I don’t think there’s any link to Europe, unless I missed something
Maybe in Europe they don’t do that thing at concerts where they ask only part of the audience to shout out?
Although I’m guessing they do that in Europe, too. My guess is that the person asking for an explanation just doesn’t go to concerts like that, and so they think it’s an American thing.
Am in Europe. The very few times I’ve seen them ask part of the audience to shout was a left/right thing where people sitting on the left wing were being put to compete with ones on the right wing to see who shouts more. But even that was very very rare.
Well, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. They’ll say left side, right side. Front, back. Locals, people who traveled from far away. Guys, girls.
It’s just a way of increasing audience participation. Maybe the audiences in Europe are just naturally more fun, and so they don’t need all of the prompting from the stage?
It could also be a linguistic barrier. If the singer is from the same country, they could get away with shouting “all girls scream”, but they still risk not being understood by parts of the audience… When I’ve experienced it it was always visual, either it would be two different singers in charge of their own “area” of the public, or the singer would “move” right/left and “mimic” the specific part of the audience to scream (sorry English is not my native language so I’m not sure how to convey this…)
Maybe in Europe they don’t do that thing at concerts where they ask only part of the audience to shout out?
Although I’m guessing they do that in Europe, too. My guess is that the person asking for an explanation just doesn’t go to concerts like that, and so they think it’s an American thing.
I thought it was an American stereotype or something, like mid aged women in camrys honk a lot (so they like get back at her honkink in her ear).
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Am in Europe. The very few times I’ve seen them ask part of the audience to shout was a left/right thing where people sitting on the left wing were being put to compete with ones on the right wing to see who shouts more. But even that was very very rare.
Maybe I just live in an unfun part of Europe?
Well, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. They’ll say left side, right side. Front, back. Locals, people who traveled from far away. Guys, girls.
It’s just a way of increasing audience participation. Maybe the audiences in Europe are just naturally more fun, and so they don’t need all of the prompting from the stage?
It could also be a linguistic barrier. If the singer is from the same country, they could get away with shouting “all girls scream”, but they still risk not being understood by parts of the audience… When I’ve experienced it it was always visual, either it would be two different singers in charge of their own “area” of the public, or the singer would “move” right/left and “mimic” the specific part of the audience to scream (sorry English is not my native language so I’m not sure how to convey this…)
Am in Europe. It’s a wedding tradition except you drink vodka instead of raising your hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r17aYKRtFM