"It isn't light shows, flamethrowers and
bellowing announcers which create atmosphere. Most of the time they
flatten it, turning spectators into passive recipients of the
homogenised racket which makes one sporting event very much like
another. Turn off the noise and crowds will create the atmosphere for
themselves, provided the on-field entertainment - which is after all
what the day is about - is good enough."
-Huw Richards
He is talking about all the fireworks and canned music the fans at Millenium Stadium in Cardiff have to endure these days. There isn't a more entertaining, authentic, and naturally enthusiastic crowd in the whole world than a Welsh crowd, and yet the powers that be couldn't leave well enough alone.
So I think this guy's got it right. I'd keep the band stuff and the lone
trumpeter. But if you need all that other stuff blasted at you
to get up for a game, the patriotic thing would have been for you to
give your ticket to someone who doesn't.
Ok, that's enough tilting at windmills for one day.
bellowing announcers which create atmosphere. Most of the time they
flatten it, turning spectators into passive recipients of the
homogenised racket which makes one sporting event very much like
another. Turn off the noise and crowds will create the atmosphere for
themselves, provided the on-field entertainment - which is after all
what the day is about - is good enough."
-Huw Richards
He is talking about all the fireworks and canned music the fans at Millenium Stadium in Cardiff have to endure these days. There isn't a more entertaining, authentic, and naturally enthusiastic crowd in the whole world than a Welsh crowd, and yet the powers that be couldn't leave well enough alone.
So I think this guy's got it right. I'd keep the band stuff and the lone
trumpeter. But if you need all that other stuff blasted at you
to get up for a game, the patriotic thing would have been for you to
give your ticket to someone who doesn't.
Ok, that's enough tilting at windmills for one day.
