Do They Count If You Have to Blow Them Up?

Music history professor: Darwin says that the sole purpose for living things is to survive and procreate. What about us, as musicians? Do we need music to survive and procreate? Well, some people believe that music was created as a sort of mating call. Compare the reproductive life of Jimi Hendrix to the reproductive life of… well, me.
Class: Um…
Music history professor: Well, clearly I win hands-down because of all my groupies.

1 East Mount Vernon Place
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: stravinsky

Posted on December 27, 2019
Colleges & Universities, Compare and contrast, Default, Maryland, Music, Science, Sex, Students, Teachers

Almost As Great As “O Hanukah” on Kazoo

Guy on cell: Have you ever heard “Dreidel, dreidel ” played on guitar? It's fucking awesome!

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Posted on October 19, 2019
Colleges & Universities, Delaware, Guys, Music, On the phone, Questions, Sensory experiences

But My Anal Beads Respond Better to The Cure

Chick #1, perusing CDs: The Ramones? I’ve never really listened to them. Are they any good?
Chick #2: Oh, yeah, I listen to them all the time when I’m using my vibrator!

http://overheardina2.blogspot.com/2007/03/hot-for-ramones.html

Overheard by: chris

Posted on October 15, 2019
Chicks, Music, Overheard in Ann Arbor, Toys

Good Thing You Issued That Disclaimer, Bob

Middle aged shop owner, as female vocalist sings pop song on the radio: I ain't no queer or nothing, but the first time I heard this song, I thought it was pretty as hell.

Waco, Texas

Posted on August 18, 2019
Bosses, Compare and contrast, Gender issues, Music, Texas

But We'll Learn Better Ways to Do That in This Class

Professor: At concerts, you move your head in an up-and-down motion in certain parts, also known as “headbanging.” You may also be Satanic. You may or may not, or you might just to piss off your parents.

http://www.overheardatumbc.com

Posted on July 16, 2019
Evil, Family ties, Music, Overheard at UMBC, Teachers, Words

So, under the Law, It Didn't Count

Loud black girl: And Lafawnda was all, “I kissed a girl and I liked it!” But it wasn't like she was curvaceous or anything!

Outside Shedd Aquarium
Chciago, Illinois

Overheard by: Mateo

Posted on May 20, 2019
Compare and contrast, Default, Girls, Illinois, Music, Words

Dude, You’re Preaching to the Choir

Student: She thinks she’s so good. She was probably the only soprano in her high school, so she was automatically the best. Or maybe she went to a school for like, people with severe burns. She was the best in the burn victim ward.

Westminster Choir College
Princeton, New Jersey

Overheard by: Gaby Young