You do what you do, perform well, give it your all and entertain me, and trust me, I will make some noise, but please, stop asking for it.” I think a lot of people in the room felt the same way.Īt work, we always talk about ‘the love’.
If it was a two way conversation I would say “Ozzy, maaaate. Being a performing musician of 30-odd years I believe you have to earn the audience’s love, and it doesn’t matter how successful or famous you are. When a performer asks the crowd to “make some (more) noise” after a mediocre performance I immediately cringe, especially at a rock show, as if hiphop’s tradition of demanding crowd participation has infected the otherwise fine institution that is rock n roll.
These reactions may have been an anomaly on this, their final world tour (possibly a symptom of what is traditionally a tough rock n roll crowd in Melbourne), but what I found disappointing was that here stood a certifiable music legend asking the audience for a better reaction. The band was amazing, and Ozzy Osbourne did what Ozzy does, but Ozzy was flat at times and it was those songs which received some of the most lukewarm crowd reactions. Everyone was there to see Sabbath and united in the love of rock and metal. There were people of all creeds of rock, aged from their teens to their senior years. The room was already filled with love I could sense it in the pre-show meanderings around the venue and the stadium floor. What amazed me more than anything was that I was standing there watching the band who is widely revered as having invented heavy metal, and they felt the need to ask for the audience’s love, as if the feedback they were receiving was not meeting their expectations. This applies to people at all levels and in all kinds of roles and I found myself reflecting on this point after seeing Black Sabbath play in Melbourne, Australia recently.
Receiving and responding to feedback at work can be challenging, especially when it’s critical or unexpected. How do you react when you receive lukewarm (or negative) feedback on your work?
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