So where does Glenn stand on this issue, and where is HIS press release?
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AMBR
Metal Grandma
For a second there, I thought you were talking about a band. 
Despite watching a lot of WC matches, I never quite grasped the name of those obnoxious things.
Despite watching a lot of WC matches, I never quite grasped the name of those obnoxious things.
Well, I'm pretty sure 99.99999999% of the Progpower (on any continent) community doesn't own any of these beasts.
This is more a "Did they REALLY need to send a press release for something so common sense?" inquiry.
I do not expect Glenn to have reason to make a statement, though he's witty enough to say the right thing here.
This is more a "Did they REALLY need to send a press release for something so common sense?" inquiry.
I do not expect Glenn to have reason to make a statement, though he's witty enough to say the right thing here.
Jasonic
Doom On!
Yeah, I really don't see why you would think an organizer of an indoor festival would even bother commenting on such a story, but whatever.
I would think that anyone who would use one in an indoor metal fest would instantly get a cock punch anyhow.
I would think that anyone who would use one in an indoor metal fest would instantly get a cock punch anyhow.
AMBR
Metal Grandma
I believe Ben made this thread tongue-in-cheek. I'm sure no one will attempt to bring one to ProgPower
I'm sure no one will attempt to bring one to ProgPower
J-Dubya 777
It NEVER ends
I believe Ben made this thread tongue-in-cheek.
Correct
GoRillaBoy76
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just think of it.....an all Vuvuzelas Heavy Metal band:Spin:
BBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harvester
The Promoter
Official Stance:
My wife will officially kill anyone that attempts to blow one inside Center Stage.
My wife will officially kill anyone that attempts to blow one inside Center Stage.
I don't know, what if one of these prog bands uses it? Prog bands will add any instrument or noisemaker to their mix if they can.
Wasn't there a Japanese prog band a few years ago who had a track on their album which was nothing but the most unpleasant sounds imaginable?
Wasn't there a Japanese prog band a few years ago who had a track on their album which was nothing but the most unpleasant sounds imaginable?
Harvester
The Promoter
From Rick Reilly's column:
Here are the top 10 most annoying things about watching the World Cup already:
1. That pesky cerebrum-blowing incessant buzzing sound coming from the TV set. "Babe, something's wrong with the TV," my wife said Saturday. But there wasn't anything wrong. It was the dreaded vuvuzelas, the yard-long plastic horns (voo-voo-zella) that South African fans blow all the time, without rhyme nor reason, when something is happening and when it's not (it's usually not), during timeouts and time ins, during halftime and at the breakfast table and while they're on the bus and while doing their taxes, until you just want to stab two fondue forks deep into your ears and stir. They never stop. It's like having a desk in the center cubicle at American Bee, Inc. They sound like 80,000 yaks getting sick. They are the leading cause of Tylenol sales in the world today.
4. The godforsaken vuvuzelas! Make them stop! One of the charms of soccer is the singing that fans do. There is always loads of singing and chanting because every game is 1-nil, so there's plenty of time for singing and chanting. Soccer fans sing and chant inane hilarious things like, "We are from Norway! We came on a plane! And we are very drunk!" But we don't get to hear the singing and the chanting because of the horrible, hideous, heinous vuvuzelas! My god, they should take them into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
10. The vuvuzelas from eardrum-hellas! Don't tell me it's discrimination to want them to stop. Don't tell me it's an essential part of South African culture. If it is, it's an annoying part of their culture. Yes, I know that centuries ago, the vuvuzelas were made from animal horns to call the village elders in for a meeting. And I'll bet you five wildebeests that when the elders finally got to the meeting they said, "Would you STOP already with the blowing? You're making me crazy!" I've been to Africa four times. They do some of the most beautiful singing you can imagine. At the World Cup, I'm hearing no singing. I'm hearing no chanting. I'm hearing 80,000 kazoos on steroids.
Here are the top 10 most annoying things about watching the World Cup already:
1. That pesky cerebrum-blowing incessant buzzing sound coming from the TV set. "Babe, something's wrong with the TV," my wife said Saturday. But there wasn't anything wrong. It was the dreaded vuvuzelas, the yard-long plastic horns (voo-voo-zella) that South African fans blow all the time, without rhyme nor reason, when something is happening and when it's not (it's usually not), during timeouts and time ins, during halftime and at the breakfast table and while they're on the bus and while doing their taxes, until you just want to stab two fondue forks deep into your ears and stir. They never stop. It's like having a desk in the center cubicle at American Bee, Inc. They sound like 80,000 yaks getting sick. They are the leading cause of Tylenol sales in the world today.
4. The godforsaken vuvuzelas! Make them stop! One of the charms of soccer is the singing that fans do. There is always loads of singing and chanting because every game is 1-nil, so there's plenty of time for singing and chanting. Soccer fans sing and chant inane hilarious things like, "We are from Norway! We came on a plane! And we are very drunk!" But we don't get to hear the singing and the chanting because of the horrible, hideous, heinous vuvuzelas! My god, they should take them into the mountainous caves region of Pakistan and play them until Osama bin Laden comes running out, screaming, "OK, OK! I give!"
10. The vuvuzelas from eardrum-hellas! Don't tell me it's discrimination to want them to stop. Don't tell me it's an essential part of South African culture. If it is, it's an annoying part of their culture. Yes, I know that centuries ago, the vuvuzelas were made from animal horns to call the village elders in for a meeting. And I'll bet you five wildebeests that when the elders finally got to the meeting they said, "Would you STOP already with the blowing? You're making me crazy!" I've been to Africa four times. They do some of the most beautiful singing you can imagine. At the World Cup, I'm hearing no singing. I'm hearing no chanting. I'm hearing 80,000 kazoos on steroids.
Pellaz
Tigron of Immanion
euleria
the last in line
Isn't that what the Plasmatics were going for?
(Youtube of Dreamlover live -- NSFW, and NSFgoodtaste)
I like how they manage in concert to capture the essence of the 2 minute jam segment of the studio version of the song, where each musician ("musician") turned off their monitor and played w/o knowing what the rest of the band was doing.
The Plasmatics 1st album was my second favorite LP for annoying dorm roommates. #1 was an LP of drag racing, recorded in 1957.
Vuvuzulas just don't quite have that same charm.
euleria
the last in line
They're certainly putting on a good show, I'll grant them that.
In a different time of my life I might have gotten into them, but for me the early 80s were all about Randy Rhoads, Yngwie, Akira, and Frank Zappa and his stunt guitarists. Vai's work on the PiL generic album got my ear, but other (post-)punk era stuff leaves me cold.
Matt Crooks
www.fools-game.com
Claus / Intromental
20 years of uniting the powers of metal
Matt, get your mind out of the gutter; a vuvuzela is NOT what you're thinking of. Perv!
Matt Crooks
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