The internet is a weird and wonderful place, and when a crowd gets involved, it can turn into something pretty special. After all, we all remember that wolf shirt on Amazon that attracted amazing reviews, or that time 60,000 people invited themselves to a fictitious party in Adelaide. Now, it seems, that even music venues aren’t immune to crowdsourced hilarity.
The Old Bar is a Melbourne bar and venue that’s been operating for quite a few years now, and has seen some of Australia’s favourite bands get their start there. From intimate gigs, to rocking mosh pits, The Old Bar has it all.
Recently though, The Old Bar’s Facebook page has become home to a wide array of Facebook users who are leaving 5-star reviews of the venue, often accompanied by wild, fanciful stories of events that either have or have not transpired within the confines of The Old Bar.
“I once spoke to Joel about gastro, but that was at a different pub,” one user wrote. “The Old Bar has two great archways, and a mantle above the fire place which is never lit in summer. Sometimes you can spot people reading the subtitles on the tv above the bar while bands are playing, sometimes there’s not even any subtitles. Great toilets.”
With the number of 5-star reviews closing in on the 500 mark, the question that remains is ‘why?’ Well, the answer isn’t terribly clear, but it has apparently all sprung from local venue booker’s personal Facebook page who noted that an awful lot of Melburnians were taking to Facebook to rate their page.
Whether it is part of the joke, or an unspoken part of The Old Bar’s charm, but an awful lot of the reviews are focusing on the brilliance of the venue’s bathroom facilities. “I get really g’d up around 2am when the piss smell starts to waft out of the mens toilets into the beer garden,” another user wrote. “This place is 5 stars mad.”
Check out The Old Bar’s review page for yourself to get a taste of the madness that is going on.
