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Kanye West Incites Mass Intimidation
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Kanye West has managed to turn being an ignorant moron into an artform all of its own.
Here, he even surpasses his usual boorish behaviour by insisting that everyone in his concert audience stand up before he will perform a song.
He zeros in on two individuals who are not standing, while the crowd chant and boo at them.
It turns out that one fan is wheel-chair bound, and the other has a prosthetic limb, so West continues his set.
My view is - if an artist advised me he was not going to continue until i stood up, I would remain seated on principle - I stand when and if I wish, not otherwise, and certainly not because I am instructed to do so from the stage.
Leaving aside the tastelessness of this behaviour - does anyone agree that no musician can bully their audience into behaving the way they want? Media URL: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251456/kanye-west-calls-out-fan-in-wheelchair-for-not-standing-at-sydney-concert?utm_source=gravity&grcc2=1b2502ddad7d5141f71532b0df9e3d9f%7E1410770724247%7E339db668c63acf75d5bcc8be7728b693%7E%7E1410770100000%7E598%
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Here, he even surpasses his usual boorish behaviour by insisting that everyone in his concert audience stand up before he will perform a song.
He zeros in on two individuals who are not standing, while the crowd chant and boo at them.
It turns out that one fan is wheel-chair bound, and the other has a prosthetic limb, so West continues his set.
My view is - if an artist advised me he was not going to continue until i stood up, I would remain seated on principle - I stand when and if I wish, not otherwise, and certainly not because I am instructed to do so from the stage.
Leaving aside the tastelessness of this behaviour - does anyone agree that no musician can bully their audience into behaving the way they want? Media URL: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6251456/kanye-west-calls-out-fan-in-wheelchair-for-not-standing-at-sydney-concert?utm_source=gravity&grcc2=1b2502ddad7d5141f71532b0df9e3d9f%7E1410770724247%7E339db668c63acf75d5bcc8be7728b693%7E%7E1410770100000%7E598%
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This is a new low in concert etiquette.
Irritating: The artist who shouts "Everybody clap your hands" (I will clap if I feel like it).
Annoying: The artist who holds his/her mic out to the audience for us to sing along (I paid £130 to hear *you* sing! not me! thank you).
Ridiculous: The artist who tells everyone to stand.
Sidebar, when I typed the above, my iPad tried to change 'hands' to 'nads'. Noticed a split second before posting.
This is a new low in concert etiquette.
Irritating: The artist who shouts "Everybody clap your hands" (I will clap if I feel like it).
Annoying: The artist who holds his/her mic out to the audience for us to sing along (I paid £130 to hear *you* sing! not me! thank you).
Ridiculous: The artist who tells everyone to stand.
Sidebar, when I typed the above, my iPad tried to change 'hands' to 'nads'. Noticed a split second before posting.
I've never heard of this oik (thought at first you were talking about the bit of Florida that points down towards Cuba).
Seems to me (as has been mentioned) that if people are stupid enough to be told what to do having shelled out (presumably) inflated sums to see what is euphemistically termed a "concert" then they deserve all they get. His subsequent audience numbers should be zero. But they won't be.
Seems to me (as has been mentioned) that if people are stupid enough to be told what to do having shelled out (presumably) inflated sums to see what is euphemistically termed a "concert" then they deserve all they get. His subsequent audience numbers should be zero. But they won't be.
Why have two Anotheoldgit's answers been removed?
The first one he had kindly found a clip to inform readers who did not know this artist.
The second one explained that the clip had been banned.
Now both answers have been removed.
If our answers are going to be removed for no good reasons then I am not sure why we should continue contributing?
The first one he had kindly found a clip to inform readers who did not know this artist.
The second one explained that the clip had been banned.
Now both answers have been removed.
If our answers are going to be removed for no good reasons then I am not sure why we should continue contributing?
RandyMarsh - "What would you lot do if you went to see Chic and they played "everybody dance"?"
I would dance like mu life depended on it!
I met Nile Rogers yesterday, and told him that when I was a club DJ in the '70's, if the floor was a bit slack, any Chic record would fill it in seconds.
He is, officially, The Coolest Man Alive - believe me!!!
I would dance like mu life depended on it!
I met Nile Rogers yesterday, and told him that when I was a club DJ in the '70's, if the floor was a bit slack, any Chic record would fill it in seconds.
He is, officially, The Coolest Man Alive - believe me!!!
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