"Cr*p Things Bands Do"

cpcompany

Having Encores and Stage banter. I prefer bands to just get up, play their set and fuck off. I can't stand crowd participation and stage banter, absolute shite it is. 

fandango

cpcompany said:

Having Encores and Stage banter. I prefer bands to just get up, play their set and fuck off. I can't stand crowd participation and stage banter, absolute shite it is. 

Frank Zappa did some incredibly funny stage banter, but you can't hear that on stage anymore. Gutted i never got to see him live, so dying in '93 as i was getting into his music was a moot point.

guitarfishbay

Honestly I'd rather bands do what they want with regards to new material, rather than guessing what the fans want. Then at least they're making what they're into at the time.

Sure sometimes it means bands end up not being my thing anymore but the opposite can also be true... there are several bands where I only like their newer stuff and not the old stuff.

 People's taste and life experience changes over time - with a lot of heavy bands, they're just not angry about the world anymore when they're 40 and married with kids.

RocknRollDave

Carrying on as if nothing changed when a key member dies. 

New Order did the right thing. 

EricTheWeary

Saying 'our new album is the best thing we've ever done' so, damn, the last ten I bought by you are all crap then  

fandango

Pretentious shyte (looking at you Andy Summers) after making an "artiste" or "art" album. Most prevalent in classical music, where they are so up themselves, they forget that people just want to listen to their music and don't give a shit what was going on in said musicians life when it was being written, recorded, produced. Yeah whatever, just play the new album.

Sporky

Telling stories on stage. Shut up and play.

Bellycaster

Insisting on playing before and after the Bingo and Raffle, meehhhh, noisy bleeders!

monquixote

cpcompany said:

Having Encores and Stage banter. I prefer bands to just get up, play their set and fuck off. I can't stand crowd participation and stage banter, absolute shite it is. 

Have you considered staying at home and listening to a CD?

boogieman

Releasing 10 disc or more deluxe box sets with interminable out takes, demo versions, remixes and edits of the original. Then charging a ridiculous amount for it. Yes you, King Crimson  and Pink Floyd, I'm looking at you. 

UnclePsychosis

Announcing "uk tours" that don't feature any dates north of Nottingham. 

Funkfingers

RocknRollDave said:

10th anniversary reissue.....then a 20th anniversary reissue.....then a 30th .....etc

Some of the re-mastering / re-issuing game is to do with genuine improvements in audio resolution. Much of it is to do with selling the same ol' favourites one mo' time.

The Gaga/Goulding stunt is shameless exploitation of gullible fans. Twenty five years ago, it was CD singles. The same "A" side twice. Alternative "B" side content per disc. Hardcore fans buy both versions in the first week of release. This earns fake sales figures and, the record company hopes, warrants a Top 40 chart position.

scrumhalf

Saying in interviews "oh yeah, that album wasn't very good" but not adding "and if anyone who bought it wants their money back we'll be happy to offer a full refund".

monquixote

Has anyone else mentioned the "Indie bonus" yet?

The thing where all indie bands feel duty bound to say: "We make music for ourselves and if anyone else likes it it's just a bonus"

Legionreturns

RocknRollDave said:

Carrying on as if nothing changed when a key member dies. 

New Order did the right thing. 

Angus needs to finally pack up his SG and go home. AC/DC is now the Triggers Broom of rock...

RocknRollDave

NOT releasing a live album and/ or DVD of the tours that matter
Prince, I'm looking at YOU Sonny Jim. Where's the Lovesexy Live DVD? Where's the decent live album that WASN'T from your indulgent Jazz-meets-Jehovah's-Witnessing period? Where's the live document of the huge run at the O2? What?! That shitty CD from an aftershow that came with a coffee table book, last seen at branches of The Works?! Is that IT?!
Is there really no official footage from the Purple Rain tour?! The 1999 tour? Really?!

Where's the Smiths live DVD?!

Ravenous

RocknRollDave said:

Where's the Smiths live DVD?!

Morrissey was concerned about the ethics of people eating takeaways in their living rooms while watching him perform.

(We could probably do a separate thread about cr*p things Morrissey has done while performing Please let's not go there...)

RocknRollDave

Ravenous said:

RocknRollDave said:

Where's the Smiths live DVD?!

Morrissey was concerned about the ethics of people eating takeaways in their living rooms while watching him perform.

(We could probably do a separate thread about cr*p things Morrissey has done while performing Please let's not go there...)

Hahahaha True!

EricTheWeary

Making tour T shirts that look shite that are bought by adoring fans in the heat of the moment, worn once, washed and then given to and worn by relatives with mental health issues thus contributing to the stigmatising of the mentally ill as they wander the seaside towns of Britain in ill fitting Nickelback and Michael Buble T shirts. 

Sporky

monquixote said:

cpcompany said:

Having Encores and Stage banter. I prefer bands to just get up, play their set and fuck off. I can't stand crowd participation and stage banter, absolute shite it is. 

Have you considered staying at home and listening to a CD?

That's exactly what anyone who likes music does.

Bands are awful live.