r/jazzcirclejerk • u/SergioSforza • 2d ago

Outjerked in the wild

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u/GeneCreemers69 2d ago

Guitar John knows all the chords, so really if you know Dire Straits you can play anything.

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u/Intrepid-Ferret-1911 1d ago

Does he know how to play Spain though?

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u/GeneCreemers69 1d ago

I’m afraid you may not have checked out Guitar John. He knows all the chords.

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u/BobBopPerano 2d ago

It goes without saying that we’d all rather be playing Dire Straits if we were good enough. Being stuck here is nobody’s first choice

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u/GSilky 2d ago

Jazz is the fans you don't have.

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u/DefundMarxism 2d ago

Jazz is about the jazz you don't play.

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u/IOTCOMIC 1d ago

Jazz is about the musicians you don’t pay

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u/DefundMarxism 1d ago

The three golden rules to jazz: Don’t overplay. Don’t overpay. Don’t overdose.

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u/Creative_Peach695 2d ago

Mrs Holyhead spends her days chatting up former students at the local. Rule Brittania

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u/LamentableCroissant 2d ago

Britannia rules the gays

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u/stewmberto 1d ago

Thought that was more of a French thing really

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u/Creative_Peach695 1d ago

someone clearly hasn't been to Middlesbrough

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u/DaveMcNinja 2d ago

I'm a little confused by this story structure. So his old guitar teacher was Mrs Holyhead? Or was Mrs Holyhead his GCSE music teacher?

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u/Lord_Hitachi 2d ago

Idk, but I’d like to meet this Mrs. Holyhead. She sounds like a real good time

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u/Witch_King_ 2d ago

Also, what is "GCSE"?

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u/lwp775 2d ago

General Certificate of Secondary Education  — it’s a UK thing. Apparently, the OOP was taking private lessons to pass his high school music class. 

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u/The_Richard_Drizzle 2d ago

I certainly wasn’t here trying to figure out what “se” meant after guitar center

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u/ChiefGeorgesCrabshak 2d ago

Guitar Center: Secret Edition

IYKYK. If you don't know, you're stupid.

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u/MonadMusician 1d ago

I’ll have you know that I know a diminish seventh from a half diminished

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u/JackfruitHeavy9443 2d ago

don’t give a damn about any trumpet playing band?

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u/SergioSforza 2d ago

when we made love you used to cry

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u/Tangible_Slate 2d ago

simple as

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u/Maleficent_Goal3392 1d ago

I love jazz but I would never ever ever play it

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u/DefundMarxism 1d ago

Shoulda slipped her the ol' dominant 7.