Dear Mosh Pitters...

i am a target

slightofjeff wrote:

i am a target wrote:

Cosmo wrote:

Dear Mosh Pitters,
I know how powerful and moving music can be to the soul... and its power to energize the body... stimulate the mind... especially when experienced live.
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But, please be mindful... it is not 1991 anymore. You shoulda been there. I'm sorry if you were only 2 years old in '91 and missed out... that's your fault, not ours. And I'm sorry if you were one of those idiots who were buying and listening to M.C. Hammer or dressing like Vanilla Ice in '91... and are in your fucking 30s now and trying you get your licks in, in order to mentally erase your embarassing past by pretending you were 'Grunge' (whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean) by moshing in 2009... but, seriously... you need to stop.
Mosh Pits are to Concerts as Human Waves are to Baseball games... Lame and past it's time. That coin was spent a long time ago. Come up with something new, instead of trying to do what we used to do... all those yeas ago. I know, it is not easy... thinking is hard for you, huh? But just try... come up with something new... I believe in you.
Now... if you STILL feel the need to Mosh at a concerts... there are several bands out there with fans in the same mental state as you. I heard Blink-182 is re-forming. That is your crowd. You can play your homo-erotica games of 'Grab Man-Ass' and 'Slap and Tackle' all you want with all the other males who share your latent homosexual feelings at those gigs... and really... the rest of us don't care. We WANT you to have fun... but, not at our expense. This is why God invented 'Fall-out Boy'... just for you.
In closing... when you are that close to the stage next time... try to look towards the stage and pay attention to what is going on up THERE. There are some pretty interesting things going on up there... things you DON'T get to see everyday. I'm betting you have missed some pretty amazing shows, while you were out there, cluster fucking with other dudes. You can still rock out and express yourself physically... like the rest of us... without drawing attention to yourself so we can se how 'hard core' you are. We get it... you're 'Hard core, man'. Try it next time... watching the band, that is. I think you'll like it.
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Respectfully yours...
cosmo

do you realize how old and out of touch you are? if you can't handle the crowd at a show then stand in the back with the other old men. it's arrogant and obnoxious to try and tell people what to do at concerts.

Tell it to your mom when she drops you off at the show in her station wagon, son.

how about i park my car by your minivan you drove in from the suburbs?

i am a target

Cosmo wrote:

I'm not angry... really. i just think there are some thing you kids need to come up with on your own. I mean, I hear all this, 'You're old, Cosmo' or 'You've done it, Cosmo'... yeah, you're right, I am old and I've done it all. But how lame are you if you are still doing thing that us lame old people came up with... 18 years ago? I mean, do you still try to get a Wave going at a football game?
Come up with something new, already. Or actually watch the band you've paid good money to SEE.

well. moshing wasn't invented in the 90s. go check out some early 80s punk videos and you'll notice they were doing it back then.

norm

i moshed when it was called slam dancing and it was 1983...but what you kids do is kinda cute

slightofjeff

i am a target wrote:

how about i park my car by your minivan you drove in from the suburbs?

I can't go to the show. I've got a pretty big Saturday planned. Have to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to look at wallpaper. Might go to Home Depot. I don't know if we'll have time.

norm

slightofjeff wrote:

i am a target wrote:

how about i park my car by your minivan you drove in from the suburbs?

I can't go to the show. I've got a pretty big Saturday planned. Have to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to look at wallpaper. Might go to Home Depot. I don't know if we'll have time.

you should go to target...you can EVERYTHING there!

blondieblue227

this thread is a hoot! thanks for the laugh.

slightofjeff

norm wrote:

slightofjeff wrote:

i am a target wrote:

how about i park my car by your minivan you drove in from the suburbs?

I can't go to the show. I've got a pretty big Saturday planned. Have to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to look at wallpaper. Might go to Home Depot. I don't know if we'll have time.

you should go to target...you can EVERYTHING there!

"Got Some" should be the Target commercial.

Toilet paper!

"I got some if you need it."

Milky Way candy bars!

"I got some if you need it."

Decorative candles!

"Got some if you neeeeeed it!"

norm

slightofjeff wrote:

norm wrote:

slightofjeff wrote:

I can't go to the show. I've got a pretty big Saturday planned. Have to go to Bed, Bath and Beyond to look at wallpaper. Might go to Home Depot. I don't know if we'll have time.

you should go to target...you can EVERYTHING there!

"Got Some" should be the Target commercial.

Toilet paper!

"I got some if you need it."

Milky Way candy bars!

"I got some if you need it."

Decorative candles!

"Got some if you neeeeeed it!"

knowkodes

Some of my favorite moshing songs: lowlight, immortality, and especially betterman

slightofjeff

knowkodes wrote:

Some of my favorite moshing songs: lowlight, immortality, and especially betterman

And also, I'm going to play Betterman at my wedding!

Vedd Hedd

Lollapalooza 2007.

"Hard Core" Pj fans, moshing away.

I get called old everytime I say it, but moshing is stupid.

I wanted to hear "Education" for the first time without getting a kid dropped on me.

Cosmo

sgossard3 wrote:

your generation invented moshing? seems like a pretty natural response for a crowd full of excited youths... i mean pearl jam is the nostalgic 90's band... it makes more sense for me to mosh at the 90's band's concert full of cool 90's music instead of at something young and hip like fall out boy... afterall we have the 90's to thank for moshing and pearl jam... thank you 90's... us youngster today just want to play our xboxes and surf our internets :roll:

how is it not possible to watch the show AND mosh?... better than the old folks watching shows through a camera

i guess my idea of moshing excludes the knuckleheaded korn fans that just form a circle and ram eachother

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Actually... my generation came up with Punk Rock in the mid to late 70s. We came up with Pogo... to Slam-Dance to Moshing. It's time for you kids to pick up the slack... instead of relying on things you lame dad's generation did.
As for those camera phones... that's your invention. Us old people don't like cell phones because we don't feel we are that fucking important that we need to contact our friends every time we decide what to eat for lunch.
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Now... someone mentioned 'Lamb Of God' and the wall of Death. See... THAT is something new and innovative. I went to the 'Lamb of God' gig... just to witness that. Unfortunately... it was in L.A. and all that happened were douchebag frat boy steroid shitheads pounding on people. But the the 'Lamb of God, Wall of Death'... that's something new and this generation can claim. That's what I'm talking about.

josevolution

Most all venues and PJ themselves put a quick stop on all such activities at indoor gigs, festivals is another story if you wan't to mosh just go to the outdoor festivals ...

Cosmo

blondieblue227 wrote:

this thread is a hoot! thanks for the laugh.

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It was meant to be kinda tongue in cheek... I guess some people took it to heart.
I'm glad you got the joke.

Lizard

I never moshed.

But now I feel really lame for doing the wave at Dodger games still. :oops: :oops:

not really - I do it proudly!!.

my2hands

**************************NEWSFLASH ************************


nobody mosh's anymore you old fuckers



i mean seriously? wtf are you talking about? i havent seen that shit since Korn @ Lollaplaooza in the 90's

norm

Lizard wrote:

I never moshed.

But now I feel really lame for doing the wave at Dodger games still. :oops: :oops:

not really - I do it proudly!!.

the wave is lame and i am embarrassed it still takes place :oops:

Kilgore_Trout

Cosmo wrote:

Actually... my generation came up with Punk Rock in the mid to late 70s. We came up with Pogo... to Slam-Dance to Moshing. It's time for you kids to pick up the slack... instead of relying on things you lame dad's generation did.
As for those camera phones... that's your invention. Us old people don't like cell phones because we don't feel we are that fucking important that we need to contact our friends every time we decide what to eat for lunch.
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Now... someone mentioned 'Lamb Of God' and the wall of Death. See... THAT is something new and innovative. I went to the 'Lamb of God' gig... just to witness that. Unfortunately... it was in L.A. and all that happened were douchebag frat boy steroid shitheads pounding on people. But the the 'Lamb of God, Wall of Death'... that's something new and this generation can claim. That's what I'm talking about.

eh... i dont have many ties to my generation anyway... musically or technologically... just playing devils advocate... no need to improve upon a good thing... agressive music and an agressive crowd go together like peanut butter and jelly... the fact that we havent come up with anything news is just a sign of respect towards the past... i mean, we dont have much of anything to claim as our own anymore anyway

Lizard

norm wrote:

Lizard wrote:

I never moshed.

But now I feel really lame for doing the wave at Dodger games still. :oops: :oops:

not really - I do it proudly!!.

the wave is lame and i am embarrassed it still takes place :oops:

Oh go blow up a beach ball.!!

Cosmo

Lizard wrote:

I never moshed.

But now I feel really lame for doing the wave at Dodger games still. :oops: :oops:

not really - I do it proudly!!.

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Seriously.. I think Dodgers Stadium is the only place where the wave is still done.
Then, again... look at how long Dodgers Stadium clung to Helen Dell at the console of the Dodgers Stadium Conn Ogan... playing the 'Mexican Hat Dance'.