It’s not even waits at bathroom lines (which are fine once the show starts). It’s the simple act of having to leave your spot. The fomo is that strong.
They don’t want to give up their spot on the rail. And they lack the confidence/assertiveness to work their way through the crowd back to their spot.
The general lack of proper crowd etiquette and insistence on being part of the show I attribute to streamer/online culture. It’s not enough to be there, you’ve got to be acknowledged. This does predate the pandemic. But what the pandemic did was give these already learned behaviors a void of a couple years for those behaviors to fester without check.
So, I wasn’t wrong in my reasons for not going to concerts anymore. 1, they’re too fucking expensive anymore. B, people seem to suck at being in public nowadays.
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve just become older and grumpier or if society has slid farther and farther away from what should be considered normal public behavior.
I’ve been to 6 concerts this year. You don’t have to be part of the insane rail crowd. I’ve done a mix: one stadium, one arena, 2 midsize places, 2 downright small places. I don’t do GA when it’s in the big places, I take a seat. But, everywhere else, I’ve never smelled a floor shit. People aren’t ridiculous at my shows, but maybe that’s just the crowd being different. I usually have no interest in the current mainstream headliners, so maybe that’s why I’m missing out. But, at each, I get to be the boring crossed arm guy swaying on the back rail. I usually slide up for a song or two for the view before sinking back.
But still, they can be expensive. I have a limit. I’ve caught a couple deals buying resale the same day as the show. I get it if that’s the ultimate deciding factor. But if you enjoy the music and the artist performs well live, I’d recommend at least trying a show before assuming everyone shits on the floor.
I haven’t been to that many, but I’ve been to a few smaller concerts in the last couple years, and they were great experiences with the crowd. And these are heavy metal shows. Many years ago, someone spilled beer on me at one of those shows, and while I was annoyed, I was also glad that they hadn’t spilled it on the cast that was on my left arm. They apologized.
I saw a woman carrying a baby (with ear protection for the baby) at the most recent concert I saw. No idea if she was a huge fan of one of the bands or possibly the spouse of one of the band members.
Go to shows at small venues, smaller shows have smaller prices. I’ve seen some great shows from headliner artists for under $50. Cheapest I ever saw was a few years ago, $9 to see Slipknot from 10-50ft away. And by a few years I mean 2 or 3, not 10 or 20. Sign up for newsletters from local venues and your favorite artists, check websites for schedules, you’d be surprised what pops up.
Also never had someone poop on the ground at one of those.
It’s not even waits at bathroom lines (which are fine once the show starts). It’s the simple act of having to leave your spot. The fomo is that strong.
They don’t want to give up their spot on the rail. And they lack the confidence/assertiveness to work their way through the crowd back to their spot.
The general lack of proper crowd etiquette and insistence on being part of the show I attribute to streamer/online culture. It’s not enough to be there, you’ve got to be acknowledged. This does predate the pandemic. But what the pandemic did was give these already learned behaviors a void of a couple years for those behaviors to fester without check.
So, I wasn’t wrong in my reasons for not going to concerts anymore. 1, they’re too fucking expensive anymore. B, people seem to suck at being in public nowadays.
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve just become older and grumpier or if society has slid farther and farther away from what should be considered normal public behavior.
I’ve been to 6 concerts this year. You don’t have to be part of the insane rail crowd. I’ve done a mix: one stadium, one arena, 2 midsize places, 2 downright small places. I don’t do GA when it’s in the big places, I take a seat. But, everywhere else, I’ve never smelled a floor shit. People aren’t ridiculous at my shows, but maybe that’s just the crowd being different. I usually have no interest in the current mainstream headliners, so maybe that’s why I’m missing out. But, at each, I get to be the boring crossed arm guy swaying on the back rail. I usually slide up for a song or two for the view before sinking back.
But still, they can be expensive. I have a limit. I’ve caught a couple deals buying resale the same day as the show. I get it if that’s the ultimate deciding factor. But if you enjoy the music and the artist performs well live, I’d recommend at least trying a show before assuming everyone shits on the floor.
I haven’t been to that many, but I’ve been to a few smaller concerts in the last couple years, and they were great experiences with the crowd. And these are heavy metal shows. Many years ago, someone spilled beer on me at one of those shows, and while I was annoyed, I was also glad that they hadn’t spilled it on the cast that was on my left arm. They apologized.
I saw a woman carrying a baby (with ear protection for the baby) at the most recent concert I saw. No idea if she was a huge fan of one of the bands or possibly the spouse of one of the band members.
Go to shows at small venues, smaller shows have smaller prices. I’ve seen some great shows from headliner artists for under $50. Cheapest I ever saw was a few years ago, $9 to see Slipknot from 10-50ft away. And by a few years I mean 2 or 3, not 10 or 20. Sign up for newsletters from local venues and your favorite artists, check websites for schedules, you’d be surprised what pops up.
Also never had someone poop on the ground at one of those.