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Fun Stuff => BAND => Topic started by: Jimmy Fuzz on 29 Jun 2008, 03:15
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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.
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What are you, some kind of asshole?
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"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"
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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.
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"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"
YEAAAAAH
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(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/5805/flingpoostandclearthumbpo2.jpg)
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I've always wanted to yell "Takin' Care of Business" at a show, but I am too shy.
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"Play some FUKKEN SLAAAAAAYEEEEEEER!!!"
I have a Lawrence Arms bootleg where someone yelled that out, but Brendan Kelly thought the guy called out Slaughter.
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PLAY SOME FUCKIN' LOCOMOTIONNNNNNNNNNN (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EevbQoXzGgA)!
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It takes a really crappy band for this to be justified.
CRAP
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I only yell it to boring bands or people I know. Just as a heckle. Yelling it at a good show is just annoying.
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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)
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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.
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Punishing the audience is probably not the way for a band to succeed, really.
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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.
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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...
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These are two of the most overrated songs in
rock music ever.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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"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.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDrgwZsGC9A
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Tommy, that is beautiful. Salut!
(If you created it. If not, then still Salut! for posting it.)
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Yelling "play stairway!" and "freebird!" at gigs.
No one should a cock to a stranger, ever!
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That's being a cock to a room mostly full of strangers!
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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.
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People who do this are fucking tools.
Sorry!
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I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.
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Sythe wins.
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People who do this are fucking tools.
Sorry! Sorry you're a tool!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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God damn it that cover was awesome.
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I always yell Freebird and high five my bros. Then we talk about sports and crazy high school parties.
That made my day
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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.
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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.
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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. :laugh:
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Where I come from people mostly go ''SLAYERRRR".
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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.
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I didn't do it at the Ben Folds show in the end. Felt like too much of a dick.
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Aww, that's possibly the one time you could get away with it. But it's okay, there's always next time.
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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.
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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
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"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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Often when I go to see bands who've released great albums but whose new album sucks, I want to yell "PLAY SOME FUCKING OLD STUFF!!!"
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Isn't that just a way of making a band you like hate your guts?
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Often when I go to see bands who've released great albums but whose new album sucks, I want to yell "PLAY SOME FUCKING OLD STUFF!!!"
People like you are the reason God doesn't talk to us anymore.
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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.
I saw someone try to do that at a Dismemberment Plan show. Travis turned to his mic and went something like, "I was talking to that guy earlier and I said, 'Hey, do you remember that song from our first EP that no one knows and that wasn't very good? I'd really love it if you could yell for that in the middle of the set.'"
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I once had a habit of yelling "Freebird" after my little sister finished practicing violin.
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I saw a horrible band once, they had a guitar solo that consisted of one note, they even fucked that up.
I shouted "freebird" from the audience. The guitar player looked pissed.
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I saw a horrible band once, they had a guitar solo that consisted of one note, they even fucked that up.
I shouted "freebird" from the audience. The guitar player looked pissed.
Are you sure that wasn't just them, y'know, playing a note?
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The One Note Solo is a characteristic technique of those trained in zen guitar.
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Isn't there a one note solo in "I Wanna Be Sedated"?
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On "Juicy Fruit", the second track of the excellent Coleman Hawkins album the Hawk Flies High, the little-known jazz trumpeter Idrees Sulieman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idrees_Sulieman) begins his solo with a single sustained note that lasts for, by my count, 70 bars.
It's quite incredible.
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He must've been using circular breathing to get a note that long... either that or he had freakishly giant lungs.
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circular breathing
I don't know what that is, but it conjures some really fucking hilarious mental images.
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Neil Young is the undisputed king of the one note solo.
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When I went to see Radiohead live the people I was with was discussing yelling out, "Play Creep!" or "Play Weirdo!" or "Play that song from Rock Band!" but we only occasionally said it amongst ourselves.
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At the Slayer show at roskilde, I yelled "PLAY SOME SLAYAAAAA" and I think Tom heard me! It was magic.
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circular breathing
I don't know what that is.
You lose.
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The One Note Solo is a characteristic technique of those trained in zen guitar Neil Young.
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Neil Young is the undisputed king of the one note solo.
I was thinking of that one note anti-solo in 'Vampire Blues'.
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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.
My band is sort of a jazz rock thing with a female vocalist, and we tend to book eclectic gigs. Our last show was with a punk band closing, who proceeded to get WAY drunk and wanted to play before us, to which I said no as the crowd (who were only about 25 people) was starting to get really drunk and a little violent and I just wanted to go home. People were pretty much just yelling at us while were setting up, and then we got a "PLAY SOME SLAYER!!!!!" right before our set, so I busted out the guitar line to "South of Heaven" on bass, and people clapped, got quiet and moved toward the stage. It was like someone flipped a switch. No problems the rest of the show, and we even stuck around to watch the punk band, who were good. Possibly the only time Slayer ever calmed an audience down. Thank you, Slayer, thank you.
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On "Juicy Fruit", the second track of the excellent Coleman Hawkins album the Hawk Flies High, the little-known jazz trumpeter Idrees Sulieman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idrees_Sulieman) begins his solo with a single sustained note that lasts for, by my count, 70 bars.
It's quite incredible.
Wednesday, 5 February, 2003, 13:00 GMT
First notes for 639-year composition
John Cage
The piece by John Cage is called As Slow As Possible
The first notes in the longest and slowest piece of music in history, designed to go on for 639 years, are being played on a German church organ on Wednesday.
The three notes, which will last for a year-and-a-half, are just the start of the piece, called As Slow As Possible.
Composed by late avant-garde composer John Cage, who died in 1992, the performance has already been going for 17 months - although all that has been heard so far is the sound of the organ's bellows being inflated.
We started discussing - what is as slow as possible for the organ?
Hans-Ola Ericsson
Composer
The music will be played in Halberstadt, a small town renowned for its ancient organs in central Germany.
It was originally a 20-minute piece for piano, but a group of musicians and philosophers decided to take the title literally and work out how long the longest possible piece of music could last.
They settled on 639 years because the Halberstadt organ was 639 years old in the year 2000.
"We started discussing - what is as slow as possible for the organ?" Swedish composer and organist Hans-Ola Ericsson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"We, a group of theologians, musicologists, philosophers, composers and organists, met during a couple of years solely to discuss this question. It was rather wonderful to have one topic to discuss at length."
Hopefully the aesthetics and the ideas of John Cage will manage to survive
Hans-Ola Ericsson
"We came up with the answer that the piece could last for the duration of the organ - that is the lifetime of an organ."
Mr Ericsson said John Cage would have liked what they had done with it.
"It's a sound that we give to the future to take care of, and hopefully the aesthetics and the ideas of John Cage will manage to survive."
The first note is due to be struck at 1800 local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday.
The performance follows a legal case in which composer Mike Batt was forced to pay a six-figure sum to Cage's publishers, who accused him of plagiarising a silent piece of music.