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I was surprized and saddened on Saturday not to hear the familiar sounds of the boys on the footbridge this week. Its quite amazing that stadium management/city council wowsers use the old OH&S excuse to ban them and are seemingly powerless to stop flares going off in the ground!
Moods wrote:Couple of Buskers near the LaTrobe Street bridge playing 'Oh when the saints.' Not sure if they're the same ones from the Bourke Street bridge.
goodie wrote:I noticed that too! Thought it was a bad omen
yeah, i thought it was a bad omen as well. so i made sure i at least heard the girl with the bagpipes playing before i went in.
I really cant see why those two buskers cant do the same as the girl with the bagpipes.
Stand up on those stupid seats and play
Speaking of the seats...i saw a guy slam shin-first into one walking to the ground Sat night. Made my poor lil innocent ears blush with the words he used too lol
Was not crowded at all..he was totally not watching where he was going
goodie wrote:I noticed that too! Thought it was a bad omen
yeah, i thought it was a bad omen as well. so i made sure i at least heard the girl with the bagpipes playing before i went in.
I really cant see why those two buskers cant do the same as the girl with the bagpipes.
Stand up on those stupid seats and play
Speaking of the seats...i saw a guy slam shin-first into one walking to the ground Sat night. Made my poor lil innocent ears blush with the words he used too lol
Was not crowded at all..he was totally not watching where he was going
That has happened a few times...
Talk about health and safety ....those seats are more dangerous than a couple of buskers standing and playing IMO...
But those two should do the same as the bagpipe girl and stand up on those stupid seats and play
Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel to appear, run down there and light the bloody thing yourself!
It does amuse me that one of the kids on the Latrobe st side seems to always be in shorts, no matter how cold it is or how blue his legs get... presumably for the sympathy coin, which I'd personally rather give to the Salvos.
Bernard Shakey wrote:The Footy Buskers have their own CD for sale and play the song of whoever's the home team is. Who cares if they're there or not?
That's not entirely true.
They claim to be StK supporters and always play our song before our matches and after our matches, though if remembers far enough back, they play a funerial version when we lose.
But you are right they do "moonlight" at other non StK games and play non StK theme songs.
But ultimately they are buskers and that is what buskers do to earn a living.
Their CD isn't too bad.
And it includes songs about a number of clubs.
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.Â
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
I'm not really superstitious,
but for the finals I would love to know where they are busking so I can walk past them on the way in.
Will make it seem more like a home game and set the right vibe.
I have seen them at other finals at the end of that western footbridge from the ferris wheel (the one that works) that plays all that weirdo music.
The rest of Australia can wander mask-free, socialise, eat out, no curfews, no zoning, no police rings of steel, no illogical inconsistent rules.Â
They can even WATCH LIVE FOOTY!
goodie wrote:I noticed that too! Thought it was a bad omen
yeah, i thought it was a bad omen as well. so i made sure i at least heard the girl with the bagpipes playing before i went in.
I really cant see why those two buskers cant do the same as the girl with the bagpipes.
Stand up on those stupid seats and play
Speaking of the seats...i saw a guy slam shin-first into one walking to the ground Sat night. Made my poor lil innocent ears blush with the words he used too lol
Was not crowded at all..he was totally not watching where he was going
Oh , it wasn't just my stupidity then ,, christ , i near broke my leg on those stupid bloody things after the Rd 6 Dogs game ,,, Hell of a gash in my shin.
Now that is a hazard and an unbeilvably stupid one to have there.
Biuskers should play ,, refuse to pay the fine ,, go to court and show the benches/seats ,, bloody stupid
I was surprized and saddened on Saturday not to hear the familiar sounds of the boys on the footbridge this week. Its quite amazing that stadium management/city council wowsers use the old OH&S excuse to ban them and are seemingly powerless to stop flares going off in the ground! 
( God help me)
