Audience Participation Failure: Difference between revisions

* There's a [[Foo Fighters]] concert video where Dave Grohl tried to get fans to sing the chorus of "Everlong" with him, and they become ''dead silent''. Considering that the audience was ''cheering him on'' once they heard him play the intro, it strikes this troper as pretty damn ungrateful.

* [[Slipknot]]'s live album, ''9.0'' Live, includes a good deal of Audience Participation - including one (Spit it out) where the audience flubs it.

'''Singer:''' Now that's exactly what I asked you to do 15 seconds ago! }}

* There's an ad for a credit card (I forget which) where the band on stage screams, "GOOD NIGHT CLEVELAND!" and the crowd falls dead. The bassist leans over and whispers, "Cleveland was last night."

* During the dark days of [[WCW]], [[Rowdy Roddy Piper]] tried to get a "Warrior" chant going, but failed. This happened a few times with him actually.

* There's the joke that goes:

'''Audience:''' GIVE US FIVE MORE MINUTES! }}

* At the end of [[Flight of the Conchords]] "Mutha'uckers":

'''Bret:''' Yeah! }}

** Invoked, then subverted (Audience Participation Failure Failure?) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoWfambAi6A here (from about 3:50)]:

'''Jamaine:''' *scratches head* Thank you ladies, you didn't have to say that... }}

* Tim Minchin does this intentionally and hilariously in "I Love Jesus". He starts out singing, "I love Jesus!" with the audience repeating. Then he sings, "I hate faggots!" and the audience cannot bring themselves to respond in turn.

* In Bo Burnham's live performance of "Oh Bo", there's a point where he goes silence expecting a response from the male audience, but since he's been singing that part himself throughout the song, he gets no response.

** He also has a similar moment in "What's Funny":

'''Bo:''' Exactly. }}

* There's a story, possibly appocryphal, about a U2 concert. Bono starts clicking his fingers, encouraging the audience to join in. He says 'Everytime I click my fingers, someone in Africa dies', to which one wag responded 'Well stop f***ing doing it then'.