Seen at a concert....

[Bandit]

I went to see John Fogarty tonight - one of the best shows I have ever seen.

I was glad I was not right behind these idiots.

Two "Rocket Scientists" decided, that while they had paid for seats, they didn't want to sit in them. And they were close to the front of the section.

Did they dance to all the classics? No. The best they could do was a head-bob. SIT DOWN!

Did they sit down when the new stuff was played (and everyone else did)? No. YOU ! SIT DOWN!

Did they move to an isle? No. That would mean they shared a brain cell. SIT THE DOWN! YOU ASSHATS!

When people asked them to sit down, did they? No. " YOU! I paid too!" (yes, I could hear that between songs - it was that loud)

Morons.

I'm glad I wasn't behind them. For the price of a ticket these days, I would have gone postal on these asshats.

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[Gawdzillers]

My parents went to see Tom Petty once, and these drunk posterior-caps decided to talk throughout the whole concert. At least until my dad turned around and said, "I came here to hear the music, not you two running your cocksuckers!"

Oh man.

[sportsmom]

I understand how ya feel, too. Last year the hubby and I took our girls to see Train an dI had some assmonkey pull the same shit, right down to the "I paid for my ticket too."

I finally walked up next to him (we were both on the aisle) and said "Yeah, we paid for our tickets too and we would like to enjoy them." He finally actually looked at me and decided he had better sit. He was about 5'4" and maybe 150 soaking wet, while I am 5'10", and I had on heels, so I was closer to 6'1" and out weigh him by a good 25 pounds.

As I walked back to my seat the very large man across the aisle from me gave me the thumbs up and said, "If that didn't work, I was going to walk over there for you. He's a jackass."

[tollbaby]

I went to see John Fogarty tonight - one of the best shows I have ever seen.

Dude, how close to Ottawa are you? I wanted to go, but couldn't swing the cash for tickets!

[ArenaBoy]

If you have problems with these idiots, get the ushers or crowd control. Ushers are rather good at their jobs and crowd control (From my arena and experience) are guys you don't want to mess with. I've seen two of these guys take care of one guy trying to start a fight and fight starter was putting up a hell of a show.

[Shabo]

2 out of the last 3 concerts I went to, I had someone who couldn't dance right in front of me. Now, by not being able to dance, I don't mean that they were physically incapable of it. I mean that they were jerking themselves around so violently and so off-beat that it looked like they were having seizures. I kid you not. I couldn't imagine such bad dancers if I tried. I find that rather distracting from the performance. I'm not saying that you can't dance, but please people, don't try to dance so hard that you make a spectacle out of yourself!

[auntiem]

People's manners go totally out the window at concerts. Next time get an usher. The rule at our theatre honestly depended on a few factors, but the general rule was - if only a few are standing they have to sit down. If most are standing (like towards the end while they are playing their "hit") then they have to at least stay out of the aisles. Usually, I would talk to the tour manager or band to see what to expect and briefed the ushers and security for that night's policy. Most of the time the bands were our best help, for instance if they played a song that got everyone on their feet - they would mellow it out on the next one. One band said "sit down folks - the guy behind you didn't pay $45 to look at your ass for two hours".

Shabo - those were freakin' spin dancers I'll bet - elbows jerking out left and right? I've threatened to break more that one elbow at concerts and shows when they elbow my boob - they usually dance with their arms pinned to their sides after that or do what they should have done in the first place - move to the very back.

[rerant]

Maybe this is just me and the types of concerts I go to but... why would you sit at a concert?
But if someone chooses to sit I don;t see why they would complain about those standing. It's a concert not a movie.

[MadRocketScientist]

As a Rocket Scientist, I sincerely apologize for the behavior of my fellows and I assure you that as soon as my minions track them down, they will be strapped to a cruise missle and fired at...well, we'll fire them at someone or something, my minions need practice launching cruise missles anyway

[myswtghst]

I'm fine with people standing in concerts, but only if you're not the only one standing, and you're not blatantly blocking anyone's view. That's just rude and stupid.

I've been to a great many concerts, in a great many genres, from The Who and Simon&Garfunkel, to Backstreet Boys and N'SYNC, to Glassjaw, Sevendust, Warped Tour and Shadows Fall/Killswitch Engage. I've seen a great deal of, interesting concert behavior. I've seen far too many hammered adults, some even giving their WAY underage kids beer. I've seen dancing I can't even describe (particularly at The Who--I can now quite convincingly pretend I'm tripping acid, and any emo/metal show where kids "hardcore dance"--this means they flail around like dying fish. I'm not kidding. I wish I was). I've seen girls practically get assaulted/felt up/have their undergarments removed when they were dumb enough to try to surf a pit wearing a miniskirt and tank top.

And in a somewhat-related story, I was at a Bears game last year. The people next to us were drunk, and rather obnoxious. I was pretty annoyed when they started smoking (not allowed in the seats) and once they started knocking shit over the railing in front of us, onto the poor, unsuspecting people below, I went an got security. Imagine my surprise when they did NOTHING. They made a token effort to make a "No Smoking" comment to the guys, who acted innocent, even though one was holding a lit cig. I was somewhat redeemed, however, when the drunken idiot next to me spent a half hour unable to figure out why there was no hood on his jacket, even though he swore there was. My cousin and I had to stifle laughter as we quite quickly realized that he had it on upside down.

[Shabo]

Shabo - those were freakin' spin dancers I'll bet - elbows jerking out left and right? I've threatened to break more that one elbow at concerts and shows when they elbow my boob - they usually dance with their arms pinned to their sides after that or do what they should have done in the first place - move to the very back.

The second one definitely wasn't. The first one might have been... but the first one was the worse dancer by far. It really wasn't like they were moving with the music. They were jerking their bodies around violently in an attempt to look cool and hip, but making themselves look far foolish because they weren't even close to being timed with the beat of the song.

And elbow + boob = very very angry woman. Take warning gentlemen. Hitting a woman in the boob is roughly equivalent to being hit in the gonads. Sure, guys may get more pain from their equipment... but they don't usually get angry.

[Rapscallion]

Sure, guys may get more pain from their equipment... but they don't usually get angry.

That's usually because we're desperately trying to bring the scream down a few octaves so that someone can hear us. We tend to attract dogs when in such a state. We're out of it for a fair while.

Rapscallion

[Broomjockey]

That's usually because we're desperately trying to bring the scream down a few octaves so that someone can hear us. We tend to attract dogs when in such a state. We're out of it for a fair while.

Rapscallion

Yeah, what he said. I accidentally punched a friend down there, and it wasn't a hard hit, and he was still out of it for a couple minutes. A concerted hit? Yeah, guy's not doing much any time soon.

[auntiem]

Maybe this is just me and the types of concerts I go to but... why would you sit at a concert?
But if someone chooses to sit I don;t see why they would complain about those standing. It's a concert not a movie.

Not saying you do this, but just FYI concert ettiquette from a ex-house manager/long time concert goer.

If you go to an outdoor or stadium general admission - you can stand/sit/dance whatever (as long as you stay out of the walkway areas) because the people behind you can move if they don't like it/can't see. However, it is rude to survey the area and stand right in front of a group of people that have a blanket down and are all set up - you are mobile you should move.
If you are at an indoor venue where you have an assigned seat it is rude to stand unless everyone is because the person behind you can't move to see better - they are stuck there looking at your butt unless they want to stand which then creates a problem for the people behind them etc. until the back row.
That is why, if I know I want to dance for most of the show - I pick venues where I can do that. If I want to be able to see the band I pick an indoor assigned seat venue or accept that at 5'4" I'm not going to see jack.

[Geek King]

Slightly OT:

I got to see Weird Al Yankovic from so close I could see his nose hair. I was sitting in front of the fan club. I could see the stitching on John "Bermuda" Swartz's 'Dare to be Stupid' costume.

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