Michael Stipe's Hands
Peter Buck
Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?
I've seen him write left-handed and play guitar right-handed(on Rough
Cut)
Does anyone know what the deal is?
I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only
person this wierd.
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Peter Buck wrote:
> Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?
Ni. He is middle-handed. For those of you who don't know, Stipey has
actually three arms. But, when he is on earth, he only uses two arms at a
time. Due to various mood-shifts etc. He removes different hands at
different times.
> I've seen him write left-handed and play guitar right-handed(on Rough
> Cut)
>
> Does anyone know what the deal is?
> I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only
> person this wierd.
Me too. Thought that you were the only weird one (-:I write right-handed,
and don't play guitar.
/Kalle
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Dave MacDougall
He's left handed but I think he uses or used a right handed guitar cause
they are more available.
Peter Buck wrote:
> Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?
>
> I've seen him write left-handed and play guitar right-handed(on Rough
> Cut)
>
> Does anyone know what the deal is?
> I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only
> person this wierd.
>
>
Waffle48
>He's left handed but I think he uses or used a right handed guitar cause
>they are more available.
most likely. i'm left handed and i use a right handed guitar. left handed
guitars are more expensive, i think.
chuck
*drank it all, spit it up*
Wantstipey
>Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?<BR>
><BR>
Yes, Michael is left-handed. I remember seeing him sign a CD when they
appeared on SNL, the one with Sarah JP. I saw a clip of it on the documentary
they had done for PBS. Naturally, you are probably wondering why I even
remember that, it's because I AM A LEFTY TOO!!!, and was so excited when I saw
that Michael was.
><BR>
>Does anyone know what the deal is?<BR>
>I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only person
this wierd.<BR>
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Nope, you are not the only one. I can't help you on the guitar, but I do bowl,
golf, and throw RIGHTY if that makes any sense. Us left-handed people are
pretty versatile, though it was always hard growing up in a *right-handed*
environment.
Carol
Sparky
if it was the cut from SNL, then it wouldn't matter which hand he was, cuz
he just decided he liked that one little riff or something, and he borrowed
one of pete's backups pretty much on the spot... i think... no time to
restring or anything... i think.
Christi Rose
> Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?
>
> I've seen him write left-handed and play guitar right-handed(on Rough
> Cut)
>
> Does anyone know what the deal is?
> I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only
> person this wierd.
I do recall that ICftS does mention Stipe being left-handed. But am not surprised that he plays guitar right handed. 1) He probably doesn't play guitar that much if someone had to tell him what the knobs do. And 2) It's probably not his guitar.
As for me, some things I do right handed (writing) and others I do left-handed (mouse control and freestyle skating). I learned to play right-handed because everyone else does so, it's the way I was taught and, besides, I can't find a left-handed guitar.
Christi.
In ice dancing, every skill is developed both ways. Hmm... Another discipline for me to take up? Maybe when I can afford two skating instructors and another pair of boots.
Juli88
>>I write right-handed and play guitar lefty, I thought I was the only person
>this wierd.
>
eof those lefty's who was taught to do everything right handed. Talk about a
dyslexic mess I am today. The thing I';m wondering about though, is the
guitar. I play an old Ovation and it has often occured to me that if I wanted
to play it left handed, all I would have to do is put the strings on upside
down. My very dear friend from whom I learn a lot from on the guitar does play
left handed and it's easier to learn from him playing a mirror image. Can
someone explain why you just couldn't put the strings on upside down?
I told you it was unavoidable.
julianne
yeah yeah yeah yeah
Sadtomato
I thought Stipe couldn't really play guitar and was just playing a chord or two
that they showed him. In that case, it doesn't matter. Though I write with my
right hand and eat with my left, so...
kristin
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Wantstipey
>if it was the cut from SNL, then it wouldn't matter which hand he was, cuz<BR>
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No, i didn't see him play guitar on that show, I saw him sign a CD with his
left hand.
carol
John Cummins
Thats not quite true, he always plays guitar for that song, he only play one
chord "I only play an A or something, but it's the best A you'll hear"
(paraphrase) He just decided that he wanted to play guitar on one song and
Peter showed him the chord and when to play it.
John
Raze the walls..............
JRReichman
>Can
>someone explain why you just couldn't put the strings on upside down?
You could, but you'd have to change both nuts (the white things that the
strings lay on) and flip them upside down. The grooves are cut for specific
strings. If you restring it upside down, either it won't work or it won't hold
tune very well. Otherwise you CAN do it, and I have seen many people who have.
jeff
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Ron Henry
Carl-Fredrik Bergdahl <charl...@goteborg.mail.telia.com> wrote:
>Peter Buck wrote:
>> Is Michael Stipe Left-Handed?
>
>actually three arms.
Hmn. I have always thought the term was "third leg". Cough.
Ron
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Peter Buck
Is that why my acoustic won't stay in tune? Because it's reversed?
Or is it because it's old, crap, cheap and light-blue?
Maybe I should get a new one.
Kurt Cobain often played upside down guitars, on Unplugged he clearly
does, and some of his electrics also are right handed.
JRReichman
>Is that why my acoustic won't stay in tune? Because it's reversed?
>Or is it because it's old, crap, cheap and light-blue?
There could be lots of reasons. It might be cause it's reversed. Most likely
it's because it's light-blue.
Jeff
Wantstipey
>Hmn. I have always thought the term was "third leg". Cough.<BR>
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>Ron<BR>
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Ummmmm, excuse me?!?!?!?! I don't have a *third leg* and I am a lefty. hmmmm,
i wonder what he meant by that <weg>
carol,
who thinks ron better get that cough checked out :)
Jdw
Yeah, I join Michael and the gang at being weird.
I write left, spoon left, knife-and-fork right, kick right, play guitar
right, play tennis left, and play cricket right...
;-)
David Johnstone
Peter Buck wrote:
>
> JRReichman wrote:
> >
> > >Can
> > >someone explain why you just couldn't put the strings on upside down?
> >
> > You could, but you'd have to change both nuts (the white things that
> > the
> > strings lay on) and flip them upside down. The grooves are cut for
> > specific
> > strings. If you restring it upside down, either it won't work or it
> > won't hold
> > tune very well. Otherwise you CAN do it, and I have seen many people
> > who have.
> >
> > jeff
> > * * * *
> > "I wish you luck with a capital F." -Elvis Costello
> >
> > http://members.aol.com/jrreichman
>
> Or is it because it's old, crap, cheap and light-blue?
>
>
> Kurt Cobain often played upside down guitars, on Unplugged he clearly
> does, and some of his electrics also are right handed.
>
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Did you notice, on RoadMovie, Mike Mills plays an upside down Left
Handed Strat for Let Me In.
Interesting....
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Seida [evilgoat] P.
I strum the guitar w/my right hand. That makes my right-handed, right? Left?
hehe
It seems to me that the most control is needed in the opposite hand (the one
fingering the strings).
If that isn't confusing enough, i write & spoon, etc. lefty.
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Jdw <970...@smed.sun.ac.za> wrote in message
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jimmy bryant
>
>
>Did you notice, on RoadMovie, Mike Mills plays an upside down Left
>Handed Strat for Let Me In.
>
>Interesting....
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>Do you smell gasoline?
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wrong? He definitely did for two shows in Atlanta.
Jimmy
"What?"
-Richard Nixon
Star 69
If I'm not mistaken, the guitar in question is Kurt Cobain's old
guitar. He was left handed, thus the guitar that Mike plays is a lefty
strung for a righty.
Star 69
Ron Henry
"Seida [evilgoat] P." <evil...@DETH.T0.5PAM.usa.net> wrote:
>It seems to me that the most control is needed in the opposite hand (the one
>fingering the strings).
I seem to recall that Eric Clapton attributed some of his prodigious skill on
the guitar to being left handed yet learning to play righty (so that his
"better hand" is fingering chords rather than strumming).
Ron
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beatnik
jimmy bryant wrote:
> >
> >
> >Did you notice, on RoadMovie, Mike Mills plays an upside down Left
> >Handed Strat for Let Me In.
> >
> >Interesting....
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> >
> >Do you smell gasoline?
> >
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> I thought Mike did that for every show on the monster tour. Am i
> wrong? He definitely did for two shows in Atlanta.
>
> Jimmy
>
> "What?"
> -Richard Nixon
wasn't that one of cobain's guitars given to them by courtney?
jw
Dr. Evil Goat
that;'s what they said in 'Rough Cut"
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beatnik wrote in message <34E49C0B...@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>...
Joey Odorisio
>Did you notice, on RoadMovie, Mike Mills plays an upside down Left
>Handed Strat for Let Me In.
>
>Interesting....
That`s because it used to be Kurt Cobain`s guitar.
- JOEY ODORISIO Joey.A....@widener.edu
"I`m not scared...I`m outta here."-R.E.M.,Electrolite
Peter Buck
jimmy bryant wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Did you notice, on RoadMovie, Mike Mills plays an upside down Left
> >Handed Strat for Let Me In.
> >
> >Interesting....
>
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Do you smell gasoline?
> >
>
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> I thought Mike did that for every show on the monster tour. Am i
> wrong? He definitely did for two shows in Atlanta.
>
> Jimmy
>
> "What?"
> -Richard Nixon
Yeah, that's Kurt Cobain's guitar that Courtney Love gave to the band.
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Jamie F. Dower
Makes perfect sense to me..maybe I should try it. Can't seem to learn
righty. 8)