We talked about this noise last year during the Confederations Cup but FIFA didn't listen us. They let vuvuzelas into the stadiums and turned World Cup 2010 into a fiasco. Many people mute their TVs and try to watch the game without hearing anything including commentators and spectators. Even if they try to listen, they can't because of these wonderful instruments.
So, there is no more to say about this. I'm looking forward to next tournaments so I can hear fans chanting and singing, players yelling each other.
I might watch the final if I have enough courage to bear the noise.
Have a nice World Cup to y'all.
I might watch the final if I have enough courage to bear the noise.
Have a nice World Cup to y'all.
HORRIBLE noise - disrespectful, annoying, distracting. It's impossible for the viewer to concentrate on the game - imagine what it's like for the players!
ReplyDeleteBAN THEM!
Please ban Vuvuzela, we can't watch games with sound. It sounds like there are thousands of flies in stadium.
ReplyDeleteI agree the noise is all you hear, it's like the field is about to get attacked by a swarm of killer bees.
ReplyDeleteI agree!
ReplyDeleteJoin the group at facebook, against the vuvuzuela!
ReplyDeleteSAVE THE WORLD FROM THE VUVUZUELA NOW!
Welcome to join!
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Sadly for me the world cup is over. I tried to mute the tv but after 5 minutes I lose interest and turn to something else..
ReplyDeleteoh, well!
Yes, if FIFA wont ban it, then people should vent their anger on the iPhone app Vuvuzaga http://www.textually.org/textually/archives/2010/06/026213.htm
ReplyDeleteI am loosing interest to watch any WC matches... too noisyyy
ReplyDeleteI have to mute the TV so i can watch the world cup. Its fucked.
ReplyDeleteNow it has started and it's a bug, there are a couple of petitions online to ban the vuvuzela from the World Cup. Here's one:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.petitiononline.com/2010WC/petition.html
Ban the vuvuzela's some players can't hear each other, keepers are having miscommunications with their defence and team. Some players can hear the whistle for offside anymore (see Netherlands - Denmark and Van Persie ) or Australia vs. Germany where the keeper comes out of the goal and couldn't warn the defender.
ReplyDeleteBAN THEM! They are annoying, where's the cheering, the songs from the people. Everyone is blowing their horns!
What a terrible thing, that horn. No fun watching soccer now on the television. Please ban the Vuvuzela, I hate it. Where is the fantasy in this, where is the human emotion in this thing. I like to hear the crowd and not like I'm driving on the highway all the time. Please also ban the terrible Blatter and make soccer a modern game.
ReplyDeleteYes ban this aer destroing thing
ReplyDeleteI have to almost mute my tv and tweak the equalizer to remove lower frequencies. But what really bothers me is the fact that noise has absolutely no relation to what is happening. That makes it even more irritating. The noise doesnt even increase (or stops) when its a goal or there is a national anthem, all the dynamics are killed. I dont understand how they did not ban this. Maybe they could have done an exception for South African team games. I still hope that in a Germany Italy or Argentina Brazil match, the vuvuzelas will be less noisy than in african team games. Obviously, FIFA is worried about violence and social tension in South Africa and they are scared that a ban like this could cause turmoil.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.thosebloodhorns.co.uk is a petition in the UK to get the Vuvuzela banned
ReplyDeleteI agree, it is almost impossible to watch a game. The noise is unbearable. If they do not ban this idiotic tool the stadiums will go empty
ReplyDeleteRuining the World Cup for me ! Roll on 2014 .
ReplyDeleteIt amuses me that some people try to play the race card, saying the sound is the soul of Africa, an ingrained cultural tradition. So far as I can find out, the fad only started to catch on in the 1990s!
ReplyDeleteBan the Vuvuzelas, as they are making a sham out of 2010. This will go down in infamy as the worst world cup EVER due to the flagrant ignorance and stupidity of the South Africans. And let me say this, it isn't the white South Africans who are blowing these stupid things.
ReplyDeleteBAN THEM!
ReplyDeleteLet's not make this about race. 1.5 million of these god-awful things were sold in Europe, FYI. The bottom line is: they suck. I hate them. I can't even concentrate on the damned game, so it's not hard to imagine what the players on the field are going through, not to mention the poor saps that are sitting next to the idiots blowing them. WHY CAN'T WE BAN THEM?! Having the WC in South Africa was a lovely gesture, but the vuvuzelas are RUINING the whole thing!
ReplyDeleteThe organizing committee will continue to evaluate the use of vuvuzelas, the statement said, and will not tolerate “any vuvuzelas landing on the field of play during matches or being used in a threatening manner at the stadiums, which has never before been the case.”
ReplyDeletePlease, someone at the games throw some vuvuzelas onto the field and save us all from the drone of angry bees.
Blatter should resign ! South africans have no respect for the game,other nations or the world cup it self ! S.A.10 is ONE huge MISTAKE pushed by "political correctness"! Worst hosts ever ! worst games ever ! empty stadiums....just terrible
ReplyDeleteI just watched the Italy game, that sound is humming in my head and I watched it on TV.
ReplyDeleteIf I would have paid good $$ to get there (stands look kinda sparse anyway) I'd be pissed.
T. Spargo
I respect the culture , i have nothing against it. But the FIFA and the people have to understand that they noise makers are destroying the game. Ban the F;;;en thing.
ReplyDeletetry don't care too much for the sound man, it's a beautiful orchestra! I don't get why everybody
ReplyDeletesay the vuvuzelas are infernal. they are warm and smooth to my ears
Let's be democratic, vote for or against it:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.revelmob.com/surveys/should-vuvuzelas-be-banned
Agree with all of you, fellas! I love football (soccer) to death, but this noise is unbearable. Every time the game is on, I start having headaches!!! WTF!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an idiotic tradition! Why don't they cheer and sing instead?! It would be more creative and appropriate!... Oh, well - I guess these baboons aren't capable of anything better than primitive gestures! Welcome to freaking Africa! :)))
Ban vuvuzelas, ban giving WC for hosting to barbarians!
Boo hoo! Honestly where is your spirit? It's a beautiful sound from a beautiful country! I heard they are selling them at Sainsbury's I may get one if they are still in stock and show my support!!!! booooooop!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meEIsMtwk1Q
Tho WC should be a pleasure and a party, but it is just a pain in the ass instead! Too noisy!
ReplyDeletevezuzeals should be banned south africans have no respect
ReplyDeleteReason #1 to ban vuvuzelas: MONEY
ReplyDeleteIf people have their tv's muted, then they aren't going to unmute their tv's for the commercials, so why would any company want to pay for commercial time if it only gets through to a small percentage of people watching?
Reason #2 to ban vuvuzelas: PUBLIC HEALTH
Everyone will go deaf.
Reason #3 to ban vuvuzelas: INSANITY
Everyone will go Insane.
Reason #4 to ban vuvuzelas: Heart Attacks
When my brother and I were younger, we used to sneak up on my father while he was on the computer and blow a vuvuzela in his ear... after his first heart attack, we stopped that. They were banned in my house as they should be anywhere people's health is in jeopardy.
(yes, I put money as #1, because that's the real motivation, not public health or mental health.
After watching about 2 minutes of a game and hearing the bloody drone this will be the last time I watch soccer.
ReplyDeletenot the same.. this may go down as the WORST WC ever due to FIFA and there stubbornness
ReplyDeleteIt is a noisemaker and ruins the game. You will be remembered for this South Africa - is that the legacy you want?
ReplyDeleteRuining WC 2010 ... sadly our memories of this incredible opportunity (hosted by South Africa/Africa) will be defined/spoiled by the vuvuzela.
ReplyDeleteIf someone found that the vuvuzelas "are warm and smooth" to their ears, then they should play it in their bathroom, not in the stadium, so that they won't bother other with these polluting sounds!
ReplyDeleteI`m NOT european, i´m from Brasil and these awfull vuvuzelas made me HATE south africa for RUINING our WC experience! What kind of idiot can possibly enjoy such an annoying and aggressive buzz????? We can´t hear the mood of the game, the chants, claps, the yelling.. PLZ shove those vuvuzelas up your arses, South Africans!
ReplyDeletePlease ban this shit right now!!! It is ruining the world cup. Even it it is a traditional thing from South Africa... it is still the WORLD cup.
ReplyDeleteBAN THEM they are terrible!! i have to watch games on mute now. worst world cup ever.
ReplyDeleteYo check it ! You mean to tell me that me and my cultured homies could of showed up at the World Cup in 94″ with our Boom-Boxes and played Public Enemy and all would of been cool ?
ReplyDelete16, D Batteries ! D M#$%@ ! D !
This is the ** WORLD** cup, **NOT** the South African cup. Don't ruin it for the world.
ReplyDeleteIf you are hosting a dinner for your friends and they are vegetarians, you don't serve them meat even though you are a meat lover.
You can measure the game usually by the crowds reactions to whats happening on the pitch. These horns just kill all sense of it.. I am all for a TOTAL BAN...
ReplyDeleteruining the competition for me. Have to watch with the sound off. Ill remember this as the World Cup with the hideous noise and not because of the football. BAN THEM
ReplyDeletethe only memory i will have of this cup is the noise... i have to watch the games with no volume... i miss hearing the excitement of the crowd as the tempo of the game ebbs and flows... shame !
ReplyDeleteThe SA authorities should realize the damage the vuvuzela noise is doing to their country. Just hope this so called culture does not spread to Europe.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree these things are wrecking the experience. You can't hear the songs, the chants, can't get into the atmosphere. It's actually destroying people's experience and people are turning off the games. SA was once reviled for its apartheid, it's rapidly becoming reviled for the vuvuzela. FIFA and Sepp Blatter have a lot to answer for. It's not a tradition, it's a droning din - people wouldn't mind if it happened now and then but it doesn't. As ridiculous as it sounds, the only 'hope' is that someone throws one at someone and they all get banned. Or send in the UK Health & Safety Exec - they'd ban it for noise pollution...
ReplyDeleteThis is the World Cup, not the South African Cup. The vuvuzela should be banned simply because fans from other countries should be heard to sing their songs at games. FIFA must act now.
ReplyDeleteEffin hate them. Ban them NOW!
ReplyDeleteRuining the World Cup!!!!
seem nobody has anything better to do than moan about vuvuzelas. well, while you moan consider this: FIFA has screwed SA's hawkers everywhichway to next sunday - the sale of vuvus and flags has been about the only trade allowed, particularly near stadia. hawkers who have been selling food and other wares for years have suddenly been banished for the sake of McD and the other exploiters. i for one am glad they are making a killing from the sales - and the visitors LOVE them!
ReplyDeletealso, as annoying as the vuvu is on tv (i have to concede this point), for those in the stadium it adds to the atmosphere. please note how many of the visiting fans are toting the hated object, complete with their own flag design on it.
so don't be haters just cos you ain't there!
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ReplyDeleteGive the Kaffirs their apartheid back and they will stop being so disrespectful to the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteThere are 32 countries taking part.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to hear the samba dances when Brazil play. I'd like to hear the discordant brass band when England play. And I'd like to hear some vuvuzelas when RSA play.
What I don't want is 31 cultures to be swamped and smothered.
We finally get the Americans interested in Football & what happens? These idiots think it's a good idea to introduce a total buzz kill to football, the Vu Vu Zela's.
ReplyDeleteCalling it tradition, & if they were banned they would be insulted.
Guess what Africa? The whole World is insulted that you're ruining the World Cup experience.
Can you say selfish?
Oh btw, has anyone else noticed the Vu Vu Zela is the perfect shape to shove up the arse of whoever is blowing the damn thing?
i hate buzzing
ReplyDeleteVuvuzelas are absolute abominations. No soul, no culture... just a mindless, collective drone. Oh, not to mention that the players can't hear each other and we are getting subpar matches.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Africa. Stick some vuvu's up your holy arses !
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Africa. Stick some vuvu's up your holy arses !
ReplyDeleteVuvuzelas should be banned for life, not only for this World Cup tournament.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely annoying to everybody. I wished that FIFA banned this darn thing during last year's Confederations Cup in South Africa.
I might agree that the new ball is terrible, but it's nothing compared to these noise making sticks!
Ban the horns or FIFA will end up banning soccer by default. Any American trying to watch soccer will be confronted by the infernal vuvuzelas. And it's not only South Africa either. Hooligans worldwide use the damn things. Save the vuvuzelas for use as horns on oil tankers or aircraft carriers.
ReplyDelete3 years ago I watched a game that took place in South America, and these vuvuzelas were out in force and I didn't know what the noise was. Now I know. Ban and RECYCLE them! In the mean time, use the MUTE button.
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ReplyDeleteThe only one happy about these things is the manufacturer. I had looked forward to watching the WC and because I only now a bit about the game, I enjoy hearing the commentators. Unfortunately the sound was so bad that I won't be watching anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe top management of FIFA should have taken action towards this
ReplyDeletematter. The fans and players can't take it anymore. It really affects
the beauty of the game. Players can't show the best they got. Someone
need to do something. World Cup is something people have been waiting
for so long but we are quite disappointed with the environment. S...tress,
pressure and tense will prevent players to show who they really are and
what they can really do. Im afraid if no actions taken, world cup will
not be as special as it should be.
Ban the damn things! Like bloody air horns! Noisy as anything, and senseless and annoying. Bring back proper chants! Who cares if you're making noise/cheering when no one knows who you're cheering for!
ReplyDeleteYou're all a bunch of assholes :D
ReplyDeleteLONG LIVE THE VUVUZELA!
Firstly, you people complaining should learn to show some respect to your hosts. Would you ban something in your country if we asked you? No you would not, so don't be ignorant all your lives. When you get to experience something new you lot get all huffed and puffed about it.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you lot change the channel and watch something else? What next? Filter out the engine noise at Formula 1 races? Don't be stupid. Those of you complaining about vuvuzelas ruining the world cup should consider that your backward attitudes are responsible for that not a plastic horn. Stop complaining or change the channel you ignorant fools :)
VIVA VUVZELAS! VIVA AFRICA!
You people that do bugger all but complain are a disgrace. You come in to our backyards and complain about our traditions? If you don't like it then change the channel, we're not hosting this tournament for you to complain about it. We do not complain about the silly songs sung in Europe or anywhere else in the world so stop complaining about our traditions. You're in Africa now, put up or shut up :)
ReplyDeleteI can't believe they have not been banned by now.
ReplyDeleteCompletely ruining our World cup experience.
Inconsiderate and de-humanising.
The old chants are a part of the game and add to the atmosphere..but these things...
get rid of them!!!!!
Finnish broadcasting company YLE is now filtering vuvuzela sound. It is not possible to filter out in totality, but now the roar of the crowds can be heard.
ReplyDeleteAs a South African, I am appalled at the comments here and can assure you that we will be doing everything we can to make sure that every fan at every game blows their vuvuzelas a whole lot louder during the remaining games so tough luck :D
ReplyDeleteJust too bloody annoying! Hate the damn things!
ReplyDeleteer.... hi from Ghana :-)
ReplyDeletethis vuvuzela thingamajig is *not* of African origin. It was first used in Mexican stadia and became popular in *South Africa* only in the 1990s, so before anyone starts yapping about how "barbaric" my continent is, please read the wikipedia entry on vuvuzelas and find out more about its American origin.
cheers.
PS: I hate the sound it makes too. I destroyed one of those (belonged to some idiot in the room across from mine) during my freshman year in uni.
the horns are a simble for the people of south africa. it is a sense of pride for them, shure the sound might be annoying but the atmosphere distracts u from them, the players are being payed millions for this sport, and people are saying poor them a firefighter saves lives and gets payed 10 pounds an hour a fottballer gets payed 50,000 a week and kicks a ball compare it.
ReplyDeleteLONG LIVE THE VUVUZELA!
ReplyDeleteThe horns are not a symbol for the people of South Africa. They are rather an annoying, distracting, distrupting influence to the matches, including their own team's games. Its high time that FIFA did something and banned them, at least for the round of 16 through to the finals.
ReplyDeleteA plastic horn is a symbol of South Africa, oh please! If that's true, they should be ashamed, some "symbol" (or "simble"). Ban the horrible thing during World Cup. Let South Africa play to their heart's content when it's all over!
ReplyDeleteSome say that none of the top teams (apart from Germany) have won a game precisely because of VuVuZelas - they are simply distracting the players... What do you think - should vuvuzelas be banned? Vote & instantly see the results at: http://www.revelmob.com/surveys/should-vuvuzelas-be-banned
ReplyDeleteA plastic horn is a symbol (or "simble") of South Africa? Oh please! What a load of crap! Ban these noisy things from World Cup, when it's over, South Africans can play to their heart's content! BAN NOW!
ReplyDeleteThe noise created by these vuvuzelas reach upto 127 decibals, which is very close to a Jet plane sound of 130 decibals and and the Ear hearing capacity of 140 decibals. Jet planes only cause the sound for a few seconds or max minutes while take off or landing, whereas this is a continuous non-stop chaos of vuvuzelas which is unbearable.
ReplyDeleteWhen we can't tolerate it on television I wonder how people out there in stadium and near this instrument are able to stand them?
The noise created by these vuvuzelas reach upto 127 decibals, which is very close to a Jet plane sound of 130 decibals and and the Ear hearing capacity of 140 decibals. Jet planes only cause the sound for a few seconds or max minutes while take off or landing, whereas this is a continuous non-stop chaos of vuvuzelas which is unbearable.
ReplyDeleteWhen we can't tolerate it on television I wonder how people out there in stadium and near this instrument are able to stand them?
I do not watch the games anymore, I just read about them on the internet afterwards. The sound is to annoying but even more important; there is no atmosphere in the stadiums, no cheering that goes with the game, no 12th man standing behind a team, it is just ZZZMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. I actually do not quite get this from the South Africans, they are normally such rhytmic people full of soul, how can they like this boring one toned sound..?
ReplyDeleteI AM SO PISSED OFF that we Footy fans have to listen to these hideous, painful, annoying bloody sound littered horns.....I couldnt give a rats arse if it is African culture or it gives them something to do etc.....I just want to listen to the fans cheering, roaring out, singing and the crowd when a goal is scored. I HATE the Sth African World Cup, they've totally ruined the largest sporting event in the world with these idiotic horns. I want to hear the England fans songs and chants,SO BAN THESE PATHETIC F'ING THINGS NOW!!!!
ReplyDeleteArgos is selling them for £1.50 I bought three today! they are amazing and so addictive to play, but there is one thing for sure they do put you in a really good mood! Stop moaning and go out and get one! show your support for the Vu Vu Zela! :)
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here is the url to submit the comments directly to FIFA, as they are the only ones who can take any sort of action.
ReplyDeletePlease join me in a world-wide protest to FIFA so we can get rid of these awful monotonic noise-making, game-spoiling contraptions
http://www.fifa.com/contact/validate.htmx
Yep i agree with all Ban the VUZUela or what ever it's called. I have managed to last 4 games and have know decided to mute the TV. makes the games hugely un-exciting. but shame on FIFA for not acting on this earlier, bring back the crowd chants and singing, it's a mood maker
ReplyDeleteI like the vuvuzela! http://www.cafepress.com/revelever/7199260
ReplyDelete"Erm...could you maybe not blow those things quite so much please? They're detracting from the game and from other peoples enjoyment of it..."
ReplyDelete"No way, you can't tell me what to do, I'm a massive baby and I'll have a tantrum!"
As a sufferer of tinnitus, I think these should be banned to help prevent hearing damage caused by some idiot behind you with a vuvuzela. I hope that all it will take for a worldwide ban will be for one person who develops tinnitus as a result of vuvuzelas to sue the football club / stadium owners where they were at.
ReplyDeleteSome rock concerts get around this by putting out disclaimers that they take no responsibility for hearing loss/damage. As far as I am aware however, when it comes to football tickets, no such waiver is stated...
Didn't Apple even have to relent on iPods by limiting volume levels?
I'm not surprised, actually. I knew people would find a problem with the world cup in Africa. Anything concerning black people is a problem...
ReplyDeleteWhy isn't there a blog "ban the racist chants in Europe"?
Congratulations FIFA on allowing the World Cup to be ruined. Maybe I'll try watching the next one. Fuck you FIFA. Can't watch a single game without getting a fucking headache assholes. Is it because they're "poor south africans and we've already supressed them enough"? PAH! Ban those made-in-china plastic pieces of shit, you assholes. FOUR YEARS WE WAITED....for this???
ReplyDeleteThey should be allowed at SOUTH AFRICA games for tradition's sake, but physically removed from people as they enter any other games.........bloody things.
ReplyDeleteF*cks sake JB, anyone who finds racist undertones in this argument is a few very sensitive sandwiches short of a picnic don't you think?
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