The running gag is that the band never gets to play.

那个流传的笑话说那支乐队从未演奏过。

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I play the flute in a wind band for recreation.

我在管乐队吹长笛消遣。

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All the band members wanted Sophia to play in the band.

所有的乐队成员都想让索菲娅在乐队里弹奏。

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How many of you play in a rock band or have ever played in a rock band?

你们中有哪些参加了摇滚乐队的演出,或者曾经参加过摇滚乐队的

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The brain perceives all of this complex information and it processes it and it extrapolates from it the beat, but again nobody in music-- except the bass drum player in a marching band-- nobody in music ever does anything except just play the beat.

我们的大脑感知了所有复杂的信息加工后,推算出了拍子,不过没有人,除了军乐队的低音鼓手,没有人在音乐里仅仅只是打鼓点

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If a full-fledged media blackout isn't feasible, then at least limit yourself to the stations that are least likely to air anything having to do with modern times: the radio stations that play big band music and old-timey radio programs.

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So I was asked to play with my band a few numbers.

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Kiss was filled well beyond its legal capacity with the crowd of 2, 000 people, who packed the club to hear the band play.

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