BUSKERS
 

Are these human beings necessary or the cause for all that is evil in the world?

I do know that Dave Brock from Hawkwind went from busking to doing some of the most rockin'est rock action ever.

...and then followed that up with many years of pure Cheez Whiz.

Still, it does prove that some good things come of it sometimes.
Just not very often.

EVIL!!!

Seeing as you've got me started...

The guy below busks around Windsor and Staines, and is the most irritating man in the world. I can't explain why, you have to see him in action to understand.

And he's jumping too.That's fucking hurtful and vile.

And a motherfucking barefoot kid dancing near him too!

You see, he's got you annoyed and you've never even seen him live!

i just ignore them mostly, unless they are good then i will give them a few 10p's or something.

One of these creatures i see on my way home almost every day.I want to massacre the lot of them.

Is "busker" one of them funny words you England people use?

"Busker" is a term we use on this side of the Atlantic as well.
You are merely uncultured.
Rube.

Yeah. I think by now you can work out what it means, though.

I'm just not hep to the language of the youth movement, maybe.

In my day, we called em street musicians. I think I like buskers better, though. You crazy Brits/kids!

You can call them street musicians if you care nothing about efficiency in language.

Wait, you work at a university....that answers that.

Oooh, that's hitting below the belt, mister....

Anyway, give me some slack... I voted for setting fire.

Yeeeah, low blow, Savage.

There are some good ones though.Here's an example of a magnificient dead busker:

He'd get more than a quid if he was playing on the street.He'd get my attention.

Moondog didn't have to busk forever though.
Plus he gets full credit for looking like that in the 1950s and playing weirdo modern composition music on the streets.
While blind!


It can yield good results, just rarely.
You know, like prog rock.

Oh, it's Moondog. Cool.

The street was too small for his gorgeous music.

oh they ARE goddamn annoying pricks.

They make you feel guilty when they have dogs. There's a hobo in Liverpool that has a really cute puppy. How did he afford one if he's homeless?

And they should be reported to the RSPCA for how they treat their pets.

I'm sorry but.....

C'mon!

Is that Ian Brown?

No he's Russell Brand.

That fucking tosser? He does my head in. And he gets all the sexy ladies too. Bastard.

Did anyone else notice Ian Brown's cameo appearance in one of the Harry Potter movies?

But he's funny.

they are inescapable in berlin. they get on the trains, if you are in a cafe or restaraunt they play at your table until you pay them to go away, they are in the streets everywhere and they are as annoyning as a maggot in your dinner.

The Violent Femmes used to busk. I'd throw them a dollar.

i usually give them something because they actually DO something to earn money and not just come up to you and ask for it... those people annoy me (they dont do anything) and that's why the others are less annoying :D

Yeah, i will too, if they're good. But there are some real stinkers. Plus, since I work downtown, it could start getting expensive doing that every day.

same

there's this guy in my neighboorhood that goes around and just gives people compliments. i've only ran into him once and he complimented my outfit. but yeah he's a legend in dc

that's a nice thing to do. i usually write compliments on toilet doors or tables in trains. things like 'you're looking nice today' etc..

I am more likely to pay attention to people who play something that isn't guitar or sax, and especially if they DON'T SING.
I'll give people money just for having the good sense to keep their mouths shut and play some music.

there's a very good violin player in my city. he's been there as long as i can remember, and when we were younger we always asked our mother for some money to give him (she's a violin player herself so she usually gave some)

i have seen maybe two buskers that i liked. one on a winters day in the u-bahn when it was snowing and cold and she played a really sad piano piece that echoed through the station and everyone shut up. and a guy playing trumpet in a park in berlin again. it was cold and getting dark and it was lovely. he wasnt really playing for money, just to play i think. i went all a floppy one when i heard that.

With the exeption of one or two buskers that I thought were okay I'd say that they're all urban attention seekers.