Yeah people used to yell it at Bill Hicks when he was doing standup. I think that’s where I originally heard of it existing. Weirdly popular.
When we saw Future of the Left the other night there was point where someone yelled for “Joy!” in homage to that final Mclusky ULU show but Falco didn’t acknowledge
Alan Davis told a story of a sparsely attended gig early in his career in apub back room. A bloke walked in, looked around, said, “There used to be a pool table in here” and left.
I once saw this guy in a little tent in glastonbury who came on and before he started asked the crowd to go fucking nuts like they’d just seen the best set of their lives - only about 30 people or something and they all went for it, so that by the time he started playing his first number about 200 more people had filled the tent
this is the best one
A friend’s band told me of a gig they played where someone in the audience between songs remarked, “Not bad for a three piece.” Which, inexplicably, caused everyone to laugh.
Arab Strap’s first gig at King Tut’s…
Someone shouted, “Malcolm, I f**ed your mother last night!”
Without flinching, Malcolm shouted back, “So did I.”
Pretty much start as you mean to go on, lads…
something similar to this happened at a Le Renard gig the other night in Plymouth. But the note said ‘You’re Beautiful’ - which the singer seemed very touched by.
I once walked on stage 1 song too early and had a member shout "Steve, stop cuming early"… Yeah thanks dad
Not a verbal heckle but here goes…
Saw Johnny Marr and the Healers supporting Oasis in the Bolton Reebok Stadium back in the day. About halfway through a pretty boring set whilst some psychedelic nonsense piped up behind him, Marr, as a means of introducing the song pompously drawls down the mic at the impatient crowd: “Hey, why don’t you try this on for size…” at which point my cousin launches a Jaffa Cake, which curls in a beautiful arc about 50 metres wide before suddenly straightening out and zooming back in straight at Marr. He saw it too late and it bounced off his guitar strap. It was absolutely beautiful to watch. Such a good shot. Section of the crowd we were stood in went wild.
Disclaimer: I properly love The Smiths
Just got back in from seeing the Barr Brothers at the brudenell.
Singer said it was almost exactly 4 years ago since they last played the brudenell, and can remember that because it was there that his wife phoned him from back home to say that she was pregnant.
Quick as a flash, someone shouts “who’s the father?!”
Can’t imagine 1 going to see a band that would do something that I would want to heckle at. 2 be so ego driven that I have to make something all about me.
Saying that though. I went to some crap Bands gig cause they were a friend of a friends band (that thing where people are in unsuccessful bands but at the same time don’t need to work) and my friend said “do you think they like pavement” and we all Laughed. He he.
As you can see I dont go to many gigs.
Yeah…sorry about that.
A friend had a spell of doing something similar for a few years, shouting for Sabbath’s “Paranoid” at various gigs with mixed results.
James Yorkston made a fair stab at an acoustic version of the chorus. Brendan Benson’s backing band gleefully went for a riff-tastic rendition (Brendan seemed unimpressed and kept his shirt on). Sufjan Stevens just glared at him and probably wanted him dead.
Actually, he’s normally pretty good for this sort of thing but he’s such a gobby arsehole that it’s difficult to recall the belters.
Oh yeah. Some shit singer songwriter “this songs about my ex-wife”.
“Is it on a split release”?
“We’ve got time for one more song.”
Voice from crowd: “Play ‘The Jones’!”.
Singer, smiling. “We’ll play what the fuck we want!”
(Plays ‘The Jones’).
Hahaha, was it actually you?
Nah, not really, just pulling yer leg. Did hear him too, though.
Although, deep down, we all wish we were that guy.
I know I do.
