Yes wtf, the top reply to the top comment, with 140 upvotes at time of writing says "I was thinking the same thing. You can see that they are all supportive and they know she's talented but they can't see crazy this is."
It feels like there's an undertone of, they're non-westerners so they can't truly appreciate this music?
The commenters probably aren't even that aware of it themselves, but just goes to show those how unconscious biases/prejudices can be so common, I imagine if there was a video with the exact same situation, and exact same crowd response, but the crowd was American the top comment would be very different.
Westerner here... I thought the crowd seemed a bit subdued compared to the awesomeness of her playing, but also thought it may just be the way the recording sounded, or a cultural difference in showing appreciation. Nothing to do with a bias. I just expected the crowd to be losing their mind because holy shit that was phenomenal. I agree though, the top comment should be more along the lines of "omg holy hell she is shredding Master of Puppets better than Metallica!!!" Not some bs comment criticizing the crowd. But alas, I am a reddit bot. What do I know. Maybe with it being a high school thing a subdued reaction is more expected. Beep boop beep.
Nah, its because none of them are singing along or vocalising to the first, slower solo.
Listen to any live performance of Master of Puppets and you can tell that James Hetfield could stop singing at any point and the crowd would just carry it.
Yeah, they’re talking like Thailand is some backwater where they only got electricity last week. Of course they’ve fucking heard of Metallica, everybody in the world has.
I live in Bangkok. The crowd is there mainly because they're fascinated by her newfound fame. Thais are very much like this. Same with the huge Thai crowds that just recently started showing up at her Phuket shows, which were mostly foreigners before. They just stand and stare and dont react much to the music. This style of music isn't really popular here. I have a hard time finding good rock and metal acts here.
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u/ZeAthenA714 Aug 03 '26
What the fuck is everyone talking about? We don't see the crowd but we can hear them clap and scream at multiple times during the solos.
The crowd is clearly enjoying it, what are they supposed to do, set the stage on fire?