Should filming/taking photos be banned at concerts?

MysteryTrain

I'm perfectly fine with it, as long as it doesn't physically block my view.
But what I can't stand are those people who get their pictures taken with the stage as the background. Totally pisses me off.

JDB

Of course not, there's nothing wrong with people taking a few photos at a show. If fuckwits want to stand there and film the whole thing on their cellphone then who cares, they're dickheads anyway.

dimitrispearljam

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

scottstappsucks

I'd only want it banned if the bands themselves post videos/photos from all shows on their website, which would eliminate the need for fans to film/take pictures. Otherwise no.

Thoughts_Arrive

stipe19 wrote:

I saw Green Day last year and the singer Billie Joe stopped the during the first song. And he was like what the fuck are all you people doing watching us through your cameras and cell phones. We are live right in fuckin front of you. If you want to see us on tape stay the fuck home and watch a fucking video. I thought that was pretty fuckin funny.

Good on him, I would have said the same.
Fuck everything is shit nowdays.
What next, people will bring 3D glasses to concerts and headphones.

nuffingman

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

Yeh!!!
Let's let everyone hold cameras up in front of your face the whole show.
Let's laugh it off when that flag keeps going up in front of you.
And I just love it when those guys near you spend the whole show screaming and talking to each other.
My favourite though is when just for the sake of it some large mindless dorks start moshing and almost remove your wifes front teeth with flying elbows. Freedom!!!!!
And I split my sides laughing when that plastic bottle spins through the air showering everyone with piss.

This is the way to GO!!!!!!!!!!

I like to jump about and sing but I do care about not pissing other people off.

Thoughts_Arrive

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

Anarchist.

helplessdancer

Kraven wrote:

shiningstar wrote:

u havent seen nothingman hartford yet?? :shock:
oh my....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVysg8UjNW0

Watched this, such a stunning version of the song. I still can't figure out which one is better, this one or the MSG one. They were both jaw dropping.

hartford is the definitive version, until someone can show me a youtube link that tops that one
and that recording is a+ in my books. nothing shitty about quality there!!

i have always loved that song but after seeing this clip i had to revisit my thoughts about that song, and have come to terms with it now being the # 1 song i really hope to hear live, asap

pandora

i think the signs are selfishly rude to the people behind you
we all have requests, songs we are dying to hear
if everyone held up a sign think of the mess that would be
not a pretty sight
too many signs in this world as it is

dimitrispearljam

nuffingman wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

Yeh!!!
Let's let everyone hold cameras up in front of your face the whole show.
Let's laugh it off when that flag keeps going up in front of you.
And I just love it when those guys near you spend the whole show screaming and talking to each other.
My favourite though is when just for the sake of it some large mindless dorks start moshing and almost remove your wifes front teeth with flying elbows. Freedom!!!!!
And I split my sides laughing when that plastic bottle spins through the air showering everyone with piss.

This is the way to GO!!!!!!!!!!

I like to jump about and sing but I do care about not pissing other people off.

how times you was at pj gig and someone in front of you hold 2.5 hours his camera?
come on..ill go to pj gig and ill not sing my favorite song?come on...
i m at a rock concert...if you want robots not,move,not talk no sing ,go to see opera...

dimitrispearljam

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

Anarchist.

better than dead

eddiec

I'll take a camera going off in front of me all day as long as some 6' 5" guy isn't standing in front of me. Now that really sucks. Cameras are a minor inconvenience.

nuffingman

dimitrispearljam wrote:

nuffingman wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

i dont have problem...the thing piss me off is that some people want more rules,more rules more rules,,dont do that in a concert,dont move ,dont jump, dont sing,dont scream,dont take fotos, dont think,dont this, dont that..
freedom mutharfuckaaaa!!!!!!!let people express them selfs...and your solution is revenge..banned them from the venue.....you remind me those old people that they dont want nothing to happen..and they are already dead inside them..

Yeh!!!
Let's let everyone hold cameras up in front of your face the whole show.
Let's laugh it off when that flag keeps going up in front of you.
And I just love it when those guys near you spend the whole show screaming and talking to each other.
My favourite though is when just for the sake of it some large mindless dorks start moshing and almost remove your wifes front teeth with flying elbows. Freedom!!!!!
And I split my sides laughing when that plastic bottle spins through the air showering everyone with piss.

This is the way to GO!!!!!!!!!!

I like to jump about and sing but I do care about not pissing other people off.

how times you was at pj gig and someone in front of you hold 2.5 hours his camera?
come on..ill go to pj gig and ill not sing my favorite song?come on...
i m at a rock concert...if you want robots not,move,not talk no sing ,go to see opera...

Obviously you didn't read all my post. Read the last line.

BH304897

Doesn't seem very rock n roll like to complain about people filming and taking pictures, just a thought. If someone is blocking your view, you have the right and should probably say something to them nicely. If that doesn't work just accidently keep bumping them, eventually they'll move. A side note, if you do want half way decent photo's turn off the flash! Your flash bulb can light up ten feet at most, so unless your that close all your doing is ruining the exposure time. As for the other comment in the initial posting, I'm not sure how you think that technology is ruining music? Without all of it we wouldn't have a live disc from every pearl jam show, not to mention websites, pj radio, photo's etc. You can't have one without the other. I think if anything it probably gets more people interested. That being said I personally wouldn't want to stand and videotape an entire show unless I was getting paid for it, but to each his own.

nuffingman

eddiec wrote:

I'll take a camera going off in front of me all day as long as some 6' 5" guy isn't standing in front of me. Now that really sucks. Cameras are a minor inconvenience.

Especially if it's this guy.

eddiec

nuffingman wrote:

eddiec wrote:

I'll take a camera going off in front of me all day as long as some 6' 5" guy isn't standing in front of me. Now that really sucks. Cameras are a minor inconvenience.

Especially if it's this guy.

:thumbup:

Kilgore_Trout

BH304897 wrote:

Doesn't seem very rock n roll like to complain about people filming and taking pictures, just a thought. If someone is blocking your view, you have the right and should probably say something to them nicely. If that doesn't work just accidently keep bumping them, eventually they'll move. A side note, if you do want half way decent photo's turn off the flash! Your flash bulb can light up ten feet at most, so unless your that close all your doing is ruining the exposure time. As for the other comment in the initial posting, I'm not sure how you think that technology is ruining music? Without all of it we wouldn't have a live disc from every pearl jam show, not to mention websites, pj radio, photo's etc. You can't have one without the other. I think if anything it probably gets more people interested. That being said I personally wouldn't want to stand and videotape an entire show unless I was getting paid for it, but to each his own.

-complaining about photos is no more or less "rock n roll" than taking pictures for your myspace :geek:
-your back up strategy to get the photo taker to stop sounds pretty passive aggressive
-dead on with the flash suggestion
-how is having live boots, pj radio, instant access to infinite music, etc. better for music? more is not better. IN FACT people cared more about "their" bands when they got less. the ipod has ruined music not just in terms of sound quality but also the ideas of complete albums, a physical product, of having a favorite band. There were obviously live albums in the 60's... but do we need them for every concert? Do we need to see every concert on youtube? technology creates a terrible sense of entitlement

obviously theres no going back from here... just wanted to play devils advocate :twisted:

BH304897

Kilgore_Trout wrote:

BH304897 wrote:

Doesn't seem very rock n roll like to complain about people filming and taking pictures, just a thought. If someone is blocking your view, you have the right and should probably say something to them nicely. If that doesn't work just accidently keep bumping them, eventually they'll move. A side note, if you do want half way decent photo's turn off the flash! Your flash bulb can light up ten feet at most, so unless your that close all your doing is ruining the exposure time. As for the other comment in the initial posting, I'm not sure how you think that technology is ruining music? Without all of it we wouldn't have a live disc from every pearl jam show, not to mention websites, pj radio, photo's etc. You can't have one without the other. I think if anything it probably gets more people interested. That being said I personally wouldn't want to stand and videotape an entire show unless I was getting paid for it, but to each his own.

-complaining about photos is no more or less "rock n roll" than taking pictures for your myspace :geek:
-your back up strategy to get the photo taker to stop sounds pretty passive aggressive
-dead on with the flash suggestion
-how is having live boots, pj radio, instant access to infinite music, etc. better for music? more is not better. IN FACT people cared more about "their" bands when they got less. the ipod has ruined music not just in terms of sound quality but also the ideas of complete albums, a physical product, of having a favorite band. There were obviously live albums in the 60's... but do we need them for every concert? Do we need to see every concert on youtube? technology creates a terrible sense of entitlement

obviously theres no going back from here... just wanted to play devils advocate :twisted:

Personally I like "live" music better than studio music as a preferance and therefore am very happy with the amount of live music available today most of which would not be available without the new technology. Yes we would still have live albums but not nearly as many and I'm more for an entire concert as opposed to the ten legs deal we got today. I think the digital music makes things more accessable to a larger number of people and therefore is better for the artist. Yes digital is not as good as quality, however cd's are not as good as vinyl etc, but i can take my ipod to work and not my record player. I also think the person that buys one song off itunes is the same person who bought cd singles and repeated the track several times. People may or may not have cared more about the bands when they got less, but I'm not one to complain about the diversity of music available today as I enjoy a ton of it. I don't think people need every live concert ever (i have 50 or so pearl jam ones) but I think it gives people a deeper appreciation of the band to see how they change from set to set day to day, something that before technology could only be done by the few people traveling from show to show.

And on another note, no the rock n roll thing to do would be to grab the camera and chuck it behind the stage but apparently some people want to live in a civalized society. So you got me on that one.

thanks for the comments

PilateOfTheStorm

quote="Wilds"]Who am I to question how someone wants to enjoy the concert experience. If it makes them happy then go for it.

I'm doing my own thing at a show. I barely notice anyone holding a camera/cellphone.[/quote]

agree with this ^ never notice other people filming

shiningstar wrote:

I LOVE YOU TUBE

there are many many live experiences that i miss, but i still get to see them cause someone films it live, when it happens, and uploads it

please think about the people who aren't there, who would love to be there
they deserve something

also agree with this
i've never seen some of my favourite bands, pj included, live and so youtube is my only source for videos
cheer me up a lot watching live performances

but getting in people's way is rude, with cameras and mobile phones, signs, big hair and tall ass people (i'm only 5'3" )

the worst for me is when someone is texting :evil: hate that

OMG they are playing this song! OMG it's great

OMG why don't you put your f*cking phone down?
idiot


sorry rant over

Brisk.

Yup so many losers think they will actually take good photos. Only if you are in the first few rows will you take a decent picture of anything but then if your in the front row you shouldn't be wasting your spot with photos and what not.