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Talking at gigs? Pah!
Posted by JohnW on 27 January 2011 - 8:23am.
I thought talking at gigs was annoying but last night someone right near me was whistling!!!! I was staggered!!
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Were you watching
Roger Whittaker?
Who were you watching?
Was it a solo whistler or did it become a mass outburst?
What an...
insufferable dolt.
What an...
insufferable dolt.
It wasn't me
I recently blogged about my love of whistling. But I would never EVER whistle at a gig. Promise.
Fair enough but
< Andy Gray >
I bet you can't whistle as well as a man though
< / Andy Gray >
Was it Bryan Ferry practising?
I was about to lose controooooooooooooooooooll
Wow.
That's a whole new level of fuckwittery.
*sets lasers to stun*
*lightly frazzles the offending whistler*
Having listened to my dad...
... 'singing' along to John Denver's Annie's Song in the car this morning - I'd take whistling every time.
Singing along at gigs is far, far worse a crime in my eyes (and ears).
Did he 'Fill up your senses'
...like a kick in the scrotum?
(as the old playground version went).
As a child
I was under the impression that the line that followed that one was, "Kung fu me again".
I agree with the OP, at gigs you should keep your mouth shut. Including whistling. But I don't mind a good heckle. Not brainless shouting, but I enjoy a well placed heckle.
But what sort of whistling was it?
Was it full on fingers in the mouth whoop-type whistling after every song?
Was it purse-lipped milkman-type whistling as an accompaniment to the tune?
Or did the whistler have a proper referee-type whistle on a string round their neck which they took a blast on every few minutes or so?
haphazzard
It was just occasional whistling to the music I think there's a possibility that he didn't even know he was doing it but he wasn't on his own so someone should have told him.
Tinnitus
Be thankful it was just during the gig. I went to a fairly noisy gig in December and my ears have been whistling ever since. Hoping it's part of a heavy head cold that will eventually go away but would recommend these next time:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpine-Music-Safe-Filter-Plugs/dp/B000VO8PR0/ref...
Might even damp out the sound of other gig goers whistling.
not up to 11
I had my Alpines in my pocket but it wasn't a loud gig so they weren't needed. They're so good at just reducing very high volumes that I would like to think that the whistling would have got through if I'd been using them.
What Beard Strokery is this?
Can't sing along at gigs? Are you mad?
Admittedly, you wouldn't get much admiration from me for bellowing along to Joanna Newsom or disrupting an opera by squawking along to Madam Butterfly but at a rock gig?!
Isnt that what they're for?
Glad you said it goat boy
I can't help but join in at a gig and looking around most others have a similar inclination. Ok, would hold back at an acoustic set in the union chapel but otherwise I'm singing along like you (although you will no doubt be bleeting)