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11 Sep 08 - 04:22 PM (#2437670) Subject: Chewing gum on stage From: Wesley S I went a bluegrass concert the other night. Two very well known and highly respected bands performed. But during the opening act I was distracted by two of the band members chewing gum through their portion of the show. Am I wrong to think this wasn't professional behavior? I was alittle suprised that the band leader allowed it. This wasn't a parking lot picking jam. Or a blues band playing in a honky-tonk somewhere. It was a sit down concert in a very nice concert hall. A "formal" performance if you will. One of the members even chewed to the beat. Very distracting. And downright odd looking. They were still chewing gum when they came back for an encore with the headliner. Both bands had a table with water bottles on stage so it wasn't like they were suffering from cottonmouth. Should the stage be off limits for gum chewing? |
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11 Sep 08 - 04:42 PM (#2437690) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Michael Harrison Wesley S - with all fun intended, are you a school teacher? I don't have a problem with it and do it quite frequently as it does keep the "cottonmouth" away even when water sometimes won't. Just for the record, I sing for a living and last week did a retirement home gig on Thursday, a pub gig on Friday, and a Celtic Festival on Saturday and Sunday - chewing gum on all stages. No, I don't think that gum chewing should be off limits; but, pit bulls wearing lipstick,...ah,...now, that's another matter. Cheers,........mh |
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11 Sep 08 - 04:56 PM (#2437698) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Gurney Like Michael, I have no problem with it. We used to have cigarettes dancing on the loose end of the guitar strings, and that was slightly amusing, but gum chewing? No bother! I could imagine a singer choking on it, though. Passing a spliff around would be a bad look, and I have seen that. |
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11 Sep 08 - 04:58 PM (#2437699) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Peter the Squeezer No Wesley, you are not wrong. It is an insult to those people who have paid thier hard earned brass to go an listen. Peter |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:06 PM (#2437707) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Sorcha I don't like it. Think it makes them look like cows. |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:07 PM (#2437709) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Spleen Cringe Gum's fine. It's pissing on stage I can't abide. |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:15 PM (#2437720) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: kendall Teenagers chew gum |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:19 PM (#2437725) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Spleen Cringe You don't want to know what teenagers do with gum... |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:25 PM (#2437733) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I saw a dobro player stick his foot into some discarded bubble gum on stage once. He turned it into a little bit of funny business during the show, though I'm sure he wasn't amused when he stepped in it. Thank God we don't allow livestock on stage... |
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11 Sep 08 - 05:32 PM (#2437743) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: PoppaGator Gum chewing never bothered me. Smoking on stage grosses me out a bit, but then tobacco smoke has always sickened me. "Back in the day," many folk performers used to stick their stupid cigareets [sp. intended] in their guitar headstocks so we all could second-hand smoke together. I'm glad that's no longer quite so fashionable. |
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12 Sep 08 - 02:41 AM (#2438041) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: CupOfTea well, it was bluegrass, whatdayaexpect? (ducking) The prejudice against obvious gum chewing really has stuck with me since youth - I mentally deduct assumed IQ points on anyone I see doing it. Yet, I'd prefer a discrete cud chewing dobro player to anyone who pops their gum, on the beat or not. Are ya sure it was gum and not chewing tobacco (for an even more revolting thought) |
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12 Sep 08 - 03:45 AM (#2438075) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Acorn4 Perhaps it's an aid to concentration or aid in relief of nerves. I personally favour the Alex Ferguson chewing technique! |
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12 Sep 08 - 10:39 AM (#2438344) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Tyke It's all a matter of taste! Personally I don't chew Gum however if I was performing "I'm for ever Blowing Bubbles" I would. I know one performer who sticks his Chewing gum onto his beer glass before doing his set. This simple act prevents other from accidentally stealing his beer and clearly identifies the glass as his. Who am I talking about! " Bernard Wrigley" who else! I would suggest that whatever a performer doses on stage should be mirrored in the amount of applause that they receive. |
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12 Sep 08 - 11:49 AM (#2438412) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Ernest ...still wondering why nobody asked what instruments the chewers were playing... ;0) Ernest |
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12 Sep 08 - 12:40 PM (#2438467) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: John MacKenzie Chewing gum ANYWHERE is disgusting. It is loathsome stuff. I think it was wrong, even if they were playing an Overchewer. JM |
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12 Sep 08 - 12:58 PM (#2438493) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Wesley S The gumchewers were the guitarist and the bass player. The bass player is the one who kept chewing in time with the music. That might explain something. Both sang lead on several songs. |
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12 Sep 08 - 01:38 PM (#2438537) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Tyke sex, drugs, cewing gum and rock n roll. |
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12 Sep 08 - 01:39 PM (#2438540) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Peace "Chewing gum on stage" Scrape it off! |
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12 Sep 08 - 02:04 PM (#2438561) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Becca72 I work at a local hospital doing transcription for the Radiology department. If you think watching someone on stage chewing gum is gross, try having to listen to it through headphones through a 20 minute report. Bleck! |
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12 Sep 08 - 02:25 PM (#2438576) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Ebbie Last Friday night we had our third - and very successful -annual ten-spot concert on top of a mountain, reachable by tram. I did the booking but I never thought about cautioning against the use of chewing gum. Should have, maybe. One headliner chewed his way all through his set. Although it could have been worse- he could have chewed during the singing lines, but he confined himself to between the lines. Like the above, I think he may have been guarding against cottonmouth or maybe it was his way of dealing with nerves. For whatever reason he did it, however, it's distracting to the audience. imo |
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12 Sep 08 - 02:32 PM (#2438583) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: PoppaGator Ebbie, maybe the guy was chewing gum to prevent his ears from popping at the altitude |
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12 Sep 08 - 11:48 PM (#2438951) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Tyke it could be that some people having stopped smoking have replaced one habit with another. |
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13 Sep 08 - 01:26 AM (#2438983) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: open mike wrigley's is a chewing gum company-- http://www.wrigley.com/wrigley/index.asp were you kidding about the guy's name who puts gum on his beer glass? then there are the Adms and Beeman gum companies.. teaberry, clove, blackjack gums.. In 1879, Dr. Edward E. Beeman marketed the gum, which was made of pepsin powder and chicle, as an aid to digestion. It became a part of the Adams Company line in 1898... .....Thomas Adams Chewing Gum company is now part of Cadbury-Adams Company..... one of these gum company pages says: kids, if you need to write a report for school, find information here. (what type of report would be required? One like i had to write once, which was the equivalent of writing on the board "I will not chew gum in class" or like being punished by having to scrape gum off the bottom of chairs or desks...) |
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13 Sep 08 - 03:25 AM (#2439005) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: catspaw49 Hi Wes!!! HERE'S A THREAD I thought of as soon as I read your title. You'll see why within a few posts and then go back to Amos' first post and watch the great video. BTW, you'll be happy to know that when I woke up just now to go to the john, Tristan was asleep with the Bluegrass Channel on his TV. Spaw |
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13 Sep 08 - 05:59 AM (#2439065) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: The Fooles Troupe Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor...? :-P |
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13 Sep 08 - 10:06 AM (#2439149) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Tyke No not kidding about the cewing gum on the beer glass. The Pub Landlord told everyone that he was at Infants School with Bernard Wrigley but Bernard said that he was a lieing as there was no Fat Bald Headed Boys in his school. |
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13 Sep 08 - 01:23 PM (#2439292) Subject: RE: Chewing gum on stage From: Kampervan Well for me, it's not 'whether' but 'how'. I don't mind anyone chewing gum, providing they do it in a way that means that I don't actually SEE the gum that they're chewing. The vigorous, open-mouthed, watch it roll around my mouth, chewing is disgusting to see; but someone gently masticating with a closed mouth is no big deal. Alex Ferguson is a good example of how not to do it. (Chewing that is, not managing!) K/van |