Live bands v jukeboxes in pubs
Discussion
Anyone else been subjected to one of those rock cover bands that seem to turn up in loads of pubs nowadays, chronic renditions of the usual suspects, Guns N Roses, Sex Pistols, AC/DC etc, loads of drunks making a nuisance of themselves.
Bring back the jukebox I say and stop these crimes against music.
Bring back the jukebox I say and stop these crimes against music.
Johnspex said:
I'm sure I'm going to make a poor job of explaining this; surely a jukebox is just playing music as a background noise while you have a drink. A band is something you go to see and is the actual point of going.
It's what I go to see and hear which is why I get F-ing furious when there's some tossers end up standing in front of me and ignoring the band, trying to talk over them loudly. It's always been like that, why the F don't they go to another pub or stand at the back, FFS.Johnspex said:
I'm sure I'm going to make a poor job of explaining this; surely a jukebox is just playing music as a background noise while you have a drink. A band is something you go to see and is the actual point of going.
The choiceA- The jukebox thumping out Lowdown by Boz Scaggs
B- The band doing a bad rendition of Smoke On The Water
For my ears 'A' every time.
I enjoy watching a good covers band in a pub, and there are several such bands around here. The reason I enjoy it so much is that I enjoy watching skilled musicians gelling and playing instruments live. I have to say I've never heard one of them play Smoke on the Water. I would never put a coin in a jukebox that's for sure.
One of our locals 'occasionally' has a live band - there is actually a 'modern' style jukebox on the wall - never even given it a second look.
The last time I put money (very little compared to today) in a Jukebox in a pub was when I first entered one, which was a little while back!
I still remember two of them: 'Bend Me, Shape Me (American Breed) and 'I can see for Miles' (Who). Most of the time you didn't need to put money in - others had!
Pubs had live bands back then. I recall a duo called 'Sunfly' who used to have a regular spot at a pub in Oxfordshire in the 70s - they did a f. great rendition of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'.
The last time I put money (very little compared to today) in a Jukebox in a pub was when I first entered one, which was a little while back!
I still remember two of them: 'Bend Me, Shape Me (American Breed) and 'I can see for Miles' (Who). Most of the time you didn't need to put money in - others had!
Pubs had live bands back then. I recall a duo called 'Sunfly' who used to have a regular spot at a pub in Oxfordshire in the 70s - they did a f. great rendition of 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'.
My 'wouldn't cross the road to see a covers band' philosophy only applies when I'm on my own. If there's a bunch of you it's different; if the band's good you can enjoy it, if they're crap you can take the piss out of them.
Indeed, in a pub I was in a few years back, the band and the front row came together to take the piss out of the rest of the audience.
(Admittedly, we outnumbered them.)
Indeed, in a pub I was in a few years back, the band and the front row came together to take the piss out of the rest of the audience.
(Admittedly, we outnumbered them.)
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