LES THE GUITAR A SHOCKING TRUE STORY....

as you are aware pete townshend was a life time guitar smasher upper...well i was one of those guitars..thats me in the pic...heres the tragic tale of how it is to be a some say fortunate i say unfortunate smashed up guitar..my name is les #red wine paul...my life started out as trees..my parents were mahogany and alder...( er no guitar anoraks correcting me here saying things like well actually it was bla bla bla! it doesn't matter its only a story ok) they were introduced after being hacked down and the result was ME!..a fine guitar by any standard....as i hung in the guitar shop ophanage waiting to be bought/adopted by some famous musician i used to dream of how i would end up ...maybe on the cover of a best selling LP..or in a glass case in some rock and roll history museum...or even the musical instrument section of exchange and mart..all those dreams were shattered however the day pete townshend ran in the music shop and stole me from my wall mount...i was thrown in the back of a van on to a pile of other guitars...none of us knew our fate ...we just lay there our eyes meeting each others with the same fear of the unknown wrapped round them..whilst spending time in the back of the van i developed a serious creosote sniffing habbit..finally i was plucked from the pile by some snotty nosed roadie whos name was dave...he threw me at pete and said here use this one for tonights gig....i must say the time me and pete spent together as he gently and sometimes wildly plucked my strings was what being a guitar is all about it was the highest accolade one could serve as he played me with such dedication and skill ..i was in the throws of my first orgasm..it was my first time..but little did i know it was to be my last...i was played by pete with such precision that night at the gig to 1000's of worshipping fans revelling in my tones and beauty as pete made love to me with his plectrum..i was a star!...then as the gig was reaching its climax...for no reason pete turned on me..he took me by the neck and smashed me off the ground....i let out a KRAANGG!! sound to display my pain but he just kept smashing my body in to the ground...i was in such pain every electro pulse screaming stop!..he seemed to be in a trance... didn't care for me anymore...he smashed me to bits... i was lying all over the stage in bits pete walked away without a second glance...my music career over..i was swept up by the cleaners who decided to make a bit of money from me by putting my various body parts on e-bay...thats where i am now..its so humiliating for one as fine as i..who started out with such hopes and dreams ..im nothing more than a fragment of wood once caressed and eventually broken by one such as cool as pete townshend...my creosote addiction and obsession with cuprinol my only friends..i had a cousin strat met the same unfortunate end at the hands of jimmy hendrix...so all you budding musicians who think its cool to smash up guitars just remember ..WE HAVE FEELING..WE BLEED!...ok not literally i said that for dramatic effect and sympathy..
32 Comments:
(sniff sniff)..
Interesting. According to Alice Cooper "Only Women Bleed". I wonder what he would think about your story, but Alice (or Vince as he's known to friends) is probably out on a golf course smashing a golf ball to bits (apparently he has a six handicap). Not bad for an old rocker.
I had a guitar once and was useless at it. If it had feelings he would have hated all the four letter words that came out when I was playing it. Decided to keep my music production to vocal chords.
I was lucky to be put into the maniacal hands of one mad musician that fortunately does not smash guitars.
I've made it to the ripe old age of 38.
Needless to say I've been to the guitar shop several times over the years and I remain souped up and reinforced to this day...
Gypsy,
I had such empathy for Les- great writing skill on your part. I especially found the lineage bit hilarious (bla bla bla- it's only a story!).
It could have been worse for old Les. He could have ended up as the last guitar now encased in that coffee table in Rachel's airstream, with everyone gawking and spilling coffee over him. At least he met a swift end without eternal humiliation.
Cheers,
AM
...while my guitar gently wheeps...
Gibson SG - learn proper grammar... it's "who" fortunately does not smash guitars.
alice cooper?..well done SG at least you survived..i would have loved to be encased in rachels coffee table at least id be adorned there..shut it george your dead...like my career..
i dont know i go away for one delux ether binge and i come back to THIS!..some sad smashed up les paul whinging about his bloody lost career...get over it ffs!..i knew an ibanez once that got eaten by a dog!..
its easy for you to say you dont know what its like to be strewn across e-bay in bits! and this bloody addiction to creosote (sniff)
oh stop fretting...ha fret ..get it..lmao..
dale!! the song you wrote for me is exellent!!!..i need to know the tune to e-bay eyes..
It's TNT, silly...
...watch me expode!!
You mentioned something about your eyes being blown away?
I'm still surviving... in a rather unnerving manner at times.
lol oh yes now i get it..yay!!!! hang in there SG..
angus look on e-bay it might be there..
is roger playing TWO tamourines in that picture? ::scratches head.. never saw that before::
~Lace~
OMG, look what you miss when you take your eye off the ball..or the blog, I should say...no wonder the gibson came to hide on my blog...at elast it's nice and peaceful there..;-)
What a sorry tale, addiction, guitar trafficking, violent abuse..whatever next! No wonder poor old Les is a pain in the neck on e-bay these days...pun absolutely intended..lol
Why did he smash "a perfectly good guitar"?
i wouldn't know lace im just a tourist when it comes to the who..ha ha val pain in the neck..see while the cats away the mice shall run riot..hmmm thinking of a song..
Well I realize that Ive been hypnotized,
I love your e-bay eyes
I love your e-bayeyes
Alright!
Hey!
Gypsy.
Way up in my tree Im sitting by my fire
Wondrin where in this world might you be
And knowin all the time youre still roamin in the country side
Do you still think about me?
Oh my gypsy.
Well I walked right on to your rebel roadside
The one that rambles on for a million miles
Yes I walk down this road searchin for your love and ah my soul too
But when I find ya I aint gonna let go.
I remember the first time I saw you
The tears in your eyes look like theyre tryin to say
Oh little boy you know I could love you
But first I must make my get away
Two strange men fightin to the death over me today
Ill try to meet cha by the old highway.
Hey!
Well I realize that Ive been hypnotized, I love your gypsy eyes
I love your e-bay eyes
I love your e-bay eyes
I love your e-bay eyes
Alright!
Ive been searchin so long my feet have made me lose the battle
Down against the road my weary knees they got me
Off to the side I fall but I hear a sweet call
My gypsy eyes is comin and Ive been saved.
my hanrix rendition...
Oh Ive been saved
Thats why I love you uh
Said I love you
Hey!
Love you uh
Lord I love you
Hey!
OK!!!! You win!! So far....anyway. Me and Dale..you'll see, we'll come back fighting..;-)
Excellent, oh my Gypsy!
the suspense is killing.........hope it lasts...lol..im sure you val will out shine us all..
OK, this is my last effort...I can't actually believe I've just wasted an hour's work time doing this...LOL...it's all your fault Gypsy! ;-)
To be sung to the tune of Bicycle Race by Queen!
I Want To wear my E-bay eyes
I Want To wear them now
I Want To wear my E-bay eyes
I Want To wear them all year round
You Say nine I Say five
You Say ten I say nine
You Say twelve I Say Hey Man
Don’t keep upping the price
cos I Don't Like cheap skates
You Say card I Say cheque
You Say no, I say heck
You Say cash I Say Christ
I Don't Believe in Credit cards
C-O-D or hire charge
All I Wanna Do Is
Eeee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes
I Want To wear my e-bay eyes
I Want To wear them now
I Want To wear my E-bay eyes
I Want To wear them all year round
I Want To wear My….
E-bay blue eyes they’ll be Coming Your Way
So Forget Your mascara and paint
Derelicte chic Girls They'll Be wearing them soon
So watch Out For Those Beauties don’t faint
On Your Marks Get Set Go
Eeee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes
Eeee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes, eee-bay eyes
Eee-bay, eee-bay, eee-bay
E-bay eyes
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ha ha ha! that is brilliant val!!...sheer class..well done..top of the class..
Hey!!! I've got through again!! Brill!! I've been going nuts tonight with Blogger, and it's been shutting the door in my face at every blog.. grrrr
Anyway, Gypsy, I think ALL our e-bay eye songs are unique ;-) We are so original...lol ! Was so much fun, though..it got me hopelessly distracted.
Allo Gpsy, howz yoo bin? S'mee Sindybin...I'se bin dreamin of cummin ter livz wiv yoo..oooooh such luvverly dreamz of snugglin up wiv you an nipper an alf an that...
luv an loadsa lix
Sindybin
Ohhh...poor little guitar! Smashed at the height of your fame.....maybe you could develop your story into a soap opera miniseries...."Guitars of our Lives" or "The Strings of Coronation Street"....
Look at the photo... Keith almost looks worried.
Maybe he knew poor Les was doomed to end up in splinters...
...or that Pete was going to land his leap on him...
Mary Beth - Les Paul is...er...was not a little guitar!
More of a heavy-weight among my brothers
An interesting point-of-view from Pete's guitar! As you can see in my new profile picture, look Who else is bleedin'!
VERY VERY COOL PHOTO!!
I love Pete Townshend.
long live rock!
Tecla.
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