put down your cell phones/cameras and

goldrush

I always take my camera to shows and yes I do like to take videos and photos - without my camera I wouldn't have got my avatar pic of Mike rocking the YL outro in London last year.

However, I never hold the camera over my head and I would never want to obscure anybody else's view - hey we're all there for the same reason after all. I'm only about 5'10" so there's usually a lot of people taller than me at shows but if there's someone shorter behind me then most of the time I'll swap places with them. Plenty of my videos either have people's shoulders appearing in them or are jumpy because I'm down the front and still rocking out, it is possible to do both!

I know opinion is divided on here about Youtube. Personally I like it and I love finding new videos on there. I wouldn't have got a chance to see the solo songs the guys played at Toronto or any of the Philly rarities if it wasn't for people posting their videos online. I put most of my videos up on there because I think it's fair to share them with people. I don't expect any thanks or praise or anything like that - I'm not one of those guys that freaks out at a negative comment on their videos - but if people like watching them then that's great.

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

let me just say if you're gonna put it on youtube, make sure its a good one with high quality sound. no one wants to see your vid from the back row with loud static in place of music.

i hate digging through the crap to get to the good ones.

High Fidelity 2000

blondieblue227 wrote:

rock the fuck out!




just wannta throw that out there.


runs away and hides

I'm with you. Of course, my cell phone doesn't have a camera or video capabilities. But it's so dumb to see all these people holding glowing electronics over their head... unless it's some first-time-played song, then go for it.

Lucan

Am in the anti-camera camp.

The more people are recording, the less they are rockin' out, which results in a poorer overall atmosphere at a show.
A crowd can make or break a gig. I'd prefer to see everyone adding to the making rather than breaking.

bigbadbill

If i see them many times per tour, I'll go to one or two shows without a camera. The other shows I'll take a shot one or two times per song. I'll even record a whole song.

pandora

Kraven wrote:

I took my phone out in Philly to call my friend whose favorite song is Footsteps, and he stayed on the line for the whole reverse mamasan trilogy. Kept my phone at my side, and let him into the doors of the Spectrum even though he was all the way in Florida.

That was nice of you, my husband is thoughtful too. He has called our business and recorded a song or two on the message machine to play over the loud speaker for our employees and customer fans.

satanrules616

Yet another one who is getting high on the air ...

Gob wrote:

I agree. I've never taken a camera to a show. I wouldn't even think of taking my cell phone out of my pocket. It's all about the experience in the memory. I'd rather have the memory in my brain than have a memory of taking pictures so I could be remided by a digital image later. Life is about experiences.

DangDang

Kraven wrote:

I. Kept my phone at my side, and let him into the doors of the Spectrum even though he was all the way in Florida.

This is cool. Maybe you should have had another camera to take a picutre of the phone so that you would also be able to present to your Florida friend a picture of him "entering" the Spectrum. Maybe next time, eh? (I'm not being sarcastic. I have more than one picture of a telephone receiver with someone special holding the other line.)

DangDang

Love to jam 99.994% of the time.

But I'm always super grateful to myself for capturing that 19-second tidbit video to have and to hold from that day forward...

A picture kept.......yeah, yeah, yeah.

blondieblue227

..........and now.....lets take a pause for a mellow jam..............

Like Spinning Plates

Yeah, this was something I never understood that much.

I took a bunch of pictures when I was in the front row and I'll take a few here and there at other PJ shows, but I don't get when people just take videos the whole time they're there.

Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate watching them after the fact on YouTube, but when I'm there, I try not to miss a moment of the show!

Spiritual_Chaos

And put down the flags too. Lighters though is A-OK

nevmiles

pandora wrote:

I don't do the record thing with phone or camera but I am very appreciative of those that do because I have so enjoyed all the memories and those times I couldn't be there in concert on youtube. Its a beautiful thing.

+1

I leave it up to everyone else and just enjoy the show while I'm there - then look up vids on YT later!

CosmoCramer

If your going to Noblesville, listen for the whistle.

byebluemonday

Thanks for posting this thread. I think the heart of the matter is, 1. All things in moderation and 2. Be considerate of others.

Standing row 8 of the last United Center show was a bit of a nightmare, as I was right behind a guy holding a camera over his head for about half of the set.

And, really, if you think about it, just because you take a picture, doesn't mean it will last longer than the moment. Om.

Peace.

demetrios

byebluemonday wrote:

Standing row 8 of the last United Center show was a bit of a nightmare, as I was right behind a guy holding a camera over his head for about half of the set.

That sucks! I would of asked the guy behind me to throw a shirt or something so the camera get's of his hands as it smashes against the floor. It's rude if you're doing it through half of the set. Maybe a song or 2, a few shot's in between a song etc .. But more the half of the show you're seeing his arms in the air holding a camera while your right behind him & you can't see shit, that's what I would of done. But firstly though, I would ask him to politely stop doing it cause it was bothering me. If he doesn't listen, I would get security. The asking friend from behind to throw something @ his camera so it breaks would of been my third attempt.

Divka

byebluemonday wrote:

Thanks for posting this thread. I think the heart of the matter is, 1. All things in moderation and 2. Be considerate of others.

I do like to take a few pictures, it's hard to resist when Mike's standing right over you with his guitar over his head, killing it. I do my best to be fast, and not hold it in front of anyone else. Besides, I'm 5' tall, so I don't think I get in many people's ways, lol.

As far as recording songs, I know I'm getting the bootleg anyway, so why bother? It sounds better on a professionally recorded CD vs. on a camera picking up all the people around me singing anyway.

covered in bliss

I'm going to try something new this tour. Instead of getting annoyed when people in front of me block my view for more than a reasonable amount of time...

I'm going to tickle them! A few inches under their pits... really hard....and wiggly, too.

demetrios

covered in bliss wrote:

I'm going to try something new this tour. Instead of getting annoyed when people in front of me block my view for more than a reasonable amount of time...

I'm going to tickle them! A few inches under their pits... really hard....and wiggly, too.

Try that on a psycho fan. He/she might pop you one. A relaxed & cool Pearl Jam fan wouldn't mind @ all. I would ask for a full blown message in the mix!

blondieblue227

byebluemonday wrote:

Thanks for posting this thread.

thanks for saying thanks.
somebody had to say it.........i knew people had opinions on it....it was just ME to bring it up this time.

covered in bliss wrote:

I'm going to try something new this tour. Instead of getting annoyed when people in front of me block my view for more than a reasonable amount of time...

I'm going to tickle them! A few inches under their pits... really hard....and wiggly, too.

now there's an interesting idea!