First off, Sir Paul McCartney is a living legend for a reason. Seeing him in Yankee Stadium was a once-in-a-lifetime event that I will never forget. That said, fellow concert goers, you aren't a legend. I paid to go to the concert, sit in my seat, and listen to Paul. You did too. What you, or I, didn't pay for is the right to disrupt the concert for everyone else in your section. I understand 3 hours may be a lot of time for some of you with a bladder the size of a mouse, but if that's the case, guzzling 14 $9.50 light beers probably wasn't the best idea. Nor was making me get up 8 times, during song no less, to go do whatever it is that you do. And of course, it wasn't just you. It was you and four of your friends. And by the time we sat down, it was the rest of your friends that wanted to go, so we had to get up and miss more of the concert. Of course, a concert is about music, so having your vision blocked for 30 seconds isn't the worst thing, right? Well first off, it is bad when its a once-in-a-lifetime event, and when you take your damn time. It's also an issue when you can't shut your damn mouth. We were in nosebleed seats, yelling song recommendations to Sir Paul was as pointless as it gets. Doing this before songs while hes talking, during songs while he's playing, and while crossing in front of me isn't cool. Nor is it cool when you spill beer on my fiancee, which, lucky enough for you, I didn't find out about until after the concert. Nor is it cool to give us an attitude when we tell you to go the other way for once. It was the same distance, but I'm sure you didn't want to cut in front of your friends. I "Gave Peace A Chance" last night, and it wasn't worth it. To you concert goers who paid good money for your seat, here's something for you to do : Sit in your damn seat. My mother, with the smallest bladder ever, got up a total of 0 times. So go fuck yourself if you want to ruin the concert going experience of everyone around you, and disrespect the musicians playing, whether it is Sir Paul or your local indy band. To my British friends of whom I was forced to stand in front of due to these idiots, again, my apologies for the actions of these stupid, drunk Americans. And again, if you fit this description and are reading this, go fuck yourself.
I've been to a grand total of 1 concert and it was a local(ish) metal band with less than 500 people in attendance. Wasn't half bad but I should've brought earplugs and not worn glasses. Glasses and mosh pits don't get along. Can't imagine going to a 3k+ person concert given I can barely stand humanity on a day to day basis let alone en mass and drunk.
I don't get why at gig's unless they're singing along or generally being happy (WOOOOO FUCK YEAH! etc) People can't shut the fuck up. When I saw Pendulum there were these annoying goddamn idiot girls behind us that had their phones out talking their friends. They clearly couldn't hear what the person on the other end of the phone was saying because every 30 seconds they kept shouting WHAT DID YOU SAY?!? I CANT HEAR YOU!!
I went to the House of Blues here once and the only people who were actually listening to the music were the people standing directly in front of the stage and the people sitting next to me. Everyone else was drinking and having conversations while the band was playing. I'll be seeing Paul McCartney in a couple of weeks. We'll see how it goes...
I don't get why people pay more money to talk at a gig and pay extra for alcohol than they would at a pub. Free entry and the alcohol is cheaper there. I don't even get why Alcohol is sold at gigs. All it ever does is cause fights. (The guy Grohl threw out from a concert recently was pissed supposedly)
We left when Paul McCartney started! I think it was live-8... I only went to see The Who and Pink Floyd, the rest of it was pretty dire, to be honest. Never loved the Beatles. As for gigs - been to loads over the years but, in the end, my wife and I kind of concluded that you have to be tall to appreciate most concerts - I am, my wife isn't (although she isn't exactly short, either) You find that gigs are full of tall people... ever notice that? It's like a tall person's congregation, or meeting point.
Concerts have changed over the years ... 1) Prices are just flat out of line, I remember going to see U2 on the Achtung Baby tour in the winter prior to it coming back in the summer. It was the most money we had ever paid to see a group live ... it was $32.50 CDN, tickets for U2's gig here last week ... $226 Now understand I've seen The Smiths, Depeche Mode 3-4 times, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, etc... and never paid more then $20 until that time 2) Your fellow concert goers ... already explained above, depends on the gig though but yeah anything mainstream and god help you.
Prices really have gotten out of hand when you consider the state of everyones finances. Even club gigs have gotten more expensive. Alot of the fault lies in the agencies wanting more money for their artists, which goes down the chain to the consumer paying more. That and people in the chain being greedy.
I'm so used to smaller venues at this point that seated concerts seem weird to me. actually, I think seeing paul McCartney was the last one I saw, but I can't agree more, I have the same issue at movies and the few sports I go to watch.
Last gig I went to was to see the Sex Pistols in Manchester in 2007 for the 30th anniversary of the release of the 'Bollocks' album. A really good night but the amount of people who had to be dragged out for being pissed was unreal and all the while there's these goons walking round with alcohol filled back-packs trying to sell you more beer
It is also fun to go to the front edge of the stage and stay there the entire show (standing area), only to have someone literally physically remove you from your spot during the headlining band simply because they wanted to be up front as well.
