I don't play and can't sing, I just enjoy a bit of entertainment with a pint, so I'm fairly impartial.
Nobody seems to be considering the practicalities and maths involved in this argument.
I had a look in the barn at the rose and crown, there were 20 or 30 people playing at the same time, enjoying getting through a number of tunes together.
For the same number of people to have sung two or three songs each it would have taken hours to get through.
How many pubs do the singers expect to be programmed for them so they can perform several times each ? Shanty crews are very good at getting a whole room joining in, but a lot of individual singers seem to think they have a right to be admired without thinking about what everyone else would like. If they find a pub and buy their beer, they should be able to attract a decent number of people to join them if they are entertaining enough.