Rude clapping along at shows

[Hudson Boy]

There should be no audience clapping along at concerts unless it is requested by the performer(s).

I once went to hear a presentation of very rarely heard, ancient indigenous South American music at a NYC museum, and members of the audience took it upon themselves to start clapping along with the music. It's bad enough when this happens with North American or European folk music, but in this case it was completely inappropriate and distracting.

[clinthopson]

Just try that at a Buddhist Monk concert.


Ooooooom.

[tippy]

I think it would be more appropriate to specifically forbid clapping along with a sign or in introducing the music that should not be clapped to. People clap along to share their enjoyment.

yee haa

[Gentle Giant]

Only those who can clap in time should be allowed to clap.

[Vince Kargatis]

Originally Posted by Gentle Giant

Only those who can clap in time should be allowed to clap.

God, those are the worst kind - they invariably clap on 1 & 3.

[Gary Sisco]

Bronwyn says musicians who play in Burlington should be forewarned not to invite clapping, as there is a section of the population that just doesn't feel when it's time to stop.

[Cem]

Obligatory clapping after "solos" and between pieces is bad enough. My pet peeve is premature clapping, while there's still unfinished business on stage and in the room.

[tippy]

[walto]

Fixed.

Originally Posted by Cem

Obligatory clapping after "solos" and between pieces is bad enough. My pet peeve is premature clapping, while there's still unfinished business on stage and in the bathroom.

[clinthopson]

Originally Posted by Cem

Obligatory clapping after "solos" and between pieces is bad enough. My pet peeve is premature clapping, while there's still unfinished business on stage and in the room.

Like after the first movement of the Pastoral.

[Monte Smith]

I too have reason to hate the clap.

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by Monte Smith

I too have reason to hate the clap.

Oh...?











Just kiddin', Monte. You know I loves ya

[GoodSpeak]

Originally Posted by Vince Kargatis

God, those are the worst kind - they invariably clap on 1 & 3.

Did someone say on the 1 and 3? Sounds like James Brown!

[hit it boyz!]

One-two-three
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky) huh!
(Make it funky) I got-ta
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
Tell me it is
(Make it funky)
So it is
(Make it funky)
Got to do it now
(Make it funky)
I got to do it now
(Make it funky)
Oh yes!
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)

Oh yes I got-ta (make it funky)
I got the need to (make it funky)
I want ta say now (make it funky)
Oh yes I got to do it now
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
Oh yes I got-ta do it now
(Make it funky)
(Make it funky)
(Make if funky)
(Make it funky)

The drum beat (make it funky)
Got-ta hear the drum beat (make it funky)
Funky with the beat (make it funky)
The beat (make it funky)
Ha! (make it funky)
Good Lord! (make it funky)
Aint it nice ha-ha-ha (make it funky)
Good Lord!(make it funky)

Take me home! (make it funky)
To the bridge (make it funky)
To the bridge (make it funky)

So funky I cant help it!

(Instrumental)

Neck bones-candy yams-turnips
Its for the snake!
Its for the snake!
Drift straight
Crackin bread..ha ha

[Ron Thorne]

Almost as rude and mindless as clapping at inappropriate times is not clapping at appropriate times.

[Pete C]

Originally Posted by Ron Thorne

Almost as rude and mindless as clapping at inappropriate times is not clapping at appropriate times.

What's the appropriate time? For jazz, I'd say it's at the end of a tune, unless it sucked, in which case I'm happy to not clap. I consider clapping at the end of solos optional, but would prefer it were not the norm. It's just rote. For classical I'd guess it's when the conductor or performers give the "it's okay to clap" body language.

I go to a lot of different kinds of concerts. I wish performers would stop saying things like "How y'all doin'?"

[tippy]

How y’all doin’, Jazz Corner?

[Monte Smith]

Originally Posted by tippy

How y’all doin’, Jazz Corner?

Clap clap clap. [Whistle].

[Ron Thorne]

Originally Posted by Pete C

What's the appropriate time? For jazz, I'd say it's at the end of a tune, unless it sucked, in which case I'm happy to not clap. I consider clapping at the end of solos optional, but would prefer it were not the norm. It's just rote. For classical I'd guess it's when the conductor or performers give the "it's okay to clap" body language.

You've answered your own question(s), Pete. And, I agree with your standards.

I was thinking of jazz venues, mostly clubs when I posted my remarks.

I've been in situations where no one applauds a fine jazz tune at the end, mostly due to inattention. If tunes consistently sucked so badly that I didn't feel like clapping, I'd split.

I don't feel obliged to applaud every solo, but know what it feels like to be acknowledged when you're rewarded for something extra, so try to extend that outreach myself.

[Gentle Giant]

You know what I hate even worse than rude clapping? When a player or more typically a singer starts a song, then there's the applause of recognition, and then the singer steps out of the performance to say thank you, as if the accomplishment is merely to have put the tune in the book in the first place. I'd rather artists save the thank yous until the end.

[Pete C]

"Should auld acquaintance..."

Whoop-whoop, clap-clap, yeahhh!

"Thank ya kindly...be forgot, and never brought to mind..."

[Gentle Giant]

EXACTLY!!!

[Chris D]

There are bands like the Eagles at whose shows the applause at the start of a song is louder than the applause at the end.

[Jesse]

There's good reason for that.

[shrugs]

my girlfriend gave a guy $10 after he complained about us talking softly at the Waits' show we just attended.
She told him she figured it would make up for his lost moments.
Guy's gal made him give it back.

[shrugs]

Anyone playing Hotel Cali should have their instrument taken away.

[Dennis Gonzalez]

Let anybody clap whenever they want. Simple.

[Gentle Giant]

Originally Posted by Dennis Gonzalez

Let anybody clap whenever they want. Simple.