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One of the reasons I like seeing smaller shows is sometimes you get more genuine interactions.
One time I saw Sincere Engineer and near the end someone in the audience shouted "play corn dog sonnet #7.
The singer was like "we played that one at the start "
The fan went, “I was late! I missed it!”
The singer asked the crowd, “Do you all want to hear it again?”
Everyone cheered, so they played it again.
some bands could do an entire show playing the same song like 12 times and everyone would love it.
Like a Phish concert?
Like acdc.
Reminds me of this guy from the Eurovision movie
Sing “Ja Ja Ding Dong”!
Oh, someone already did it below. Lol.
There was this special episode of a German comedy show. And they planned on everyone being psyched at the end and wanting an encore and they had a special encore song and one of the lines was something like “and everyone is shouting for an ENCORE ENCORE”. The expectation was that the audience would shout that. Nobody shouted anything. They started that song while everyone was already leaving. It was super embarrassing.
German Efficiency
I’m honestly on the fence about this. On one hand, we know that the band hasn’t played The Song so we know that they’re coming back, and they know that they’re coming back so it’s a pretty dumb charade. On the other hand it’s such a tradition.
It’s probably just in case they need to take a breather, get some water, and change/check instruments, right?
I went to a show with A Perfect Circle, Primus, and Pucifer, and they had it set up perfectly for this.
All 3 bands had their gear on stage, and they’d switch off every 2-3 songs.
I work in live events. A few people have mentioned it. But it allows the band to have a quick bathroom break/regroup. Sometimes, venues have noise curfew so it allows the band to end the show early. Other times they have to loadout fast due to venue scheduling. Then not always, but often it allows the crew to reset lighting and other gear for the cues during the encore set.
Man a long time ago I saw Reel Big Fish at a small venue and after the first song they thanked us, walked off the stage, and waited for applause to do an encore. They then did that for every. single. song.
And one time, they just didn’t come back. It was so fucking fantastic.
Richie Kotzen just says “just pretend I went backstage and came out again. This is the last song.”
I remember Blink 182 at Riot Fest years back. They did the whole “we’ll be right back!” And they very over sold it. My now wife and i waited for about 3 minutes before realizing they were fucking with us and we should just leave.
We could hear the venue for miles as we walked back to our hotel. They never came back
