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I went to see Bruno Mars (haters can hate..) and Fitz & The Tantrums, and I swear, my sister and I were the ONLY people standing and dancing during Fitz! The ladies seated behind us showed up halfway through their set and kept poking us in the sides telling us to sit down because the couldn't see. I felt they didn't really have the right to act all upset when they didn't even show up on time. And I agree, it's my right to stand! If you can get security to tell me I have to sit, then fine, but I'm pretty sure they wont. I paid all this money to see a show, so I'm going to have fun and I don't really care if other people want to be crabby about it!
Sitting down for Fitz just seems surreal. Even if ya don't wanna stand, how can you tell someone to sit down during a band like Fitz? Poking me in the side, someone may have lost a finger!
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Jul 29, 2013 13:54:21 GMT -5
I think if you're the only one standing you need to be considerate to everyone behind you and limit how often and how long you're up dancing. Yeah it sucks that everyone should be dancing and isn't, but it's kinda a d*ck move to just coronate yourself life of the party and stand and dance all night if that's not what the crowd is going for. However, if everyone in front of you is standing and the people behind you get uppity about you joining them, f*ck em.
Post by wannaberoo'ing on Jul 29, 2013 14:30:13 GMT -5
I find the seats/standing/dancing thing at shows to be my most socially awkward problem of all the various social mores that exist within concert etiquette. Should I be the first to stand and dance and risk having my underwear be exposed for all to see in hopes that others will quickly follow my lead and stand as well? Ya know, ladies, right? Where you are always checking and pulling your top down cause for some reason our panties are always creeping up above the waistline? Or, do I keep sitting in my chair doing this awkward, goofy looking chair dance? I hate chair dancing. I hate watching people do their various chair dance moves, the finger tap on the knee, the squirmy butt dance, it just seems like so much lost potential going on. "Just get up and let it out for christ's sake!" is what I am thinking to myself. But no one wants to be the first guy to stand. You see the ones who are thinking about doing it: they are looking around to assess the crowd, they are tugging on their friends' arms to get them to stand up with them at the exact same time. Then, fail. Friends too drunk to stand and since they haven't tested out their legs for so long, they plop back down into their seat and almost fall over.
See, it's alot for me to have think about. Too much pressure.
I find the seats/standing/dancing thing at shows to be my most socially awkward problem of all the various social mores that exist within concert etiquette. Should I be the first to stand and dance and risk having my underwear be exposed for all to see in hopes that others will quickly follow my lead and stand as well? Ya know, ladies, right? Where you are always checking and pulling your top down cause for some reason our panties are always creeping up above the waistline? Or, do I keep sitting in my chair doing this awkward, goofy looking chair dance? I hate chair dancing. I hate watching people do their various chair dance moves, the finger tap on the knee, the squirmy butt dance, it just seems like so much lost potential going on. "Just get up and let it out for christ's sake!" is what I am thinking to myself. But no one wants to be the first guy to stand. You see the ones who are thinking about doing it: they are looking around to assess the crowd, they are tugging on their friends' arms to get them to stand up with them at the exact same time. Then, fail. Friends too drunk to stand and since they haven't tested out their legs for so long, they plop back down into their seat and almost fall over.
See, it's alot for me to have think about. Too much pressure.
Totally!
This is the exact reason I've come to love GA/standing shows 100% more than shows with assigned "seating". In addition to the freedom to shake your tail feather, you also can move if you find yourself next to the Captain Buzzkill-Crankypants types.
And yes, what the heck is up with undies? Your underoos can be fine all day, but if you stand in front of thousands of people they wanna creep up and see what all the fuss is about.
I think if you're the only one standing you need to be considerate to everyone behind you and limit how often and how long you're up dancing. Yeah it sucks that everyone should be dancing and isn't, but it's kinda a d*ck move to just coronate yourself life of the party and stand and dance all night if that's not what the crowd is going for. However, if everyone in front of you is standing and the people behind you get uppity about you joining them, f*ck em.
I was the only one dancing in my row, but certainly not the only one dancing there. There were some people dancing in front of me to the left and behind me to the right(this is a pretty big venue; ~7K not counting lawn). I got the feeling it was a lot of Lumineers fans not very familiar with Dr. Dog. Anyway I just went up to the lawn for the Lumineers set.
In general though I do agree with your point. If I'm pretty much the only one standing then I'll sit down and call it a day. But there were other standing and it would of been pretty impossible for my GF and I not to dance for Dr. Dog
I foresee a similar problem arising for Avett Bro's w/ Trombone Shorty....I'm pretty sure there is a 0% chance of me remaining in a seat during Trombone
Old people that go to shows need to die or stop complaining. Those are the only two acceptable options.
Yeah and young people that go to shows need to stop chitter-chatting through the whole goddanned show and texting and facebooking away and sticking their big ass fuc*king maxi-ipads in my way to video every other song. Or die. Those are the only two acceptable options I see.
This is why my old lady and I pretty much only go to GA shows anymore - so we can be standing and dance the night away while the kids yakkity-yak and leave early 'cause they're bored and whatnot.
Old people that go to shows need to die or stop complaining. Those are the only two acceptable options.
Yeah and young people that go to shows need to stop chitter-chatting through the whole goddanned show and texting and facebooking away and sticking their big ass fuc*king maxi-ipads in my way to video every other song. Or die. Those are the only two acceptable options I see.
I think if you're the only one standing you need to be considerate to everyone behind you and limit how often and how long you're up dancing. Yeah it sucks that everyone should be dancing and isn't, but it's kinda a d*ck move to just coronate yourself life of the party and stand and dance all night if that's not what the crowd is going for. However, if everyone in front of you is standing and the people behind you get uppity about you joining them, f*ck em.
I went to the "Love for Levon" tribute show in NJ and there was one big guy who stood up for a good amount of the first half of the show. He wasn't really dancing....just standing and sorta bumping his head side to side a bit. But it was a stadium seating type of place and NOBODY in or near our section was standing except for him. He was directly in the sight line and I was so annoyed that I had to keep moving around to try and see past him. I don't like to tell people how to enjoy a show or behave at a concert but he almost pushed me to the breaking point. Thankfully he sat down....I think others were doing that thing where they passive-aggresively just talk to each other about him and how they can't see but doing it loud enough (on purpose) for him to hear.
I think if you're the only one standing you need to be considerate to everyone behind you and limit how often and how long you're up dancing. Yeah it sucks that everyone should be dancing and isn't, but it's kinda a d*ck move to just coronate yourself life of the party and stand and dance all night if that's not what the crowd is going for. However, if everyone in front of you is standing and the people behind you get uppity about you joining them, f*ck em.
I went to the "Love for Levon" tribute show in NJ and there was one big guy who stood up for a good amount of the first half of the show. He wasn't really dancing....just standing and sorta bumping his head side to side a bit. But it was a stadium seating type of place and NOBODY in or near our section was standing except for him. He was directly in the sight line and I was so annoyed that I had to keep moving around to try and see past him. I don't like to tell people how to enjoy a show or behave at a concert but he almost pushed me to the breaking point. Thankfully he sat down....I think others were doing that thing where they passive-aggresively just talk to each other about him and how they can't see but doing it loud enough (on purpose) for him to hear.
Yeah - seated shows are tricky. Heck, even lawn shows can be tricky nowadays. Leave early and get to the rail of a GA show, though, when we're both kind of short and we have no worries the whole night. We can dance, people behind us can see, and there's no sit down or stand up worry. It's the only time we're 100% comfortable.
Post by FuzzyWarbles on Jul 29, 2013 16:23:02 GMT -5
I haven't gone to a lot of seated shows. Almost all I have, the crowd remained seated. When seeing David Byrne and St Vincent in Dallas the front few sections stood the whole time while the back of the theatre would sit during Annie's songs. I was in the back and stood the whole time. When seeing Ryan Adams and the Cardinals on their last tour the whole theatre stood when they played Cold Roses three songs into the show. I could tell several people who wanted to sit were annoyed. When seeing Wilco in Dallas, about half the crowd wanted to stand, but the ushers made everyone sit. I'm in agreement with going with the mood of the majority of the audience. If I feel an overwhelming urge to move I may move to the back or up to the front of the stage if that is being allowed.
These two were so blazed, not only didn't they offer any, they did the "I'm leaning on you while I eat this corn" thing and swayed back and forth. And, yeah, that went on for a good 30 minutes, non-stop. I just left and found another spot to enjoy the show from. Ended up having a better view anyway.
Asking to borrow a lighter, but not asking if you'd like any is so rude!
I think if you're the only one standing you need to be considerate to everyone behind you and limit how often and how long you're up dancing. Yeah it sucks that everyone should be dancing and isn't, but it's kinda a d*ck move to just coronate yourself life of the party and stand and dance all night if that's not what the crowd is going for. However, if everyone in front of you is standing and the people behind you get uppity about you joining them, f*ck em.
I agree with this too, actually. I'm not a total d-bag here...haha We didn't sit down right away during Fitz (and other people did start to stand once their set got going a bit), but we did sit for some of their slower stuff/lesser known songs. I guess it annoyed me more that these particular people showed up halfway through and decided they were upset about us standing, when no one else had said anything to us or looked annoyed before that.
When I was at Phish last week someone had brought their 15 year old down into the Pavilion area, I didn't see the kid until dad gave me a dirty look so we moved a few rows away. In all fairness Phish shows have a different etiquette than most other shows.
Old people that go to shows need to die or stop complaining. Those are the only two acceptable options.
Yeah and young people that go to shows need to stop chitter-chatting through the whole goddanned show and texting and facebooking away and sticking their big ass fuc*king maxi-ipads in my way to video every other song. Or die. Those are the only two acceptable options I see.
This is why my old lady and I pretty much only go to GA shows anymore - so we can be standing and dance the night away while the kids yakkity-yak and leave early 'cause they're bored and whatnot.
I'm not a big corn smoker, but I would never tell somebody to stop smoking at a live show. If you can't handle being around it, stay home. Rock n roll is probably not the thing for you.
Post by FuzzyWarbles on Jul 29, 2013 20:51:13 GMT -5
Yeah, I not a smoker these days but would never tell anyone to put it out. I did get a good contact at Erykah Badu's Birthday bash at the Granada Theater. That whole place was cloudy. And I did have to find another spot during Thundercat at ACL. It was during the rain and he was under the only pavilion at the fest and some guys had a Cheech and Chong sized doobie beside me. Didn't need any surprises when I got back to the job the next day.
All the stand vs sit talk.. This is why I highly doubt I will ever go to an arena show again. It drives me ffking crazy.
And at Roo this year I had a fair share of corn I'd indulge before almost every show and during a few of the bigger ones. I offered every single time to my neighbors and I shiz you not I was turned down ZERO times the entire weekend.
The times they are a changin'
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Another etiquette note - If someone passes by and drops something, do your best to get it back to them. I know sometimes it's hard with the crowd, but it sucks to lose shiz simply because it wasn't far enough in your pocket or tied on tight enough.
My parents came down for their first Roo experience on Friday (single day pass). About an hour after they got there, Mom and I were heading to the portos next to the Cinema tent when a couple of 20-something guys rushed past. My mom said "WAIT!" and picked a hat off the ground that one of them had dropped and didn't notice. The guys turned around and the guy she handed the hat to said, "Oh man, that's awesome. Thank you SO much, lady! Wanna hit?" and offered some corn to her. She smiled and politely declined then we headed on our way. My mom doesn't typically smoke, so I was quite amused at how quickly she came in contact with it.
Then, later that night, at Macca, my dad tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around to see my mom firing one up, so I guess I can't say she doesn't smoke any more lol
And at Roo this year I had a fair share of corn I'd indulge before almost every show and during a few of the bigger ones. I offered every single time to my neighbors and I shiz you not I was turned down ZERO times the entire weekend.
The times they are a changin'
Are you lamenting the fact that people accepted your offers?
And at Roo this year I had a fair share of corn I'd indulge before almost every show and during a few of the bigger ones. I offered every single time to my neighbors and I shiz you not I was turned down ZERO times the entire weekend.
The times they are a changin'
Are you lamenting the fact that people accepted your offers?
Highlighting that in Colorful Colorado it is on every corner, every park, every concert venue etc and I was pretty stoked to see such an eclectic crowd not just be accepting of such activity but participate in it as heavily as they did. I was shocked. Everything from a very old lady sitting in Which pit before a show started to a group of young bros at 21 Pilots to at least 10-15 people at Macca. As crowd etiquette goes people were sure accepting of "want some?"
I do agree blowing it in people's faces is the worst and even as an avid corn eater I HATE it when someone does that to me so I can totally get the people saying wtf on that.
Another etiquette note - If someone passes by and drops something, do your best to get it back to them. I know sometimes it's hard with the crowd, but it sucks to lose shiz simply because it wasn't far enough in your pocket or tied on tight enough.
My parents came down for their first Roo experience on Friday (single day pass). About an hour after they got there, Mom and I were heading to the portos next to the Cinema tent when a couple of 20-something guys rushed past. My mom said "WAIT!" and picked a hat off the ground that one of them had dropped and didn't notice. The guys turned around and the guy she handed the hat to said, "Oh man, that's awesome. Thank you SO much, lady! Wanna hit?" and offered some corn to her. She smiled and politely declined then we headed on our way. My mom doesn't typically smoke, so I was quite amused at how quickly she came in contact with it.
Then, later that night, at Macca, my dad tapped me on the shoulder and I turned around to see my mom firing one up, so I guess I can't say she doesn't smoke any more lol
Oh totally. Goes for anytihng. In the front of 21 Pilots I still owe this guy I'll probably never meet again. We were just raging, whole crowd going nuts, my glasses literally launch off my head as a body surfer comes flying over and in slow motion this guy gave everything he had to catch them amid body surfers, mosh pits and everything else happening. Grabbed em mid air and still got them over to me. Was really awesome. It would of been so so easy for him just to not put out that effort (because it really was effort) to nab them and get them to me. There was zero chance I was ever getting them back if it wasn't for him.
Humans are awesome and this Roo I definitely consistently saw the best in people. I know some have horror stories but time and time again ran into the nicest people.
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Everytime I eat at a concert I have to readjust my smoke blowing direction because it always seems to go where it wants to (which is generally in the direction of someone's face). I always apoligize and offer them some if it does though. And yes I blow it up and down, smoke is just weird I guess.
Old people that go to shows need to die or stop complaining. Those are the only two acceptable options.
Yeah and young people that go to shows need to stop chitter-chatting through the whole goddanned show and texting and facebooking away and sticking their big ass fuc*king maxi-ipads in my way to video every other song. Or die. Those are the only two acceptable options I see.
This is why my old lady and I pretty much only go to GA shows anymore - so we can be standing and dance the night away while the kids yakkity-yak and leave early 'cause they're bored and whatnot.
Post by Daddy's Mad on Apr 28, 2014 10:12:54 GMT -5
I stumbled into some dad rock show this weekend after an art show, everyone was seated except two moms dancing like right against the stage (it's not crowded you don't have to hug the stage), but needless to say I took both of them home
