Standing up in seated sections....

wishlisa76

I had seats to my first PJ show and I stood up as soon as the band entered the stage and so did everyone else. This was in Stockholm 2012 and that night was crazy. Nobody say down in that arena.  I take it for granted that you can stand up even when you have seats as this is Pearl Jam, it’s not a work meeting or a movie night, it’s Pearl Jam. If someone can’t stand due to health reasons, I understand that but there might be seats for this, there are seats for disabled for example or seats where you can sit without getting your view blocked. My seats in 2012 was on row 1, so I could have sat down and still would be able to see. Sometimes you have to work for what you want and consider that other people might do stuff you don’t like, so you will have to put in some work to find a seat where you can sit down without getting blocked.

Foriginal Sin

deadendp said:

Wrigley 1 2016. Pretty much everyone was standing the entire time.   

I concur. 

GM151575

So for Wrigley night one section 138 and night 2 section 14, can we all agree we are all standing, other than row one where we don’t care what you do? Great, thanks. 

i know my dad, for example, has had knee replacements/back surgery  etc, that make it difficult from him to sit for a long time and even more difficult to get up after doing so. He’s also tall, so I assume it’s at least uncomfortable for other tall or big people to squeeze into an old, tiny Wrigley field seat.  It works both ways. Everyone can’t be accommodated in every situation. As long as everyone is civil and knows what they’re getting into at a rock show, I don’t see a problem. 

mattsavard

texasistheSTEVEN said:

facepollution said:

Entitled?  See my previous com0ment, what if I couldn't sit for too long?

Now you are being facetious. If you need to stand you walk to the foyer.

Im glad you had a good night at someone elses expence. Well done.

Im done here.

Why couldn’t the person who needs to sit go grab a seat in the foyer, too? 

And He’s not being facetious.. Quite a few folks with back issues CANT sit for extended periods. 

RC74272

PJ is a high intensity gig, you know before buying tickets that people will stand for most if not the whole show.

I have back issues so need to be seated but if people around me stand en-masse then that's just as expected.

You take the risk that your view will then become restricted - if its going to ruin the evening then I guess front row seats is the only way forward but that of course is very hard to secure at face value for the popular gigs. 

KC138045

I'm going to sit Indian style in Wrigley night 2 GA.  Who's with me?!?

F Me In The Brain

Criss-cross Applesauce.

Kids are not allowed to say Indian Style any longer.

lol

KC138045

F Me In The Brain said:

Criss-cross Applesauce.

Kids are not allowed to say Indian Style any longer.

lol

yeah yeah yeah....and everyone gets a trophy too lol

F Me In The Brain

No shit.  And everyone needs to sit down at concerts.

foodboy

go with the flow. do whats right under the circumstances. if most people are standing stand  if not i sit and enjoy the show either way. and if you are the only one clapping out of 18000 people please stop its annoying.

madtowndave

If the people in front of me are standing, I stand. If they are sitting, I sit. If it's a song I really want to get into, I'll stand up and sit when it's over. That said, I don't think I've ever sat at a PJ show.

PP193448

KC138045 said:

I'm going to sit Indian style in Wrigley night 2 GA.  Who's with me?!?

Maybe you should lead Simon Says in the GA...
Simon says everyone sit... Simon says everyone stand... everyone sit!!  Ahhh, got you!!

KC138045

PP193448 said:

KC138045 said:

I'm going to sit Indian style in Wrigley night 2 GA.  Who's with me?!?

Maybe you should lead Simon Says in the GA...
Simon says everyone sit... Simon says everyone stand... everyone sit!!  Ahhh, got you!!

Maybe we could play duck duck goose also 

BSully

I say stand...if someone else doesn't want to, that is on them. They shouldn't ask someone in front of them to sit if that is their choice.

cincybearcat

Pretty surprised at the comments in this thread. Sitting at a rock concert? Weak. Now if you have a disability, do you...but don’t make others do you too.

I was in a pretty lame section for PJ in Hampton (bought tix late on a whim). People were sitting around me. I was in the last row thankfully so o stood with no guilt.  

F Me In The Brain

At GCF, I sat on the ground for most of the acts.  They sucked ass and were boring. 

Still upset for my wife for crapping on the backstage VIP 1 tickets! 

ME68701

I've never been to a Pearl Jam show where people were sitting.  At least that I noticed.

PJ_Soul

ZeldaZonk said:

PJ_Soul said:

I haven't read the thread, so this has likely already been said, but my perspective is that one should pretty much just go with whatever everyone around them is doing. If everyone is standing, stand up... If plenty of people are standing but many are also sitting, do whatever you want and keep your trap shut if you choose to sit while the person in front of you stands, and if everyone is sitting and you're the only one standing, that's your signal to get your ass back in your chair, lol, or at least leave your seat and go up behind the seats, like at the entrance to the section, so you can boogie without being an obstruction. And what that all boils down to is being reasonably considerate of those around you and going with the general flow. It's the burden of being a member of a crowd. You're not completely just an individual when you're part of a crowd, figuratively.
As for the issue of people who can't stand for one reason or another.... I think that's just too bad, to be blunt. If they can't stand during a show where many others are standing, they should be thinking about how they will make smarter choices when buying tickets going forward.

Hmmm.....interesting. There are only a limited number of ADA seats available at any show, even fewer when it comes to 10c tickets. So I either have to request ADA seats and hope I make the lottery, or put in for reserved seats and then cross my fingers/deal with the consequences. What kind of "smarter choices" are you referring to? Miss the show? I got shut out of ADA seats for TOTD in Seattle and ended up having to buy reserved seats from someone on Craigslist for a hefty price. Missing the show was NOT an option for me, and thankfully I didn't miss it seeing as what happened last year with Chris.

Well sure, go for ADA seats whenever possible. Otherwise, try for seats on the balcony rail, or on the edge of the aisle so you can see down the stairs. No, it never occurred to me that missing the show should cross one's mind. As others have said, there is never harm in asking people to sit for some good reason, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect them to when that's not the vibe of the show.

Tristelune

PJ_Soul said:

I haven't read the thread, so this has likely already been said, but my perspective is that one should pretty much just go with whatever everyone around them is doing. If everyone is standing, stand up... If plenty of people are standing but many are also sitting, do whatever you want and keep your trap shut if you choose to sit while the person in front of you stands, and if everyone is sitting and you're the only one standing, that's your signal to get your ass back in your chair, lol, or at least leave your seat and go up behind the seats, like at the entrance to the section, so you can boogie without being an obstruction. And what that all boils down to is being reasonably considerate of those around you and going with the general flow. It's the burden of being a member of a crowd. You're not completely just an individual when you're part of a crowd, figuratively.
As for the issue of people who can't stand for one reason or another.... I think that's just too bad, to be blunt. If they can't stand during a show where many others are standing, they should be thinking about how they will make smarter choices when buying tickets going forward.

Exactly this. If everyone stands, I’ll gladly stand, if everyone sits, I’ll keep seated. The only thing that bothers me when on my seat while only the two people in front of me stand is that if I stand then the same thing happens for the neighbours in the back. As a young adult I would never sit but therefore always took GA. Now I mix it up between GA and seated. While I understand the rock concert argument it’s really about courtesy to me. If I couldn’t stand being seated then I would still take GA every time.

derbydave

F Me In The Brain said:

At GCF, I sat on the ground for most of the acts.  They sucked ass and were boring. 

Still upset for my wife for crapping on the backstage VIP 1 tickets! 

I'll bet you were dancing your @$$ off during Beyoncé though!!