Guy with a Guitar

Blisterman

I'm sure most people have been through this scenario before.

You're at a party. Upbeat music playing, drinks flowing, good banter.

When some guy (it's never a girl) comes along, turns the music off, and starts strumming away on an acoustic guitar singing, in an oh so sensitive manner. Invariably Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley, or some other equally depressing song.
Instantly, the party's buzz is killed. Everyone silently listens to this guy, not wanting to seem like a prick, by continuing to talk over his solo performance.

When it's finally over, and music's put back on, the party never gets going again, everyone stays sitting around feeling melancholy. He's effectively killed the party.

Does anyone else hate this as much as I? It's a party, not a bohemian coffee shop. We can do without the music to slit wrists too.
It's not even like it's a great way to attract girls. They may find it sweet, that you're so in touch with your emotions and able to display your sensitive side, but they're not gonna get wet patches in their jeans over you.
I'm not condemning all guitar playing at parties. An upbeat singalong, at the right time, can be great fun. It's just the Damian Rice wannabes I have a problem with.
Is anyone here this guy at parties? Any girls disagree with me and think sensitive= sexy? Post it here.

Kavinsky

This never happens at the parties I go to. Bass pumpin all night is the only way to go!

FunkZ

Well playing songs that have an upbeat melody is cool, but if some cnut took out a guitar and started playing Damien Rice I'd smack him, take the guitar, and **** it till the neck fell right off.

Procasinator

FunkZ wrote: »

and **** it till the neck fell right off.

**** it?

I know some girls who are like that. Bahdum tsssh!

Mossy Monk

This has happened too many times. Guitarist cannot sing to save his life either. Sound guy though.

FunkZ

Procasinator wrote: »

**** it?

I know some girls who are like that. Bahdum tsssh!

Irish women can't **** well at all, but that's another threads issue I suppose.

**** is also used as a guitar term for playing fast, widdely diddely :cool:

thelordofcheese

FunkZ wrote: »

Irish women can't **** well at all, but that's another threads issue I suppose.

**** is also used as a guitar term for playing fast, widdely diddely :cool:

This:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4

is guitar ****.

Lockstep

Don't forget the hissy fit he throws if anyone else tries to play a song after him.

Havermeyer

There's a lot of gob****es like that out there all right.

It's even worse when there is more than one guitarist and it turns into a fúcking competition of, "oh, see what I can play", or "can you play this". Eventually turning into a guitar to-ing and fro-ing from one guitarist to the next as they each try to outdo each other.

Cúnnnntttsssssss. :mad:

thelordofcheese

nummnutts wrote: »

There's a lot of gob****es like that out there all right.

It's even worse when there is more than one guitarist and it turns into a fúcking competition of, "oh, see what I can play", or "can you play this". Eventually turning into a guitar to-ing and fro-ing from one guitarist to the next as they each try to outdo each other.

like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyKvD-4IxOY

(i'll stop now... the oppertunity was just too good to pass up)

mada999

haha jealousy is cruel..

super_furry

This is the only EVER appropriate response to those wanky party ruining acoustic twats.

brucer24!

i love it when someone who can actually play does after a night out when everyones thrown around da place but other than that it wrecks my head! 1 of the lads in college with me plays glen hansards "falling slowly" at any chance he can before we head out..

Agamemnon

I fucking HATE those ****! :mad: One year in college, I lived with one of those tossers and he hauled out the guitar at almost every party and killed the buzz stone dead. We used to listen to him at first out of politeness and pity because he was a crap guitarist and he sounded so miserable when he was "singing".

After a few months, he wore out our patience and we used to leave the room when he started. He was oblivious to how depressing he was because he was basically a self-absorbed, attention-seeking wanker.

The best tactics for dealing with guitar gobshites are to either leave the room or ignore them and carry on as if they weren't there. Failing that, sell the guitar for drug money or fill the insides of it with faeces. It's for their own good in the long run.

truecrippler

I've done it loads of times. But only when there's a designated guitar room where people want to mellow out. I don't sing, I get people to sing or else I bring someone along who can sing.

Does be some hot chicks in these 'Guitar Rooms' :D

bluto63

^ Likewise. But still it's towards the end of a party when ppl are tired and wanna chill out

super_furry

bluto63 wrote: »

^ Likewise. But still it's towards the end of a party when ppl are tired and wanna chill out

You can believe that if it helps you sleep at night.

arse..biscuits

One of my friends tries to play after about an hour drinking, everyone is talking away and music on.. It pisses me all the way off. Usually everyone just stops talking and listens, sometimes I take the guitar off him if its in my place and he cant understand why.

Oh yeah, they always close their eyes because the music is coming from deep down within their soul

Parsley

The worst I've done is grabbed an electric bass and played some disco funk. :pac:

humanji

I play guitar and if I'm ever at a party where there's one lying about, my mates always want me to play. At first I didn't mind, then I realised that I was becoming one of those ****. And if I refused then people would just think I'm a dry sh1te, not wanting to entertain them.

So my solution was to learn a load of comedy songs by the likes of Stephen Lynch and Jonathon Coulton so I was at least entertaining. The more vulgar the songs, the more kudos you get. And it's really true that the girls will be hanging off you...and then once you put the guitar down they walk away like you're a piece of sh1t. You can't win

El Weirdo

What sort of parties do you people go to?

If someone even attempted to bring a guitar through the door of any party I was at there would be a coming together of said guitar-bringer's rectum and said guitar and they'd be exiting the premises fairly rapid.

What's wrong with getting mangled and talking to the furniture for 4 hours?

I don't know. The youth of today. Guitars at parties? I ask you.

eddiehead

Is it just me or does that deliverance kid look a bit like a young Thom Yorke?

ThE_IVIAcIVIAIV

Kavinsky wrote: »

This never happens at the parties I go to. Bass pumpin all night is the only way to go!

with a name like Kavinsky you've gotta make sure to keep the bass pumpin all night long.

Jigsaw

humanji wrote: »

I play guitar and if I'm ever at a party where there's one lying about, my mates always want me to play. At first I didn't mind, then I realised that I was becoming one of those ****. And if I refused then people would just think I'm a dry sh1te, not wanting to entertain them.

So my solution was to learn a load of comedy songs by the likes of Stephen Lynch and Jonathon Coulton so I was at least entertaining. The more vulgar the songs, the more kudos you get. And it's really true that the girls will be hanging off you...and then once you put the guitar down they walk away like you're a piece of sh1t. You can't win

I know exactly what you mean. Many occasions I have had a party in my apartment and everyone is having a good time and someone tells me to get the guitar out cos I can play and sing fairly well. I realise it is knobish behaviour but they insist. It is a tough one. I suppose hiding the guitar may be the only solution.

monkeyfudge

It's not like learning how to play the guitar is even difficult...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZDjWLwqAPY

Xavi6

One wanker playing and singing on his own with a hushed silence all around him = Fail

One lad belting out chords while 20 other people do all the singing = Great craic

I think that's the difference the OP was getting at. Don't think too many would disagree.

I rarely would play but if asked I will get others to do the singing for me so it doesn't turn into one of those bore fests.

Steve_o

Xavi6 wrote: »

One wanker playing and singing on his own with a hushed silence all around him = Fail

One lad belting out chords while 20 other people do all the singing = Great craic

I agree... But a nice chilled out song can work sometimes at the end of the night when everyone just wants to chill... but not always, it definitely depends on what sort of crowd is there!

Dragan

Personally whenever i sing publically it will nearly always be some kind of upbeat number of a really decent song that everyone can sing along to.

Most of my mates are all musically minded, parties when i visit mates in Limerick are basically gigs!

Xavi6 wrote: »

One wanker playing and singing on his own with a hushed silence all around him = Fail

I agree in part, but it all depends on the situation. I guess it all depends on who you know as well. Often times people at parties don't like it when someone takes the attention of them....I find that pretty funny as well. You can see the dude in the corner throwing a hissy fit because the bird he was chatting up is suddenly interested in the dude with the guitar!

Plenty of parties i've been at have had that loan song moment and we always tear the house down afterwards.

Then again i'm lucky, plenty of my mates have serious talent for music.

Epic Tissue

boards is home to 136 of those eejits :pac:

Earthhorse

Blisterman wrote: »

Is anyone here this guy at parties?

Actually, I'm the opposite. One mate of mine used to be quite insistent that I play guitar at parties, even that we should bring our guitars (he played bass) and didn't quite get when I explained "It's a party, no one wants to listen to me play some song they've never heard".

Jack Vegas

I hate pricks with guitars at parties more than anything, nothing kills the buzz worse.

seamus

Yeah, from the guitarists point of view, there's nothing worse than being nice and relaxed, enjoying a beer, the party is buzzing, and then someone grabs and guitar, thrusts it at you and starts getting at you about playing, and "Ah go on, it'll be deadly". Ultimately when the guitar comes out, it means that the music is off for the rest of the night. There's a point in the night when the guitar is OK to come out, and it's usually when the music has been turned down, enough people have left that there's room to move, everyone is sitting down, and everyone is so ****ed that they don't even notice that the guitarist is too ****ed to be playing.

Dragan wrote: »

Often times people at parties don't like it when someone takes the attention of them....I find that pretty funny as well.

That used to annoy me, but I've gotten used to it. It's usually someone you don't know and who's usually a loud obnoxious wanker anyway. Usual things include talking to the guitarist while he's playing/singing, cracking jokes and laughing loudly, or shouting out songs to play next while you're in the middle of one.
Although I do think that having someone playing music in close proximity makes some people uncomfortable and they can't help but laugh or makes jokes.

dream brother

thelordofcheese wrote: »

like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyKvD-4IxOY

(i'll stop now... the oppertunity was just too good to pass up)

I think thats the first time I saw the whole lot of that video!! Classic!!

Wood

There's a name for koontz like that, Paddy Casey, and i hate them at all forms of party.

Only thing worse is if someone finds a didgeridoo

biko

I do it, but only rock. None of that slow bleeding heart crap.
Oh, and then in the kitchen away from the unce-unce of the living room.

tolosenc

What about the jackass who yells out freebird on such occasions, then insists on playing it if noone does?

*hangs head in shame*

Malari

I know girls who do this, which is worse, because their best mate is always going on about how fabulous they are and they should play, then there's the faux-modesty where they pretend to refuse. Then they end up regaling everyone with way too many Juliet Turner songs, with the best mate saying "sssshhh!!!" to everyone who makes the slightest noise. :mad:

seamus

Malari wrote: »

I know girls who do this, which is worse, because their best mate is always going on about how fabulous they are and they should play, then there's the faux-modesty where they pretend to refuse. Then they end up regaling everyone with way too many Juliet Turner songs, with the best mate saying "sssshhh!!!" to everyone who makes the slightest noise. :mad:

Actually the worst is when some drunken bitch goes on for an hour about how amazing the friend is at singing and how she should be famous. When she eventually convinces the friend to sing, it turns out that she sounds like a cat with it's balls in a vice.

mikedragon32

Jeez OP, I thought I was the only one who felt like this!

+1

WallysWorld

+1 Op but only for the one man and his guitar bleeding hearts fest, a simple song that everyone knows and can sing at least the chorus to with a fella lashin out the chords on a guitar can actually be a shot in the arm for a party sometimes. I do know one fella whos an amazing player and it can be just the ticket when your chilling after a night out to listen to him play, but thats not a party situation.:pac:

I'm lucky enough though all my guitar playing mates either wont play at a party or they will do the above.

MOH

I've done it once or twice, but the guitar's been taken off me pretty quickly.

That might be partly because I'm tone deaf, have no idea how to actually play the guitar, and if I'm hammered enough to be doing it the guitar owner is usually going to wrestle it off me before I destroy it.

RugbyFanatic

was at a party the other night some tool whips out the guitar turns off the music and starts playing my mate gets the key for his brothers room and gets ur man to play in his brothers room and gets everyone to go up, the tool with the guitar goes in first and my mate closes the door and proceeded to lock it.

We left your man there for the rest of the night, didnt end well though he ended up taking a piss in the corner of his brothers room....brother finds out... kicks the absolute **** out of him and breaks his guitar.

Not a good end to the night but I laughed

(The guy with the guitar was an absolute tool though kept complaining about how repetitive the music was and how no one intelligent could listen to such music oh and he kept going on about how enlightened he is after taking acid.... I HATE THOSE KNOBS)

RuailleBuaille

Agamemnon wrote: »

I fucking HATE those ****! :mad: One year in college, I lived with one of those tossers and he hauled out the guitar at almost every party and killed the buzz stone dead. We used to listen to him at first out of politeness and pity because he was a crap guitarist and he sounded so miserable when he was "singing".

After a few months, he wore out our patience and we used to leave the room when he started. He was oblivious to how depressing he was because he was basically a self-absorbed, attention-seeking wanker.

The best tactics for dealing with guitar gobshites are to either leave the room or ignore them and carry on as if they weren't there. Failing that, sell the guitar for drug money or fill the insides of it with faeces. It's for their own good in the long run.

Do what I do (I'm writing this as if I actually intended for this to happen) -
I was at a party and Mr Suicide had us all held hostage to his whiney warblings. I grabbed the guitar 'Check me out!' and tried to play London Bridge Is Falling Down. Very badly. Everyone rolled their eyes, laughed and the music got switched back on sharpish.

WindSock

Ya it's a pain alright I have a friend who does this. He croons Damien Rice and Frames too, which I hate. Back when I was awesome I used to play electric guitar, but always in another room and away from the main party. I think it's fine as long as you don't subdue people to your guitar awesomeness and demand that they all shut up and listen.

dee8839

Even worse than the party killing warbler is the pretentious new boyfriend. Maybe its just me but its happened twice now. A bit tipsy, ready to go out for the night with the guy I'm seeing, he suddenly whips out the guitar, plays some sad tune and sings in what can only be described as a whining whispery voice (because he can't in fact sing) and you get stuck there, sobering up, bored stiff, but pretending to be in captivated silence.

Then when its over you're expected to be enraptured and more hot for him than ever before. When in fact you've just lost most of the respect you had for him and know that you won't be answering his calls again. Ever.

Just me? OK.... (*hangs head in shame*)

RossFixxxed

You are TOTALLY right. It's always some total poser in designer faded jacket etc too, trousers that don't fit at all. Drags the whole party down with tedious songs, out of tune guitar, can't sing. I'm at the bottle to the side of the head stage. I play myself but would NEVER ruin a good party by **** over a guitar for an hour.... Party should = fun!! **** off to central bank or something!

Carsinian Thau

This has never happened at any party I've ever been at.
Personally, I think all musical instruments should be kept away from parties. Maybe brought out and played at special designated "dead zones" to let them do what they want but allow the party to keep going. It's only fair really because good parties are hard to get going.

javaboy

I wouldn't mind if they played a decent Frames song but they usually pick Falling Asleep Slowly. Snore.

I play guitar but if I'm playing at a party, it's strictly upbeat unless things have seriously mellowed.

I love Leonard Cohen, Radiohead and Jeff Buckley but at a party, they just sound like 'music to cut yourself by'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6P-2GY-SgA

hal9000

Just HAD to reply to this thread thank GOD there are people out there who feel like me. Cant stand the pretentious tw@t who whips out a gaytaur and starts whining a whingy song to show the ladies how "DEEP" and emotional he is. in conclusion..YAY this thread!

Zangetsu

A well placed tune strummed out at 'that' hour of the morning when even 'Postal Service - Sleeping In' sounds like hair raising metal mixed with SebastiAn it is not only appropriate - it is NEEDED. If people don't want to hear a tune they will say it. Otherwise they will sit back, enjoy it, then complain after *cough cough*

Sofaspud

I think whipping out a guitar can get a party going better, but I've never seen anyone turn off music specifically so they can sing themselves, that's jusdt rude and arrogant.

I'm the person people force to play guitar at the end of the night so everyone can sing along, and it can be great for getting a "make up the next line of the song or you have to drink" game going. I'd never just do it to sing myself, unless it was a funny song that people ask me to do but they don't know the words, like bill bailey and such.