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Problem Dog- I hate when people are all up in the middle of heavy shows acting scared and getting pissed about people being physical. The worst I ever experienced this was at a Monotonix show in Birmingham at the Bottletree.
I've been at Anders Osborne and Meters shows where people were just standing there in the way getting mad at people dancing. If you aren't dancing at a Meters show you need to go to the back or go home!
Singing along with the band when no one else is doing it is definitely one of my pet peeves. Especially when you're right next to my ear, singing loudly and don't know the words.
Tall people don't bother me that much as long as they aren't statues so I can bob and weave around their shoulders.
And sometimes it's a bonus. At Forecastle, I purposely stood behind my 6'4" brother-in-law, though about a foot-ish away from him. He's so tall that no one wants to be that close to him anyway, which meant I wasn't constantly jostled by folks wanting to stand in front of me. He liked it because it seemed like no one assumed that there was free space right in front of him due to an unseen short person. And that small amount of distance meant that I could see over his shoulder. It totally worked.
My concert complaint, and someone people already posted it but not reading every page, is people who suddenly have shit to do after the lights go down. I understand one beer run, but I've sat next to people that have to get up every 20 minutes and leave their seats. I don't know if it's Coca Cola or they have to make phone calls or what, but sitting in the seats at an arena show can suck a big floppy donkey dick if you're next to two people who can't sit still for 30 minutes.
Post by monkybunney on Feb 15, 2013 15:50:29 GMT -5
The thing I discovered that really started pissing me off at Roo last year were people who had large polls with enormous signs or stuffed animals or stuffed animals and enormous signs on top. When the show starts PUT THAT shiz DOWN, you ARE blocking the view of the stage for many people. This was especially annoying during Radiohead. I do not want to see your shizzy half ass'd home made sign, I want to see the damn light show unobstructed.
Not every performance is a ROCK show! I swear some people "WHOOHOOO" or yell dumb shiz during the middle of songs just to hear themselves. Even at the recent Residents show I went to there was an idiot who couldn't help letting slip his dipshitery and temporarily ruining the ambiance of the performance during several of their pieces. Mercifully he was dragged out to the smoking section by his friends midway through the show and hopefully beaten. That was the last we heard of Herald that night.
I'm tall (6'3) and I get it you can't see, but I'm never obnoxious about it and if you ask me to scoot over I usually try to help out. That being said quit fucking talking shit. So I guess that's my number one people talking shit about me cause I'm too tall. Rant over.
I'm tall (6'3) and I get it you can't see, but I'm never obnoxious about it and if you ask me to scoot over I usually try to help out. That being said quit quacking talking shiz. So I guess that's my number one people talking shiz about me cause I'm too tall. Rant over.
I can't read the post above you....can you scoot over?
Post by pondo ROCKS on Feb 27, 2013 18:22:02 GMT -5
#6 always bothers me the most. Nothing worse than to be on the rail WAY in advance for the act you wanna see, only to have some last minute idiot try to either A. move you entirely, B. squeeze into a "space" that is really not there beside you or C. Try to literally push you so far into said rail that you go to the other side. Bonnaroo can be REAL bad about this on some shows.
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Post by PosterNutbag on Feb 27, 2013 18:55:21 GMT -5
In my mind, the only time that it is acceptable to move your way to the front is if you have been there & have to pee and return. Railing it for a show at a fest is a commitment, and pee happens.
My all time most annoying behavior: screaming girls. I am a girl, but jesus I have never understood the need to shriek loudly during a concert multiple times, or in some cases, the whole fucking time. It just makes no sense. There is nothing worse than enjoying a killer guitar solo, really feeling it, only to have it interrupted by "YIEEEEEEEEEEEEEK" ...typically followed by a vomit burp from the drunken slore next to you.
Problem Dog- I hate when people are all up in the middle of heavy shows acting scared and getting pissed about people being physical. The worst I ever experienced this was at a Monotonix show in Birmingham at the Bottletree.
I've been at Anders Osborne and Meters shows where people were just standing there in the way getting mad at people dancing. If you aren't dancing at a Meters show you need to go to the back or go home!
For some reason, Bottletree is the worst about that. I guess it's the crowd they tend to draw but all the snobby little hipsters always get their panties in a wad about any kind of reaction to a show there. Apparently if you aren't standing there looking bored you're doing it wrong.
That's a big pet peeve of mine, people who stand there lifeless and get all testy if anyone is dancing/moving/moshing. Get over yourself and move it to the back if you don't wanna have fun.
Post by memphis1979 on Feb 28, 2013 5:30:12 GMT -5
Talking the whole time? If you can hear the conversation, then the band isn't loud enough.
The reason why taking a date to a concert when you are just starting to date is that you won't be talking, because its to loud to have a twoway conversation.
When folks try and talk to me during a live show, I don't understand a word, I just smile and wave.
At any rate, last year went to a festival, and this 70 year old wook worked his way up, invaded our space, then hit a girl with another group. Security started trying to get him out, but they gave up. Each new incident was like starting over with a new security guard. This guy was trouble. He looked like a drugged out evil Santa, so there was one girl standing up for him, even after he had punched another girl saying "but he is Santa".
I'm easy going, but that idiot just ruined that set for me and everyone around us. That, to me, was a top ten concert no no.
Post by The Third Girl on Feb 28, 2013 10:19:25 GMT -5
Last concert I was at (Trans Siberian Orchestra) the people behind me talked. The whole time. Not whispering. I mean flat-out loud conversation. And if you have ever seen TSO, you will understand why during some pieces of their show, loud talking is ridiculously annoying.
The couple next to me, along with myself, told them to be quiet at least four times and they ever would.
Last concert I was at (Trans Siberian Orchestra) the people behind me talked. The whole time. Not whispering. I mean flat-out loud conversation. And if you have ever seen TSO, you will understand why during some pieces of their show, loud talking is ridiculously annoying.
The couple next to me, along with myself, told them to be quiet at least four times and they ever would.
TSO id understand, acdc you couldn't hear if you tried.
Just chiming in with the tall guy guilt here. I'm 6'5", and I get it, I really do. I understand that I'm blocking the view for some people directly behind me. For that reason I try and do a few things to alleviate the situation.
I make sure I get to a show early and stake out my place, that way you know where I am, and can adjust accordingly. I'm never one of those people who show up, push their way to the front, and then suddenly you have some 6'5" guy standing directly in front of you.
I usually try to stand on the side of the stage as opposed to the center.
If I see another giant in the crowd, I usually try and get in roughly the same eyeline as they are, that way we're only blocking a smaller portion of the view for people behind us.
If I see someone grossly shorter then myself behind me, I invite them in front of me.
But at the end of the day, I'm there to enjoy the show as well. You want to have a better view and be closer to the stage? Well, looks like you should have dedicated some more time and gotten there a little bit earlier instead of showing up last minute and expecting the prime view...sorry.
As a lady who is only 5'2", I super duper appreciate all you tall folks having such great attitudes about sharing line of sight! Obvs, you can't help your vertical blessings, just like I can't help that my chucks are flat and i refuse to wear heels to a show.
I absolutely agree with stuff3232 - Get there early, get your spot, then you know what you're dealing with from the get-go. Otherwise all bets are off. THIS is why I DO get to shows at doors, I DO walk up to the front, and usually choose to be behind a pack of girls who are shorter than I am. ...Granted, give it 30 min into the first band, and the natural shift of the crowd WILL put someone who's minimum 6' in front of me. Happens every time. I think I could put a coffee-table book together of pics of me at ass-level with the dude in front of me. I will generally just ask a tall guy to scoot if he ends up in front of me at a show, and more often than not, they do. Works much better than "omg, wtf is wrong with this guy?!"
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As a lady who is only 5'2", I super duper appreciate all you tall folks having such great attitudes about sharing line of sight! Obvs, you can't help your vertical blessings, just like I can't help that my chucks are flat and i refuse to wear heels to a show.
I absolutely agree with stuff3232 - Get there early, get your spot, then you know what you're dealing with from the get-go. Otherwise all bets are off. THIS is why I DO get to shows at doors, I DO walk up to the front, and usually choose to be behind a pack of girls who are shorter than I am. ...Granted, give it 30 min into the first band, and the natural shift of the crowd WILL put someone who's minimum 6' in front of me. Happens every time. I think I could put a coffee-table book together of pics of me at ass-level with the dude in front of me. I will generally just ask a tall guy to scoot if he ends up in front of me at a show, and more often than not, they do. Works much better than "omg, wtf is wrong with this guy?!"
I would HIGHLY recommend this for all the shorter-ish gals out there...(dunno if a dude could get away with it)
Obviously, this is more of a festival only type deal... but I just fold it down and keep in in my backpack for my wife at festivals.
It works well for us because Im 6'4" and she's 5'5", so even standing on the stool, she is shorter than me...So she stands on the stool directly in front of me, thus we arent obstructing anyone's view any more than I would by myself. Its nice because I can keep people from bumping into her from behind as well. Plus, we dont make-out too often at shows (except Hangout '12 cuz I proposed on the beach earlier in the week) Im more of a grinder, the stool puts her trunk much closer to my crotch...easier on the knees.
Extra bonus... when in the back of a show like at What Stage for example (or just waiting on a blanket between shows) we use it as a mini-table for beers or food when we're sitting down.
8$ at WalMart. I dont think she'd go back to 'Roo or Hangout without "Stooly."
I saw one of these posted in the gear thread. I'm considering it this year If I can figure out a sweet way to attach it to my camelbak, so it's not hanging around my hiney.
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As a lady who is only 5'2", I super duper appreciate all you tall folks having such great attitudes about sharing line of sight! Obvs, you can't help your vertical blessings, just like I can't help that my chucks are flat and i refuse to wear heels to a show.
I absolutely agree with stuff3232 - Get there early, get your spot, then you know what you're dealing with from the get-go. Otherwise all bets are off. THIS is why I DO get to shows at doors, I DO walk up to the front, and usually choose to be behind a pack of girls who are shorter than I am. ...Granted, give it 30 min into the first band, and the natural shift of the crowd WILL put someone who's minimum 6' in front of me. Happens every time. I think I could put a coffee-table book together of pics of me at ass-level with the dude in front of me. I will generally just ask a tall guy to scoot if he ends up in front of me at a show, and more often than not, they do. Works much better than "omg, wtf is wrong with this guy?!"
Lol don't know how well a book like that would sell. Could get a spot on Conan's segment "Coffee Table Books That Didn't Sell" though
But ya, if you get there early and stake out a good spot, and then some tall dude appears in front of you and won't move a little, that's some pretty shizzy behavior on his part and he should be shamed for it. I've actually gone to a show or two and had some friends want me to push further up in the crowd with them. I usually just tell them I'm going to hang back and I'll meet up with them later. I just don't feel right about it. Besides, my view from further back usually isn't that bad...plus I can catch the breeze above everyone's head
For those that do end up getting stuck behind someone waaaay taller then them, just do what Mayo suggested and ask them nicely if they can scoot over a bit. More often then not, they'll gladly oblige, or even offer you the spot in front of them. No one wants to ruin someone else's show experience and would be more then happy to help a fellow music lover out!
On a side note, this is one reason I love outdoor shows at Stubb's in Austin, they have a naturally sloping ground down to the stage. It really increases everyone's sight lines.
i hate it when people sing like two lines behind the singer. Its ok i guess if its in time but this happened at a tom petty show once and it drove me nuts.