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Originally Posted by saxsoulman
now that is just ridiculous and must be sarcasm - what do you do when someone invites you to dinner and serves you food you don't like? throw it at them?
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I don't see your analogy, but to answer your question. I eat what I get... because I'm homeless and pretty poor. I ate cabbage rolls and squash cakes at the homeless diner for dinner last night. And I ate every scrap on my plate. Even the soggy, stale tortilla chips. Try a different analogy and maybe I'd understand how it pertains to what we're talking about. And here's my post for reference:
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Yeah, I agree sports at the bar is a buzzkill but what's worse is when the bartender would rather blare COPS than turn the jukebox on. Bleh...
I've never been to a club. I don't know anyone that listens to pop music. Well ... one of my friends has a girlfriend and she does. But we don't hang out anymore. Because of her. And her pop music. Lady Gaga comes on at the bar I'm outta there. At least going outside for a cigarette. I've brought headphones to the bar before. I'll hang out on the patio and just go in to get refills.
I've successfully dodged pop music and commercials for the last 5 years or so basically. (I stopped watching tv and listening to the radio all together)
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Are you saying when someone at the bar, or maybe that girl that listens to pop music, plays Katy Perry or Lady Gaga ... that I'm not supposed to get up and walk away?
Bring it back to food analogy:
I mean, if I had steak waiting on the barbecue and they're like, here, eat vegetables... I'll probably take a bite or two and try to go outside and get my steak on asap. If I'm at a bar or friend's house w/ g/f and they're playing **** music and I know I got dibs on picking a song on the jukebox or her computer soon after, I'll just step outside for a cig or something. If I am a central part of the discussion or something, I'll grit my teeth and hum "John the Fisherman" by Primus under my breath to break the pop music's voodoo spells/brainwashing.
If the place I'm trying to enjoy myself at is going to be playing similar music for a long time, I usually pack up for greener pastures or make a permanent squat in the smoking section and pray I have headphones. I understand for a lot of folks, mostly women age 16-30, really enjoy hearing the current hits on the radio when they're drinking. And they'll proceed to get sloppy drunk and dance like whores all night. For me, I might as well stay sober because even ****faced hammered it's a buzzkill for me to hear radio singles or most of what the mainstream finds acceptable. There are tons of songs that are party worthy and still enjoyable for me, but most just ride the top40 express their whole lives.
I'm the kind of guy that put 5 bucks in the jukebox and played A) Octavarium by Dream Theater for 27 minutes, B) Miles Davis Bitches Brew (they only include 4 tracks but they're long), and then seal the deal with some Aesop Rock None Shall Pass / Pigs (10 Minutes). I know how to make my jukebox money last and it usually makes all those annoying yuppies leave for a different bar. Bartenders that pay attention skip my songs when they realize what I'm doing. But then I ask them for a refund for my unplayed songs ;D You should hear the groans when Miles Davis comes on and goes for 5-10 mins... and then another one comes on. UghhgHhhH I hear from inside, and me and my friend are out on the patio listening and laughing our asses off at their reactions. I should say not everyone gets mad when I do this. I AM talking about a sleezy dive bar. Damn yuppies know damn well where the rich people bar is.
I live in a different city now, and I had the best experience drinking out in my whole life two nights ago. The bartenders played Blockhead all night. For the whole 2 hours I was there. And everyone was happy. Especially me, as I'm rocking out on the patio drumming on the picnic table, swiggin beer, and a cute young woman comes and sits with me and we talk music for an hour. Ahh, I like Eugene, Oregon.