The Giant Vuvuzela From Hell

Now the giant vuvuzela can annoy the whole town, whilst the small ones annoy the whole world.

These things annoy the living crap outta me. Ban them or put a 10.000% luxury tax on them.

this will be my first world cup with ear plugs on :)
a new experience …. can't wait =)

I really think the vuvuzela will turn people off from continuing to watch the tournament. I think the TV networks around the world will lose viewers as the tournament goes on. No one can put up with that crap sound for 90+ minutes at a time day after day. It's a shame because the music and cheers and reactions from African crowds are great, but we won't get to hear them.

Its sound was such a downer! I was expecting something Alien-invasion-like, and it was only one of those can horns things. If I had the time, I would edit the video and put some decent sound in it. Like the one from the Tripods in War of the Worlds. That was a great vuvuzela from hell!!!!

Did anybody follow the Africa Cup? FIFA really needs to work something out with the athmosphere microphones. I don't wanna have a humming haunt me for hours and hours watching football. And NO, I'm not gonna miss'em after the WC.

I'm so glad I live in Mossel Bay, 400km from Cape Town and this vuvuzela…

Letter to vuvuzela makers and users,
How in the world has it come to this???
I am talking about this Absolutely thick and dim-witted plastic vuvuzela horn that you dare sell and make plenty of money off, huh! And you users are so proud to use this petty gizmo!

It is irritating, provocatively loud, violent, permanently destructive to eardrums (beware of Tinnitus, I have it and it is hell) primitive in the bad sense of the word, unintelligent!
It's like if you were flashing laser beams into someone’s eyes until you blinded him. Irresponsible.
That is not the Africa I know! Who the hell invented that! Kudu horn really? Playing forever!!!
Talk about biodiversity and cultural wonders! Ridiculous pseudo identity completely fabricated!
Nothing to be swollen with pride about, quite the contrary.
Taking this wild constant rampage of the ears as African culture is a vast Public Relation aggressive mistake. It is counterproductive.
It's like saying to the whole World:
“Come on and hate us a little more because we are going to make you go crazy”.
Awful really! And the ones who don’t like it are racists of course! Pitiful.
Come of it South Africa!!! Please, I beg of you!
You are really giving the image and the sound nobody wants to have of you!
Where are your beautiful melodious songs? Replaced by this cavernous monochord trivia, not even music. Music requires themes, modulation, intricateness, development.
This is dull and uninventive blast!
But will you hear my plea when you wildly blow this dull inconsistent object of headaches and bedlam!
Of course the chants of fans in other arenas are not much more interesting, but at least they are a little more varied with human voices mixed and not a permanent horrible pitch for 90 minutes +15 (do they stop at half time? Unlikely) and before and after the game!!!
Jeez… What can you say!!! You can’t even hide from it with earplugs.
It is also unfair to the players of invited nations who are not used to these doldrums.
You can’t even hear the drums or the clamours; it covers all absolutely and dictatorially. It is criminal.
I hope Broadcasters of the World Cup 2010 will try to filter it out as background noise on their audio output as it is very monolithic, constant and monotonous!
It is possible but not easy. I hope so
The users of this “instrument “do not show cleverness or empathy!
It's as if they were drugged with a gaze of provocative immature contentment on their face.
They know it hurts! It is very negative to all concerned including them.No class at all, just unending bestiality, really.
It gives me a terrible feeling of despair! Africa needs no such reputation! No, ten thousand times NO!
Producing the noisiest (big deal) World Cup ever (in this moronic way) is nothing to be proud of. Nothing.
The world will see you as utterly ridiculous in this vain claim of superiority! You can do much better.

STOP THE VUVUZELA TERROR AND TORTURE.

Give us Peace, PLEASE, beautiful and quieter Peace!
Africa is not just noise and dance. South Africa is adult or is it not?
It merits a better identity than this which is currently imposed on it by dubious marketers and politicians…
Let us have good football games with respect to the sportsmen and women who enjoy it as an art instead of this ridiculous hurtful, art and heartless permanent chaos of gibberish noise unworthy of a great people! Thank you,

I know you don't care otherwise you'd have to go out of business or sell something else than this weapon of massive ear destruction, but I tell you as it is.
Vuvuzella is just plain over all toxic stuff .
Money is not everything. Health, Image and class is more important.

Wouldn't be so bad if they were actually made in South Africa instead of a plastics factory somewhere in China.

What a let down. I can not even watch the world cup on my tv in New Zealand, it is the most irritating … horrible… Terrible noise I have ever heard. We can't hear the old singing or cheering, just a monotonous drone of this pipe from hell.
PLEASE FIFA BAN this thing so we can watch the rest of the world cup in piece!

WHY DOESN'T THE TV PRODUCER REDUCE THE SOUND-LEVEL THAT THEY RECORD IN THE STADIUM,AT LEAST THE PEOPLE AT HOME COULD LISTEN TO THE COMMENTATORS REMARKES…..!? THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO TURN DOWN THE STADIUM SOUND.IF THEY DON'T I THINK THE NEXT BEST THING TO DO IS,TURN YOUR TV. SOUND DOWN, THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE COMMERCIALS EITHER.WHAT A GREAT BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE….!!!!! ONE THAT USED TO ENJOY WATCHING THE WORLD CUP

Why don't the commentators just go into a sound proof booth?

Let's email the tv companies and tell them to get a grip!

Michael

I am ashamed if people from other countries say that the vuvuzela is a South African culture thing. This idiotic horn has nothing to do with the South Africa culture. It might the the culture of the stupid brain dead people in SOuth Africa but not the culture of everybody in our country. Please ban this idiotic instrument from the games.

Where are you from Michael? When you put something on a blog look at it closely before you put it up. It is part of the African culture so get use to it!!! When someone travels to your country you expect the person to go according to your culture and not to talk the rubbish you just spoke. Don't be ignorant!!