Highland Capital Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 1. Wonderwall - Oasis 2. Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis 3. The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve 4. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley version 5. The entire Ed Sheeran catalogue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Any Oasis song Why Does it Always rain on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Considering the awful quality and amount of buskers in Glasgow just now, I'd just push for a complete ban on busking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Unfortunately where I work there is a backalley that leads out into Buchanan Street right where they always are. Some shitcunt is there every day doing fucking Coldplay. I may dismember him one day. 1. Any Coldplay 2. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley 3. Bagpipes 4. Coldplay again 5. Coldplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR #1 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Saw a busker playing guitar and singing 'Flower Of Scotland' the other day, really cringeworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagtastic Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Not so much specific songs but my thoughts on busking in general, with particular reference to Buchanan and Argyle Streets... Anyone wishing to play the bagpipes in public should have to pass a proficiency test first imo. Some of the dirge on Buchanan Street is utter noise pollution. Some of them are actually decent singers but this new trend of mumbling the ends of lines or deliberately mispronouncing words to suit stupid, put on inflictions in their singing is irritating in the extreme. The blame for this lies squarely with pish like Bastille and the 1975 etc. If they must be allowed to use amps, they should at least be half decent and not shite tin can efforts, they're not exactly expensive ffs. Or at least learn that sometimes lower volume can give a better sound. Edit to add: Itzdrk's Hallelujah guy on Buchanan Street is a prime culprit for the voice thing, particularly with that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 Fast Car Dancing on my own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Generally I like buskers in a town centre,especially if you have a varied selection they can give a place a decent vibe , endless guitarists playing Ed Sheeran numbers is shit but a few bagpipers,street drummers and the like can be entertaining,t here is a wee foreign guy in our town who plays this strange looking instrument which is like a one string violin with a bag attached to give a bagpipes type effect,think it must be Eastern European,wouldnt want it all day but interesting enough whilst having a coffee.... As for songs I'd ban Brown Eyed Girl-Van the Man With or Without You-U2 Any Ed Sheeran Wish you Were Here-Pink Floyd Sweet Child of Mine -Guns n Roses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 There was a guy who played a violet trumpet thing who stood outside Partick station playing the same 90 tune over and over for hours. Haven't seen him for a while but I still remember the tune. Seen him on Sauchiehall street sometimes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I'm not in Glasgow very often, but any time I am, it's an absolute guarantee that someone will be doing "How to Save a Life" by the Fray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelocalcat Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Superb thread. Stevie Wonder - Superstition Johnny Cash - Folsam Prison Blues Jake Bugg - Lightning Bolt Tracy Chapman - Fast Car (would prefer if all history of this tune was just deleted tbh) Whoever sings - Jar of hearts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I started my working career in an office on King Street in Kilmarnock, and over Christmas that year there was a gypsy busker with an accordion who only played one song. I don't even know the title, but 9 years later I can still hear the fucking tune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 09:20, itzdrk said: Unfortunately where I work there is a backalley that leads out into Buchanan Street right where they always are. Some shitcunt is there every day doing fucking Coldplay. I may dismember him one day. 1. Any Coldplay 2. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley 3. Bagpipes 4. Coldplay again 5. Coldplay. Do you see the wee guy that dances along with any that set up there? Very funny, in a tragic acid casualty kind of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 7 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Do you see the wee guy that dances along with any that set up there? Very funny, in a tragic acid casualty kind of way. Aye seen him about plenty. Claims to be making money for charity with it. http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/leo-silent-raver-tells-glasgow-11925659 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 22 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Aye seen him about plenty. Claims to be making money for charity with it. http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/leo-silent-raver-tells-glasgow-11925659 I think Leo is full of shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser-fae-the-shire Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I think Leo is full of shite. I've just always assumed that boy was a wee bit no right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 14 minutes ago, Dosser-fae-the-shire said: I've just always assumed that boy was a wee bit no right. So did I, but the charity bit is dubious. How are the profits divided? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 There's a chap who busks outside our local shopping centre and he's pretty decent on the tenor sax. He was playing a jazz version "Rockin' Round the Xmas Tree" when I was buying a bottle of ginger earlier and I was about to put a £2 coin in to his hat when he started A Fairytale of New York. GTF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dosser-fae-the-shire Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 So did I, but the charity bit is dubious. How are the profits divided? Aye, I doubt that's true. Saw him yesterday. He was carrying an orange portable speaker which was playing some tinny techno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 I was in Clydebank last week & a young guy was singing That's Life, it was pitiful considering that's the first time I've heard it sung outwith Karaoke but defo not a busking song!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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