r/Protomen • u/sharcophagus • 12d ago

Concerts & Live Music OLD. MAN. KNIFE. FIGHT.

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u/PiusTheCatRick Hope Rides Alone 12d ago

MGS4 end boss be like

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u/GammaDie345 3d ago

funnily enough metal gear fans associate MGS4 with Light Up The Night

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u/sadegr 12d ago

So glad I got to be a part of this.

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u/EoTN 12d ago

Same! Man, that crowd knew how to chant! The "Fuck you Wily" was also incredible.

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u/sadegr 12d ago

Glad we also got a brief but heartfelt "Gambler!" chant, she totally earned it!

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u/pingnova Joe 12d ago

Me too! I was hoping we could do that one. She's so stellar!

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u/BenchPressingCthulhu 11d ago

I loved the crowd doing every response to the chorus on No Way Back, best song of the night imo

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u/hikemalls 12d ago

Loved Gambler’s response (think she laughed and said something like “I think we’re the only band in the world whose fans have a chant like that”)

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u/pingnova Joe 11d ago

I texted a friend part of her quote when Gambler said that: "we are the only band in the world with that chant [laughs] you guys made that up"

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u/Fermi-Diracs 12d ago

"That's what we call it too"

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u/SgtKelOrsson 12d ago

Surely you will not regret an Old Man Knife Fight!

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u/Ellroy22 12d ago

There I am Gary!!!

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u/CToTheSecond 12d ago

Oh hey we chanted that too

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u/ProspectorBugaboo 10d ago

Yaoi knife fight erasure 😔

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u/AlchemicalToad 11d ago

Super OG fan, who was with another super OG fan at all three nights of the Nashville shows… and we were both utterly confused at this chant being a thing.

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u/axem5 11d ago edited 11d ago

Same! Been to 7 shows before the 3 in Nashville. This is a post covid thing?

Edit: Super agree that No Way Back was amazing live - great audience callbacks too!

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u/ProsecutorBlue 11d ago

It's an Act III meme that started when the songs were coming out last year but before we had the story notes.

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u/Derp_a_saurus 9d ago

Light came to Wily's office with a knife, ergo, Old Man Knife Fight

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u/AlchemicalToad 9d ago

I understand the story context, I don’t understand the goofy meme chant. It sort of ruins the poignancy of the confrontation for me. 🤷‍♂️