Gig going bingo
Print it out, take it to a gig. Shout "Bingo!" if you complete a run. Let me know what I've missed...
general
musician asks how crowd is doing
musician thanks audience for coming
musician asks audiences to name song, album or band
musician tosses guitar picks or drumsticks into crowd
musician toasts (with) audience
musician tells audience to put their hands up/together/in the air
mid-set stools out acoustic bit
musician apologises to Europe for George Bush
plugs
musician plugs merchandise
musician plugs mailing list
musician plugs web site
musician plugs myspace
geography
musician mentions name of city
musician mentions name of city, but gets it wrong
musician mispronounces name of city
musician uses wrong nickname for city ("frisco")
musician asks if anyone is from _other city_
musician says city is better than _other city_
musician inserts name of city in song
musician talks about previous visit to city
and asks if anyone was there last time...
details their day in _your city here_ and the crazy things they saw
the bar
musician mentions name of bar
musician mentions name of bar, but gets it wrong
musician thanks sound guy
musician thanks lighting guy
musician thanks bartender
other bands
musician says "I was here for the sound check and it sounded good"
headliner mentions opener
opener mentions headliner
...repeatedly (this can be used as a measure of how badly the set is going - more mentions = worse)
musician mispronouces other performer's name
the band
band members have first names only
musician forgets name of band member
musician is too important to introduce the band at all
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Musician says...
...'we're gonna do some new ones and some old ones".
Well, I should hope so.
so you've not been
to a Rolling Stones gig recently...Slane Castle this summer and a mere five of the nineteen songs they played were released/recorded while Ronnie Wood was with the Band. And two of the five were over 25 years old!
Which reminds me that I
Which reminds me that I missed "musician asks for audience permission before playing new material". Blast.
I'm sure
I've been to gigs where ALL of the above has happened...
You could also add - If Audience member shouts out request for Freebird...bonus points awarded if the Band actually play it.
Audience bingo is a separate
Audience bingo is a separate game and will be posted later. ;)
Based on Saturday's Tegan & Sara gig, I'm able to add to that one
"Small person pushes to the front then spends entire evening blocking person in front's view with camera and waving to the band"
That Foxy Bingo ad creeps me out
more...
musician asks crowd "are we gonna have a good time/rock this place/kick out the fucking jams tonight?" - you tell me mate
musician tells a bad joke to cover a technical fault
musician patronises roadie as he fiddles with musician's guitar - roadie smiles awkwardly
musicians swap instruments for one song (rare, but it does happen)
musician says something along the lines of "hey can we get some lights down here?" (very rare in the modern era)
musician plays recent hit single twice
add also
musician tells a bad joke whilst trying to retune guitar
slight variation on above after overlong retuning pause
"...well, it was in tune when I bought it"
pause
"...thinking about it, I haven't actually bought it yet"
Permanent onstage Gibson-retuner Terry Reid, Dingwalls 2006
Surely the band names
are given with a title rather than first name only? 'On the drume, Mister etc etc!'
american musician
in middle of any anecdote "do you have them over here ?". Yes thanks. we do.
Thanks the soundman and/or 'sixth member'
Either a support band sucking up, a headliner who've got to share the van with him afterwards, or a pub band who have a mate who's doing it for nothing, possibly because he's a singer in another band who owns his own PA.