Amon Amarth do that thing where they ask their audience to start 'rowing' like on a viking ship
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 May 2023 16:58 (eleven months ago) link
Pretty sure Gwar and Ululating Mummies had various audience-participation stuff back in the day.
Like, there was a Mummies show where we were all asked to bring a kazoo
― sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 18 May 2023 17:02 (eleven months ago) link
TBF, this was a thing that drunk Europeans started doing at Wacken and other big festivals and the band thought it was hilarious (which it kinda was, the first time the footage popped up on YouTube) and have subsequently encouraged it, which was the wrong move IMO. In fact, I think there's actually a song about rowing on one of their more recent albums, which is officially a sign that things have Gone Too Far.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 18 May 2023 18:01 (eleven months ago) link
I liked it when I saw Half Man Half Biscuit live and the crowd did the 'fucking hell, it's Fred Titmuss' bit from Fucking Hell It's Fred Titmus, but that's more shouted than sang anyway
― he thinks it's chinese money (soref), Thursday, 18 May 2023 18:10 (eleven months ago) link
Where is the “the band should just let me sing, I’m in good voice today” option
― Marvel Puzzle Quest is my favorite gasm (DJP), Thursday, 18 May 2023 18:10 (eleven months ago) link
S/D songs about rowing
― sane clown posse (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 18 May 2023 19:09 (eleven months ago) link
sometimes if the singer is a little flat i bring my casio to the show to play the note and go "ahhhhh, right here, match my note"
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Thursday, 18 May 2023 19:43 (eleven months ago) link
on an unrelated note, casios do not fit very snugly in one's ass
I'm with James Taylor on this subject: "If you feel like singing along...don't".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 18 May 2023 19:56 (eleven months ago) link
thanks to the ILM end of year poll i went from never having (knowingly) heard Paramaore to falling in love with them and going to see them live within a matter of weeks.
i do love their bring the fans on stage to sing the song thang that they do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdKqLt_7kTU
― stirmonster, Thursday, 18 May 2023 20:02 (eleven months ago) link
I didn't realize until reading about it a little while ago that "audience members yelling inspiring lyrics at the performer or at each other" was a thing. I can't think of a situation where I would consider it appropriate for me to do that at a show.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 20 May 2023 23:28 (ten months ago) link
watching the krakow videos of peter gabriel the other night and he's doing a fair amount of this which makes me annoyed in advance of seeing him in october.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Sunday, 21 May 2023 18:15 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 22 May 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
The only time this kind of behavior is even remotely acceptable is when it’s done by screaming teenage girls, like on “Sunny Afternoon” on The Kinks Live at Kelvin Hall.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 22 May 2023 00:25 (ten months ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 23 May 2023 00:01 (ten months ago) link
Nice post from Regina Spektor of an audience singing "Fidelity" at a concert this weekend.
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 00:44 (ten months ago) link
(the music on that ^^ plays on my phone but not on my browser, for some copyright-y reason)
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 00:53 (ten months ago) link
Posted from a friend about the Tinariwen show:
There were goofy hippy dancers, dressed-up Tuareg dancers who hollered at the top of their lungs, and there was a solid line of people making videos with their shiny-screened I-phones right in front of me throughout the show. One of them also had a whistle, having apparently confused the concert with a soccer game. So there was ample opportunity to be distracted by the hell of other people, but I did my best to practice tolerance... except for when I told the guy with the whistle, "you know, that's really loud."
fwiw, I didn't notice or hear the whistle, but still.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 11:15 (ten months ago) link
On the live version of James' Sit Down from the early 90s, there was someone incessantly blowing a whistle while the crowd sang the chorus ad infinitum. Also a guy with an airhorn. Or maybe it was the same guy with both noisemakers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv2yYKiB8lQ
― peace, man, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 12:28 (ten months ago) link