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trapperj
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 Posted - 03/26/2010 : 04:41:07
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Woohoo-my first thread! I want to hear stories about people screaming requests at the Man and it pissing you off. Here's two of mine.
Fast Man Raider Man tour- Guy screams "Los Angeles" throughout the whole show. I at least give the guy some credit for not screaming a Pixies song.
Grand Duchy show- Guy screams "Gigantic" multiple times as if Violet is not her own person and is just a Kim Deal plugin. |
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 05:31:36
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the more that time passes the less i've noticed people scream pixies songs. the first fb show i went to a few people were yelling pixies songs the whole time and i wanted to punch them. same at stephen malkmus shows people always request pavement songs.
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my band: www.myspace.com/mollybang
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 14:53:31
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Evenflow!!
Ayerigvlagabriga-Raraaaargh!-Rumbahl-Jumbahl! |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
3111 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2010 : 18:05:42
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I'm an offender. On the Cult of Ray tour (1994?), I wrote "Where Is My Mind?" on the back of a business card and tried to hand it to him in the middle of the show. He looked at me and asked, "Can't you see I'm working here?" He did take the card and put in his pocket, but he didn't do any Pixies songs. Can't say I blame him, especially back then, when he was trying to establish himself as a solo artist. Anymore, though, it seems a Pixies song is a Frank Black song is a Black Francis song. It's all disco, right?
And all of this for nuthin', after all my huffin' and puffin'. |
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trapperj
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Posted - 03/27/2010 : 01:39:11
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| That's not so bad what you did coastline, I just think it's a little disrespectful to the artist and the the rest of the crowd to scream something out while someone "is trying to work." Point also taken that it's all disco, but when Frank is in the middle of singing a nice stripped down version of "My Terrible Ways" and someone screams "Los Angeles" over and over, something about that bothers me. Should it bother me? Does anyone else in the forum scream requests for songs? I'd like to hear a justification for it. |
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houstonguthrie
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Posted - 03/28/2010 : 15:48:24
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Originally posted by coastline
I'm an offender. On the Cult of Ray tour (1994?), I wrote "Where Is My Mind?" on the back of a business card and tried to hand it to him in the middle of the show. He looked at me and asked, "Can't you see I'm working here?" He did take the card and put in his pocket, but he didn't do any Pixies songs. Can't say I blame him, especially back then, when he was trying to establish himself as a solo artist. Anymore, though, it seems a Pixies song is a Frank Black song is a Black Francis song. It's all disco, right?
And all of this for nuthin', after all my huffin' and puffin'.
he got around to it eventually |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
1120 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2010 : 21:52:33
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Originally posted by trapperj
That's not so bad what you did coastline, I just think it's a little disrespectful to the artist and the the rest of the crowd to scream something out while someone "is trying to work." Point also taken that it's all disco, but when Frank is in the middle of singing a nice stripped down version of "My Terrible Ways" and someone screams "Los Angeles" over and over, something about that bothers me. Should it bother me? Does anyone else in the forum scream requests for songs? I'd like to hear a justification for it.
any screaming during songs bothers me. screaming requests is wrong in more ways than just the bothering aspect.
as a justification for it though, i always try to think that the screamer is really drunk. don't know if that helps. it's not really a justification, is it?
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2010 : 22:17:42
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Some guys I know don't scream song names but song #s on the album. I find it hilarious. "PLAY THE FIFTH! THE FIFTH!"
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 05:12:06
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I think it's totally fine to yell songs out. it's flattering. as long as it's not the "Hit" or "hits" or "single" or whatever. the more obscure the song the better. I don't want to hear where is my mind live ever again.
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my band: www.myspace.com/mollybang
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hammerhands
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1594 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 06:00:25
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I love that part, is it on Christmass?
"Blah blah blah blah" |
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johnnyribcage
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1301 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 06:05:06
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I don't see what it would matter if between songs when he's just bullshitting with the crowd anyway if someone yelled out Steak n Sabre! or something. Yeah a Pixies request of any kind would be lame though. Freebird is more of a joke than a request. Freebird!
Ayerigvlagabriga-Raraaaargh!-Rumbahl-Jumbahl! |
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 09:24:26
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hell yeah.
one time at a pixies show charles asked what the first chord to alec effel was and i yelled it out to him. and he said thanks.
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my band: www.myspace.com/mollybang
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trobrianders
> Teenager of the Year <
Papua New Guinea
3302 Posts |
Posted - 03/29/2010 : 11:15:15
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I yelled out the name of my favorite song, "Dead", at Pixies' last London show in 91. But only after Charles said they had no setlist and were taking requests all night. It got played too. Thanks Dave, that was the best intro to a song I ever heard.
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treetime
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USA
217 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2010 : 10:21:49
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| I suppose it's better to be the musician with fans craving your songs, than the person working 40 hours a week and struggling just to get a gig. But I know what you all mean, it might screw up the artists focus on a song when you you hear people screaming for your classics. |
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Discoking
* Dog in the Sand *
Belgium
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Posted - 03/31/2010 : 02:12:45
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freebird!
it's educational |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
7443 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2010 : 03:44:24
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Hey at last I understand the "Freebird" joke! It's the song at the end of Devil's Rejects!
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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Levitated
= Cult of Ray =
Chile
652 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2010 : 17:57:53
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| When The Breeders played in Santiago a few years ago there were some guys screaming "Debaser" and "Corazón Diablo". That was weird! |
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
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Levitated
= Cult of Ray =
Chile
652 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 13:05:34
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2010 : 14:26:51
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Cool first thread, trapperj.
This topic reminds me of when my cousin just in a regular talking voice said "Old Black Dawning" during the 2009 solo tour. The room all of a sudden got very quiet as he was saying this, and then BF/FB just launched right into it. I was kind of embarrassed at the time because of the whole dancing bear thing. But looking back, it was pretty cool.
When people scream songs once, it ok if it's during a break in between songs and there's no banter. It's when it's over and over, it's pretty annoying.
What really gets me is people who whistle really loud during the song. It's very shrill and very annoying. I haven't experienced it at a FB/BF show, but it's really a pain.
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