Annoying Concert Behavior

[MrWhippy]

Speaking of the Belle of Louisville, does anyone else remember the guy dressed in purple Mardi-Gras gear who pushed his way up front and started at yelling at everyone how we were lame for not dancing and taking up the space upfront? 

I saw him and some guy who didn't take kindly for being harassed come within inches of a nasty fight.

[Taterbug]

I want to hear the story.    Don't see Eric's tale on this thread...

Okay.  She started pushing me from my left (I was on Carl's side, 2nd row) and trying to get in front of me.  She would edge her right arm in front of me and I would kinda swat it back.  This happened a few times.  I said "I've been here all night.  Stop pushing me."  She said, "I'm not pushing you."  Me: "Yes you are."  Her: "No I'm not." (Meanwhile, she was still pushing me & trying to get in front of me.)  I then got exasperated and said "You're a liar!  Fuck you!"  This seemed to get her attention and she soon went to the 3rd row.

eerily similar to my experience on the belle of louisville last summer.  got in my spot (about 4 or 5 deep) well before the music started, everything was cool until this girl appeared to my right, apparently a friend of the couple next to me.  she started pushing me and telling me to "move over!"  i leaned back a bit and showed her that there was no "over" for me to move to: "there's someone right here, i can't move over!"

didn't register with her.  she kept pushing and shoving and eventually elbowing me in the ribs, i even had the bruise to show for it the next day.   i even pleaded with her friends: "can you two keep her under control, please?"   i never budged, though, and she eventually gave up and moved back with her female friend, leaving the guy there by himself.

"sorry," he said, "she's really a good girl."

"she may be a good girl, but she's a lousy drunk."

Slappy,  Do you remember the dude on the Belle that was dressed up as the court jester and smelled like week old vomit. He tried to crawl his way to the front and 2 dudes that where about 6 feet behind me that where  size of mack trucks picked him up off the floor and at that point I think he pooped a little when he saw how big they where. After a heated exchange he just slithered away. 

[Taterbug]

Speaking of the Belle of Louisville, does anyone else remember the guy dressed in purple Mardi-Gras gear who pushed his way up front and started at yelling at everyone how we were lame for not dancing and taking up the space upfront? 

I saw him and some guy who didn't take kindly for being harassed come within inches of a nasty fight.

Jinx...Whippy !!!!   you can't post for a week. 

[johnnYYac]

Speaking of the Belle of Louisville, does anyone else remember the guy dressed in purple Mardi-Gras gear who pushed his way up front and started at yelling at everyone how we were lame for not dancing and taking up the space upfront? 

I saw him and some guy who didn't take kindly for being harassed come within inches of a nasty fight.

Jinx...Whippy !!!!   you can't post for a week. 

He beat you by 6 minutes... Draw?

[e_wind]

I know that guy. Knew him quite well in highschool. One of my friends still talkS to him quite often. If you think anyone around here is psycho, you wouldn't be able to handle this. I severely dislike him. He's kind of an "art celebrity" around town.

Also, he at one point became buds with Jack White, and stayed at his house in Nashville for awhile. Weird.

[Fully]

I was tired by that point my memory shut down, but now that y'all bring him up, I remember watching him crawl under people. Who does that? Sometimes people like that and like the adderall snorters at Beale Street who kept jumping hard on my sandal wearing feet need their asses beat.

[vespachick]

My favorite retort was when I had been on the rail all day on Saturday of Sasquatch (in the blazing heat and pregnant) to see the Jacket headline and when Vampire Weekend (barf) was set to go on this fairly short girl kept trying to push up on me and squeeze through.  She asked me: "Can I go in your spot just for this set? I love Vampire Weekend, and I'm so short, and you guys are so tall?" I asked her if she knew she was that short at noon which was when I got there. She moved on to try to charm some other of the younger fellers for the rail.   

[Penny Lane]

My favorite retort was when I had been on the rail all day on Saturday of Sasquatch (in the blazing heat and pregnant) to see the Jacket headline and when Vampire Weekend (barf) was set to go on this fairly short girl kept trying to push up on me and squeeze through.  She asked me: "Can I go in your spot just for this set? I love Vampire Weekend, and I'm so short, and you guys are so tall?" I asked her if she knew she was that short at noon which was when I got there. She moved on to try to charm some other of the younger fellers for the rail.   

LOL! that is the best..

[itrainmonkeys]

Fantastic retort.

[MrWhippy]

Vespa just won the "Annoying Concert Behavior" thread.

And, just to remind folks, Mr. Vespa won Red Rocks with his treatment of the bitch from hell with the massive tarp that tried to push her way to the front of the line.

[slappymoe]

Slappy,  Do you remember the dude on the Belle that was dressed up as the court jester and smelled like week old vomit.

happy to say i have no recollection of stinky other than reading about him here.  either i never noticed him or i have successfully repressed the memory.

[Ruckus]

Slappy,  Do you remember the dude on the Belle that was dressed up as the court jester and smelled like week old vomit.

happy to say i have no recollection of stinky other than reading about him here.  either i never noticed him or i have successfully repressed the memory.

You succeed at life Slappy   Week old vomit is very generous and equivalent to a bed of roses.  He smelled more like Gacy's  crawl space.

[Mahgeetah34]

Also, he at one point became buds with Jack White, and stayed at his house in Nashville for awhile. Weird.

I'd like to hear more on this statement if you know any extra details. Why would Jack want to befriend this guy especially to the point of having him come over for a visit?

[jcoyote]

Interestingly enough, my most recent bout with annoying behavior came at the MMJ show this past August.  Pretty much @ encore, this guy right in front of me (I think we were on the second or third row in reserved) decided to just bend over and start puking.  Once the wave of smell hit, it pretty much cleared a space out.  Handle your liqour, man. 

[e_wind]

Also, he at one point became buds with Jack White, and stayed at his house in Nashville for awhile. Weird.

I'd like to hear more on this statement if you know any extra details. Why would Jack want to befriend this guy especially to the point of having him come over for a visit?

I don't know the exact details, this is from word of (not his) mouth. This guy does quite a bit of art around town. There are murals up in some busy parts of town, and he's done all the art for multiple (hip) restaurants. He travels a lot for extended periods of time. Apparently, he went to Nashville for awhile and JW saw his art and wanted to talk to him. (i put stress on the word apparently). That sprung some sort of relationship between to the two. I've never asked him about it, but I will ask my friend if he thinks its true. The thing about this guy is that hes so crazy that nothing surprises me anymore. He is the only person I know that I would truly refer to as a "free spirit".

[Fully]

Also, he at one point became buds with Jack White, and stayed at his house in Nashville for awhile. Weird.

I'd like to hear more on this statement if you know any extra details. Why would Jack want to befriend this guy especially to the point of having him come over for a visit?

I don't know the exact details, this is from word of (not his) mouth. This guy does quite a bit of art around town. There are murals up in some busy parts of town, and he's done all the art for multiple (hip) restaurants. He travels a lot for extended periods of time. Apparently, he went to Nashville for awhile and JW saw his art and wanted to talk to him. (i put stress on the word apparently). That sprung some sort of relationship between to the two. I've never asked him about it, but I will ask my friend if he thinks its true. The thing about this guy is that hes so crazy that nothing surprises me anymore. He is the only person I know that I would truly refer to as a "free spirit".

I'm assuming you are defining "free spirit" as smells like the living dead.

[rmpotsy]

Also, he at one point became buds with Jack White, and stayed at his house in Nashville for awhile. Weird.

I'd like to hear more on this statement if you know any extra details. Why would Jack want to befriend this guy especially to the point of having him come over for a visit?

I don't know the exact details, this is from word of (not his) mouth. This guy does quite a bit of art around town. There are murals up in some busy parts of town, and he's done all the art for multiple (hip) restaurants. He travels a lot for extended periods of time. Apparently, he went to Nashville for awhile and JW saw his art and wanted to talk to him. (i put stress on the word apparently). That sprung some sort of relationship between to the two. I've never asked him about it, but I will ask my friend if he thinks its true. The thing about this guy is that hes so crazy that nothing surprises me anymore. He is the only person I know that I would truly refer to as a "free spirit".

eric, who is this guy?  you can send a pm if sensitive.

[Penny Lane]

I'm assuming you are defining "free spirit" as smells like the living dead.

that's the picture i get for that term...

[crazylove]

I remember him as well, tall guy with some type of weird purple hat and costume. But after being shut out for the pit, I wasn't budging from my front spot,even if crawled between my legs!

[Jeff Murray]

As with most stories in this thread they are all based on inconsiderate people.   My annoying experience took place this last Friday at the Union Transfer in Philly.  My friends and I got into the venue when the doors opened and grabbed a spot in the balcony so we could see and hear.  The show was sold out so I knew we needed to stake our claims.  Not long after we get comfy another couple comes and stands next to us and are friendly enough introducing themselves and asking if I would mind helping them keep their spots.  Not a problem.  No issues through most of the show, everyone takes their restroom/beer runs without a hassle, they even bought me a few beers for helping them which I thought was nice but unnecessary. 

Once the encore hits, the guy's girlfriend takes a bathroom run, I move over some to help the guy out, he is a tall guy and built like a brick house.  While I was watching the show a woman comes up and moves into the area where the guy's girlfriend was, wasn't much in stopping her as she wedged her way in there.  He's drunk by now and gives me grief about not holding the spot down for him, meanwhile he was not really doing too good a job himself.  I figured to let the woman stand there for a little bit to get a view for a while until his girlfriend got back, not a problem.  Well, the girl got the entitlement bug and said she wasn't moving, by this time the dude was pissed off and did the wrong thing, he gave her a shove out of the way, she wasn't small so she didn't move much so he basically leveraged her out of the way.  Once her friends saw this they started yelling at him and then one woman made the situation worse by throwing her beer on him, trying to knock his hat to the main level, and finally was a hog by spitting on him.  The woman that was shoved goes and gets security and tries to get the guy thrown out.  Unfortunately security wouldn't listen to everyone around trying to tell them the girls started the whole situation, even though the guy was wrong in laying hands on the woman.  Finally the guy goes and talks to the security and we all go over one by one to explain what the other girls did to him, thinking if he gets tossed so should they.  The guy gets pissed and tells his girlfriend they are leaving.  Meanwhile the girls are there laughing and trying to get support from the crowd.  Ended up ruining a good encore.  While the guy was wrong for giving the woman a shove, I was shocked at how well he handled the tossed beer and spitting incident, I would have been seeing red at that point, he ignored them and tried to watch the show.  This is one case where both parties should have been asked to leave.  Just goes to prove that when too much alcohol is added to the mix manners and respect go out the door!

Hoping we don't get folks like this at the Jim James Union Transfer show, as I know I'll probably be in the same spot or at least in the balcony.  A sold out show at the Union Transfer is usually pretty packed solid.  Get in early and claim your spots!