What's With Encores?

[Who]

Why do singers and bands keep pretending to be leaving and then comes back? Why not just cut the crap and play the whole thing?

[Crusader]

if they don't like the crowd they'll just leave. way out!

[Prometheon]

It's to give you the illusion of getting "something extra."

[bishopx]

It gives the band the chance to take a leak.

[Who]

Anton: True ;)

Owen: That's why it annoys me...

Charles: lol :angry:

[sodamntired]

OH SHIT. The pixies were great but why didn't they play that Fight Club song. Great, they're leaving. perfe....wait.....they're coming back!

[here is no why]

smoke break, take a piss, laugh about mistakes made.

[LonelyWreckage]

Yeah I agree, it's at least partly to have a little break - it must be tiring after so long playing. There's a Smiths DVD where they're followed into their dressing room during the encore, and they were just having a fag and chilling from what I remember. Oh and putting on another shirt, in Morrissey's case lol.

[Who]

But why not just say "alright we're taking a break we'll be back in 2 minutes" or something (like they do at plays or comedian shows...)

[little miss sunshine]

Yeah I agree, it's at least partly to have a little break - it must be tiring after so long playing. There's a Smiths DVD where they're followed into their dressing room during the encore, and they were just having a fag and chilling from what I remember. Oh and putting on another shirt, in Morrissey's case lol.

Ever since I was little I have hated the word 'fag' for cigarettes.

[sodamntired]

[Dante and Randal are working in Ye Olde Quick Stoppe in England.]

Customer: Pack of fags.

Randal: You're a fag!

Customer: It's a cigarette, mate.

Randal: I'm not your mate, fag!

[Randal jumps over counter and tackles the customer.]

Dante: It wasn't until years later that we found out what "fag" really means. Right, mate?

Randal: You're a fag!

Dante: N-no, it's a cigarette!

Randal: You're a cigarette!

[Audio of Being]

In the case of Pearl Jam, Mike suffers from Crohn (sp) disease, so it gives him a break in case he feels the effects of it on stage.

[borntohula]

when you hear someone say "encore, encore!" what does that mean to you? the word has been in popular use since the 1700s, where it had the same definition and use as it does today: what an audience would yell or chant in order to bring a performer back on-stage, although it wasn't necessarily a complimentary term, some would "encore" a terrible performance for their own enjoyment.

 

nowadays encores are technically a sign of gratitude from the band to the audience, but i agree they're a bit silly since they've become so commonplace and don't really mean what they used to.

 

a perfect circle stopped doing encores during their last tour, but were nice enough to explain why beforehand. it showed that there was a bit of thought and organization that went into the development of their set. i thought it was fine, and it was nice to see people break from a needless tradition.

[LonelyWreckage]

But why not just say "alright we're taking a break we'll be back in 2 minutes" or something (like they do at plays or comedian shows...)

Well they do sometimes.

 

Ever since I was little I have hated the word 'fag' for cigarettes.

I've always hated it as an insult, just seems ridiculous. How come you heard it when you were young ?

 

nowadays encores are technically a sign of gratitude from the band to the audience, but i agree they're a bit silly since they've become so commonplace and don't really mean what they used to.

Yeah, I'd agree with that.

 

I dunno, aside from A Perfect Circle (apparently), I don't think anyone's really that arsed in breaking a tradition that's gone on for centuries. I wish they would like.

[Hyphnip]

[Dante and Randal are working in Ye Olde Quick Stoppe in England.]

Customer: Pack of fags.

Randal: You're a fag!

Customer: It's a cigarette, mate.

Randal: I'm not your mate, fag!

[Randal jumps over counter and tackles the customer.]

Dante: It wasn't until years later that we found out what "fag" really means. Right, mate?

Randal: You're a fag!

Dante: N-no, it's a cigarette!

Randal: You're a cigarette!

that was on the series wasn't it? or was it the tales from the clerks comic? I can't remember.

[sodamntired]

that was on the series wasn't it? or was it the tales from the clerks comic? I can't remember.

It's from the series.

[little miss sunshine]

I've always hated it as an insult, just seems ridiculous. How come you heard it when you were young ?

Not a clue why I heard that when I was young. I just remember disliking it.

[Jarrod]

I love encores. Especially seeing tons of people leaving once the band starts playing. You don't leave until the house lights go on and the radio goes on. I love them.

[LonelyWreckage]

I dunno, I always feel the need to clap extra hard like a div throughout it just incase they don't feel wanted enough to come back out again lol. It can be begin to bloody ache after 10 minutes !

[bishopx]

I do the clapping and stomping thing. It's always cool when it's a band you've seen a bunch of times, because you know it's just a formality.

[juanpe]

Sometimes it is a little break they take, some other times they come back because they're broke and they need the money...