Annoying Concert Behavior

[MrWhippy]

Ahhhh, the ol' "it's a rock concert" defense...don't we all get that rock shows exist solely to give everybody permission to be extremely intoxicated and act in ways we would never ever do in real life, and nobody should really take any offense? Yeah, I'm really tired of that argument.

Yeah, what Crispy said.  It's very possible to have fun without simultaneously fucking up the fun of others. 

[Jims Poncho]

It's a concert, there are (mostly) no rules. If you don't like that I stopped in front of you, walk in front of me. If you wander around for a couple minutes at the beginning, you'll find a group of like-minded individuals. If you want to sing and dance and rock out, you'll find those people. If you want to just chill with your girl and not get bumped into, go back a little bit and you'll find all the other happy couples. The PC run was a blast and with each night we found more people that were having the same kind of fun. On Sat, we found the best groups of people in front of the soundboard. There were high-fives & OMFG! looks exchanged, "YEESSSS!!'s" for favorite songs, everything we wanted. The easiest way to have fun is to not worry about what everyone else is doing. If you're in a shit mood or don't care about the band, STAY HOME! We will have a blast without you!

How does one walk in front of someone who pushed their way in front of you and took up all the remaining space? I typically say something to the douchebags who do that, so they will know their behavior is not appropriate, but it was still a douchebag move to do it.

yeah this is wrong. If i waited for 6 hours to get on the rail or one off, dont walk you pussy ass up and shove your way into my space. its just inconsiderate (as in, you arent considering anyone but yourself)

I guess I should have been more clear. I have never and would never pull somebody off the rail, I was talking about standing in the middle of the crowd. Anytime I move and then stop, I always look behind me to make sure I'm not blocking any shorter folks (my gf is quite short, and I'm only 5' 9"), and if I am, I will gladly moosh into my friends so the person behind me can see better, or be with their friends. I really try to be the most courteous concert goer I can be. Normally if there's any obnoxious behavior going on around me, rather than argue with strangers, I'll just move 5 feet over. Problem solved. Just wanted clear that up (I'm new to forums and whatnot). Hope to see you knuckleheads out there! 

[pattilovesmmj]

I'm 52 and have never sat down at any of the MMJ show's I have gone too.  3 years ago I went to see Jack White/Dead Weather in Milwaukee after a bad fall off of my bicycle.  I had a hip flexer injury and could barely walk, but I made it thru the whole show standing!!!  How can someone not stand at an MMJ show???????

[Fully]

I'm going to confess that I took a nap during the last portion of the Red Rocks night 2. In my defense it was after 12 and two hours later time zone wise for me. And I won't mention any names, but I watched someone take a nap on the rail at Port Chester. It gets exhausting rocking out, you know.

[ericm]

I'm going to confess that I took a nap during the last portion of the Red Rocks night 2. In my defense it was after 12 and two hours later time zone wise for me. And I won't mention any names, but I watched someone take a nap on the rail at Port Chester. It gets exhausting rocking out, you know.

And by nap you mean having the music take you away to another plane of existence right?  Your body is here, but the rest of you is somewhere else 

[Fully]

No, I was sleeping :D.  I have had that experience before though, but I was flat out sawing logs for about twenty minutes that night. I slept through several shows at Bonnaroo this summer to, but to be fair, it was the Red Hot Chili Peppers whom I don't care for at all.

[el_chode]

I watched two grown men wearing turtlenecks get in a slap fight over sitting vs standing at a Wilco concert at the Tower Theater sometime in 2007.

[Crispy]

I watched two grown men wearing turtlenecks get in a slap fight over sitting vs standing at a Wilco concert at the Tower Theater sometime in 2007.

Well, that asshole kept telling me to sit down!

[bartel]

guilty of a couple of these for sure...

[crookedheart82]

Most annoying moment from PC night 2- drunk girl shoving her way up to the rail to take a photo and slurring "wheeeeeeere's Jim" about five times into my ear at the end of Dondante. She legitimately seemed offended when I told her I actually wanted to watch the show rather than attempt to explain why Jim leaves the stage during Dondante.

Most annoying moment from PC night 3- another drunk girl shoving her way up to the rail looking for a coat that clearly wasn't there and attempting to steal mine during 'I Will Be There When You Die'

I'm thoroughly convinced that alcohol is at the root of all annoying concert behavior :)

[ericm]

Most annoying moment from PC night 2- drunk girl shoving her way up to the rail to take a photo and slurring "wheeeeeeere's Jim" about five times into my ear at the end of Dondante. She legitimately seemed offended when I told her I actually wanted to watch the show rather than attempt to explain why Jim leaves the stage during Dondante.

Most annoying moment from PC night 3- another drunk girl shoving her way up to the rail looking for a coat that clearly wasn't there and attempting to steal mine during 'I Will Be There When You Die'

I'm thoroughly convinced that alcohol is at the root of all annoying concert behavior :)

Nah, more like the people who can't handle their alcohol,IMO.

[YimYodd]

Nah, more like the people who can't handle their alcohol,IMO.

I agree.
I've been going to shows for almost 40 years- luv my cold ,420 & Magic.
Often strategically work my way to the front, but @ 6'3" 250+lbs will still switch spots w/
short peeps.
Always stand up too.

[ms. yvon]

I told him it was 20 a SONG. He left.

i went to see Bryan Ferry last year.  had a terrific seat but was in the middle of some very casual fans.  i did my best to not completely lose my shit but it was BRYAN FERRY!  he hadn't played in LA in 10 years. and he was amazing!   so i may have done a bit of dancing and thrown in some Camp Crispy Jazz Hands™.

[Crispy]

I told him it was 20 a SONG. He left.

i went to see Bryan Ferry last year.  had a terrific seat but was in the middle of some very casual fans.  i did my best to not completely lose my shit but it was BRYAN FERRY!  he hadn't played in LA in 10 years. and he was amazing!   so i may have done a bit of dancing and thrown in some Camp Crispy Jazz Hands™.

HA! Who do you think the jazz hands were inspired by and modeled after? 

I had a difficult time not losing my shit tonight on the drunken obnoxious girl who made her way up to the rail and wanted me to help her over so she could make Trampled by Turtles play "Where Is My Mind". I told her no, and that I thought she was at the wrong show. It's just a good thing for her that she wasn't up there during Carl's set.

[SaraBananaBear]

My top two most annoying would be:

A very drunk woman at a The Tallest Man On Earth concert. My cousin and I had been queuing to get to the rail, but a few songs in this woman elbowed her way to the front and pushed in front of me. I was kind of okay with this, since I could see really well anyway, but then she started to wave her arms around and kept accidentally (I hope) hitting me. A couple next to me got really concerned and kept asking if I was okay and tried to get the woman to stop hitting me. Eventually I asked her to please stop hitting me, which she eventually did. Instead she started shouting at Kristian, commenting on every song and repeatedly asked him to "play a good one" instead. This was a really small stage and she also kept trying to climb up on stage to high five him. Then during Like The Wheel (really beautiful slow song) her phone started ringing and she actually took the call and started talking really loudly. That's when the couple next to had enough and escorted her out. 

During the MMJ set at Latitude festival some Paolo Nutini fans (he was playing after MMJ) were harassing my friends and me. Carl and Tom were on stage doing whatever needs to be done to their instruments before playing, so my friends and I went: woooo hey Carl and Tom! At this point the PN fans started making fun of us for "shounting at the stage guys". When the show started they kept pushing and poking me in the back and kept saying they were annoyed that we wouldn't just stand still. I also had on a big wig for fun and one guy kept pulling at it a little. Eventually he just pulled it off completely and tossed it around to his friends. I'm normally a very nice and calm person, but I turned around and had a serious talk with him. There might have been some slight shouting involved. I got my wig back and the guy's girlfriend came to apologize saying how he hadn't realized I didn't want anyone to pull my wig off and that they were really sorry.

So, don't get too drunk, steal people's spots, yell at the person performing or answer telephone calls and most definitely don't pull anyone's wig off (even if they haven't specifically told you they don't want you to pull it off). 

[Fully]

Why would any woman WANT someone to pull their wig off! You have to have a mirror to get those things on correctly, and then when it's off your real hair looks a fright. Apparently Nutini fans are a little Nutini.

[SaraBananaBear]

Why would any woman WANT someone to pull their wig off! You have to have a mirror to get those things on correctly, and then when it's off your real hair looks a fright. Apparently Nutini fans are a little Nutini.

Hahaha, my real hair most definitely looked like a fright (never heard that phrase before, will start using it all the time now), it was horrible.

[Crispy]

Why would any woman WANT someone to pull their wig off! You have to have a mirror to get those things on correctly, and then when it's off your real hair looks a fright. Apparently Nutini fans are a little Nutini.

Hahaha, my real hair most definitely looked like a fright (never heard that phrase before, will start using it all the time now), it was horrible.

"Looked a fright" is an old-fashioned phrase, Sara, don't use it unless you want to sound like an old person. Like us. 

[Fully]

Why would any woman WANT someone to pull their wig off! You have to have a mirror to get those things on correctly, and then when it's off your real hair looks a fright. Apparently Nutini fans are a little Nutini.

Hahaha, my real hair most definitely looked like a fright (never heard that phrase before, will start using it all the time now), it was horrible.

"Looked a fright" is an old-fashioned phrase, Sara, don't use it unless you want to sound like an old person. Like us. 

Yes, he's right. It's something my grandmother used to say. Maybe you can start a trend in Sweden using old southern American idioms. If anyone can make it cool, a wig wearing, beautiful Swedish young woman can.

[FiddleCastro]

Why would any woman WANT someone to pull their wig off! You have to have a mirror to get those things on correctly, and then when it's off your real hair looks a fright. Apparently Nutini fans are a little Nutini.

Hahaha, my real hair most definitely looked like a fright (never heard that phrase before, will start using it all the time now), it was horrible.

"Looked a fright" is an old-fashioned phrase, Sara, don't use it unless you want to sound like an old person. Like us. 

What is this words mean?