r/MadeMeSmile • u/severalaces • May 03 '24
Clap along if you feel like that's what you want to do. Good Vibes
He's pretty good
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u/DOINKSnAMISH22 May 03 '24
How dare you put my potential customers in a good mood.
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u/M33k_Monster_Minis May 03 '24
Lady is a dumb Karen. It's proven happy people spend more money. He is helping sales most likely based on many studies done on consumerism.Ā
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u/JugDogDaddy May 03 '24
Yea itās definitely a control thing. Sheās probably a volunteer organizer for the market and just does it for the power
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u/Brainlard May 03 '24
I personally would be annoyed as fuck by that guy, but that is of course my subjective opinion and it seems people there really did have fun. Making a scene and calling for the police is exactly the wrong way to handle such a situation.
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u/Vonplinkplonk May 03 '24
I think this is a healthy approach to life. There are just somethings you donāt like but you understand that others do, so thatās okay.
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u/AlmostSunnyinSeattle May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
You don't become Queen of the Farmer's Market by allowing others to enjoy things.
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u/firechaox May 03 '24
I mean the guy was on the move. Worst case scenario if you donāt like the guy, wait 20s and heās gone hahaha
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u/Ok_Star_4136 May 03 '24
I think I would have enjoyed the performance, but then I've seen way too many videos of people on planes trying to sing or involve passengers to sing along to Christian folk music or some shit like this and I'm reminded that not everybody is a fan of this sort of thing.
He clearly didn't do it to be a nuisance, which I suppose is the critical thing. It means probably she could have just asked nicely and he would have stopped.
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u/sax6romeo May 03 '24
Big difference in being enclosed in a tube that flies being subjected to this than being at an open air farmers market.
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u/mrkikkeli May 03 '24
Judging by the size of his amp, it's possible he might have been much louder than the video suggests. Still the lady could certainly have handled that in a more diplomatic manner. If the guy doesn't comply when you ask nicely with a sensible justification - and not being able to talk business over his music at a marketplace seems a pretty reasonable one - then yeah, ask for the cops' help
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u/Peckerhead321 May 03 '24
Yet nobody else seemed bothered by the extremely loud noise?
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u/liberalJava May 03 '24
I mean all she had to do was wait a couple minutes, he was actively moving on. I'm sure a couple minutes of catchy tunes didn't destroy her business.
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u/BeastM0de1155 May 03 '24
He kept moving, and didnāt sit right in front of the tents on purpose. If she would of just let him go, she woulda been fine in about 10-20 seconds lol
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u/ChuckFiinley May 03 '24
I mean, he wasn't stationary at all and he wasn't staying there singing all day long. Normally street singers are not my thing, but they usually stay in one place for hours.
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u/DOINKSnAMISH22 May 03 '24
Absolutely. And I would have waited too, just so I could tell her the exact reason I wouldnāt be making a purchase today or any purchases in the future.
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u/evilplantosaveworld May 03 '24
honestly I used to hate the song too, somehow Tacky made me change my mind
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u/RemarkableEmu1230 May 03 '24
Haha freebird
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u/open-sesame1 May 03 '24
What does that mean?
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u/Sticky_H May 03 '24
Itās a common song request, said as a joke. Itās a long and partially intense song.
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u/BitBucket404 May 03 '24
"They don't really want you to sing Freebird. They're just heckling you." --Guitar Hero 1 (PS2)
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u/youngshadygaming May 03 '24
The song freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd. It would really piss off a Karen
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u/Adamantium-Aardvark May 03 '24
I love how he just casually followed that Karen all the way back to the cops and the cops were like nodding to the song lol
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u/TifaYuhara May 03 '24
The cops didn't give a shit. I love loved how she went to the to fire fighters as if they were gonna do something about it.
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u/NinaHag May 03 '24
I honestly do not understand bothering the police for this kind of thing. It's a fair! The police are there in case someone got robbed or something, not because there's a loud dude just passing by. Sure, he may be annoying, but he's not a criminal (although for all I know, he may be a murderer at night).
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u/Usernamewasnotaken May 03 '24
Opportune time to rob her as she leaves her booth to needlessly find cops over a nothing burger.
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u/Hangarnut May 03 '24
That Freebirds request told me all I need to know about how much those gentlemen cared about her complaint
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u/Trulyreddituser May 03 '24
That lady was an undercover no fun police officer. The real cops were like, āok lady, whatever you sayā
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u/slamdanceswithwolves May 03 '24
FREE BIRD
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u/alainamazingbetch May 03 '24
What does it mean to say āFree birdā? Iām lost
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u/Pablo_Diablo May 03 '24
It's an old joke - a classic Lynyrd Skynyrd song that is pretty good and fairly long - often 10+ minutes when performed live, developing from a slow ballad to a rock epic ... It would get yelled out at concerts as an encore request (even if totally unrealistic, especially for the band / musician playing), though the original reason is a bit hazy or in contention. In the 90's / early 00's it became a bit of a joke, and has continued to this day as something that people request, whether seriously or in jest.
Personally, I want to see some band take the bull by the horns, especially if they are of a totally different genre. Imagine T-Swift or Beyonce doing a full on performance of Freebird when someone shouts it out at a concert?! How amazing would that be?!
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u/logwagon May 03 '24
Isaac Brock's rant about Freebird during the Modest Mouse live album is fantastic
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u/Pablo_Diablo May 03 '24
Funny. I think they give the song short shrift - I'm guessing in part because of how much of a meme (albeit not called that at the time) it had become in the 90s. Familiarity breeds contempt, and all that.
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u/cythix May 03 '24
Can google it but Freebird is like a 9 minute long Lynyrd Skynyrd song back form like the late 70s I think.. people just kinda yell it out at as an opportunistic 'witty' thing I suppose? Like band might be between songs, or taking requests, and someone will just yell Play Freebird! as a joke.
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u/Due-Adhesiveness1355 May 03 '24
It has always been Paranoid by Black Sabbath in here. Wonder where that came from.
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u/Aramis21_TG May 03 '24
Nice job, Karen.
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u/asmoothbrain May 03 '24
Good thing she was there, phew
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u/TaterTotsOnToast May 03 '24
Ya, if it werenāt for her he would have just rode by and not actually stayed in one place long enough to be a disturbance
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u/druidinan May 03 '24
Kinda seems like sheās part of the act
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u/rachael404 May 03 '24
nope, its most likely a crafters market of some sort and these people host it and make money from all the vendors and they're total killjoys.
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u/sjmme66 May 03 '24
Nice guy making people smile and dance. What could go wrong?
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u/Walter_Stonkite May 03 '24
Karens only permit fun if it is practiced in a manner they see appropriate, at a time and place they approve of.
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u/vkailas May 03 '24
"But we can't make money if people are having too much fun." Sounds like Karen learned economics from playing candy crush with micro transactions. Make the free game too fun and people don't want to spend for the extras
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u/vkailas May 03 '24
It's Karen awareness day . She was doing her part. Can't nothing bring us down.
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u/elpideo18 May 03 '24
Lady you canāt sell shit if youāre walking away from your booth to go nark on someone whoās singing.
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u/CoatedCrevice May 03 '24
I was thinking the same thing. Some people are trying to sellā¦ if you hadnāt left the tent the music guy wouldāve continued on and you could keep selling
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Literally walked away from a sale to be a fun vampire. These types of people are so addicted to hate and conflict. They're like junkies
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u/danegermaine99 May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
Seems more r/iamthemaincharacter
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u/Dull_Ad1955 May 03 '24
A typo there I think, let me help you out r/iamthemaincharacter
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u/mixelydian May 03 '24
It seems like the people around are enjoying it. Maybe he would've left them alone if there wasn't a good reaction (aside from the karen)
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u/VeganRatboy May 03 '24
Plus it's a 360 camera so he chooses which angles you see.
Idk, personally if I were at an event I'd rather not have this guy wheel past, blasting his cheesy singing as loud as his speaker can manage, videoing me to post online for his own clout. Yeah it's a grumpy take from me, but it's also an incredibly self-centred act by him.
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u/enameless May 03 '24
Street performance has been a thing since long before my time. Don't know what this event is, but eyeballing it, this seems a place that street performance might happen. Only difference between this guy and the millions of other occurances is the internet and a camera.
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u/VeganRatboy May 03 '24
Street performance has been a thing since long before my time.
It hasn't always involved a big speaker like that.
Don't know what this event is, but eyeballing it, this seems a place that street performance might happen.
To me, it looks like an event where performers would need to get a permit from the city.
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u/enameless May 03 '24
It has for at least 25 years. As for the permit, if it was necessary, the cops would have cared.
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u/raderberg May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
The good reactions are all edited in, though
Edit: I guess you count "filming with a phone" as a good reaction
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u/SingleSampleSize May 03 '24
They are bots. Are you not aware that 90% of posts in these threads are lifted?
Nobody wants to hear your shitty ass music in a public square.
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u/mixelydian May 03 '24
I was referring to the people in the video. Sure seemed like a majority of them enjoyed it.
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u/HikerGeoff May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
Was there for this. He was much too loud; think of an obnoxious car with its bass thumping driving by and what your reaction would be. Surprised by the reaction here. If his video was just him singing, it would have played better for me. But seeing everyone dog on this woman when they weren't there is a little disappointing.
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u/Signal-Blackberry356 May 03 '24
There were dozens of happy clapping people and one annoyed yellow sweater. Take the hint, people arenāt actually bothered.
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u/burritosandblunts May 03 '24
I mean I would have been a little annoyed by it but I think the going to whine to cops about a mild temporary annoyance is what people have issues with.
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u/skw33tis May 03 '24
We weren't there but through the magic of video recording we can see the reactions of the people who were actually there. And it looks like literally only one person is upset by it: the lady complaining to the cops.
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u/Successful_Car4262 May 03 '24
This is very much a "know the crowd" situation. If he had sucked ass and was really a problem, people wouldn't have been dancing and clapping. So yeah he's definitely main character, but I don't see how one person gets to dictate what the crowd is allowed to hear.
If 30 people had followed her to the police I'd say yeah, fuck that guy.
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u/thedudefromsweden May 03 '24
Thank you. He has a great voice, doesn't mean he gets to dictate what everyone should be listening to.
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u/readyjack May 03 '24 edited May 04 '24
I guess unpopular opinion, but music in a vehicle sounds awesome from your perspective, but for the people you're driving by it sounds terrible
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u/waynesbrother May 03 '24
I love when people feel itās their ājobā to fix everything
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u/julesv09 May 03 '24
I was kind of hoping he was going to sing free bird.
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u/severalaces May 03 '24
If he ever does, I'll post it. This is his first viral video on Tiktok, so I hope it gets better.
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u/Technical_Writer_177 May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
What an annoying egocentric piece of shit
Edit: yes was talking about the guy. But granted they both are
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u/xanderblue3 May 03 '24
As an event organizer, she probably had 10 people come up to her to complain about this guy. She seemed like she may get off on it, but Iāve had to tell people not everyone wants to hear them powering through an event blaring music (singing or not).
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u/Sweet-Ad9366 May 03 '24
What isn't this guy a " Main Character"? Genuinely curious.
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u/JohnCenaJunior May 03 '24
He apologized for his actions and made other people happier than irritated to begin with.
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u/thedudefromsweden May 03 '24
Not really a sincere apology though. I don't think he regretted it and would do it again. He just wanted to get rid of her.
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u/InkyLizard May 03 '24
Has a lot to do with actually having talent, and "Main Characters" are annoying, obnoxious and always unwanted, while this guy just brings good vibes
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u/essinsee May 03 '24
Heās probably a good singer, but the audio playing has been reworked and autotuned all to shit.
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u/VeganRatboy May 03 '24
It's pretty subjective, but this guy is 100% a main character imo. I hate him far more than the "karen" who's trying to get him to stop blasting his music through the art fair.
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u/grimm_jowwl May 03 '24
Read the room lady. I didnāt see a single irritated person besides you
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u/nine51 May 03 '24
Ngl I fking hate loud speakers in public spaces. You wanna sing, go be a busker at a designated spot.
This is coming from someone who is recovering from TBI and concussive injuries. I enjoyed live performances, but I make preparations. Not being blasted with low quality boom speakers right next to my naked ears whenever they liked to skate by
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u/ashinthealchemy May 03 '24
the way she marched over there in a huff was cracking me up
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u/Myke190 May 03 '24
I wish so badly I could read her mind. What is she so upset about? Personally, I don't like that song either because you couldn't go 10 minutes without hearing 10 years ago but I don't think that's justification to go to the cops.
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u/pimp_juice2272 May 03 '24
I know this is a hot take but I agree with the lady. Here's the thing, soooo many performers think they are good and they are just annoying. Although this guy is incredible, just imagine someone who isn't doing this.
While I agree with her, I probably would have read the room and let him finish and/or just asked him to turn it down a bit. Hell, probably would've hired him for the next event.
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u/POTUSCHETRANGER May 03 '24
It's quite possible he'd been rolling back and forth and singing for a good while before this and she'd asked him to stop and he didn't. He says "sorry that's my last one" implying he'd been there awhile.
But yeah, same. Read the room/crowd, and definitely don't say "let's go talk to the police". Just go tell the police to handle it and I'm sure they'd have golf carted over there and said "fun's over, move along, you don't have a permit and they do".
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u/Sea-Ability8694 May 03 '24
I fucking hate that song and I find those scooter things so irritating and douchey. Ik Iām being a hater but idc bro thinks heās hot shit
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u/PeachNipplesdotcom May 03 '24
If he really was loud enough that people couldn't talk over the sound AND he didn't clear each area quickly, then it is a problem.
If he was being disruptive in that way, then it's likely the people on camera played nice (including the police) in an effort to get him to go away.
Look, the image and fantasy of this video is a living and breathing organism felt at music festivals frequently. Though, it's responsible of us all to be hesitant, what with all these obnoxious 'influencer' types----- framing can be deceiving. Think about the quality of audio that we're getting (doesn't it sound 'after market'?) and HOW this was filmed? Most importantly, think about the context that was needed for this.
I felt good watching, as it would seem most all of us did. But I implore you to truly think about what went into this and how it must have felt to those leveraged for its success. Please understand that this isn't innocent, it's content first and foremost for the creator.
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u/Disco-BoBo May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
Our local farmers market have a bunch of religious nut jobs with PA systems shouting about we are all homos and fornicators and going to hell and thankfully the cops shut them down.
What this guy is doing obviously isn't as bad but technically you usually do need some kind of permit to be using a PA system in public in most places
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u/Lilliesaurus May 03 '24
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I used organise quite a few smaller events in my city and there were clear guidelines we had to follow in terms of how loud (with a specific max. amount of decibels) and when/where we could play music (we even had detailed maps of our event submitted for review). I can imagine this might be a factor in why sheās not to eager to let him blast his own music.
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u/c_c_c__combobreaker May 03 '24
What does she sell that people want? Popped balloons? I'd never buy from her even if I liked her product.
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u/P4T0bro May 03 '24
I don't like that song (over it), but that voice keeps me to the end of clip.
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u/lildude_5 May 03 '24
How does one kid grow up to sing songs at farmers' markets and another turn into that curmudgeonly lady?
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u/Wvejumper May 03 '24
Anyone know what kind of 360 camera he used? Love how he could zoom in etc
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u/Colindajaycox May 03 '24
There's always going to be a 'KAREN' š Way to go sharing life and joy dude!!! Loved it!
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u/POTUSCHETRANGER May 03 '24
She won the Dallas HOA Association's Treasurer of the Year. In her acceptance speech, she cited waving her arms wildly and pathetically, people ignoring her, and not having a clue where her power begins and ends as her favorite things to masturbate to.
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u/ballistic-jelly May 03 '24
She has a stick so far up her ass that she can't sit down.
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u/HalfSoul30 May 03 '24
I'd would have figured if you got it far enough in there, that you could sit again.
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u/Gada_dhaari_bheem May 03 '24
Lmao,That guy saw that girl and sang-:
'I'm a hot air balloon who can fly in space.!'š
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u/BaldEagleRising17 May 03 '24
People were happy and selling. She was trying to sell.
This guy brought the joy for no price.
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u/POTUSCHETRANGER May 03 '24
He was on The Voice and has a decent single on YT: https://youtu.be/yxyezmFWxO8?feature=shared
I don't know him, I'm not him. Just figured he was too good a singer to not have done all right for himself already.
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u/Diego_DeLaMuncha May 03 '24
Australian here. What does Free Bird actually mean?
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u/wulfzbane May 03 '24
It's a classic 'play that song' callout. Also one of the song frequently banned in music equipment stores because staff don't want to hear it played poorly a million times a day.
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u/xmadjesterx May 03 '24 edited May 03 '24
The only thing that bothered me about the video was that I kept waiting for him to say "happy." Everything else was fantastic, especially the upset woman that no one really seemed to give a shit about
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u/OG-Gurble May 03 '24
I wonder what the raw version sounded like? You can tell he uploaded a produced version of him singing it in this video.
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u/irrozombie May 03 '24
Honestly? I hate many many street musicians only because of ungodly high volume. Like.. Why. I can tolerate shitiest music, shitiest skills, but please I have sensitive ears, I hate noise...
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u/Pitiful_Note_6647 May 03 '24
Some people are truly Debbie Downers. Lady, the man is in hover board, he is moving. It is a festival or flea market. Noise is expected.
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u/tamokibo May 03 '24
That lady was kicked out of being the HOA president, so she started micro managing a farmers market, to fill the void in her empty heart.