south africa world cup = complete fail :(

rapid_uphill

Has anyone been watching africa vs mexico? i had to turn off the tv at half time with a migraine thanks to the stupid vuvuzela horns they all blow. they are going to ruin the whole event.

they should be banned now

annoyed

JSB24

agreed, i have never watched the football on mute before until now. saying that, i'm crossing my fingers that it was only particularly bad because the home nation was playing.

Stewie Griffin

One of my fondest growing up World Cup memories was hearing all the horns in the Stadia, was it Argentina 78 or Spain 82? Cant remember, was hoping that these horns might evoke that again, but by all accounts they arent that nice to have to listen to.

fast as fupp

rapid_uphill wrote:

Has anyone been watching africa vs mexico? i had to turn off the tv at half time with a migraine thanks to the stupid vuvuzela horns they all blow. they are going to ruin the whole event.

they should be banned now

annoyed

yes a ripple of polite applause and a swift 'hurrah!' is sufficient to raise the spirits

Smokin Joe

I kept thumping the TV, wondering what was making that horrible screeching sound. It's worse than listening to Jonathan Pearce.

All right, maybe it's not that bad, but it's bad enough.

northstar

fast as fupp wrote:

rapid_uphill wrote:

Has anyone been watching africa vs mexico? i had to turn off the tv at half time with a migraine thanks to the stupid vuvuzela horns they all blow. they are going to ruin the whole event.

they should be banned now

annoyed

yes a ripple of polite applause and a swift 'hurrah!' is sufficient to raise the spirits

Hurrah Henry, spliffing shot, down with local culture.

rapid_uphill

I agree, its just a headache.

northstar wrote:

down with local culture.

Bunneh

Ended up turning the sound off, the sound was really quite annoying. It'll get less as the tourney goes on.

Aggieboy

Anything's better than listening to Jim Beglin. YAWN

northstar

Perhaps I should have added a :roll: to my post

dsmiff

Thought I was the only one

You want to try listening to it in dolby 5.1 surround, mind you HD is great!!!

crumbschief

It was on when i passed the telly and i see what you mean,i'm guessing it's ok if your a beekeeper though.

Stewie Griffin

Was watching the tour series so have just flicked over to the cheats v Uruguay now. The horns sound awful, hopefully they will drown out any USA USA USA USA chants tomorrow. If they get a pen and I hear one of them shout "GET IN THE GOAL" I'm going to smash my own telly in a semi drunken rage. :twisted:

rapid_uphill

I dont understand why the south africans would try to ruin what could have been such a fantastic event.

shouldbeinbed

rapid_uphill wrote:

Has anyone been watching africa vs mexico? i had to turn off the tv at half time with a migraine thanks to the stupid vuvuzela horns they all blow. they are going to ruin the whole event.

they should be banned now

annoyed

1000% agree, the only upside was the wasp in a tin noise almost drowned out Green and Waddle on 5 live.

bringing musical instruments to football matches should result in a lifetime ban after rectal fitting of the instrument.

knedlicky

I think, as (unfortunately only) a couple above have implied, you have to let local culture do its own thing. In fact you have no say at all in what they do.
If some of those unhappy with the vuvuzela horns were to attend top matches on the Continent, they might also be similarly dissatisfied. In contrast to UK crowds, who are somewhat sporadic in their audible support, I found there was constant noise at Continental matches - unending chants from sections of the fans and continuous drum-beating (this doesn't come over on TV when commentators are enclosed in glass cabins).
I look forward to hearing vuvuzela horns at Goodison (if Pienaar stays).

verylonglegs

knedlicky wrote:

I think, as (unfortunately only) a couple above have implied, you have to let local culture do its own thing. In fact you have no say at all in what they do.
If some of those unhappy with the vuvuzela horns were to attend top matches on the Continent, they might also be similarly dissatisfied. In contrast to UK crowds, who are somewhat sporadic in their audible support, I found there was constant noise at Continental matches - unending chants from sections of the fans and continuous drum-beating (this doesn't come over on TV when commentators are enclosed in glass cabins).
I look forward to hearing vuvuzela horns at Goodison (if Pienaar stays).

I understand your point but usually the different noises and reactions from a game reflect what is happening on the pitch. UK crowds tend to sing, Italian fans go for chanting and you get get the rythmic clapping and jumping up and down from the the northern european leagues but they all tend to be relative to the what is happening on the pitch.

The horn noises though seem to rarely change throughout the match regardless of the action, ball goes out for throw *blow horn*..free kick given *blow horn*...a pass is made *blow horn*..its the same monotone whatever happens. Maybe it is a culture thing but I just don't understand why anyone over the age of 10 would turn up at a football match and do this for an entire 90 minutes.

batch78

I liked it. What an awesome experience it must be in the actual stadium.

Admittedly when I walked away from the tv to actually do some work for a few moments I did wonder what the strange buzzing noise was!

shouldbeinbed

chanting I can do with - I've spent may a happy match banging the stand or advertising hoarding chanting the latest ditties in support of players or iconic managers, urging the team on and picking them up after a goal. its banter, personal, varied and directly relevant to the team and game.

Instrumentals at football aren't any of these.

the mindless repetition of the first line of The Great Escape for the entre game from the Sheff Wed dullards that follow England around is beyond tedious now, come on lads, either pack it in and sing with the rest, learn the rest of the sodding tune or play a medly of other stuff- theres brilliant partiotic or get em up and bouncing tunes out there for you to have a go at FFS, have a bit of imagination.

Both games today were ruined for me off the pitch by this constant angry pitched raucus white noise for 90 minutes that would be considered cruel and unusual punishment in Guantanamo Bay, particularly as I have a touch of low level tinnitus.

It is going to see me missing great chunks of the World Cup as I'm mostly at work and the radio commentary today was almost drowned out (a Good thing in the case of Alan 'I love me' Green and Chris 'Pelanty' Waddle ) by this white noise.

I'm a long time watcher of football on TV with the sound off, but listening to the radio wth no sound is going too far.

Cleat Eastwood

I think they should all post their chants on Twitter and then have Patrick Stewart read them out over the loud speakers.

rapid_uphill

Is there a radio station that just does commentry and no stadium noises? or what is the best way to watch it.
Its a serious proplem which is ruining my enjoyment of the event.

please help

pneumatic

rapid_uphill wrote:

Is there a radio station that just does commentry and no stadium noises? or what is the best way to watch it.
Its a serious proplem which is ruining my enjoyment of the event.

please help

sounds to me as though you have a "bee in your bonnet" about this

chill, relax, Zen will help you to overcome your inner turmoil.

After all, it could be worse: imagine if we in Scotland got to host the tournament. a) you'd never hear the last of it that we were actually going to be there and beeee, you could be faced with 56000 people playing bagpipes througout the whole match :shock:

Indeed, wouldn't the vuvuzelas sound so much better with someone playing Scotland the Brave over the top of the drone? :idea:

IronHorse100

give me vuvuzelas any day over and above the tiresome official England Band playing Great Escape snnnnnnoooooorrrrrreeeee!!!!!!

finchy

IronHorse100 wrote:

give me vuvuzelas any day over and above the tiresome official England Band playing Great Escape snnnnnnoooooorrrrrreeeee!!!!!!

Yes, I can't stand them. Why the hell do you need an official band to create an atmosphere?

I'd be so happy if they just managed to get through an entire match without playing God Save the Queen 7 times. :roll:

Bunneh

Whilst the INGEEEERLAND game is on I shall be out on my bike. Roads will be extra quiet so I can bomb about a bit more.

Come on US!

topcattim

knedlicky wrote:

I look forward to hearing vuvuzela horns at Goodison (if Pienaar stays).

As a fellow Bluenose, I dearly hope he does, and think it would be a great way to welcome him back. I thought he played well, seemed to enjoy the roving role. Not sure why he was subbed off, but hope that will keep him fresh.

rick_chasey

I didn't realise the band was official?

I just thought they were keen enough to turn up to every match.


To be honest, all fan efforts are nothing compared to the collective Dutch effort:

Anonymous

Rick Chasey wrote:

I didn't realise the band was official?

I just thought they were keen enough to turn up to every match.


To be honest, all fan efforts are nothing compared to the collective Dutch effort:

Whereabouts are yo in that crowd Teaga...Rick ?

nicensleazy

Much ado about nothing as far as England is concerned! They will be home shortly with their tales between their legs. Well, that will last for a day or so before they return to their old ways of a pissed up row in a pub or club!

England........I have seen more passion in a tortoise shagging!

antfly

I hope you get to eat those miserable words.

rick_chasey

dmclite wrote:

Whereabouts are yo in that crowd Teaga...Rick ?

I'm the guy in Orange.

Duh!