people who take their national flag to concerts

dunkman
dunkman Posts: 19,646
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
why?

i watched some glastonbury/reading footage today... and i've noticed it before but today it annoyed me... if i was in the crowd and couldnt see my favourite band due to the South African flag being waved 4 feet in front of me, i'd be mightly pissed off.

its up there with the whole 'lighters at a slow song' thing for me.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • jamie uk
    jamie uk Posts: 3,812
    :) we were in the 'pit' at the Madrid show last year, about 15 feet from the barrier I guess, everyone was getting hyped as the band came on...then these dudes decided thay wanted to hold up a Portugal flag in front of us :( Before you could say 'big strong angry guy from Brazil', Claudio nailed it and let them know in no uncertain terms that they were not, under any circumstances to raise it above waist height for the rest of the show :D
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    at a festival id be more pissed off if i couldnt hear the music.
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  • chime
    chime Posts: 7,839
    jamie uk wrote:
    : ) we were in the 'pit' at the Madrid show last year, about 15 feet from the barrier I guess, everyone was getting hyped as the band came on...then these dudes decided thay wanted to hold up a Portugal flag in front of us : ( Before you could say 'big strong angry guy from Brazil', Claudio nailed it and let them know in no uncertain terms that they were not, under any circumstances to raise it above waist height for the rest of the show :D

    :confused: why wasn't I near Claudio at Wembley .... 2nd row behind a whole row of Portugese flags :o:(

    Ah well I'll know who to stand next to next time :p
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    catefrances wrote:
    at a festival id be more pissed off if i couldnt hear the music.


    thats sorta unlikely unless you are either deaf or you turned up on the wrong weekend for the festival.

    why not just say "at a festival id be more pissed off if i couldnt feel my heart beating."
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jasonw
    jasonw Posts: 435
    dunkman wrote:
    thats sorta unlikely unless you are either deaf or you turned up on the wrong weekend for the festival.

    why not just say "at a festival id be more pissed off if i couldnt feel my heart beating."


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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    dunkman wrote:
    thats sorta unlikely unless you are either deaf or you turned up on the wrong weekend for the festival.

    why not just say "at a festival id be more pissed off if i couldnt feel my heart beating."

    might be a shite sound system. who knows. besides my heart doesnt beat, so i already dont feel it.

    i coulda said id never take my national flag to a festival for fear of being mistaken fer a new zealander. :p:D
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  • pjtradeking
    pjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    I only take mine to use as cover should I end up streaking at any point during the show. Not only that, but I NEVER use my own countries flag. I dont want to be known as THAT guy, so whenever possible, I try to blame it on another country! Otherwise, POINTLESS and just RUDE!! ;)
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    pjtradeking wrote:
    I only take mine to use as cover should I end up streaking at any point during the show. Not only that, but I NEVER use my own countries flag. I dont want to be known as THAT guy, so whenever possible, I try to blame it on another country! Otherwise, POINTLESS and just RUDE!! ;)


    taking another country's flag is a good idea actually... then if i did something stupid and annoying folk could come on here and go "that guy from the Democratic Republic of Congo was a total fucktooth wasnt he!"

    i'm slightly confused to why people even take a flag and then wrap it round them... have they forgotten where they live?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Pearl Jam concerts are probably one of the worst for flags...


    For a minute there I thought you said flags....
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  • Hitch-Hiker
    Hitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Hahaha I did that at the west palm gig. My reason was, jsut once I wqanted to be that asshole with a flag at a gig. It was fun though. By pure coincidence we had a canadian, Irish and venezuelan flag in a row. For the most part it stayed in my bag. Came out for Grievance though :D
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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    ive seen some people use it as a clever system. like bringing a rare flag to a festival (rare in that u wouldnt normally see it at a festival)

    the last 2 years a werchter there were a group with a vietnamese flag on a tall pole which they used to find each other across the festival site - great idea - u cud see it from miles (subtle exaggeration) away.

    other than that i dont get it. i dont have a problem with it though. its kinda cool to see people from tons of different countries far away come together for a gig
  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    ive seen some people use it as a clever system. like bringing a rare flag to a festival (rare in that u wouldnt normally see it at a festival)

    the last 2 years a werchter there were a group with a vietnamese flag on a tall pole which they used to find each other across the festival site - great idea - u cud see it from miles (subtle exaggeration) away.

    other than that i dont get it. i dont have a problem with it though. its kinda cool to see people from tons of different countries far away come together for a gig
  • Model Roll Model
    Model Roll Model Posts: 215
    very lame
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    There was a lot about the Wembley gig last year that I didn't get, the flags included. What was with the uberfan, choreographed clapping and pointless applause while the roadies were setting up? I dunno. I cheer when I hear the good music. I can't be doing with all the other stuff.
  • vital5
    vital5 Posts: 5,486
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    There was a lot about the Wembley gig last year that I didn't get, the flags included. What was with the uberfan, choreographed clapping and pointless applause while the roadies were setting up? I dunno. I cheer when I hear the good music. I can't be doing with all the other stuff.
    clapping at unnecessary points during a gig makes my hands hurt MORE!! :(
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    i'm going to weat a 'Seattle' shirt at the next pj gig...

    maybe i will get noticed


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  • muppet
    muppet Posts: 980

    thats sorta unlikely unless you are either deaf or you turned up on the wrong weekend for the festival.

    Or, in the case of Reading Festival this year, the sound was shiiiiiiiiite. Couldn't hear a thing apparently, although I wasn't there.
  • nuffingman
    nuffingman Posts: 3,014
    The people who take flags to concerts are a pain in the butt, especially if you're behind them. Must be some sort of identity crisis. I think of the Portuguese at Wembley. Did they think we cared where they were from?

    Even more puzzling are those that wear football shirts and Union Jack shorts on holidays.

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  • Hinny
    Hinny Posts: 1,610
    It's part of my costume for overseas shows.

    Seems quite hard to carry around a full sized costume to shows across a tour. I believe the cow guy only does Boston. Some day I'll figure out how to combine a full suit of chainmail armour with backpacking, flying on budget flights with a tight baggage weight limit. I'm not even that patriotic and wouldn't be caught dead waving that flag around when I'm right here in Aussieland. For fucks sake, it still has the fucking Union Jack on it. The next time I take that with me, I prolly should cut out that top left corner before I wave it around.

    Screw having a regular rectangular flag. We oughta be the first country to have a flag that's missing a corner. Saves having to redesign it.
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