I wanted to hopefully discuss this issue with some reason. Recently there has been an issue at pop concerts of people throwing things, especially phones at singers on stage. The pop singer Bebe Rexha was hit with a phone and suffered a cut eye. Over the past 10 years or so when I attend rock concerts I’m amazed at how many people constantly talk while the music is being played. I find this very annoying. To me, the music is the entertainment. It seems people who go to concerts now think they are the show in some way. What do you think of this? I dont think this is an “old guy yelling at the clouds” thing.
OT: Behavior at Music Concerts
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The old men yelling at clouds can be a problem too. About 5 years ago I was at a NY Philharmonic concert at Lincoln Center and before it started the audience was told to turn off their phones. 3 or 4 times during the concert you could a screen light up which would bring an usher down from the back. At least nobody threw stuff at the stage.
A general lack of courtesy which runs through much of society.
A general lack of courtesy which runs through much of society.
Have not seen throwing things.
But the the talking is rude and disrespectful.
My personal favorite it the concert videographer using their mobile phone raised over their head. Do they have any respect or concern for the people behind them? Nope
I was at a concert sitting first row 2nd level and was yelled at by people a couple of rows behind me that I should sit down. At a hip hop concert.
I thought it was weird behavior.
But yes, of course throwing things is dumb behavior but I guess in a large crowd dumb people do dumb things, like yelling during the national anthem.
I thought it was weird behavior.
But yes, of course throwing things is dumb behavior but I guess in a large crowd dumb people do dumb things, like yelling during the national anthem.
I saw Børns at Terminal 5 (horrible acoustics) and after the gig there were used condoms on main floor where people stood. That was a new one.
I was just at a Cure gig at MSG and those are always good - nice crowd, chill, many women, reunion vibe. If a crowd has a girl fan slant its better. No Slipknot, shredders or screamo stuff for me etc.
Only problem was gig started at 9.15 and people were drinking hours before so every 15 minutes I had to get up (aisle seat) for people (mostly girls!) to pee. I found I enjoy my NYC trips more if I eat before leaving, and no liquids a couple hours before. I make it the whole night without being hungry or needing to pee. People seem to have conditioning about concessions and really need to hit them as part of their experience. The lines were enormous for everything.
As an aside, I never get over how you can be looking at stuff on a grocery shelf and people just walk in front of you like you're not there.
I was just at a Cure gig at MSG and those are always good - nice crowd, chill, many women, reunion vibe. If a crowd has a girl fan slant its better. No Slipknot, shredders or screamo stuff for me etc.
Only problem was gig started at 9.15 and people were drinking hours before so every 15 minutes I had to get up (aisle seat) for people (mostly girls!) to pee. I found I enjoy my NYC trips more if I eat before leaving, and no liquids a couple hours before. I make it the whole night without being hungry or needing to pee. People seem to have conditioning about concessions and really need to hit them as part of their experience. The lines were enormous for everything.
As an aside, I never get over how you can be looking at stuff on a grocery shelf and people just walk in front of you like you're not there.
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These behaviors are symptoms of the moral decline of our society. I see it everywhere and all of the time. Sad.
How about ppl that film it with their smart phones ? "Why watch it now and just enjoy the moment when I can watch it later on this tiny screen !!?". We're just surrounded by room temperature IQ dopes in this society.
If parents would teach their children better behavior, this crap might not be as much of a problem. It all starts at home.
^^^^ We were at JT last night Mann Center in Philly. Woman standing up in front of us filming for whole songs.... I was 30 seconds from saying somenthing
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always tell myself that it’s only because I am aging (irrational logic I guess), and not that people are getting more selfish and less considerate of others. Not really sure…
So VERY much this...it all begins at home, it always has. Not universal, of course, but so many parents want to be seen as cool and what usually goes out the window first is discipline...because apparently this is seen as taking away from their independence or individuality. In reality they are helping to build entitled and lazy citizens.
I remember being at a Rainbow concert at the Capital Theater (70's?) and someone threw a beer can at Ronnie James Dio. He stopped the song and pointed out the guy and asked the audience to beat the **** out of that "MF'r". The audience, road crew and bouncers obliged. They then physically lifted him and threw him out of the side exit door onto the fine streets of Passaic. I remember the astonished look on his face out on the sidewalk as the doors closed behind him.
Say what you will about us boomers, but no further objects were thrown that evening.
Say what you will about us boomers, but no further objects were thrown that evening.
A couple of months ago I was at a concert at the Welmont in Montclair.
There were three young woman about six or seven seats over that talked and laughed through every song.
Had I been right there with them I would have liked to ask, why are you here if your not going to listen? Along with the fact that you are ruining it for everyone else
There were three young woman about six or seven seats over that talked and laughed through every song.
Had I been right there with them I would have liked to ask, why are you here if your not going to listen? Along with the fact that you are ruining it for everyone else
Rock show, isn’t it loud enough already where people talking shouldn’t matter?
Acoustic, yes. Totally get being annoyed by folks talking around me.
As for standing, if there are seats…kinda rude if you stand all the time unless the people behind you are cool.
Festival/general admission, floor set up…anything goes IMO.
Acoustic, yes. Totally get being annoyed by folks talking around me.
As for standing, if there are seats…kinda rude if you stand all the time unless the people behind you are cool.
Festival/general admission, floor set up…anything goes IMO.
I don't understand... people talk during music shows all the time (I'm not talking about the symphony or the opera or a broadway musical). From coffee houses to bars up through stadium venues, people are always - and have always been talking - while the performance is going on. At some point it becomes background noise. I never notice it.
The only exception was when I let my wife-to-be and her Silvers Apts. roommate talk me into going to see Duran Duran at the Garden in '84. There was some 13 year-old girl next to me and when the music started she turned and screamed in my ear at the top of her lungs and didn't stop for 90 minutes.
The only exception was when I let my wife-to-be and her Silvers Apts. roommate talk me into going to see Duran Duran at the Garden in '84. There was some 13 year-old girl next to me and when the music started she turned and screamed in my ear at the top of her lungs and didn't stop for 90 minutes.
I say the same thing about people holding up their IPad @ an event for their kids. Just enjoy it while it's actually happening.MAYBE 1 in 100 ever watches that stuff later. I just don't get it.
People are effin morons.
"People like blood sausage" (for the movie buffs out there)
I’ve been going to shows and concerts for almost five decades and haven’t noticed much change. Even back then there would be the occasional attendee who did more talking than listening. Of course there weren’t people recording shows back then, but recording every waking moment today isn’t limited to concerts
Remember the “What’s Happening” episode when ReRun gets caught taping the Doobie Brothers.
Doobie or not Doobie. What's happenin', Raj?
Man, Shirley and Rerun both died at 52 years old.
That theme song and the one from Sanford and Son are two of the best.
Shirley was the bomb-did not realize she died at 52 of kidney failure. Most of the modern videos are better than Rerun's popcorn tape!
And I never get how people park their cart on one side of the aisle and shop on the other side so no one can get by.I saw Børns at Terminal 5 (horrible acoustics) and after the gig there were used condoms on main floor where people stood. That was a new one.
I was just at a Cure gig at MSG and those are always good - nice crowd, chill, many women, reunion vibe. If a crowd has a girl fan slant its better. No Slipknot, shredders or screamo stuff for me etc.
Only problem was gig started at 9.15 and people were drinking hours before so every 15 minutes I had to get up (aisle seat) for people (mostly girls!) to pee. I found I enjoy my NYC trips more if I eat before leaving, and no liquids a couple hours before. I make it the whole night without being hungry or needing to pee. People seem to have conditioning about concessions and really need to hit them as part of their experience. The lines were enormous for everything.
As an aside, I never get over how you can be looking at stuff on a grocery shelf and people just walk in front of you like you're not there.
Understood that this is an acoustic performance but Mellencamp not happy with fans “over verbalizing”:
And you KNOW they are never even gonna watch it again. I had a guy in front of me at theHollywood Bowl several years back, filming the ENTIRE Black Sabbath show. I could see his screen and the footage wasn't good. Just watch the show dude.
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I remember the 60s listening to music in “hippie circles” smoking weed.
Loud and obnoxious was un-cool and you couldn’t hang if you were out of control.
Part of being cool was being subdued and reflective, not reactive.
Guitar and drum solos were appreciated and mesmerizing.
Violence was out of the question.
I understand there was plenty of craziness and the exact opposite of what I just described.
However, that was not my experience.
As usual, the punks have the answer. Mark Ramone has a solution.
This is in Europe:
He was born in a small town.
Frankly, I wasn't completely sure that he was still alive.
Same here. I've always found loud talkers to be annoying during shows, even loud rock concerts, if they're pretty close to me (1-2 people away). I usually will ask them to keep it down if it goes on for more than a minute or two (has only led to a confrontation once). People throwing **** at artists is just Neanderthal behavior though.
So much this. 4 years ago I’ll never forget taking my wife (who’se from New Orleans) to go see Harry Connick Jr at Wolftrap near DC. She had a woman (in her late 50’s) actually tap her on the shoulder and ask her to stop dancing and nodding her head to the music because it was distracting.
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WTF-
Were you raised and did you raise your children it’s ok to stand up and block the views of people seated behind you?
My children don’t even push the seat back on an airplane without politely alerting the passengers behind them.
Some jackass decided to stand without regard to others at my daughter’s graduation…. She didn’t stand long!!
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Loud, obnoxious, distracting is a far cry from nodding one’s head while dancing.
However, it’s not a bad idea to have some awareness of who’s view you may be blocking
A big reason I have little desire to go to many concerts is because of the human beings that frequent them.
Similar for amusement parks, water parks etc.
These types of things tend to bring out the best of society.
Similar for amusement parks, water parks etc.
These types of things tend to bring out the best of society.
And I'm sure they will treasure the memory of her standing up in front of them and blocking their view.
I used to go to a lot of concerts growing up in the Poughkeepsie area and the place to go was the Civic Center there. They used to et a ton of big shows. But even in the 70's/80's- at concerts like KISS, In the standing room area, almost every concert, a girl or two would squat and piss on the floor and then the standing crowd would start just pushing back and forth like a wave and you would get forced threw the piss.
I am not sure why anyone expects concert goers to all behave.
As for a few things in the thread. Turn off your phone usually means silence. No one actually turns it off. And if you get a text, sometimes it may actually be important. I don't think a glowing screen in a concert hall is going to hurt any one else time.
Taping a show via an ipad is BS- that is a large screen that can really effect someone else view. Talking and laughing over the music is also BS and rude but happens all the time.
Standing- that is a tough one. I don't remember many concerts that everyone sits in their seats. And at ball games- you shouldnt stand all game but at big moments then everyone needs to realize that standing and getting loud IS part of the experience.
I am not sure why anyone expects concert goers to all behave.
As for a few things in the thread. Turn off your phone usually means silence. No one actually turns it off. And if you get a text, sometimes it may actually be important. I don't think a glowing screen in a concert hall is going to hurt any one else time.
Taping a show via an ipad is BS- that is a large screen that can really effect someone else view. Talking and laughing over the music is also BS and rude but happens all the time.
Standing- that is a tough one. I don't remember many concerts that everyone sits in their seats. And at ball games- you shouldnt stand all game but at big moments then everyone needs to realize that standing and getting loud IS part of the experience.