This statement about the horns below, particularly the parted I bolded, is really the best explanation of the effect of all artificial noisemakers I have seen...and explains why our rivals hate the cowbells so much too.
No one knows for sure how the cheering will go, though it is certain the noise in the background will sound like a swarm of angry bees on the rampage. That's the by-now infamous hum of fans blowing the South African vuvuzela, the three-foot long plastic trumpet modeled on the traditional kudu horn. While international media executives have complained that the drone is mucking up their broadcasts, FIFA officials are holding firm (for now), supporting the distinctive trumpet buzz as the sound and spirit of Africa, and a likely feature of 2010 World Cup games.
Though the U.S. government neither supports nor opposes the vuvuzela as a matter of official policy, U.S. Consulate press attaché Sharon Hudson-Dean advises a position of "if you can't beat them." "You have to buy one and you have to blow it," says Hudson-Dean, who was palpably ecstatic about the U.S. team's success. "If you have one, it's not annoying. If you don't have one, it's very annoying."
That even goes for me as a State fan. It can be annoying to have someone ringing a cowbell right in your ear, but if you have one in your hand...who gives a ****.
No one knows for sure how the cheering will go, though it is certain the noise in the background will sound like a swarm of angry bees on the rampage. That's the by-now infamous hum of fans blowing the South African vuvuzela, the three-foot long plastic trumpet modeled on the traditional kudu horn. While international media executives have complained that the drone is mucking up their broadcasts, FIFA officials are holding firm (for now), supporting the distinctive trumpet buzz as the sound and spirit of Africa, and a likely feature of 2010 World Cup games.
Though the U.S. government neither supports nor opposes the vuvuzela as a matter of official policy, U.S. Consulate press attaché Sharon Hudson-Dean advises a position of "if you can't beat them." "You have to buy one and you have to blow it," says Hudson-Dean, who was palpably ecstatic about the U.S. team's success. "If you have one, it's not annoying. If you don't have one, it's very annoying."
That even goes for me as a State fan. It can be annoying to have someone ringing a cowbell right in your ear, but if you have one in your hand...who gives a ****.
