Sit down? If people want to treat a (mostly) high energy concert like it's a movie theater, just direct their attention to either one of the huge screens hanging above the stage... There ya go, watch your rock & roll movie.
My daughter was yelled at for standing during Megadeath, so there's just no telling :roll:
I'm not going to tell anyone to stand up, but people who want to stand should be able to. Most people stand at shows - if you choose not, then you have to accept that you may not be able to see.
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2000 Virginia Beach, my GF and I were behind the "luxury" boxes at the amphitheater - you know where there are tables and table service. Show started, we stood up, the people in front of the boxes stood up, the people in the boxes kept sitting, and all hell started to break loose - the people at the tables were yelling at the people in front to sit down, bottles were thrown at those standing, just rough stuff for the first few songs. Eventually, the box people gave up and stood, but that has always stuck out to me.
I don't stand for the entire shows anymore (really, Future Days? Do I need to stand during that?) but I don't begrudge anyone else who wants to. They paid for their seat like I did for mine.
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HELL NO! Its a PJ concert!!! Stand and have fun... I myself sit down every few songs for a song cos Ive got a sh!tty back... but Im right back up after rocking out!!!!
Its nice to sit at a concert once in awhile I agree... was at the Eagles concert a couple months back and it was a sit down concert... Chris Cornell's concert everyone was sitting last month... but PJ... stand up and rock out!!!!!!
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I was at a Nine Inch Nails show in Detroit just over a month ago and my issue wasn't with people telling me to sit, it was with people talking over the music. This group of twats wanted to carry on a conversation so bad that they talked over the band. I couldn't believe it. These people paid upwards of $80 just to sit there and converse. It was distracting as hell and dumb as shit. Who does that?
At an ACDC concert back in 1991... fans rushed the floor and left a lot of the lower bowl empty.
The section to my right was barren, but there was a 'clump' of Hells Angels. They were all sitting together- some of them looking quite pleased that they could stretch their legs out over top of the seats in front of them.
A few songs later, scanning the crowd, I noticed some guy standing directly in front of the Angels. He had his shirt off- tucked into his jeans- and had his hands held high (clapping and waving). The Angels behind him didn't look too impressed.
Another song or two later I happened to look over and, wouldn't you know it, the Angels were shitcanning this guy who was trying to pull away, but was being held so that numerous shots could be thrown.
Bloodied, the guy managed to wrestle himself away and ran for the floor- running on top of the seats leading to it. As he jumped over the boards to get on the floor, multiple flashlights were running towards him. The flashlights went out for about 30 seconds. Then they came back on. The guy was dragged out- he seemed unconscious.
I think he took a second beating from security who were tired of losing the battle keeping people from storming the floor.
Bottom line: don't go to an ACDC concert.
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I went to a TOOL show in Boston, Jan 2012. Nosebleed section. Hooker with a Penis opens the show, so I stand up and start rockin out. Until I notice nobody and I mean nobody else was standing, all sitting down. :-?
My entire section and the surrounding sections were all sitting down. During a fucking TOOL show.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but the worst crowd of all time.
I went to a TOOL show in Boston, Jan 2012. Nosebleed section. Hooker with a Penis opens the show, so I stand up and start rockin out. Until I notice nobody and I mean nobody else was standing, all sitting down. :-?
My entire section and the surrounding sections were all sitting down. During a fucking TOOL show.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but the worst crowd of all time.
I went to a TOOL show in Boston, Jan 2012. Nosebleed section. Hooker with a Penis opens the show, so I stand up and start rockin out. Until I notice nobody and I mean nobody else was standing, all sitting down. :-?
My entire section and the surrounding sections were all sitting down. During a fucking TOOL show.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but the worst crowd of all time.
I went to a TOOL show in Boston, Jan 2012. Nosebleed section. Hooker with a Penis opens the show, so I stand up and start rockin out. Until I notice nobody and I mean nobody else was standing, all sitting down. :-?
My entire section and the surrounding sections were all sitting down. During a fucking TOOL show.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but the worst crowd of all time.
What was the Hooker with a Penis doing?
Destroying my face.
Must have been easier with you now sitting down.
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I had this happen to me at the Tedeschi Trucks show a couple weeks ago. It was a GA event on a beach. Tickets said no chairs, but I guess on the first day of the mini fest people brought them, and they let it happen. So the next day more people brought chairs and set them up early to claim a spot. We got there about an hour before they hit the stage. There was a semi elderly couple sitting a little back from the rail, and the woman was the real problem. We grabbed a spot a little behind the rail, and she yells at me "are you going to stand there all night?" So, I just move to my left a little, and she gives me a snarly thank you. After that, she ends up moving her chair closer. Then about 25 minutes into the show, she yells at a couple on the rail who is standing there obstructing her view because she is sitting down. She goes and gets security to complain. Security comes and talks to the couple for awhile, and then eventually moves them into the VIP area. There were a few people cheering when they walked in there too that saw the whole thing go down, myself included.
I do get that there are times during a show where sitting would alright, campfire mode, but come on!
Sitting is always alright if that's what you want to do... asking other people to sit is where the problem comes in. If you want to sit at a rock concert, you've got to expect that you might not be able to see anything other than the asses of the people in front of you. (but yeah, campfire mode is the perfect time to rest your back and your feet)
Yeah! I have a jacked up hip, so I sit through most shows.. But I STILLL rock out in my seat.. I just can't stand for three hours in so tiny a space.. But seriously?!?!? Just cause I can't doesn't mean I'm going to tell, ask, or demand someone sit down.. Dude.. It's a concert!!!! That's how it goes!! You rock out with your cock out.. For me, that's mostly from a seated spot.. But had I not been crushed by a horse 17 years ago.. I'd be the notch being told to sit down!!!! I hate when people get like that.. Someone tells me to sit, I tell them, stand.. It's a concert! We're here to rock out.. Not veg out!
This happens at a lot of shows that I can not get GA for.
My answer :nono:
I've offered to switch seat with people behind me so they can sit...but then the obstacle are the people in front of me standing. If you want to sit at a concert, stick to Tony Bennet.
People wanting to sit also paid good money to watch the concert.
I love your fast forwarded Bu$hleaguer montage, but if you sit, be prepared to see backs of heads.
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I get just as self righteous when I see people sitting.
unless you are preg, gimp, or passed out. get your ass off that seat and give energy back to the band!
and put your phone away- in fact kill your phone.
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I get just as self righteous when I see people sitting.
unless you are preg, gimp, or passed out. get your ass off that seat and give energy back to the band!
and put your phone away- in fact kill your phone.
I agree about the phones! ANNOYING!!! Who cares if you have video? Live for the moment!
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I'm not going to tell anyone to stand up, but people who want to stand should be able to. Most people stand at shows - if you choose not, then you have to accept that you may not be able to see.
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I don't stand for the entire shows anymore (really, Future Days? Do I need to stand during that?) but I don't begrudge anyone else who wants to. They paid for their seat like I did for mine.
why now u dont standing??
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Its nice to sit at a concert once in awhile I agree... was at the Eagles concert a couple months back and it was a sit down concert... Chris Cornell's concert everyone was sitting last month... but PJ... stand up and rock out!!!!!!
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My entire section and the surrounding sections were all sitting down. During a fucking TOOL show.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great show, but the worst crowd of all time.
What was the Hooker with a Penis doing?
Destroying my face.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYVyNuaqGMs/
Exactly! Thank you Demetrios!
Must have been easier with you now sitting down.
It was definitely easier to soak it in.
:corn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3tq6qfmj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WNrx2jq184#t=13
BUT, not if you're going to get your ass kicked.
My answer :nono:
I've offered to switch seat with people behind me so they can sit...but then the obstacle are the people in front of me standing. If you want to sit at a concert, stick to Tony Bennet.
you know what - if I was at one of his shows i don't think i'd sit down even there!
I love your fast forwarded Bu$hleaguer montage, but if you sit, be prepared to see backs of heads.
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unless you are preg, gimp, or passed out. get your ass off that seat and give energy back to the band!
and put your phone away- in fact kill your phone.
EV Long Beach 7/6/11 , LA Wiltern (miracled in) 7/8/11
I agree about the phones! ANNOYING!!! Who cares if you have video? Live for the moment!
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2021 (3) - Dana Point I, II & III; 2022 (3) - San Diego & Los Angeles I & II; 2025 - Southern U.S. Tour Please!