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I went to an Elton John concert where the crowd cheered for an encore for about 10 minutes.
He did not come back.
I honestly like that so much more than bands hiding behind stage giggling.
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I went to a Willie Nelson concert where he just ignored the countdown timer on stage and kept right on playing for at least another 30 minutes. That was a good concert.
You are allowed to be a dick to your audience when you're a superstar.
You dont even have to actually play your music live, at your own concerts. Fucked world.
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Had that experience with ZZ Top
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I also don't like it, because it feels just like a play and fake.
Like a societal norm that just has to happen, but all the entertainment effect of it has gone (as it is so common to come back)
I've seen bands not come back out. If the crowd isn't into it, they can just leave.
Fans should do a flash mob and instantly start to leave, when the band leaves the first time
The best I’ve seen it handled was by The Pixies. One show they did the whole thing backwards. One song encore, the a three song encore, then the main set. The other, the did their set then stayed on the stage encouraging the crowd to cheer louder, the did the encore.
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I saw Reel Big Fish a long time ago, and after every single song they said thanks, we were a great audience, and left the stage. Then they'd come back and played "one more". Then one time, they just didn't come back
10/10
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Always kinda bums me out when the band straight up says, "this is gonna be our last song, none of that encore stuff".
Go to a festival where you know when they are finishing (5 mins before the next one) and you'll get sick of 5 encores a day for 4 days...
Bro it's 3am I like your music but I'm tired AF and the camping is next to the venue so I can't really sleep unless I pass out from drunkenness. Don't give me hope to the do an encore goddammit.
Nah I fucking love it. Stage time is limited often by when a venue has to close due to noise ordinances, if the band respects your time enough to not pretend to walk off stage you actually get more music.
I mean, it's also about having a bit of fun. It's definitely fair that you don't like it, but I feel like enough people enjoy the little dance, so that they do demand an encore.
At the very least, you often feel like a clap-activated jukebox throughout your performance. And then when you're about to leave, the audience suddenly wakes up and showers you in applause.
Believe me, lots of musicians find encores silly, too, but when you're given so much love at the end of your performance, you feel bad not answering that with an encore.
Yeah it depends. The venue I go to definitely doesn't have to shut down due to noise (it's in the middle of the city where there's tons of bars and clubs), but I get that every minute of a show costs someone money. I don't think the kind of shows I go to would result in more music if encores were skipped, and it's a good feeling when your chant brings the band back out (even if I know it was planned). But, I understand the aspect of not wanting to be click-baited irl.
It’s always pre-planned. The performance with the encore simply begins a few minutes earlier.
I genuinely don't like the whole fake encore shit. Like a band won't play their greatest hit during the set and you just know they will be back for an encore. But I've been to plenty concerts where there was hardly a demand for an encore. Just play your main set including those popular songs and if there is a high demand, then play an encore, but if not, just leave ffs.
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Whenever a band doesn't come back for an encore, I feel like they're telling us we were a bad audience. 😔
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I've always found this whole ordeal at the end of a concert hugely annoying. Like play another or leave but make up your mind for god's sake. But this post makes it sound fun. Maybe I should give encores another shot.
There was a special episode of this comedy show in Germany. And they had planned a song for the encore. And they started playing it while people were about to leave. And there was a part in the song where the audience were supposed to sing along and shout "encore" and nobody shouted anything.
It was really depressing to watch.
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