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I am a tall person about 6'4'' and sometimes when I go to shows people give me shit about being in there way, which has a negative effect on the whole experience. I know that nobody wants to be blocked from seeing the stage, but that doesnt mean that people who are tall should be excluded from getting good spots?
What are peoples opinion on this?
I didnt have a problem at roo last year, but the last couple of shows ive gone to people have been real as$$oles.
Get something like this: www.halfbakery.com/idea/Tall_20Man_20Cam except instead of the camera pointed toward your face have it pointed toward the stage, and instead of projecting the image on your front project it on your back.
Tell those turds to adapt. I'm 5'8 or so and when someone tall gets in front of me, i step to the side, or just stay away from tall people all together;D. One of my freinds that is goin is around your heigth, maybe he will let me get on his shoulders.....
I get a few nasty looks every now and again ( 6'3"), but I say f*ck em... I'm sorry, but just because I'm tall doesn't mean that I have to stand in the back...
now, if i've sqeezed my way into a tight spot up front and I totally took over someone's line of sight in the process, I'll move, because that's just rude.. but I've been there for a while and a short person all of a sudden is behind me and can't see, screw it, I was there first.. get platform shoes, shorty.
Post by melikecheese on Jun 6, 2006 8:40:47 GMT -5
terrapin said:
I get a few nasty looks every now and again ( 6'3"), but I say f*ck em... I'm sorry, but just because I'm tall doesn't mean that I have to stand in the back...
now, if i've sqeezed my way into a tight spot up front and I totally took over someone's line of sight in the process, I'll move, because that's just rude.. but I've been there for a while and a short person all of a sudden is behind me and can't see, screw it, I was there first.. get platform shoes, shorty.
as a 6'2" man, I say well put!
I once had a girl at a white stripes show tap me and say, "I can't see" really snotty. I just looked at her and said really slow. "I Dont care". She started to mouth off but her boyfriend shut her up. I moved 15 mins later, since this was kinda in the back to start with. It was only the opening band and I just wanted a quick view of the show. If you can't see then slide over 6 inches.
as a short person....tall people at shows dont bother me...cause i (being an inteligent person) understand the MOVE!!! concept...seriously...sliding 6 inches to the side isnt to hard to comprehend...
Well, Dirk and Shaq will be busy, so the absurdly tall crowd should be at a minimum.
I'm 5'10" and my bigger issue, although I've long since sworn to not let anything or anyone screw up my personal experience by annoying me, is with people with really big hair. The 6" move to the side doesn't work too well. Now, if you're tall with giant puffy hair, please stand behind me as you will block the glowsticks from hitting my head
I don't have a problem with tall people standing in front of me If they were there first. It's the a**holes who come crowd in front of me 2 minutes before showtime and act like they have as much right to the space as I do, even though I've been there for 30 minutes-hour. I'm only 5'8" and it seems this happens to me at every show I go to. People have no respect i say!
The tallness doesn't bother me either. But I agree with the big hair complaint.
I was at the bisco show at the e-factory after JOTR day 2, and this tall dude (no problem) with huge nappy dreads (problem) was obviously spun and somehow wormed his way next to me. And dude could NOT keep his dreads away from my face. Wook dreads in the mouth is one of the most disgusting things -- eventually I was able to eek around him so I was in front...and then he started going through my purse. Sometimes a girl's gotta regulate ;-)
ugh.. I'd have to say that giant dreads on a spun hippie can get very very annoying if you're right next to them... sometimes they don't realize that they're shaking thier dreads all over the place and hitting everyone around them
I understand the want/need to dance. totally... just put the dreads up into a hat.
As a short person (5'2"), being able to see at shows is a chronic problem for me. As others have said, it's the crowd jumpers that push their way through that make me angry. I don't care if they're tall or not, it's annoying. If you want to be close, get there early. And when everyone's pushing their way through the crowd (and there were a few times I was straight up shoved) that leaves no room to move 6 inches to the left. After last year, my boyfriend swore that he was going to invent some sort of collaspable box or something for me to stand on, but that has yet to happen.
Right, I'm an average size person and I've always worked it out. If a mutant steps in front of me I just tap her on the shoulder and say "Hey, Lurch, can you please canter left (or right)" and she usually does. No problem.
I'm 6'4" and go to a LOT of shows, so this issue comes up for me quite often. it seems i always end up standing in front of a couple 5'0 girls. I feel bad sometimes. if they're sweet and don't complain, sometimes I'll let them get in front of me. If they're being bitches about it, fuk em.... If they ask me to move in a mean way, i say sorry, no. sometimes a girl will ask if i can just shift over by 2 inches... and I'll usually try to if i can.
there have been times when I am video-bootlegging a show, and the short girls behind me love it because they can see better by watching my camera's LCD than the actual stage. I remember being at a RH show once in san diego and the girls behind me were super stoked on getting to see closeups on my camera as i taped.... they were actually thanking me!
at least i have a shaved head and not like a big afro or something.....
Post by right0ndude on Jun 7, 2006 13:21:11 GMT -5
Heh ... I am a pretty tall guy myself but I usually stay in the back. There's been some shows I really wanted to be in the front for, but most of the time at Bonnaroo I am content with just chillin in the mist tent. It's too damn hot for me to be all in the middle of that madness.
Also I echo GOUGEaway's comment. Nothing PO's me more than some guy or worse a group of like 10 folks squeezing their way in to an already packed area. And for some reason they always choose me to weave their line in front of! Doh!
Post by Who's got my 'roo? on Jun 8, 2006 13:54:03 GMT -5
Not that tall myself, but I understand how there isn't much freakishly tall people can do. There will always be someone behind and in front of you. If the latter is true just move to the side -- or sneak around him or her. I'm guessing they understand!
if you're really short why not just sit on the shoulders of a tall person, eh?
cuz those people always end up in front of me - I am average 5'7" - but somehow I always end up with some chick on some guys shoulders smack dab in front of me