moshing

Pegasus · September 2006

Zim^zuM wrote:

I wouldnt really call it moshing anyway. People are just close together becasue they fush to the front to try get the best view which seems to happen naturally at the start. Then as ppl move to the music becasue its so cramped no one can control their movements.

now that was what it was in Reading for example..VERY tight and hard to handle..but it's just from many people wanting to be as close as possible.

Paris, and to some extend Barcelona, it was wankers just 'enjoying' themselves by pushing other people around.

not the same thing...it's the attitude behind it...like you can have the best concert on an average setlist..just because the atmosphere is right.

I find it depressing that so many people here defend their right to 'enjoy' themselves at the expense of everyone around them.
I can handle the rough parts...wouldn't have been front row every time otherwise..but it spoils your enjoyment when you have to constantly think about your own safety...
next off to Bologna..not even a ticket yet apart from maybe in the sides...but that'll be interesting to see a gig where I might not be so close (and I bloody love to be able to actually have eye contact with the guys..always have at gigs or theatre shows) but where I don't have to constantly think about how I stand, how I breath, etc... and stupid me is trying to think about people around as well..diving down to fish out someone else's bag for example...thinking back on it I must be crazy because it was soo dangerous..

for 1 show..I'll be back in the pit in no time and will, from my 5'6" (1.65), fend off any idiots trying to force himself into my hard-hearned spot...
just wish that every gig could be like Lisbon, or even Ben Harper @ Hammersmith Apollo...great atmosphere yet roome to move and dance without having to worry.

some of the guys defending moshng should get girlfriends and see how they enjoy the mosh pit..

myth4343 · September 2006

Hi

What i was glad in paris is that i was able to force myself to the front as there was some movement crowd surfing......and what i disn't like in Antwerp, is the fact that people were standing up, drinking their beer while Pearl Jam was playing Hail Hail or Even Flow for example, and i was stuck behind some stupid blocks who didn't feel like jumping up and down....

Reading was a good compromise, and as stated above, people wanted to get to the front, bu there were no means of hurting someone, maybe in paris, some people went to far...but to make my point, i'd rather see people jumping up and down crowdsurfing than just standing up....especailly at a rock concert....

wendy1976 · September 2006

I want to see the bandmembers up close for once in my life..hope to get that chance in berlin,want to experience the energy coming from that stage see the guys having a blast....but my body cannot handle(i have infections in the soft bones in my spine and hand and feet..don't know the english word for it)I am stil able to jump up and down have a good time dance and sing along(ok i'l be honest ...i only can with some help from a certain plant;) ),but i wil break something if someone's boot is in my back because they do not have any consitheration for other peoples welbeing.So even though i would have love to have a chance (not to be dramatic but it is really one of the top things i want to be able to do before ending up in a wheelchair)i think i have to settle with a standing ticket and stay further back...Seat tickets i did that in arnhem....so when i was standing and singing along some girls behind me that stayd glued to their seats were not to happy about that....so that is not something i want either.The two people i am going to berlin with are a lot smaller then me(i am 1.80)so not much they can do to assist if something goes wrong.So what some of you are really saing is that i should settle for less because you where never tought to keep other peoples safety as something important.Because even when your not having medical problems ...the way i see some of you act even the strongest pj fan would get injured.

edit i obviously am refering to some people here that say it's ok to kick a girl or something like that...not to al the people here that look out for other peoples welbeing...you are one of the reasons i love pj so much...the feeling of loving the music together adds al lot to a show i think.

casper leblanc · September 2006

myth4343 wrote:

i was able to force myself to the front

Glad you got to the front. But force... bad word. Sorry. Force is always at the expense of someone.

Puck78 · September 2006

All Those Yesterdays wrote:

Apparantly you have taken too many blows to the head in the pits. "Espect"?

apparently you "espect" all the people to be native english speakers...

Heineken Helen · September 2006

Zim^zuM wrote:

I love how ppl think thse shows have been rough. Go to a heavy metal gig and see what moshing is really all about. This doesnt even come close to the kaos seen in those pits.

See if I were into moshing I WOULD go to a heavy metal gig :rolleyes: . I'm NOT so I won't. And as for your other post referring to the natural movement towards the front, that's not moshing. I really don't think you, in all your mosh wisdom, actually know what moshing is. That movement towards the front is normal in ANY concert and I love the feeling when the whole crowd is making you jump with them without you even having to do anything. I think that's a laugh. You CANNOT go throwing yourself around in a big group of people however or running into people for 'the fun of it' cos, simply put, it's fucking dangerous, immature and stupid :cool:

Puck78 · September 2006

so,to make a summary of the words that i received here, when in the "young days" Eddie was making stage diving, were you yelling at him:

tool
prick
idiot
useless
stupid

?

(list to be continued)

Puck78 · September 2006

Heineken Helen wrote:

See if I were into moshing I WOULD go to a heavy metal gig :rolleyes: . I'm NOT so I won't.

indeed you go to see a grunge group, and grunge is a no-moshing music, right?

Evolutionary · September 2006

Ten = grunge...
The other 7 albums = increasingly less so...

I think PJ dropped the grunge tag quite some time ago...

Heineken Helen · September 2006

Puck78 wrote:

so,to make a summary of the words that i received here, when in the "young days" Eddie was making stage diving, were you yelling at him:

tool
prick
idiot
useless
stupid

?

(list to be continued)

Ed learned his lesson :(

And 'back in the days' I was early teens so I thought anything he did was cool

outspaced · September 2006

the genre of music doesn't matter... you can just as easily mosh at a prodigy gig... people who mosh don't even listen to the fucking music anyway 'cos they are too busy kicking the shit out of each other.

Moshing is not enjoyment... moshing is moronic.

Like Eddie says guys... 'Take care of each other, please'

Puck78 · September 2006

Heineken Helen wrote:

Ed learned his lesson :(

what are you talking about???????
If you refer to roskilde, that doesn't have anything to do with moshing.

Heineken Helen wrote:

And 'back in the days' I was early teens so I thought anything he did was cool

sometimes i forget that there's really few of us here that were not at the kindergarden those days...

duggro · September 2006

Puck78 wrote:

so,to make a summary of the words that i received here, when in the "young days" Eddie was making stage diving, were you yelling at him:

tool
prick
idiot
useless
stupid

?

(list to be continued)

thats not in any way related to moshing!

duggro · September 2006

Zim^zuM wrote:

Yeah I'm sure you internet hard cunt. You cant even handle a rock concert. Come to Australia where is all seating you little girl. Don't go to the front if u cant handle it, its so simple.

nah i've been to oz and once was enough. preferred NZ.

oh and im no internet "hard cunt", all i'm saying is that if you ever moshed into me at a gig, i would force you to stop...politely or otherwise.

have a nice day

baaawbag

Puck78 · September 2006

duggro wrote:

thats not in any way related to moshing!

no, it is about walzer

The Sneaky One · September 2006

I agree - moshing is great, i love mapping out the networks of bruises the following day-love the look of panic in some people faces when they realise they cant handle the immense pressure of losing their stance and being flung 10feet in the other direction only to get sucked back again and the breath squashed out of them - crowdsurfing is also excellent especially when some fat fuck lands on the back of your head and knocks you to the the ground while a gang of oblivious moronic moshers trample on you while youre down.
Yeah its great I highly reccomend it.

Moshers=fuckin spanners.

Julien · September 2006

The Sneaky One wrote:

love the look of panic in some people faces when they realise they cant handle the immense pressure of losing their stance and being flung 10feet in the other direction..

Would moshers pay my 500 € glasses if they are broken during a show by moshers... ?
I don't think so...

The Sneaky One · September 2006

what the hell has that got to do with that quote?

outspaced · September 2006

The Sneaky One wrote:

what the hell has that got to do with that quote?

lol! have we missed something?

Julien · September 2006

outspaced wrote:

lol! have we missed something?

yes, I think I didn't quote the good part...
Sorry..

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