belly-buttons

cameos

I dont udnerstand why dont they just make their sets 2-3 songs longer.

angst

singers that warble their voice.

man my mind is fried this morning, I meant encores although cameos can be annoying too.
Kenny Rogers and Wyclef Jean can only spell disaster.

i second angst. and emo in general.

and I don't mind encores. for cinematic effect.

End of song fade-outs. C'mon just use some ingenuity and end the song definitively.

The Scott Stapp voice. That constipated tone that was really popular in the late 90s early 00s that is finally going away.

Late 90s rappers that basically sampled an entire song and just changed a few words. Associated with those songs were the annoying videos that typically took place on a yacht, were sepia toned and just had a bunch of booty hoes dancing around.

Rap metal: especially Linkin Park. If I hear one more person say that Chester has a great voice, I don't know what I will do.

bridge to keychange chorus to "step it up a notch". come on. so played out.

not a convention per se but it seems to be happening more and more rhyming a word with the same word the next line

empassioned, "this is our best show ever, you guys rock" lines. shut up. that's up to me to decide. not you.

Using the studio to make up for lack of skill. Seeing live performers who on recordings substituted skill with studio trickery can be a big disappointment.

I really hate how all the really old musicians get all the record deals because they're the ones with all the money and power.... what?...oh...er -- wrong thread, sorry.

stage antics

solos. guitar solos. drum solos. whatever. i hate em.

costumes are silly too. just get up their and play damn it.

oh, one more. back up vocal tracks. you know the things that singers use to make it sound like they are singing when they can't sing because they are so out of breath from dancing. just stop dancing damn it.

or maybe they just can't sing al la ashley simpson.

"I really hate how all the really old musicians get all the record deals because they're the ones with all the money and power.... what?...oh...er -- wrong thread, sorry."

People that try to make a wise ass crack in a place that it dont belong.

Children/siblings of musicians getting deals because their parent/sibling is famous. See that chubby Osbourne

or see phantom planet and rooney

key changes in general. i dont have a problem with them in larger compositions, but if you need to change keys for the final chorus of a 3 min song, then you really have problems.

variety shows/light entertainment, the one thing in this world that make me wish i own a gun.

soap stars starting 'musical' careers.

Throwing half full beer bottles at the stage on a Saturday Night in Livingston....

at lip sinking country stars...

oh a bank teller singing along with the background music, like you really want to hear her irritating voice when your cashing a check.

Gimmick Songs, a'la Crazy Frog. Die!

acapella

- are you ready loz angelEEZ
-WaoooOOO
-DID you SAY YEAA
-WaooOO
-DID I hear daaat
-wAOOO, yeaww YeaaW
-orright orraayt HERe we GO

than proceed with an easly recognizable first few notes that is out of tune version of bands famous song while sound man still adjusting the speakers.

*from the anotomy of a crowd pleezing band on the 18 th leg of their US tour called 'victory tour'.. that is victory for orginizers and record companies and the band members who needed the money desperatly.

all done with a wireless mic.

abra,

motley crüe is over...time to get off of the sunset strip ;

Umlaut go! Woo! Yeah. You hear me loz angelEEZ?!

bands that look like new wave

see what i mean

Joe Jackson -- what the heck went wrong there?

overuse of hand-clapping / tap-dancing
Read: Tilly and the Wall.

songs with babies crying (bright eyes, modest mouse)

Rim Joist, did you say something about Joe Jackson?

tri-tones

stega-
one band uses tap dancing and its all over for you?

hi hat