Topic: Re: Yelling "play stairway!" and "freebird!" at gigs. (Read 17767 times)

Jimmy Fuzz · « **on:** 29 Jun 2008, 03:15 »

Sorry, my pc broke when posting so it only posted the title.

Does anyone else yell these at gigs?
So far I've only done so at a few local gigs for bands in my city and university, but I did nearly get the crap beaten out of me for yelling it at a Dillinger Escape Plan gig, people didn't look to happy about that.

It'll be awesome if I'm not the only one who does this.

est · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 03:22 »

What are you, some kind of asshole?

MadassAlex · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 03:51 »

"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"

Christophe · « **Reply #3 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 04:31 »

Quote from: wikipedia

In the 1980s, Chicago Radio DJ Kevin Matthews urged his listeners to shout "Free Bird!" at a Florence Henderson concert as a sort of joke towards the musician and actress. Credited with starting the tradition of yelling "Free Bird!", but not actually doing so, he stated that "It was never meant to be yelled at a cool concert -- it was meant to be yelled at someone really lame. If you're going to yell 'Free Bird,' yell 'Free Bird' at a Jim Nabors concert."

Shouting Freebird is meant to be either ironic or derisive to the band you yell it to, so I'm not surprised that people wanted to beat shit out of you. Just to make sure that other DEP fans in the future don't want to skin you and wear you like a coat, just don't say it.

Lummer · « **Reply #4 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 05:22 »

Quote from: MadassAlex on 29 Jun 2008, 03:51

"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"

YEAAAAAH

öde · « **Reply #5 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 05:26 »

michaelicious · « **Reply #6 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 06:09 »

I've always wanted to yell "Takin' Care of Business" at a show, but I am too shy.

valley_parade · « **Reply #7 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 06:59 »

Quote from: MadassAlex on 29 Jun 2008, 03:51

"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"

I have a Lawrence Arms bootleg where someone yelled that out, but Brendan Kelly thought the guy called out Slaughter.

est · « **Reply #8 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 07:50 »

PLAY SOME FUCKIN' LOCOMOTIONNNNNNNNNNN!

IronOxide · « **Reply #9 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 08:07 »

It takes a really crappy band for this to be justified.

CRAP

imapiratearg · « **Reply #10 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 09:02 »

I only yell it to boring bands or people I know. Just as a heckle. Yelling it at a good show is just annoying.

Hat · « **Reply #11 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 09:12 »

So far it has proved more productive for me to request Lady Madonna than it has to request Freebird (although I still hold Freebird is rad song, but why are you making requests in the first place, fuck you)

PapitoSlapGuitar · « **Reply #12 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 09:15 »

Some douche did that to one of my groups at a show once, we responded by punishing the audience with a 28 minute rendition of freebird, the band broke up shortly after. From a performer's point of view, i would suggest not doing it, it's really kind of lame and overdone anyway.

öde · « **Reply #13 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:18 »

Punishing the audience is probably not the way for a band to succeed, really.

Funk Thompson · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:22 »

Quote from: IronOxide on 29 Jun 2008, 08:07

It takes a really crappy band for this to be justified.

CRAP

Either that, or a band you are friends with. My buddy yells it at shows for the bands he knows one or more members of, and it still annoys me, but he is just that kind of asshole and he knows the bands so they just laugh about it.

Thrillho · « **Reply #15 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:35 »

Yelling those is the height of assholery. You've got to make it more interesting than that. My brother in law yelled 'True Faith' at Bloodhound Gang...

Catacombs · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:36 »

These are two of the most overrated songs in ~~rock~~ music ever.

öde · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:44 »

A guy I know told me how when he was DJing (I doubt he has DJed, and if he has it's probably not more than once or twice), he liked to play Stairway to Heaven as the slow song at the end, "because they think it's a slow song and then they don't know what to do when it speeds up!"

Yeah.

Christophe · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 10:59 »

Stairway to Heaven can suck my ten nuts. Holy crap that song is horrible and overrated.

A few years back, this one cover band from my high school staged a Freebird, in which they had one of their fans yell out the song, and they actually fucking performed it. Back then I thought it was clever and funny, but I think less of it now.

PapitoSlapGuitar · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 11:59 »

Quote from: öde on 29 Jun 2008, 10:18

Punishing the audience is probably not the way for a band to succeed, really.

yeah, that was pretty much why people stopped coming to our shows and the bands inevitable downfall, we were pretty into ourselves, not good at all, but what're ya gonna do

Alex C · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 12:55 »

Christ.

If I were a moderator, I would have just changed the title of this thread to "Yelling 'play stairway' and 'freebird!' at gigs is unacceptable." and locked it straight away.

Lines · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 13:10 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 29 Jun 2008, 09:02

Yelling it at a good show is just annoying.

Someone did this at a show I was at, so someone yelled shut up, and the audience clapped and the band laughed.

I do not yell songs unless the band is taking requests.

ViolentDove · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 17:31 »

If you ever play in a pub anywhere outside of a capital city in Australia, you will get "Play some acca dacca!" or "Play some chisel!" (ie. AC/DC and Cold Chisel).

Please note that these people are in no way being ironic.

Even if you are in an experimental gypsy-electro-metal band with an elvis-impersonating, throatsinging front-person, it pays to learn a cover of a cold chisel/AC/DC song, 'cause it will basically win over half your crowd (when half of your crowd are the two drunk guys in flannos up the back).

MobyDickhole · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 17:35 »

When people started yelling out requests at one of Colin Meloy's solo shows (during the encore) I yelled out a request for The Tain (which clocks in at around 20 minutes) which got some laughs.

Christophe · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 18:24 »

Quote from: ViolentDove on 29 Jun 2008, 17:31

"Play some chisel!"

If I ever fortunate enough to go to a Ted Leo show in the near future, I would so shout "Play some Chisel!", since Set You Free was arguably the best thing he ever did.

Noff · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 19:22 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDrgwZsGC9A

Christophe · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 19:33 »

Tommy, that is beautiful. Salut!

(If you created it. If not, then still Salut! for posting it.)

Spluff · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 Jun 2008, 20:02 »

Quote from: Jimmy Fuzz on 29 Jun 2008, 03:15

Yelling "play stairway!" and "freebird!" at gigs.

No one should a cock to a stranger, ever!

öde · « **Reply #28 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 05:09 »

That's being a cock to a room mostly full of strangers!

evernew · « **Reply #29 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 16:08 »

Even if I'm being a cock to a lot of strangers with this - I firmly plan on yelling Freebird at the Ben Folds show when he plays "Brick". I kind of hope he segways into it like in that recording I have. It would be my personal indie cred gold star.

jeph · « **Reply #30 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 16:47 »

People who do this are fucking tools.

Sorry!

Sythe · « **Reply #31 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 17:37 »

I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #32 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 17:46 »

Sythe wins.

öde · « **Reply #33 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 19:48 »

Quote from: jeph on 30 Jun 2008, 16:47

People who do this are fucking tools.

Sorry! Sorry you're a tool!

imagist42 · « **Reply #34 on:** 30 Jun 2008, 22:21 »

Quote from: Sythe on 30 Jun 2008, 17:37

I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.

I did not know it was physically possibly to snort ice cream out one's nose. But that is precisely what I did when I read this post.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #35 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 10:39 »

People who yell "Freebird!" are stupid for the simple fact that JESUS FUCK THAT JOKE IS FUCKING OLD.

The only heckle I use, sparingly, when I like the band or they're in a good humor or I know them, is "Play your good song!"

Though to be fair when I saw Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for free a few months ago I kept yelling out for Jesus and Mary Chain songs. Yes, I was drunk and yes, I know I was being a dick. It was still funny.

valley_parade · « **Reply #36 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 15:10 »

Quote from: Sythe on 30 Jun 2008, 17:37

I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.

So you were the guy telling me how bad Ted Leo was when he opened for Dropkick in March.

Cos..see..I thought his set was really solid. Especially ending with an SLF cover.

Johnny C · « **Reply #37 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 15:18 »

God damn it that cover was awesome.

himynameisjulien · « **Reply #38 on:** 01 Jul 2008, 21:29 »

Quote from: Sythe on 30 Jun 2008, 17:37

I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.

That made my day

Thrillho · « **Reply #39 on:** 02 Jul 2008, 05:38 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 01 Jul 2008, 10:39

Though to be fair when I saw Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for free a few months ago I kept yelling out for Jesus and Mary Chain songs. Yes, I was drunk and yes, I know I was being a dick. It was still funny.

I love you.

Saudade · « **Reply #40 on:** 02 Jul 2008, 07:30 »

My favourite thing to do is freak the hell out of my local bands by yelling out names of songs they wrote when they started out or have only just written and haven't performed for anyone else yet.

Reactions are always hilarious, I only ever do it after their main set when they ask for any requests, and most people just yell out songs they've already played or are overplayed.
Last concert I was at I planned it with the band and a group of us got the crowd chanting "Roll", the lead singer's name is Rick, once we had the crowd chanting, he announced it was a new song that they'd been practicing. They then played Never gonna give you up - Rick Astley

God that was fun. Sad thing was half the people actually started singing along and knew the lyrics.

It was in the local park and so they rick roll'd everyone in about a 2 block radius.

Jackie Blue · « **Reply #41 on:** 02 Jul 2008, 10:20 »

Oh I just remembered, when I saw the Legendary Pink Dots 25th Anniversary Tour last year, I was right up front and wasn't yelling out any requests except about midway through the set I yelled "SOFT TOY!!!!!!" which is one of their best songs, but it's also pretty recent and not particularly well-known. Ed Ka-Spel looked confused when I did that, and a couple minutes later I learned why.

"Soft Toy" was, in fact, the next song on their setlist for that night.

imagist42 · « **Reply #42 on:** 02 Jul 2008, 10:58 »

Quote from: zerodrone on 02 Jul 2008, 10:20

Jepser · « **Reply #43 on:** 07 Jul 2008, 05:02 »

Where I come from people mostly go ''SLAYERRRR".

MadassAlex · « **Reply #44 on:** 07 Jul 2008, 08:46 »

Quote from: Jepser on 07 Jul 2008, 05:02

Where I come from people mostly go ''SLAYERRRR".

Correct pronunciation; "FUKKEN SLAYERRRR"

Actually, try calling out "SLIPKNOT!!!" at an extreme metal gig. But only if you're big - I can't vouch for anyone's safety.

evernew · « **Reply #45 on:** 07 Jul 2008, 10:25 »

I didn't do it at the Ben Folds show in the end. Felt like too much of a dick.

Liz · « **Reply #46 on:** 07 Jul 2008, 10:31 »

Aww, that's possibly the one time you could get away with it. But it's okay, there's always next time.

Jepser · « **Reply #47 on:** 07 Jul 2008, 16:05 »

Quote from: MadassAlex on 07 Jul 2008, 08:46

Quote from: Jepser on 07 Jul 2008, 05:02
Where I come from people mostly go ''SLAYERRRR".

Correct pronunciation; "FUKKEN SLAYERRRR"

Actually, try calling out "SLIPKNOT!!!" at an extreme metal gig. But only if you're big - I can't vouch for anyone's safety.

Lol, I'd have serious respect for anyone who dares that, regardless how big they are. The ensuing pit would be murder.

mrwaffles · « **Reply #48 on:** 08 Jul 2008, 09:52 »

This reminds me of a great song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=u9Xe9YFEolI
He starts explaining it around 4:30 and the song actually starts around 5:50. =D

Tago Mago · « **Reply #49 on:** 08 Jul 2008, 10:05 »

"Stairway!" or "Freebird!" are best yelled in non-concert settings, particularly after someone has just made a long, complicated, but completely retarded point. Lecturers are choice targets.

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Author Topic: Re: Yelling "play stairway!" and "freebird!" at gigs. (Read 17767 times)

Jimmy Fuzz

PapitoSlapGuitar

PapitoSlapGuitar

himynameisjulien

Saudade

mrwaffles