Song rituals

[Gazman]

In Australia, there is a long standing (if bizarre) tradition that when "Eagle Rock" by Daddy Cool is played, dancing is conducted, with trousers dropped.

When we've played "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol, a lot of people lay down on the dance floor during the "if I lay here.." parts of the chorus.

What other rituals do you know of?

[bongomania]

In America there is a long-standing tradition of audiences standing around sullenly, almost immobile through most types of music, only acting excited when the song ends.

[lwknives]

When playing metal songs during what is called the breakdown (sometimes whole songs consist of one big breakdown) the members of the audience flail around and run into each other.

[SevenJacks]

My guitard and drummer noodle-wank for 45 seconds before each song. I cringe.

[Depth_Charge]

When covering The Angels "See Your Face" the unofficial, expletive laden chorus religiously being shouted out.

On most ACDC songs, throngs of people doing "the Angus" while crashing into each other and/or falling over.

"It's just a jump to the left"

[Mykk]

Funny, I get the mental image of people in Eagle Rock Los Angeles walking around with their pants around their ankles

I suppose we can't leave out Y-M-C-A

[Midfour]

Middle fingers up on a certain Overkill song I can't name here without being banned.
The "die!" shoutalong during the breakdown of Metallica's "Creeping Death".
And of course shouting "play Freebird!" over any song that's not "Freebird".

[Midfour]

Originally Posted by lwknives

When playing metal songs during what is called the breakdown (sometimes whole songs consist of one big breakdown) the members of the audience flail around and run into each other.

He's from Australia, not Pluto. I think he knows what a breakdown is.

[Phalex]

There is a dance called "the Alligator" that is done to "Takin care of business".

Mostly a thing they do at weddings so the guys in rented tuxedo's can roll around on the dance floor......

[BryanM]

I don't know if it's common, but to get as low as you can during the "A little bit softer now." part of Shout. In my old band it would usually involve us laying on the floors, and on one occasion actually involved me, the guitarist and the singer (all wireless) to go downstairs from the mezzanine we were playing on and out to the street outside.

[Gazman]

Freebird? It's virtually unknown here, the default request of the drunken punter in Oz is Khe Sanh, by Cold Chisel.

[plankspanker13]

People tend to do the answering snare hits, when I start "Blister in the Sun," either by clapping or pounding on a table.
I can't believe that nobody has mentioned "where's the salt," yet, given how many coverband players we have, at TB. It happens.