Miscellaneous: Today, I was at a band concert with 500 other people. The song...

By RedFace - 05/04/2011 14:06 - United States

Today, I was at a band concert with 500 other people. The song they were performing stopped, and I loved it so much I stood up and clapped. Everyone stared, while I slowly realized the song wasn't over. FML

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By Anonymous - 11/10/2010 22:29 - Canada

Today, I attended a musical. A new song was played, and I thought I'd heard it before because it sounded strangely familiar. I sang along quietly as the song progressed, positive I knew it. Anticipating the next chorus, I belted out the lyrics with all my heart. It was instrumental. FML

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By Anonymous - 14/03/2022 18:00

Today, I was a guest performer for a school orchestra concert a grade above mine. When they called my name, I didn’t hear them, so when they started the song hundreds of people watched me run on stage. FML

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By American idol - 06/04/2011 06:19

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

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By CA19oo - 16/01/2012 03:08 - United States

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

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By Silverfeathery - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff

Today, during a moment of silence in front of the entire high school during my band concert, I managed to hit the stand with my flute, and loudly scrambled to catch it before it fell over. I've never had so many people look at me. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/01/2012 21:05 - United States

Today, I had my first chorus concert. We got a bigger applause when we left the stage than when we sang. FML

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By anonymous - 13/06/2012 16:58 - United States - Mundelein

Today, I went to a concert. One of my favorite bands was performing, and I'd had the ticket for seven months, with a great seat for the show. It was all going perfectly, that is until a guy twice my height sat in front of me. FML

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By annoyed - 02/11/2012 10:37 - United States - Wyoming

Today, I finally got to attend the concert I have been anticipating for weeks. The band was great. The drunk guy sitting behind me yelling profanity and out of tune lyrics in my ear throughout the entire show, however, was not. FML

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By 1thapp3ns - 10/01/2010 04:29 - United States

Today, I went to dinner with my mom and her new boyfriend. At the restaurant, while we were eating, he started clapping and singing, "If You're Happy and You Know It." My mom joined in. They sang loudly. Loud enough for the entire restaurant to go quiet and stare. FML

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By acapelladisaster - 13/03/2015 00:39 - United States - Indianapolis

Today, in my online class, I accidentally unmuted my mic. Normally that would be fine… except today I decided to serenade myself with a silly song. I didn't realize until everyone started clapping at the end of the song. FML

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muchagente 5

Tuesday 5 April 2011 19:55

no, i've been there: op was the only one who knew the song was over. the band started playing again to avoid an awkward situation when they saw that no one clapped. except one.

HarmonyChord 0

Tuesday 5 April 2011 19:08

Don't worry I'm sure those 500 other people didn't even notice, except that they did. Sucks for you!

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yourreflection 0

Tuesday 5 April 2011 22:24

you should've said; damn, where did all of these bees come from?

KRS_13 0

Tuesday 5 April 2011 22:36

i was about to say that!

aleasucks 0

Tuesday 5 April 2011 22:36

hahahhahahahah

X_o_X_ocutie 0

Tuesday 5 April 2011 23:12

didn't u notice that NO ONE ELSE WAS CLAPPING

skaterpaige 3

Wednesday 6 April 2011 0:01

ive definetly done that before LOL.

Swim3495 3

Wednesday 6 April 2011 0:09

dude number one rule... dont clap till someone else starts

stephaniegeezy 0

Wednesday 6 April 2011 0:22

You were the only person out of 500 people to clap and cheer? I'm usually screaming throughout a concert so the only way that could've happened is if you were listening to an orchestra...

Kitten_love 22

Thursday 15 January 2015 17:20

Well OP did say a BAND concert. I usually see that specification as a hint. I've only every been to one concert, but I've been to multiple band concerts, especially being in band myself. Yay clarinet :) I hope this helped!

Jocupcake 0

Wednesday 6 April 2011 0:24

Oh how musicians hate people who clap between movements

varkey 7

Wednesday 6 April 2011 0:31

i hate people like this. i don't understand why they don't check to make sure the musicians are done before clapping. i did this once (at a conference) and i was quickly embarrassed, but accepted full responsibility for it. i was aware that i did something wrong (which i never did again) and wouldn't post something like that on FML, because it was only your fault.

colebaker 0

Wednesday 6 April 2011 1:10

well im in band and i know that its hard to tell if igs the end or not. its good that u claped anyway

joa76 3

Wednesday 6 April 2011 3:35

It's actually really easy to tell if it's the end or not...when it's over, the conductor drops his arms, and a lot of times turns around and bows to the audience. If the conductor's arms are still up, it's not over. And no, it's not good that they clapped anyway. Generally those bits that sound like it could be over when it isn't are for effect, and people clapping during them completely ruins it.