Son doesn't know his rockstars

[blowtorch]

So, my son is currently delivering beer for Budweiser.
Yesterday morning he pulls up into the Alliant Center to make a delivery and a bunch of guys are hanging out there- they ask him is he's a fan of Five Finger Death Punch, and he replies, "not really, no"

Turns out it was the band.

I say good. Keep 'em humble

 

[drf64]

The FFDP contract rider specifies Bud?

I’m with your son. I wouldn’t recognize them either. When I first heard of them I thought it sounded like a parody name.

 

[Blues Twanger]

I see nothing wrong with not recognizing a band outside one's own taste. Even bands whose music I recognize I couldn't pick out in a lineup. Our exposure to culture is so narrowed and focused by the algorithms these days it's easy to miss anything outside of your core interest.

 

[uriah1]

So, my son is currently delivering beer for Budweiser.
Yesterday morning he pulls up into the Alliant Center to make a delivery and a bunch of guys are hanging out there- they ask him is he's a fan of Five Finger Death Punch, and he replies, "not really, no"

Turns out it was the band.

I say good. Keep 'em humble

Wow and ya

 

[Mjark]

Never heard of them.

 

[SixStringSlinger]

I know who they are but I'd have had the same response.

I rang up/otherwise met a few "famous" people (from "universally" known celebrities to the president of a local university) while working in retail. No one whose work or other doings I was particularly interested in, though. They were all just people who were selling or buying books.

 

[radiocaster]

Same thing happened to me. Was at a pub and some guy asked me if I like this band. I knew of the band, but told him it's not that good. Turns out it was the bassist.

 

[Manual Slim]

Fishing for compliments can be a dangerous sport.

 

[bottlenecker]

So, my son is currently delivering beer for Budweiser.
Yesterday morning he pulls up into the Alliant Center to make a delivery and a bunch of guys are hanging out there- they ask him is he's a fan of Five Finger Death Punch, and he replies, "not really, no"

Turns out it was the band.

I say good. Keep 'em humble

I know who they are, but I'd have to answer the same. I mean, hey, they asked.

 

[MickM]

I never heard one of their songs but I'm betting the band name came from this 1970's martial arts film.

Five Fingers of Death (1972) - IMDb

Five Fingers of Death: Directed by Chang-hwa Jeong. With Lieh Lo, Ping Wang, Hsiung Chao, Chin-Feng Wang. As two martial arts schools prepare for an important tournament, one school's master is a dishonorable man, and to ensure his son wins the title, he hires three Japanese samurais, who target...

www.imdb.com

 

[68tele]

Does he know 2 Finger Eye Gouge?

 

[Nogoodnamesleft]

I put my foot in it one day with a head coach and general manager of an NHL team. The team had even won the Stanley Cup that year and I didn't recognize him. He even asked if I liked hockey and I said no. And when he asked if I did who would I cheer for I gave the name of another team in eastern Canada.

I totally didn't recognize him. No sport coat or bad words to lip read off the television, just a guy with a plaid shirt and a beer sitting on the deck while we were playing on the trampoline. All I knew was his son and I skateboarded together.

 

[4 Cat Slim]

What's this Budweiser you guys are talking about?

 

[Strat Jacket]

I've heard of the band. Never heard their music. Wouldn't know them from Adam, nor would care to. Not my genre.

 

[Rustbucket]

Fishing for compliments can be a dangerous sport.

Agreed, but to me this sounds more like they were looking for someone to give some free tickets to.

 

[Rustbucket]

I think the bigger question here is, what self-respecting Wisconsinite drives for AB?

 

[Fiesta Red]

I’ve heard of a lot of bands.

That doesn’t mean I know their stuff, much less what they look like.

However, I have learned to say, “I don’t really know their stuff, but I’ll give anything a spin…why do you ask?”
Because I’ve met some guys who drop all pretentiousness and try to win you over as a fan.

I won tickets on the radio to a guy (Chris Whitley) that I knew only one song by…and ended up a huge fan.

Ya never know what you’ll get if you remain hopefully optimistic.

 

[posttoastie]

He should have asked them if they are fans of The Blowtorches !

 

[blowtorch]

He should have asked them if they are fans of The Blowtorches !

He's stood by (when he was much younger) watching while big-name band guys were trying to impress me, rolling his eyes and saying "well, he's in FOUR bands"

haha I was cool to him once upon a time

 

[arlum]

I've never heard of the band either. I guess some form of inbreeding could result in five fingers on one hand but I wouldn't go around making a spectacle of it.