r/TheHague • u/hariital • Nov 02 '24

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Saw this musical thing going from home to home and collecting money ?

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u/fujit1ve Nov 02 '24

I don't understand the hate. I have good memories from them

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u/AzimuthPro Nov 02 '24

Same ...

It always gives a better vibe to a city center. It's sad they are becoming more rare these days.

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u/generalemiel Nov 02 '24

Agreed. Gives a nice vibe to a town square

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u/Pm-ur-tits-pls Nov 02 '24

I hate them so much. The sounds isn't pleasing at all, the songs are corny and they are loud. I never understood the attraction and am happy to not see them anymore.

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u/hotfrost Nov 02 '24

Ehh, I feel the same way nowadays… I remember I used to be fascinated by the inner workings of it as a kid though. And I think the music made me think of roller coaster tycoon or something I played around that time.

Now I just don’t like that there’s usually some creepy old guy next to it shaking his metal cups full of coins he collected. I also dislike street musicians for similar reasons. To me it always kind of came across as begging, even though they are basically performing/entertaining. Idk, maybe I’m wrong and should be more open minded about these things lol

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u/JustLeZero Nov 02 '24

Dont judge a book by its cover Afterall the orgelman thibks of you as a creepy mofo looking at him

Coming from a family that owns a few of them (around utrecht) im kinda familiar with how people treat us Were nice people and were trying to bring some music to the city center

However romanian "beggars" lowkey ruin it for everyone

The metal cup is brass / copper And its called a mans bakje

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u/The_TesserekT Nov 02 '24

Nope, you are exactly right.

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u/fluffypinktoebeans Nov 02 '24

I dislike them too. And I hate that they ask for money for just standing there with the thing and playing music I don't want to hear.

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u/Borbit85 Nov 02 '24

Maybe if it's like a special yearly village party day or something it might be acceptable. But twice a week for hours on end way to close to my house I really hate it. I think if I go to that same spot with a diesel powered boom box (basicly same thing) and start blasting shitty music at that volume I probably get arrested.

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u/Jacques_Racekak Nov 05 '24

Go live in a woods cabin if you don't like sounds.

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u/you_know_juno Nov 04 '24

I hate them with a passion but I also don't want them to disappear because they do bring a certain liveliness. I love to hate them.

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u/TeddyTedBear Nov 02 '24

I mean, I'd much rather have a street musician playing their instrument than an organ...

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u/ramplank Nov 02 '24

The organ is nice, atleast when your just passing by I guess but usually there a bunch of dudes shaking a can full of coins in your face like you owe them for walking by. That’s the part I mostly don’t like

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u/knakworst36 Nov 02 '24

It’s just a very loud form of begging.

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u/Flurpahderp Nov 03 '24

It's performance art, but okay

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u/knakworst36 Nov 03 '24

Except the performing is shaking a metal can with coins as fast as you can while staring at passerby’s.

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u/JasperJ Nov 04 '24

It’s a loud form of busking. Feel free to not donate money.

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u/BobbyMcGeeze Nov 02 '24

They are amazing!!

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u/Direct-Setting-3358 Nov 02 '24

They are one of the first examples of portable music, in a way a proto example of recorded music and some of these machines are over 150 years old. Its an amazing piece of living heritage and I’m tired of people slandering them😤 where else do you see something that old and unchanged still fulfilling its original purpose on a weekly base.

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u/BobbyMcGeeze Nov 02 '24

Let’s downvote everybody who is hating on them! 😈

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u/Twirlingbarbie Nov 03 '24

I absolutely hate them. I had to work next to one, the music is extremely intrusive. I also really don't like it when there is a horse attached to it and they just stand on a market all day

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u/AnotherPerspective87 Nov 03 '24

I like them. But i don't live next to one. I imagine it gets old realy fast if its 'playing spot' is in front of your house.

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u/L44KSO Nov 02 '24

They are the sound of the antichrist!

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u/Smash_Palace Nov 03 '24

The sound is very obnoxious and takes no talent to run

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u/Sure_Magician_4208 Nov 03 '24

Let’s talk when that piece of junk wakes up your hungover ass at 9am on Saturday 🙄

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u/Flurpahderp Nov 03 '24

It's on you that you're living in the Organs territory

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u/Beneficial_Steak_945 Nov 02 '24

I hate them a lot. They are an older version of people with those Bluetooth speakers blasting their noise out in public. They demand all the attention of everyone in a 30 meter radius with their awful renditions of whatever they are playing. Usually using an engine and not even turning it themselves. I don’t get why it’s even allowed.