Encore!

Recently, I was at the symphony, yes, very posh.

At the end, the guest musicians and the conductor took their bow and walked off stage. The rest of the symphony stayed put. We all clapped and lo and behold, they came back! Call me crazy, but it's the freaking symphony, a stage encore just seems a bit, well, lame.

Bands do this all the time, walk off stage and then, while you're clapping away madly - you realize that they haven't played their most popular song. What?! That can't be! Oh please please please come back. Yay band! GAG.

I'm sure that back in the day, an encore was a genuine thing. Now it just seem a little desperate and attention seeking.