Jukeboxes in bars

Rob Instigator · 02.14.2008, 02:03 PM

I have always loved jukeboxes. I wish I owned one for my 45's. The CD jukes are cool too. I have finally gotten the hang of the digital internet capable jukeboxes that have proliferated these past 5 years or so

they have one at the bowling alley i go to and it rules to be able to spend two credits to download any sonic youth song or unwound song or polvo song (which are NEVER on jukeboxes) and play them! I played some unwound at the bowling alley and it was all loud and shit and after 2 minutes the alley manager skipped the song! it was too much for him!

At one of the bars my friends go to they have one and I played all soprts of kick ass shit. I LOVE being abl;e to play my beloved sonic youth whereveer I want!!!!! and making others sit through it! that's the best!

have any of you used these? the really opbscure stuff it does not have access to but you can play all the fugazi you want!

girlgun · 02.14.2008, 02:15 PM

i have a friend who always plays poopship because it's so long. (personally not a fan, but reactions are funny).

Me and my other friend often play some slayer.

Kina · 02.14.2008, 02:18 PM

I haven't seen a jukebox in ages actually, I think I saw one in a pub sometime last year or something but it only had some crap on it

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.14.2008, 02:20 PM

internet jukeboxes?

There is this one jukebox in this old diner with a ton of country, but it has CCR, Johnny Cash, and Patsy Cline, so I always pick some of that stuff.

girlgun · 02.14.2008, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

internet jukeboxes?

Srsly? Most everywhere has one here. It isnt like every song ever is on there...but you can access at least part of a band's catalog.

Kina · 02.14.2008, 02:25 PM

Ah hehe brain freeze

m1rr0r dash · 02.14.2008, 03:03 PM

i always wanted to find a jukebox that had the bouncing souls "bullying the jukebox" on it so i could play it and then proceed to do the same...

Well i walked into the bar and i put in twenty bucks
Because i know people's taste in music sucks
About four hours had passed,
forty picks, my empty glass.

a tasty number all dressed in black
tried to rock us with her wack attack
There was no fuss we knew her game
you look great but all your songs are lame

Bullying the jukebox because it's fun!
You can't get near it until we're done!
Bullying the jukebox because we rule!
All the songs we like are really cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp8tImU-NTs

!@#$%! · 02.14.2008, 03:38 PM

my problem with downloadable is they cost a buck a tune-- you can buy the fucking mp3 for that price. so the ripoff factor annoys me a bit.

BUT there was this bar in dc called temperance hall, which you can see here:

& it specializes in rye whiskey (awesome shots), and to the right of this picture there is a jukebox and it's pretty well loaded with shit like iggy, mingus, television, coltrane, etc.

once there were these asswads putting in a load of shit music and i slipped my dollar & gave them a double whammy of marquee moon & goodbye porkpie hat, which are loooooong tunes & cut the flow of crap wonderfully.

yeah i like jukeboxes, and i'll happily get ripped off by them when necessary.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.14.2008, 03:53 PM

I have to be the DJ everywhere I go.

Can't turn around now, can't turn around now, woah-oh

Rob Instigator · 02.14.2008, 04:09 PM

the ones here in houston are 50 cents to download. NICE!

I put in $5.00 and I am screwing with people's heads for an hour! diamond sea for $.50

StevOK · 02.14.2008, 05:44 PM

Hmmm...I wonder when we're going to get one of those here...

My wife's aunt has a juke box full of 45s. It has to "reset" every time you play a song on it, though, which is really fucking annoying since it will automatically go to Aerosmith or something.

girlgun · 02.14.2008, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

the ones here in houston are 50 cents to download. NICE!

I put in $5.00 and I am screwing with people's heads for an hour! diamond sea for $.50

every one i've ever seen is 1.00 if it has never been downloaded and then 50 cents if it has. i'm betting you paid a dollar the first time you played diamond sea and now it's just 50 cents....

EMMAh · 02.14.2008, 07:20 PM

I keep reading the thread title as Juice Boxes in Bars haha.
But yeah, jukeboxes are cool.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.14.2008, 07:21 PM

fuck that, jukeboxes put bar bands out of work, fuck a machine support a person, wouldn't you rather hear live music?

girlgun · 02.14.2008, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

fuck that, jukeboxes put bar bands out of work, fuck a machine support a person, wouldn't you rather hear live music?

not always, no. sometimes i just want some background music. difficult to have a conversation with a band playing.

SuchFriendsAreDangerous · 02.14.2008, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by girlgun

not always, no. sometimes i just want some background music. difficult to have a conversation with a band playing.

not if they are playing at a level which facilitates both live music and conversation, which is the proper format for a bar gig to begin with.

EMMAh · 02.14.2008, 07:30 PM

I assume it would also be hard to have a band playing all the time. So when a band isn't playing, the jukebox is.

girlgun · 02.14.2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

not if they are playing at a level which facilitates both live music and conversation, which is the proper format for a bar gig to begin with.

well we don't have that "format" here. if a band plays... they put on a show.

jukeboxes are awesome. and a lot of bands fucking suck.

phoenix · 02.14.2008, 07:45 PM

No places I visit have jukeboxes

Its either a band or a couple of people doing accoustic or caberet or whatev. Or if its canned stuff its played by the house dj and from the place you're in and the day it is, the style or type of music is pretty regular.. like saturdays at a bar I like is fucking gay electro.. where as wednesdays at the same bar is awesome jazz.

hum.

But then my city has a band to venue ratio of about 250:1... and we have a lot of venues. so there you go.

Green_mind · 02.15.2008, 09:39 AM

The ones I've used have been a rip, over a quid for one tune, screw that for a bag of chips.

02.14.2008, 02:03 PM	#1
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	I have always loved jukeboxes. I wish I owned one for my 45's. The CD jukes are cool too. I have finally gotten the hang of the digital internet capable jukeboxes that have proliferated these past 5 years or so they have one at the bowling alley i go to and it rules to be able to spend two credits to download any sonic youth song or unwound song or polvo song (which are NEVER on jukeboxes) and play them! I played some unwound at the bowling alley and it was all loud and shit and after 2 minutes the alley manager skipped the song! it was too much for him! At one of the bars my friends go to they have one and I played all soprts of kick ass shit. I LOVE being abl;e to play my beloved sonic youth whereveer I want!!!!! and making others sit through it! that's the best! have any of you used these? the really opbscure stuff it does not have access to but you can play all the fugazi you want! __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.14.2008, 02:15 PM	#2
girlgun invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,906	i have a friend who always plays poopship because it's so long. (personally not a fan, but reactions are funny). Me and my other friend often play some slayer.
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02.14.2008, 02:18 PM	#3
Kina children of satan Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 352	I haven't seen a jukebox in ages actually, I think I saw one in a pub sometime last year or something but it only had some crap on it
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02.14.2008, 02:20 PM	#4
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	internet jukeboxes? There is this one jukebox in this old diner with a ton of country, but it has CCR, Johnny Cash, and Patsy Cline, so I always pick some of that stuff.
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02.14.2008, 02:25 PM	#6
Kina children of satan Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 352	Ah hehe brain freeze
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02.14.2008, 03:03 PM	#7
m1rr0r dash invito al cielo Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: atari Posts: 2,228	i always wanted to find a jukebox that had the bouncing souls "bullying the jukebox" on it so i could play it and then proceed to do the same... Well i walked into the bar and i put in twenty bucks Because i know people's taste in music sucks About four hours had passed, forty picks, my empty glass. a tasty number all dressed in black tried to rock us with her wack attack There was no fuss we knew her game you look great but all your songs are lame Bullying the jukebox because it's fun! You can't get near it until we're done! Bullying the jukebox because we rule! All the songs we like are really cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp8tImU-NTs __________________
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02.14.2008, 03:38 PM	#8
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,648	my problem with downloadable is they cost a buck a tune-- you can buy the fucking mp3 for that price. so the ripoff factor annoys me a bit. BUT there was this bar in dc called temperance hall, which you can see here: & it specializes in rye whiskey (awesome shots), and to the right of this picture there is a jukebox and it's pretty well loaded with shit like iggy, mingus, television, coltrane, etc. once there were these asswads putting in a load of shit music and i slipped my dollar & gave them a double whammy of marquee moon & goodbye porkpie hat, which are loooooong tunes & cut the flow of crap wonderfully. yeah i like jukeboxes, and i'll happily get ripped off by them when necessary.
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02.14.2008, 03:53 PM	#9
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I have to be the DJ everywhere I go. Can't turn around now, can't turn around now, woah-oh
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02.14.2008, 04:09 PM	#10
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	the ones here in houston are 50 cents to download. NICE! I put in $5.00 and I am screwing with people's heads for an hour! diamond sea for $.50 __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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02.14.2008, 05:44 PM	#11
StevOK expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Henrietta, TX Posts: 2,412	Hmmm...I wonder when we're going to get one of those here... My wife's aunt has a juke box full of 45s. It has to "reset" every time you play a song on it, though, which is really fucking annoying since it will automatically go to Aerosmith or something. __________________ Follow me! Soundcloud Tumblr Facebook
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02.14.2008, 07:20 PM	#13
EMMAh invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,433	I keep reading the thread title as Juice Boxes in Bars haha. But yeah, jukeboxes are cool. __________________
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02.14.2008, 07:21 PM	#14
SuchFriendsAreDangerous invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: fucking Los Angeles Posts: 14,801	fuck that, jukeboxes put bar bands out of work, fuck a machine support a person, wouldn't you rather hear live music? __________________ Today Rap music is the Lakers
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02.14.2008, 07:30 PM	#17
EMMAh invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,433	I assume it would also be hard to have a band playing all the time. So when a band isn't playing, the jukebox is. __________________
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02.14.2008, 07:45 PM	#19
phoenix invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: the future where it's hot and dark Posts: 5,926	No places I visit have jukeboxes Its either a band or a couple of people doing accoustic or caberet or whatev. Or if its canned stuff its played by the house dj and from the place you're in and the day it is, the style or type of music is pretty regular.. like saturdays at a bar I like is fucking gay electro.. where as wednesdays at the same bar is awesome jazz. hum. But then my city has a band to venue ratio of about 250:1... and we have a lot of venues. so there you go. __________________ tiny and lost.
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02.15.2008, 09:39 AM	#20
Green_mind the end of the ugly Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 827	The ones I've used have been a rip, over a quid for one tune, screw that for a bag of chips.
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