because it's not funny, and it's annoying to 98% of the people around you.

that's what she means.

it has nothing to do with being a fan or not. i'm saying 98% of the people in attendance, the people in the room, think it's annoying.

Yeah.... It's just kinda(VERY) annoying to me.. I just think it's a little disrespectful(Not that any fans opinion on which "brother is better" matters to them)...

We didn't say that you didn't pay for a ticket... And it is your concert... But it's not only your concert.. And you can shout if you want to.. It's just annoying and obnoxious.

oh boy...jonny, are you messing with us? are you a board member's alter ego, set up specifically to stir us all into a frenzy? or are these really your opinions?

Being from a family of three brothers, by this point in the song i'm usually to choked up to do anything more than give an affirming nod to whichever family members happen to be with me at the show...

i second the chewbacca vote. after all, he's the co-pilot of the millenium falcon. what has sasquatch ever done besides scare people camping in the woods? missing link...bah.

I have never thought 'Murder in the City' was the kind of song you shout during...Save that for Colorshow or one of their other upbeat numbers that give you lines to shout...
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"It's not where I am, it's who I'm with."
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hmm...good point. i think i'd back chewie in a shouting match though. at the very least.

ETA: um...that was in response to shortatry. the order of replies made that comment kinda misleading.

Please refer to my signature for my opinion on this matter (special thanks to Marissa for being my soul sister and knowing me well enough to craft it!).

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Team Avett #36

lildeadhead: that pen she uses to keep her setlists? it's a human-finger bone. dipped in the blood of the ones who yell out during "murder in the city". poetic, no?

Yeah, we all know not to shout out during Murder In The City...that's no longer up for discussion.

So we have two votes for Chewbacca and one for Sasquatch...but Sasquatch may not be real, he may just be a made-up character or a sheep in wolf's clothes. Or a really tall hippie who went camping and never left the woods, went completely native, and started growing body hair of amazing magnitude.

hahaha...i had forgotten it already.

perfect! and i know you back chewbacca, too.

I seem to be the only one on this thread with an unpopular opinion.

Oh yes, only you, shortatry

Speaking of Chewbacca.. "Does he have a translator?.... It would be so funny if he drove, like, a Miata"

of course jonny. as you so aptly stated, we paid for the album, so the songs are ours. it's all about us. yay us!

I think that's only because they don't offer Chewbacca's language as an option of Facebook.

Relentless. I can see a lost cause.
But i'll be back, like the sand people, in greater numbers.

I always think of my brother Tim & then tear up when they get to the "I'm proud of you both, in so many different ways" line. That song always gets me.

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"Rock & Roll means well, it just can't help telling young boys lies." Mike Cooley

Plus, we know Chewbacca's friends are Han Solo and Luke Skywalker. Who are Sasquatch's friends? El Cupacabra?

Well, for tonight, I have had a little too much (of this), so I will be shouting out goodnight for now. Thanks for playing, kids.

but come on when you yell bobby its a little bit cool. "you've been waiting all night for that haven't you?"-seth

i found it much worse when people started to clap in l.a. so i yelled"that's enough!" but its not on the tape
at the same time i'm glad that they were getting into it in their own way. i'm not sure that's the song for that though....

i guess they'll have to post a "no yelling out names during murder in city" policy shortly.

ive heard scott and seth actually keep score....

So glad that others answered this and jacked it before I could--I saw the question when it was first posted and forced myself to bite my tongue/fingers. this is one of my biggest Avett show pet peeves--when people yell out a name during this song, so I'm holding my tongue no longer.
I may be really into the song, but that doesn't mean I'm incapable of distraction, I'm not watching it in a bubble--when it's a slower, beautiful song and someone yells ANYthing out, then of course I'm capable of being distracted. And as Angi said, it's the obvious joke, not funny. what's funny about making a joke during a meaningful song? and I also agree it's disrespectful to them to yell out anyone's name--kinda goes against the nature of the song. but sure, you paid for your ticket just like the rest of us--you're certainly allowed to say or do pretty much whatever you want. doesn't mean others will like it. if that's okay with you, then there's not a whole lot anyone can do about it.
oh yeah, and the clapping during the song also sucks.

And I gotta go with Chewbacca. I mean, Sasquatch/Yeti/Bigfoot--doesn't even have enough balls to REALLY show himself--why all the freaking mystery??? Sure, he has the element of surprise, but come ON already.

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I wanna have friends that I can trust,
That love me for the man I’ve become, not the man that I was.

I'll cast my vote for this being the most immature topic ever started.

I'm so glad this was derailed into a chewbacca/susquatch debate. My dog makes noises like chewbacca when she begs for food, yet I've always been intriqued by Susquatch. I like my mythical characters to be a little mysterious.

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we collect and put away lots of fragments, because we keep recording devices and notebooks with us at all times and when the song calls, when the song comes, we are prepared to accept it