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| From | Popdude@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: What's with all the audience singing? |
| Date | Mon, 6 Sep 2004 20:47:42 EDT |
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Mike B.:
<<John's reaction is similar to my first take on Eytan's post. But then I
started thinking back to some shows where thoughtless audience members didn't
just sing along, but shouted along.>>
Well, yeah, it's definitely contextual...if someone is drunkenly shouting or
screaming along, then it's obviously detrimental to the other audience
members. But if somebody's just singing along, it doesn't seem like they should be
branded a show off or anything....
<<At a Stan Ridgway show, I found it particularly irritating, as his
singing-talking style is not made for singing along to. I think the quieter the
performer, the more inappropriate it is.>>
True. At the Ridgway show, did the perpetrators sing out of the side of
their mouths and do that weird twitchy neck thing like Stan?
<<If I'm singing along at a Swingin' Neckbreakers show, I'm probably not
bothering anyone. If I'm singing just as loudly at an Iron & Wine gig, I'm a
jackass.>>
You, Mr. Bennett, could NEVER be considered a jackass.
John B.
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