Dealing with heckling!

[Oopsdabassist]

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1434757663' post='2802688']
Not playing in Milton Keynes are you, Weststarx? That`s a popular heckle up there.
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Yup to be honest, if no one said it at least once during any gig round this way, I'd miss it....probably end up shouting it meself!!

[the boy]

[quote name='landwomble' timestamp='1434798409' post='2802881']
"I don't come round to your place of work and slap the sailor's c*cks out of your mouth, do I? Let me do my job"
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Awesome.....
You could also say "sorry mate, drag night is Tuesday's, I think you've got your days mixed up".

[discreet]

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1434808859' post='2802974']
"sorry mate, drag night is Tuesday's, I think you've got your days mixed up".
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[Coilte]

[quote name='the boy' timestamp='1434808859' post='2802974']
You could also say "sorry mate, drag night is Tuesday's, I think you've got your days mixed up".
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Or you could say...."sorry mate"...and actually[i] get on with it !! [/i]

[51m0n]

Simply leave no gaps between your songs

[NancyJohnson]

'I remember what it was like the first time I went to a gig.'

Beyond that just tell the drunken pass around to stop shouting.

[Annoying Twit]

Do an extended bass solo between each song while your bandmates have a smoke or whatever.

[Bobthedog]

Could this be a non event where the "get on with it" applied to the band that cancelled because they were slow between songs? Perhaps the heckler won't comment with your band?

I can't comment on how to deal with her, though as I have yet to gig; I like to think I would ignore her.

[Oopsdabassist]

I think it must be a very localised MK thing, was playing in Buckingham last night.....not a dicky bird

[LayDownThaFunk]

I will say I hate talking between songs and bands should just get on with it sometimes!

[MoonBassAlpha]

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1434909590' post='2803778']
I will say I hate talking between songs and bands should just get on with it sometimes!
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aHA! You are shouty woman and I claim my £5!

[Sibob]

Good god you're a rock band, just play louder than her!!



Si

[Dropzone]

Just keep saying "pardon?", see who gets bored first

[RockfordStone]

[quote name='Weststarx' timestamp='1434749793' post='2802614']
Hi Guys,

We've just booked a gig for next week due to a cancellation but been warned by the band that cancelled that there is always one lady that goes every week and likes to heckle the bands.

Personally I have never had anyone heckle me in any band I've been in, so I'm a little unsure how to deal with it!

Apparently her favourite line is "Get on with it!" in between songs.

Any advice on how to cleverly deal with a heckler?

Thanks
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if she has in issue with the time between songs, id make her wait longer. after a couple of times say we'll play the next song when she comes out with better material.

[Geek99]

Saw this once at a comedy club, the comic held up his hands for quiet, looked straight at heckler and said "let's all wait for her to think up a really good heckle". Everyone looked at heckler who was so embarrassed she left

[LayDownThaFunk]

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1434971951' post='2804219']
Just keep saying "pardon?", see who gets bored first
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I saw a band do that once and it sort of worked. They would say pardon then just make noise for 5 seconds or so. Heckler in crowd eventually got the point.

[lurksalot]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1434983445' post='2804395']
Saw this once at a comedy club, the comic held up his hands for quiet, looked straight at heckler and said "let's all wait for her to think up a really good heckle"
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Sorry dude , can't help you , you're the one being paid to be funny !

[Geek99]

To which any decent comic would say "but everyone is looking at you"

[karlfer]

I think we need a Skank script here

[urbanx]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1434983445' post='2804395']
Saw this once at a comedy club, the comic held up his hands for quiet, looked straight at heckler and said "let's all wait for her to think up a really good heckle". Everyone looked at heckler who was so embarrassed she left
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I would have gone with:

"If you want my come back, you'll have to scrape it off your mums teeth first"

Edited June 24, 2015 by urbanx

[LayDownThaFunk]

[tonyquipment]

Sorry we don't do requests

Sorry don't know that one

You get on with it

Get me a pint

Steady now, you're on parole

Etc...

[BassTractor]

She's obviously a shallow one, she.
I think the best thing to do is not responding directly, but to just continue your little inbetween-songs banter about the development of Weltschmerz as a direct result of Sturm und Drang thinking, and Kierkegaard's criticism of it all.

Enlightened, she'll turn around!
I'm sure.

[Geek99]

[quote name='urbanx' timestamp='1435157539' post='2806048']


I would have gone with:

"If you want my come back, you'll have to scrape it off your mums teeth first"
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It's a female heckler, I thought ?

[mcnach]

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1435234403' post='2806781']
It's a female heckler, I thought ?
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females have mums too.

Not a response I'd personally use, but just pointing out the gender of the heckler is irrelevant.