Jakester Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Not sure if there's a gag I'm missing here: http://www.gumtree.com/p/community/cool-black-bassist-wanted/1051695538 Or is it just a stunning lack of self-awareness on the part of the poster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikanHannille Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8QDN_-cEE Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle Link fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Whoa! Imagine an ad for a cool white bass player... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) [quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1394316850' post='2390320'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8QDN_-cEE" [/quote] [size=4] Classic.[/size] Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle Link fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_the_bass Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) [quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1394316850' post='2390320'] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv8QDN_-cEE [/quote] I think that must be one of the few south park episodes I've never seen. Absolutely brilliant Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle Link fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) Wouldn't it be a shame if Paul Turner or Mark King applied.... Edited March 9, 2014 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle psychosis Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm fairly sure that it's meant to be a joke. Not that it's funny. Still, at least the ad makes it easy to filter out whether you'd want to work with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 To me it comes across as playfulness, and as not taking themselves too seriously. I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 There is an interesting add in the current Guitar and Bass magazine......Wanted Brown Haired bass player in to heavy rock....must have long hair and be over 22 years old........I assume talent, experience, number of limbs etc are all of less importance then I don't for a second imagine the guy placing the add would be some kind of control freak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 [quote name='uncle psychosis' timestamp='1394365566' post='2390642'] I'm fairly sure that it's meant to be a joke. Not that it's funny. [/quote] Thats my guess, none of their influences I believe have black bass players either Does anyone really notice this stuff ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfisher Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Reminds me of that recent BBC4 film about Muscle Shoals studio and the story about how Atlantic sent their black artists down there to record and were amazed to learn that the 'swampers' (house band) were a bunch of white guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Dave Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I don't think it's supposed to be a gag - though it may be a stunt intended to make mischief. I'm surprised it hasn't been pulled. What it is beyond doubt - is a discriminating job advert and that , folks , is illegal. Funnily enough , I looked on twitter and there's yet to be a comment from Rio Ferdinand - I expect if it was for a cool white bass player there would be ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Cant see the gumtree ad, maybe been taken down. The south park clip is genius though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Yup, it's a piss take! Love the South Park clip....it's up there with the South Park guitar hero episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1394374989' post='2390777'] There is an interesting add in the current Guitar and Bass magazine......Wanted Brown Haired bass player in to heavy rock....must have long hair and be over 22 years old........I assume talent, experience, number of limbs etc are all of less importance then I don't for a second imagine the guy placing the add would be some kind of control freak [/quote] I saw that! I also noticed almost identical ads presumably from the same guy wanting (iirc) a young blond, longhaired guitarist and a young black-haired drummer. I suspect it's got nothing to do with music; just some pervert wanting a four-way. I only mention this because this was pretty much what happened to me on one occasion back in the 80's when I was a beautiful youth. Answer a similarly worded ad, go round to this bloke's place, hand on the knee, that sort of thing. [size=3][b]Wanted[/b]: Nice young men[/size] Edited March 11, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Also depends on their definition of Black. Im white skinned, but had a very dark father, I've had people say Im not white even though I look it, so do I qualify for this gig ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1394557962' post='2392680']...Answer a similarly worded ad, go round to this bloke's place, hand on the knee, that sort of thing... [/quote] I'll have that fiver back, please, if you're going to go into all these details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1394559429' post='2392717'] I'll have that fiver back, please, if you're going to go into all these details. [/quote] No, really. The guy was just like Jarvis Montgomery, the aristocratic roue of Baddiel & Newman fame. You've almost certainly met the type. "Oh yessss ... Rock'N'Roll ... young men [i]performing[/i] on stage. Come and sit over here. Do you like [i]videos[/i]? The sort they don't show on TV?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1394560141' post='2392733']...You've almost certainly met the type...[/quote] Unfortunately, yes. My elder brother had a buddy, a bit of a giant beanstalk frame, and regulation creepy bottle-bottom thick-rimmed specs. I went along with them to the flicks once, aged about 12 or 13; never again. None of that suave stuff, though. Just 'bent'. Horrible. Ugh... Now I'll have to go and wash my keyboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Only in Bedminster.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1394560933' post='2392750'] Unfortunately, yes. My elder brother had a buddy, a bit of a giant beanstalk frame, and regulation creepy bottle-bottom thick-rimmed specs. [/quote] No, not that type at all. I mean someone in a smoking jacket and black nail-gloss; owns an agreeable apartment with Chinoiserie-themed decor; bust of Aleister Crowley on the mantelpiece and an ormolu box of jazz cigarettes. [color=#ffffff].[/color] Edited March 11, 2014 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1394561761' post='2392771'] No, not that type at all. I mean someone in a smoking jacket and black nail-gloss; owns an agreeable apartment with Chinoiserie-themed decor; bust of Aleister Crowley on the mantelpiece and an ormolu box of jazz cigarettes.[color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] It has become obvious to me that we move in completely different social circles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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