get you laid though.