Banning street musician's and entertainers from using amps??

sensibleken · 13-06-2011 04:14PM

Chairman Meow wrote: »

Whats the matter? Butthurt because your atheist argument failed? No need to follow me around with pathetic attempts at trolling cause you lost

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2cool4school · 13-06-2011 04:22PM

defo think amps should be banned on the street

sick of hearing those grafton street chumps mangling hallelujah / imagine / wonderwall

although wonderwall doesnt need much mangling lol

worse though is those living statue pricks those wasters should be put breaking stones or digging the roads

ScumLord · 13-06-2011 04:25PM

2cool4school wrote: »

sick of hearing those grafton street chumps mangling hallelujah / imagine / wonderwall

although wonderwall doesnt need much mangling lol

I hate wonderwall due to it's sing along popularity. There was a house party 4 doors down from me one night where one guitar and 10 people sang the chorus for wonderwall over and over again for 2 hours.

OutlawPete · 13-06-2011 04:29PM

I shot this in Temple Bar a few summers back, wouldn't be the same without the amps:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MZD05DtcGc

2cool4school · 13-06-2011 04:32PM

ScumLord wrote: »

I hate wonderwall due to it's sing along popularity. There was a house party 4 doors down from me one night where one guitar and 10 people sang the chorus for wonderwall over and over again for 2 hours.

dirtbags

four chord no talent scummers

sounds like a rough night you have my sympathy

Run_to_da_hills · 13-06-2011 04:46PM

The should also ban accordions and saxaphones, these are also very loud, annoying and depressing.

frag420 · 13-06-2011 04:51PM

sensibleken wrote: »

easy solution. look where your going. Its not as if they arent holding a giant sign letting you know their location

easier said than done. As I am 6'4 these signs are at face height for me. Like I said it would be ok if there was one every so often along the street but they seem to gather in the same spot or like the guys on henry street who seem to move them over and back as there are arrows pointing in the direction of the shop. Like crap buskers there are far too many of them.

If we took your logic then why not cover our ears so we dont hear the buskers or better still walk down a different street??

Also can we ban the religious nutjobs too with the amps?? They are in one flew over the cuckoos nest territory!!

frAg

Davekoolhill · 13-06-2011 05:25PM

The amp probably works well for finger picking songs, they are cool to listen to. But if there are heavy strumming songs, it would be too much.

Run_to_da_hills · 13-06-2011 05:40PM

Davekoolhill wrote: »

The amp probably works well for finger picking songs, they are cool to listen to. But if there are heavy strumming songs, it would be too much.

Also depends on the amp, nothing worse than a cheap destorted amp clipping at any sort of volume.

Clive Solas · 13-06-2011 05:41PM

ballsymchugh wrote: »

the one person that really needs to be banned is the fella who writes some long schpiel in chalk on the footpath beside the molly malone statue. either ban him or make him write it on a wall where no one has to walk around it.

It is a real bottleneck down there now with this junkie "poet". He's actually taking up about 9 square metres. I've walked over the edge of his work once or twice and he goes beserk, plus 2 or 3 of his mates seem to emerge from nowhere to give you grief. Who to complain to though, Gardai, City Council?

Duggy747 · 13-06-2011 05:55PM

Funny this thread appears, just down a few houses from me some guy turned on his amp and is utterly butchering every song he's trying to play.

I at least feel like going over there and tuning the fùckin' thing for hiim! Smoke On The Water sounds like it's been played on a Sony Walkman with it's batteries draining and recharging rapidly and with the tone of a whaling, diseased cat.

unbeat · 13-06-2011 05:56PM

dun laoghaire harbour / port. used to be a nice peaceful place for a walk. cue douchebag musicians

ball · 13-06-2011 06:13PM

Davekoolhill wrote: »

They do in paris as far as I know.

You have to pay about 16 euro to subscribe and then do audition.

Not just Paris, in most major cities around the world you need to do an audition before you can go busking.
This should be done in Dublin too.

Sure, it can be annoying if someone's amp is too loud, but it's a whole lot worse if they can't play.

MistyCheese · 13-06-2011 06:58PM

Speaking of Henry Street, which, I guess no-one was, a certain charity who sell little googly-eyed toys can f right off. Typically there's a gang of these over-excited teenagers pestering the good folks of the city centre. I've bought so many of these little buggers for your charity that I half expect to find I'm now the chairman and will soon be receiving dividends.

I spotted one of these basket-wielding cases outside an Aldi. Whatever about charity-grabbing outside of Centras and Spars etc, asking the patrons of Aldi for their spare cash is a bit lower. We can't afford to feed ourselves properly and you want us to feed your pets?

Davekoolhill · 13-06-2011 07:00PM

unbeat wrote: »

dun laoghaire harbour / port. used to be a nice peaceful place for a walk. cue douchebag musicians

Your right, some places should definitely not allow music with amps. Dun Laoighaire pier being one example.

Pure Sound · 13-06-2011 07:37PM

Amps should not be banned, it would affect the mood of our main streets if these artists were removed. Walking down shop street in Galway is a pleasure when there are a range of artists playing, it really feels like a cultural vibrant city during these sort of days. Turning them down is what should be done, the suggestion about having a max wattage is a good one.

Stop being such haters, people are just trying to earn a living in these hard times.

Eric Cartman · 13-06-2011 08:06PM

amps should be allowed but street musicians shouldnt be allowed on the likes of grafton street or any other street where a few people looking at them block the whole street

languagenerd · 13-06-2011 11:16PM

That guy who plays the violin on Henry Street in Dublin needs to turn it down! I worked in one of the shops there for 6 months last year and went home every night with one of his three songs stuck in my head. He's actually quite good but, all day, he only plays Hotel California, Every Breath You Take and a third one that I don't know the name of but can hum along with every last note of. You can hear him from miles off :mad:

Captain Darling · 13-06-2011 11:32PM

I quite like ear bleeding versions of Sultan of Swing with all associated bum notes. I'll never get sick of people making a bollox of it.

geetar · 13-06-2011 11:42PM

the problem isnt the amps, its the quality of music being played.

i agree that there should be some sort of auditions, or at least a good idea would be that the more pedestrianised streets (grafton st. etc..) are reserved for the better ranked street performers. the other guys would have to earn their way to that level, which is obviously more profitable

Davekoolhill · 13-06-2011 11:57PM

how much should one contribute to a busker??

richymcdermott · 13-06-2011 11:59PM

**** that crank the **** up to 11

Banning street musician's and entertainers from using amps??

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