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Encores are the worst part of a concert. amirite?
by Anonymous2 months ago
I think that the artist might have to pee.
by Anonymous2 months ago
That's what Fat Mike said when I saw NOFX last year 🤣
by Cordie492 months ago
This, and also I've always found encores funny and witty
by Anonymous2 months ago
I don't mind it because it gives me a heads up that the show is about to end, but I get one more song to enjoy before it's over, like a last chance to savour the experience. And they usually save a pretty good song, too.
by Wiegandnestor2 months ago
Most pop stars do encores now. In fact, I think every show I have ever been to had an encore.
by Maxine902 months ago
Yeah...and it's been this way for a long time. I don't know how long ago it was where they are actually a surprise...
by Spencergregory2 months ago
they used to need be earned. for real.
by Anonymous2 months ago
agreed. when they save their most popular song for the end of the encore, it's very obviously planned. obnoxious. play the favouritest songs in your main set, save some cool extras for the encore.
by Anonymous2 months ago
I actually agree, so many shows have this amazing momentum that builds up to the last song, and then all the energy changes when they leave and come back, and it's tough to build up that momentum again for just one song. It would be better if they just finished strong and ended it there
by Anonymous2 months ago
I think it depends on how long the break is. More than 5 minutes would be too long imo. No reason the band can't take a leak, drink some water and whatever in about 5.
by AdDefiant2 months ago
Best concert I've ever been to was Tool Fear Innoculum. I wouldn't even call it a concert. It was an immersive experience. Everything was so intentional, start to finish. When it was intermission they didn't say a thing, just threw up a timer and left the stage. When it was over, it was over. And it was complete. An encore would have totally ruined the art and flow of it. The experience was so elevated from any other concert that it made me dislike things about other concerts, tbh. They ruined me.
by Anonymous2 months ago
Yup you sound like a Tool fan.
by Anonymous2 months ago
Sounds like a Tool fan for sure... But he ain't wrong Their concerts really are several steps above anything else I've ever seen, and I've been to hundreds of concerts Tripping acid at a tool show is a spiritual experience
by london462 months ago
Yup, saw them for the first time tripping in 2022 and it all finally made sense
by Character_Self2 months ago
I know I do
by Anonymous2 months ago
Tool sucks horse cock.
by Anonymous2 months ago
Tool is amazing.
by Anonymous2 months ago
This is the most Larry-David-esque take I've seen in here in a while. And I totally agree.
by Warm_Weird85022 months ago
This is not the first time I've been told I'm Larry David-esque haha
by Anonymous2 months ago
Believe me it's a compliment coming from me. 😆
by Warm_Weird85022 months ago
I like the ones that are more laid back than the main show. Like the main show is a super tight scripted event, and then the encore is like the after party. A bit more laid back, some more talking with the audience, and playing some deeper cuts.
by CarefulTransition3602 months ago
Actually do agree. The last few shows I've been to didn't do encores, and I think the flow of the show was better for it.
by Hot-Note15952 months ago
This actually sounds like a good encore because it sounds like it happened so organically.
by Anonymous2 months ago
Have you ever been to a classical music concert? If not, you would explode there. After the end, musician or conductor will come back from the backstage and bow, then leave and come back if cheering continues, sometimes even 3 times and then, if schedule allows, he will play the bis.
by Longjumping-Owl-21722 months ago
Idk, I also don't really care for the encore thing but at more than one show, the cheering was meh so they didn't come out to play more. So I cheer to get them back out.
by Anonymous2 months ago
ask an older person about encores. they used to serve purposes and were not a charade. sorry you missed that era, when rock was a verb.
by Anonymous2 months ago
Real encores are great, though. I saw The Casualties and the crowd literally wouldn't leave until they played more. I'm sure if they didn't come back on stage, there was going to be a riot. It was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
by Anonymous2 months ago
In the early eighties all big rock bands did encores. But, the wait was longer and the cheering was more intense. Yes they were planned, but the felt more sincere. Could be because the band, the crowd and I were all much younger in those days.
by felipe802 months ago
100% agree
by Parkerjovany2 months ago
I've only seen it done well once, at a Wallows concert. They came out for encore and took an audience request and said that the song we requested was one they haven't played live for a few months
by Key_Transition_58602 months ago
The last gig I went to everyone was screaming for an encore and one more song. The band did come back out and played I don't even remember how many more songs. I enjoyed it but was thinking "man, I've been here since the doors opened, standing the whole time in fkn skate shoes, it's after midnight now and I want to go to bed"
by Anonymous2 months ago
For the most part it makes everybody go home happy because they got their "one more song"
by Anonymous2 months ago
Every concert I've been to outside the US has no encores. I prefer that.
by Hungry_Active_15012 months ago
I've started saying "I can't believe I fell for that!" When encores start.
by Anonymous2 months ago
I think the Dandy Warhols agree with you. They did the whole encore thing when I saw them back in 2014, but they didn't when I saw them last year.
by mannpearl2 months ago
Once I went to a Weird Al concert. When it "ended," they didn't leave the stage -- they just went into a corner, where you could still see them. They acted like they were just chatting amongst themselves, checking their phones, etc. Then, after a couple minutes, they were like "Okay, time to get back to it" and they walked back to their instruments and played a couple more songs.
by Solon122 months ago
Weird Al gets a pass because he's Weird Al
by Anonymous2 months ago
The best part is yelling encore after the first song, then booing when the band says "we're not done yet".
by Anonymous2 months ago
But that's not how it goes is it.
by austyn252 months ago
I hate the fake done with the concert
by Aromatic-Car16222 months ago
I think the fans should have to do a proper cheer for a planned encore otherwise it doesn't happen. I've been to multiple concerts and people give up after 3 chants. Sit in silence and bam, the encore that was going to happen all along happens regardless.
by Anonymous2 months ago
yep this was once the way. it was a chance to build and channel audience emotion and coax more music. it was meaningful for band and crowd. it was a collective and joyful obligation. this is not that world anymore. sad.
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