do you think in live orchestral performances of sleigh ride there’s a guy onstage with a whip who’s just there to make the “wh-PSH” sound effect? do you think he’s like a shirtless medieval torture man who is very confused by his surroundings and spends the whole rest of the concert scowling at the audience and screaming “HYEAAHHHH!!! AAAAAAAHHH!!!! RRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!” whenever they applaud? do you think that’s what they do? do you think that? Do you think that’s what they do at live orchestral performances of sleigh ride?
I’ve played this song with my orchestra for three years straight, and it is, unfortunately, just a slapstick! Makes all the second violinists and flautists jump, tho
there you have it folks, the whip crack sound effect is actually a slapstick played by a shirtless medieval torture man who is also constantly screaming and grunting