Banners

OK, so Seb mentioned in another thread about banners, maybe we should share ideas, see if a load of us can arrange to have the same ones at the same shows, get a strong message across.

Obviously sometimes it's about requesting specific songs, so it depends what we all want, but sometimes I like seeing the ones with puns, a bit of word-play with the song titles/lyrics. I only started this because I was out earlier and thought of one myself...

"You've seen our faces - now rock them all"

Yes, I know it's crap, but I like it Or how about

"Hey Jon! Seems like all the good sets have gone"

Aloha !

I think just a play with words makes no sense if you're not requesting a song. I don't get this idea of a banner that just says something. What's the point of that?

"I've been to 50 shows!" "

Well yay, good for you. What do you expect? A thumbs up from Jon? Telling the band that you've been to 50 shows makes just as much sense as "Yesterday I brushed my teeth while listening to Bon Jovi"

It's not going to change anything. Request a song or bugger off.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Get a chick to lift up her shirt to reveal HEY GOD written on each breast.

Aloha !

Deal. You hold up your tits and I'll write it down. It might take some time though, I'm a perfectionist.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Well if we're being pedantic then why bother going to shows at all? The songs are mostly the same, you could just get a bootleg, right? Everyone does different things for whatever reason - and it's not like request banners are guaranteed to work anyway.

Aloha !

That's not making any sense either. I'm going there for the music, to hear them live, which is why the band performs, right? I'm not there to get a nod from Jon or a thumbs up or whatever. I know banners do not always work, but it gives you the opportunity to make a request and make you able to hear a song live.

I just absolutely don't get what you're trying to achieve with a banner that's not requesting anything. The idea is completely pointless to me, and if anyone can explain to me what the point is of having a banner that says "I've been to 50 shows" please enlighten me.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

Well if you don't 'get it' then no ammount of explanation will make you. There's a lot of things that people like which I don't 'get' but am not going to stop them doing because it makes no difference to me.

Aloha !

Eh? I'm not going to stop them either ey, although a banner with the text "**** off with your pointless banners" would be funny.

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan

It would be somewhat ironic though if you did that

For me though I just thought that a silly one would just be a bit of fun - it's not just the band who might see anyway, but if you ended up on the screens or whatever then everyone else would get a look too, perhaps end up seeing youself on a bootleg or in someones photos. I can understand how you'd not be interrested in that, just each to his own really.

Aloha !

I could always write something on the back of my banner in Germany. "You krauts suck at soccer" for example. Sure that'd be nice wouldn't it?

Salaam Aleikum,
Sebastiaan