Today, I overcame my stage fright and got up in front of a café audience with my acoustic guitar to sing a few of my songs. Some asshat kept yelling stuff like "NEEDS MORE COWBELL!" and "FREEBIRD!", which made me lose my nerve and flee. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, to help me get over my crippling social anxiety, my therapist encouraged me to sing in front of a crowd, since I actually have a fine singing voice. I ended up fainting onstage, mid-song. FML
Today, I worked up the courage to sing at an open mic night. I lost my cool halfway through because all I could hear was laughter. FML
Today, during an important music audition, I fudged everything up and forgot half the lyrics of the song I was performing, so I just sort of tailed off into embarrassed silence on stage. It was an original song, I wrote the lyrics myself. All the lady could say was, "Good luck next year, dear." FML
Today, at a talent show, my band got booed before we even started playing. FML
Today, I was singing and playing keyboards with my band on stage at a club. A drunken chick from the crowd tried to climb up onto the stage in her heels, fell, and grabbed the back of my mic stand to catch herself. And busted me in the mouth with my own microphone. Then she requested a song. FML
Today, my band got booed off stage. FML
Today, while I was singing a song with my guitar at a college open mic, my eyes started to burn, causing me to tear up and stop playing. Everyone in the audience thought I'd actually started to cry mid-performance. I ended up having to leave the stage teary-eyed and embarrassed myself in front of everyone. FML
Today, I went to see one of my favorite bands. When they started playing my favorite song I whipped out my video camera and sang along. As I was reviewing the video later, I realized that I couldn't even hear the band over my horrible singing. FML
Today, I was at a local talent show and during a piano performance I had to go to the bathroom. I sang along in the bathroom but was unaware how loud I was until I walked out and everyone started applauding me while the pianist was still playing. FML
Today, some idiot kid teased and taunted me for weeping on my "already bad performance", recording it on his phone threatening to put it on social media. I was singing and playing the guitar, in front of my childhood sweetheart, and supposedly soon-to-be wife's grave. It was our song. I do this every year on this day. FML
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Top comments
relaxeazy 24
Aww man :( keep it up bro you'll get there in the end! Just concentrate on you not anyone else
Dodge4x4Ram 46
Get back on the horse, it gets easier with time.
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Comments (85)
squarecircles 13
Awe don't let douches like that ruin it for ya. Ppl like that are just jealous cause they only wish they had as much guts as you to get up there. So with that in mind, just pay no mind to them and keep on playin'.
ThisisHarry 5
Don't worry about it! Come to Nottingham and sing in our café's, you are sure to get a warm welcome.
dannnngthatsux 19
If you are hoping to pay there again, bring a cowbell and when he interrupts, bring it out, play a bar or two, then go back to your regular instrument. Turn his idiocy to your advantage!
buckdharma 38
The Four Seasons didn't fear the bajeebers Nor did Earth Wind (And Fire), Wang Chung, or Cobain! Come on OP... Don't Fear The Creeper... La... la,la... la... la La... la,la... la ...la
XxxT3rr4xxX 25
You could just close your eyes and tune out people around you I Ann sure you would do just fine. Don't let one bad apple spoil your performance.
starsfan326 12
I'm sorry but that's hilarious
KenziDionne 14
You should have told him off
SquidInTheSky99 19
You have no idea how long I've been waiting for an FML with the the phrase "needs more cowbell" in it. Even though your day was ruined, you made mine.
TogeBara 12
Don't feel bad about telling off asshats. Comedians do it all the time and people should have some respect, even if you were to suck at singing, you are the one on stage, if he wants freebird he should get up there and sing it himself.
fatalwish 6
but it does need more cowbell