A city live music bar has come up with a unique way to ask its customers to leave at closing time – without the use of door staff.
The Rat Pack Piano Bar play Red Peter’s Closing Song loud and clear in the Shandwick Place venue at 3am to signal the end of the night.
And since reopening in July, the song has become a firm favourite with the bar’s patrons as they sing along as they leave.
Nicole Feasby, bar manager, said: “In most bars, you see bouncers desperately trying to get their customers to make their way out but we’ve come up with a more popular alternative.
“Some people get a bit of a shock when they first hear it – because it has a few swear words – but it’s followed by laughter which is always welcomed at the end of a good night out.
“There are really no issues with stragglers as they hear the song and know instantly that it’s time to leave.”
The song only adds to the bar’s unique status as the only one of its kind in the capital, offering live music by some of Scotland’s top talent in a glamorous basement bar.
You can listen to the song here…be aware there may be some bad words!
As the song progresses, the lyrics get more and more persuasive with some swearing included, but initially the song is a calming message to encourage leaving. It says: “You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here, now you’re making me mad, you gonna make me swear.”
Located in the heart of the West End at Shandwick Place, the venue boasts fresh and contemporary features such as red chandeliers and bar staff dressed in 1950s themed trilbies and bow ties.
Tony added: “The refurbishment has brought back to life a popular venue that will give people a fun atmosphere to enjoy themselves.
“We’ve completely changed the interior to provide people with more room to either sit and enjoy the music over a few drinks, or dance the night away to some of the great music we have lined up.
“We’ve really taken the time to think about our customers and what they want from the venue – our design ideas were to transform the club and bring it up to date. We think The Rat Pack really stands out from the crowd in the West End.”
The Rat Pack Piano Bar is at 9 Shandwick Place.
absolutely love this tune – i thought it was sung by david lee roth at first, it’s his type of humour. it’s a nice way of telling a’body to basically ‘get tae’ – it’s just a shame they dinnae play it on the piano at the end of the night – an idea? great bar, too, ken.
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