yelling "Free Bird", and before that, "Whipping Post", in concerts
Hoodoo
Meme status
It has become a real life meme for the audience in many concerts to
shout "Free Bird" as a request to hear the song, regardless of the
performer or style of music.
This phenomenon began earlier in the 1970s with The Allman Brothers
Band's epic "Whipping Post", but then took off to a much greater extent
with "Free Bird", very popular by 1979. This can be traced back to
Skynyrd's first live album, 1976's One More From The Road. Skynyrd did
not play the song during the main portion of the concert, or even in the
encore performance. Instead they saved it for their second encore. After
leaving the stage following the first encore of the concert, the crowd
was riled by the apparent omission of Skynyrd's signature song. The
crowd then began chanting "Free Bird, Free Bird ...". No one left the
auditorium. The band then returned to the stage for a second encore and
upon taking the microphone Van Zant asked the crowd, "What song is it
you wanna hear?", which was immediately followed by several more shouts
of "Free Bird". This interaction is recorded as an intro to the song on
the album, and the band responded with a 14-minute version of the song.
Storyteller Mitch Myers tells a thoroughly entertaining story on NPR
about how this phenomenon might have begun
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148406>.
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From - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148406
'Freebird!'
All Things Considered
August 15, 2002
Storyteller Mitch Myers tells the story of guy who made it his mission
to shout out "Freebird!" at concerts.
Listen/download -
http://public.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/atc/2002/08/20020815_atc_17.mp3
Related NPR Stories
Listen to the Sex Mob's version of "Freebird"
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20020815.atc.sexmob.freebird.ram
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Hoodoo
MARCH 17, 2005
Rock's Oldest Joke: Yelling 'Freebird!' In a Crowded Theater
It's a Request, a Rebuke, A Cry From the Heart, A Tribute to Skynyrd
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB111102511477881964-ZkAKwALO87RaHLbFJrSJSA_i9xg_20050415.html
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computeruser
Recently, at a 7th grade/Jr. High choir performance a parent (mother) spoke
"the words" loud enough for me to hear, a few rows in front of her, during
the audience applause which was marking the completion of the performance.
It made me wonder: Does Humor Belong in Music?
Many did stop and stare.... in her direction.
Hoodoo
GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time), spoke thusly:
> Recently, at a 7th grade/Jr. High choir performance a parent
> (mother) spoke "the words" loud enough for me to hear, a few rows in
> front of her, during the audience applause which was marking the
> completion of the performance. It made me wonder: Does Humor Belong
> in Music?
>
> Many did stop and stare.... in her direction.
I think that's an amusing 'venue' in which to hear that phenomena.
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David Z
news:4B5B5A75...@spamcop.net...
Most likely a pharmacological deja vu event.
Hoodoo
Standard Time), spoke thusly:
>>> Recently, at a 7th grade/Jr. High choir performance a parent
>>> (mother) spoke "the words" loud enough for me to hear, a few rows
>>> in front of her, during the audience applause which was marking
>>> the completion of the performance. It made me wonder: Does Humor
>>> Belong in Music?
>>> Many did stop and stare.... in her direction.
>> I think that's an amusing 'venue' in which to hear that phenomena.
> Most likely a pharmacological deja vu event.
Too much "mother's little helper" at home before she attended the
performance?
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Alan Tignanelli
> Excerpt from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird
>
> Meme status
>
> It has become a real life meme for the audience in many concerts to
> shout "Free Bird" as a request to hear the song, regardless of the
> performer or style of music.
>
> This phenomenon began earlier in the 1970s with The Allman Brothers
> Band's epic "Whipping Post", but then took off to a much greater extent
> with "Free Bird", very popular by 1979. This can be traced back to
> Skynyrd's first live album, 1976's One More From The Road. Skynyrd did
> not play the song during the main portion of the concert, or even in the
> encore performance. Instead they saved it for their second encore. After
> leaving the stage following the first encore of the concert, the crowd
> was riled by the apparent omission of Skynyrd's signature song. The
> crowd then began chanting "Free Bird, Free Bird ...". No one left the
> auditorium. The band then returned to the stage for a second encore and
> upon taking the microphone Van Zant asked the crowd, "What song is it
> you wanna hear?", which was immediately followed by several more shouts
> of "Free Bird". This interaction is recorded as an intro to the song on
> the album, and the band responded with a 14-minute version of the song.
>
> Storyteller Mitch Myers tells a thoroughly entertaining story on NPR
> about how this phenomenon might have begun
> <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148406>.
Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's song about the phenomenon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMlX7jaQBs
Alan
computeruser
> David Z spoke thusly:
>>> computeruser spoke thusly:
>>>> Recently, at a 7th grade/Jr. High choir performance a parent (mother)
>>>> spoke "the words" loud enough for me to hear, a few rows
>>>> in front of her, during the audience applause which was marking
>>>> the completion of the performance. It made me wonder: Does Humor
>>>> Belong in Music?
>>>> Many did stop and stare.... in her direction.
>
>>> I think that's an amusing 'venue' in which to hear that phenomena.
>
>> Most likely a pharmacological deja vu event.
>
>
> Too much "mother's little helper" at home before she attended the
> performance?
Nah, either she has some strange need to draw attention to her self or be
the center of attention. Maybe she was hoping to pick up some strange and
get plooked by Bwana Dik.
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darkme
<aftSPAMTO...@tignanelli.com> wrote:
>Hoodoo wrote:
>> Excerpt from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Bird
<snip>
>> <http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148406>.
>
>Rev. Billy C. Wirtz's song about the phenomenon...
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOMlX7jaQBs
>
>Alan
The best related story I ever heard happened about 10-15 years ago on
the Stan Freberg mailing list:
Some wild-eyed (as I picture him or her; I forget the person's gender)
Stan Feberg fan was at a rock concert the night before.
The next day, she posted to the Stan Freberg Group that she had been
at this "Big Rock Show" the night before and heard many Stan Freberg
fans in attendence shouting "Freberg!", "Freberg!" just before the
encore!
She was both amazed and delighted that there were so many Stan Freberg
fans at this concert!
Someone (not me - I did't have the heart) broke the sad news to her
that the fans were in fact shouting "Freebird".
I swear that am not making this up.
Rich
marc rosen
them and I would occasionally yell out "Hiyo Silver".
Marc
Les Cargill
The Rev is still apparently slugging it out at the Sandbar on
Monday nights. Y'all put some foldin' money in his jar....
think he's still got a show on WFIT, too....
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