Jukeboxes in pubs
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My old local still has one.
Cue silly anecdotes, from the era of CD jukeboxes.
1. As a student (c. 1995) I lived in Hammersmith, and we used to occasionally go in the pub round the corner from the Odeon/Apollo/whatever it's called now.
At this point it was showing Riverdance every night, and the jukebox, like every CD jukebox ever had a "Rock Classics" compilation, and like every one ever it included Motorhead's Ace of Spades. We knew that at 2230 pretty much on the dot there would be an influx of annoyingly loud middle aged ladies from the Riverdance audience, so at 2229 we'd put Ace of Spades on, which would make the majority of them turn tail as soon as they walked in.
2. At some pub in central London which had the jukebox on VERY LOUDLY. As this was annoying us, I came up with a cunning plan.
Anyone here know Nirvana's Nevermind album intimately? We put the last track on as we bought our last drinks, enjoyed a relatively quiet acoustic track ("Something in the Way"?), about 15 minutes of complete silence, then exited the pub as the five minutes of almost entirely tuneless wall of noise that is the "hidden bonus track" kicked in.
Cue silly anecdotes, from the era of CD jukeboxes.
1. As a student (c. 1995) I lived in Hammersmith, and we used to occasionally go in the pub round the corner from the Odeon/Apollo/whatever it's called now.
At this point it was showing Riverdance every night, and the jukebox, like every CD jukebox ever had a "Rock Classics" compilation, and like every one ever it included Motorhead's Ace of Spades. We knew that at 2230 pretty much on the dot there would be an influx of annoyingly loud middle aged ladies from the Riverdance audience, so at 2229 we'd put Ace of Spades on, which would make the majority of them turn tail as soon as they walked in.
2. At some pub in central London which had the jukebox on VERY LOUDLY. As this was annoying us, I came up with a cunning plan.
Anyone here know Nirvana's Nevermind album intimately? We put the last track on as we bought our last drinks, enjoyed a relatively quiet acoustic track ("Something in the Way"?), about 15 minutes of complete silence, then exited the pub as the five minutes of almost entirely tuneless wall of noise that is the "hidden bonus track" kicked in.
PS regarding live bands in pubs, the Mash as ever nails it:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/sight-o...
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/sight-o...
Johnnytheboy said:
PS regarding live bands in pubs, the Mash as ever nails it:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/sight-o...
They do nail it, amps up to 11!!http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/sight-o...
The odd time a half decent band play the local pub and any band is better than..........karaoke,lol
I remember we always tried to get the best value out of our 50p in the jukebox of The Prince Of Wales in Beaconsfield.
Stairway To Heaven
Bat Out Of Hell
Hotel California
Paranoid
Stay With Me
We put the last track on because there was always a chap propping up the bar that was the spitting image of Rod Stewart. Funnily enough whenever he sidled up to the jukebox he'd put on a string of Rod tracks. Great days.
Stairway To Heaven
Bat Out Of Hell
Hotel California
Paranoid
Stay With Me
We put the last track on because there was always a chap propping up the bar that was the spitting image of Rod Stewart. Funnily enough whenever he sidled up to the jukebox he'd put on a string of Rod tracks. Great days.
Johnnytheboy said:
My old local still has one.
Cue silly anecdotes, from the era of CD jukeboxes.
1. As a student (c. 1995) I lived in Hammersmith, and we used to occasionally go in the pub round the corner from the Odeon/Apollo/whatever it's called now.
At this point it was showing Riverdance every night, and the jukebox, like every CD jukebox ever had a "Rock Classics" compilation, and like every one ever it included Motorhead's Ace of Spades. We knew that at 2230 pretty much on the dot there would be an influx of annoyingly loud middle aged ladies from the Riverdance audience, so at 2229 we'd put Ace of Spades on, which would make the majority of them turn tail as soon as they walked in.
2. At some pub in central London which had the jukebox on VERY LOUDLY. As this was annoying us, I came up with a cunning plan.
Anyone here know Nirvana's Nevermind album intimately? We put the last track on as we bought our last drinks, enjoyed a relatively quiet acoustic track ("Something in the Way"?), about 15 minutes of complete silence, then exited the pub as the five minutes of almost entirely tuneless wall of noise that is the "hidden bonus track" kicked in.
Endless NamelessCue silly anecdotes, from the era of CD jukeboxes.
1. As a student (c. 1995) I lived in Hammersmith, and we used to occasionally go in the pub round the corner from the Odeon/Apollo/whatever it's called now.
At this point it was showing Riverdance every night, and the jukebox, like every CD jukebox ever had a "Rock Classics" compilation, and like every one ever it included Motorhead's Ace of Spades. We knew that at 2230 pretty much on the dot there would be an influx of annoyingly loud middle aged ladies from the Riverdance audience, so at 2229 we'd put Ace of Spades on, which would make the majority of them turn tail as soon as they walked in.
2. At some pub in central London which had the jukebox on VERY LOUDLY. As this was annoying us, I came up with a cunning plan.
Anyone here know Nirvana's Nevermind album intimately? We put the last track on as we bought our last drinks, enjoyed a relatively quiet acoustic track ("Something in the Way"?), about 15 minutes of complete silence, then exited the pub as the five minutes of almost entirely tuneless wall of noise that is the "hidden bonus track" kicked in.
My local still has one, but I don't bother with it these days. It's a touch screen jobbie, but it's hyper-sensitive and just gets bloody annoying!
It mainly caters for 'every single ever featured in the top 40.'
Another reason not to bother with it.
Eta: The landlord, who is an old friend of mine doesn't really consider his customers. If a tune comes on that he likes, the volume goes up. If he doesn't like it, the. Volume goes down. Simple as that!
It mainly caters for 'every single ever featured in the top 40.'
Another reason not to bother with it.
Eta: The landlord, who is an old friend of mine doesn't really consider his customers. If a tune comes on that he likes, the volume goes up. If he doesn't like it, the. Volume goes down. Simple as that!
Edited by Baz Tench on Tuesday 18th October 13:18
Baz Tench said:
Eta: The landlord, who is an old friend of mine doesn't really consider his customers. If a tune comes on that he likes, the volume goes up. If he doesn't like it, the. Volume goes down. Simple as that!
You have my sympathy if the landlord is an Oasis fan.Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 18th October 13:18
Yes, our local has a great jukebox. Normally it's just quiet background noise. There's some great stuff on there (if you like my music).I put a few tunes on last week and the bar staff (a few of them like the same music as me and had turned it up a little) got asked to turn it down by someone in the pub. Raining Blood by Slayer was playing at the time..
A couple of my locals have great jukeboxes, both internet based so literally thousands of records available. Strange how the regulars always seem to put the same ones on though.
The one pub has the jukebox on free play on Tuesdays, the trouble with that is someone will come in, load up about twenty tracks, have one pint and sod off to another pub!
Any jukebox is better than karaoke....
The one pub has the jukebox on free play on Tuesdays, the trouble with that is someone will come in, load up about twenty tracks, have one pint and sod off to another pub!
Any jukebox is better than karaoke....
It was the early 70s, I was about 18-19, had been out somewhere with my parents, and we stopped in a little pub on the way home for a swift half. I don't remember what day or time it was, but there were less than a dozen people in the entire place, and they were all geriatrics who looked half asleep. Naturally the juke box was playing Des O'Connor, Vince Hill, and other middle of the road mediocrity.
(Look on the bright side, ten years later it would have been dire Straits and Chris De Dirge.)
So I selected several Quo tracks. My name was mud.
(Look on the bright side, ten years later it would have been dire Straits and Chris De Dirge.)
So I selected several Quo tracks. My name was mud.
Well the Rovers Return still has one
They put tracks on which fit the scenes quite well in a tongue in cheek way.
I'm sure I read recently that most people don't want music in the pub anymore which is why it's going, I have some issue with my brain/hearing which means I find it difficult to separate background noise from speech so it's fine by me. I do remember singing along to Pulp's Common people rather drunkenly and loudly one night and everyone smoking around the pool table laughing at me as I bashed out 'Smoke some fags and play some Pool' Happy days....
They put tracks on which fit the scenes quite well in a tongue in cheek way.
I'm sure I read recently that most people don't want music in the pub anymore which is why it's going, I have some issue with my brain/hearing which means I find it difficult to separate background noise from speech so it's fine by me. I do remember singing along to Pulp's Common people rather drunkenly and loudly one night and everyone smoking around the pool table laughing at me as I bashed out 'Smoke some fags and play some Pool' Happy days....
Evangelion said:
So I selected several Quo tracks. My name was mud.
We took over the pool room of a quiet pub in Southsea one afternoon a long time ago, when CD jukeboxes were a novelty, and as we intended to be there a while, we bought three entire 70s rock albums (one was Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, and one was Led Zeppelin 2, the other may have been Sabbath?). We were a bit disappointed at how quiet it was, until we went downstairs to charge our glasses, and the bar populated by two old men and a dog was absolutely blaring.
227bhp said:
I'm sure I read recently that most people don't want music in the pub anymore
I think that was the case hence the demise of the jukebox but it seems to coincided with the only pubs still standing in a lot of cases are ones doing food.There seems to be a good selection of music channels on the satellite tele these seemed to have replaced a lot of jukeboxes also.
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