Annoying Buzz at World Cup Games

vuvuzela is a fun word.

 

There is this thing called noise pollution.

I'm guessing FIFA wouldn't allow carbon monoxide to be pumped into stadiums in the name of "cultural identity."

 

Hey Luggy show us your vuvuzelas.


Sound has kind of grown on me. It reminds me of the screams you hear in Midnight Express or the yodeling at a downhill ski race. Sound give you one more flavor of a country.

 

What bugs me is it doesn't seem to have any connection to anything happening on the field.

Doesn't matter if it's good play or bad play, an exciting or boring game, or who is winning, it's just the same endless monotonous drone. I might find the vuvuzelas less annoying if I understood their purpose.

 

African revenge for the slave trade

 

But it's not an instrument. It's a noisemaker. No better than the dumb things people hand out on New Year's Eve.

 

Sound is continuous which says a lot about African lung capacity. No wonder why they are such great marathoners.

 

It falls somewhere between "Rock & Roll Part 2" and "Who let the dogs out?" as far as stadium atmosphere I could live without.

"Final Countdown" is the only stadium "anthem" I ever really liked. But I probably would have got sick of it had it been 1/10th as ubiquitous as "da da da da da HEY!"

 

Africa's answer to Thunderstix.

 

Exactly. But as much as some fans might like Thunderstix, no one would argue that they're a "musical instrument" or have some cultural significance.

Now, if you want to argue that they've become tradition in South Africa and they want to keep them, fine.

But, don't act like we're not respecting your culture if we don't like these noisemakers.

 

Next up Rally Monkeys

 

It's all about having the slow-twitch lungs.