Ok I’m SO grateful you finally cleared up the Rick Ocasek Paulina thing for me - ‘cause I never did get it unless he was the best toilet-cleaning, bed-making, kisser in the universe man - but now I understand oh sarcastic enlightener of the blogosphere - it is that guitar!  Whew - on to other questions of life - like - who will win So You Think You Can Dance, are we supposed to turn the other cheek or stand up stand up for Jesus?  So many questions so few answers - thank you very white answer man!

As a guitar slinger and fellow soft-rock god in training, I echo your sentiments.

This post is one of the best pieces of “bliterature” that has ever hit my feed reader.

We need to raise our muscular strumming arms high and pump our pick-holding fists in the air in solidarity against such prejudices.

Power chords to the people!

I laughed at this. A lot.  Because the letter to the guy with the guitar ranks as my #1 favorite blog on Jon’s site.  And I think I like your response even better.  Who knew the conflict that resides deep in the hearts of guitar vs. non-guitar guys.  And you both were so admittedly nerdy in high school...can’t you all just get along?

That is seriously funny...except I was the geeky guy who couldn’t even figure out how to play guitar well enough to attract girls...so I learned how to play the bass so I always got the second best-looking girl at the gig.

Your description of the younger you fits my 15 year old to the letter.  He’s the kid in girl pants whose church you played at on Sunday.  You give us hope for his future!  BTW, thanks for coming to Arizona in blazing August to bless our congregation.

Haha, that’s hilarious. I’ll admit it - when I first learned to play guitar, I definitely had the thought in the back of my mind that I could use this to impress women. Which is kind of an uncomfortable prospect when you’re playing worship songs. Maybe less so when you’re playing pop hits.

Part of me wishes I’d learned it earlier in life, because when I finally picked it up at age 23, I was like, “Where was this in college when I needed it?” But it helped me woo my wife over the next few years, so I guess I can’t complain. I can’t say that we still sit in the park all the time and sing along to whatever worship songs I feel like playing… but maybe we should bring that tradition back. or maybe I had the wrong intentions for doing that in the first place. I don’t know.

But if I ever whipped it out with a sizeable group of people present, the intent was not to be the center of attention. It was just that I was excited about what I was learning, and for some reason, those friends enjoyed my rudimentary versions of random rock songs (yes, I’ll admit that “Yellow” was one of ‘em). That behavior didn’t change when there were only guys around. We were just having fun. I’d see other guys doing that at the summer camp I used to work at, and I wasn’t jealous of the attention they got, but it definitely made me wish I knew how to play. So I’m glad I finally learned.

Anyway, us geeky guys have few advantages when it comes to connecting with the opposite sex… so I say, rock what you got. If that makes some other dejected blogger jealous, then I say it’s not our fault he can’t get a date.

That’s hysterical.  Guys with guitars kick butt.  I’m glad I married one.

I have but one response; who the heck is Rick Ocasek?

Beth

If I wasn’t afraid of waking up this whole house of sleeping people, I would be laughing really, really hard right now.

I’m laughing on the inside, I swear.
I can’t wait to hear Jon’s response.

And I’m with Beth...I’m a little lost on the Rick Ocasek reference. Wikipedia, here I come.

Haha! Hilarious!

LOL.. oh my gosh.. People are looking at me as I was reading this post at work..

favorite line..

“..but for three minutes here and there actual females with ovaries and breasts and stuff sat around me with their eyes closed while I knocked out Richard Marx and Chicago tunes -..”

OH gosh I needed to laugh.. Thank You.. thank you .. thank you.

The guitar worked for me too, but I didn’t pick it up until college, and then it was at a “mission trip,” not at camp, where I was learning Third Day tunes that I met my wife while strumming on the porch of the cabin.  I thought it was the great conversation, not the guitar, that got us going though.  My wife may have a different story.

So what Richard Marx songs did you play?  I’ve got “Satisfied” running through my head now.

I hope those who asked found the answer to the Ric Ocasek question, but if not, he’s the awesome lead singer of the band The Cars.  You’ve probably heard him singing “Good Times Roll”, “My Best Friend’s Girl”, “Just What I Needed” or my personal favorite “You Might Think” from the amazing “Heartbeat City” album.  He’s also produced albums by Weezer, No Doubt and The Killers.  Not bad for a man in girl jeans. 

Keep soft rockin’.

Hilarious. I didn’t start playing acoustic guitar until I was a senior in high school. Before then I was a “pure” band nerd. All trumpet and nothing but the trumpet.

Started rocking the 6 string and life took off for me. Now I’m no longer bald, no longer a 120 pound weakling, and like Smiling Bob on tv I’ve got extra confidence where it matters…

I drive better, I read better, I even cook better...THANKS ACOUSTIC GUITAR!!

Great post Shaun.

As the girl who plays guitar, I have to bow to the power of the instrument that made me the “Jennifer Knapp” of my small Southern Baptist college. I never strayed from those 4 chords and gained lots of “friends” who would have never talked to me otherwise.
Great post, praise the Lord that satire is not dead.

ok… breathe… breathe… nope! I can’t do it! *dies laughing*

Shaun, have you always possessed your incredible wit and impeccable comic genius or was it an acquired thing? ‘cause if you were this funny in high school, I don’t think you would have needed the guitar anyway. Although, it does help. There’s nothing more attractive than pimply, pasty white boy who can play the guitar and is on fire for God… that is, except a handsome young man who can play the guitar and is on fire for God - but those are in short supply.

AHAHAHAHAH

Indeed, guitars attract girls. In case you continue to play them, however, the girls will leave you just as easily again.

Learning how to play guitar is really cool. By the time, you’ll know how to play a single song, and you’ll hear the beauty of music, you’ll be inspired in doing it. That’s the magic!

That was cool, but I also love Matt Axe of Ultimate guitar school.. He’s really an expert teacher..

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