• Concert Douches: Why?
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[QUOTE=MetallicaLover;17610288]I've been to a couple of metalcore concerts and they've been mostly fine all the people/moshers there were helping everyone out. There's always a couple of faggots at every concert, for example when I went to [b]Parkway Drive[/b] earlier this year my friend got punched in the face for no reason by some fat guy and his friends, and the second the first fat dude threw a punch all his mates ganged up. we won though v:v:v[/QUOTE] There's your problem
[QUOTE=GMOD ftw;17605884]When I went to the SARS concert in Toronto, it was fucking horrid, Everyone pushing and shoving, 3 people died from dehydration. Ended up sleeping under a overpass lol[/QUOTE] Googled SARS all i got was Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
This has probably been said, but your sat on a freaking lawn chair, at a concert. Either move further back, dont' go, or man up. I drove 4 hours from my house, queued for 2 and a half hours, pitched a tent in the rain, was kept up until 3am every night, and then went to watch all the bands on both stages at Sonisphere from 10am till 10pm. I would then sleep for around 5 hours, get up again, and do it all again. And these crowds were huge, and with bands like Machine Head, Anthrax, Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Linkin Park, Heaven and Hell and NiN to name some, being in the crowd was no chilled experience. People walking past you, sat in a lawn chair, and you bitching about it being douchey, is not douchey at all. Douches piss in a cup and throw it into the crowd. Douched try and pit during slow songs; Douches take off their shirt when they have a BMI of above 40 and proceed to rub themselves on everyone. Douches pull people into pits. People bumping into your chair is not douchey. Just, never go to a concert with a lawn chair, your basically saying your a pussy the moment you walk in the place. FYI IF YOU DON'T LIKE CROWDS/OTHER PEOPLE GO TO THE BACK OR DON'T COME AT ALL.
Was at metaltown this summer here in Gothenburg sweden. Most awesome experience ever, saw Slipknot, Disturbed, Children of Bodom (<33) trivium and loads of great and big bands. Metaltown is at a pier over here in gothenburg, two scenes bright beside eachother, when one is playing the other one is setting up for their concert etc etc. So anyway I walk from stage 2 to stage 1 about 45 minutes before slipknot starts playing (disturbed was playing at that time.) people wanted to get to disturbed, I wanted to get to teh stage where slipknot would play. Fair enough, about two rows infront of me to the front fence, decent place. 15 minutes later disturbed stopped playing and now 25 000 people wants to get close to the stage where slipknot will play, in 30 minutes. So anyway, I melee it out, keep having to protect this short and cute girl who certainly had the wrong spot for a girl of her size (she wasn't young, just small.) So time goes by, slooowly, night is getting really dark and soon they will start playing, the moment Slipknot comes out everyone at the same time pushes forward.. I know this is what I would do, and everyone else if I were in the back, mainly to survive, I mean if I got lets say 5000 people behind me pushing at my direction, should I alone stand and take it? no. therefor you have to push with the morons. So basicaly, a few minutes of music and I can see the fear the girl is experiencing, I'm feeling fear as well because I'm constantly being pushed down by several people who are jumping and everyone is leanign against the front row so we are standing on like, a 45 degree angle. It ends with me getting a hit to the back of my head, loosing track of things for a moment and realizes that I really should get out, I know that I can't get out on the front.. What do I have to do? Crawl to the fucking back (not crawl but well, melee myself through the crowd.) at the same time as holding this girls arm hard so she wont loose me. (No, we had not said a word to eachother but well it was obvious she wanted to go and so did I.) We get to the back fence, loads of people are trying to get out and into the corridor of fences, (yes in the middle of the crowd there is a corridor of fences so people can jump and walk out and for security to stand in and such.) had to wait until a song stopped, help alot of people to get out, then i got out and got people to help me get this girl out. Long story short, I had to enjoy Slipknot from a distance and I had made myself a hero in somebody's eyes. :>
I saw this guy while in Newfoundland who had a jar with slips of paper with song suggestions that people who attended wrote down. He and his band did an amazing job. I just wish I could remember his name.
I've been to one concert. It was on the 17th of this September. Marilyn Manson at the Air Canada Center. It fucking sucked ass! He didn't do a very good performance, didn't play the whole way through, no encore. It just sucked. I spent 100 on tickets and gas and it was the biggest waste ever. Marilyn Manson is a fucking faggot. I don't listen to his shit anymore because of that.
Well last night, I saw Metallica so fuck your strange logic. Seeing Megadeth in November and maybe Dethklok. It's gonna be badass because I ignore the stupid people. You should try that too.
[QUOTE=H4yd3n;17606126]Good job misunderstanding what I meant. Name five incredibly talented and very good bands that you've seen on mtv and the radio, frequently. Point made.[/QUOTE] afi
[QUOTE=Robman8908;17602870]Flyleaf[/QUOTE] Dear god, you might as well cut off your ears after your done raping them. [QUOTE=SuPeR_MaN;17617020] I got a bottle of piss thrown at me in the face[/QUOTE] JARATE!
flyleaf has a few good songs, that's it though
Gotta love how this turned from being a topic about snobby people at concerts to a topic about musical preferences. There will always be somebody who disagrees with your preferences. Stop arguing.
[QUOTE=Paravin;17603426]Didn't know douchebags actually went to Coldplay (and such) concerts. I thought they revolved around their petty rap and other pointless shit like that.[/QUOTE] wats with all the wastemans hatin on rap its not all bullshit dont pay attention to da mainstream dats nonsense
What I hate about concerts: the retarded under 21 kids who start mosh pits for any genre of music. I went to a fucking Reel Big Fish concert and a Ratatat concert and people were moshing at both. It's not like it's punk rock or heavy metal for fucks sake. I go to concerts because I want to hear some fucking music. Not get pushed around by a bandwagon-jumping high school kid who thinks he's cool because he pushes around people he doesn't know at concerts. I can understand it a little if it's really intense music and you're getting into it but why the fuck would you mosh to ska or electronic music? Luckily at the Ratatat concert I got a spot on the balcony so I could see all the stupid fucks below me moshing for no reason (most likely not even paying attention to the music). That's right: I spent the whole concert just standing up listening to music while not being pushed around, stepped on, crushed, or bumped into, and I had a fucking amazing time.
[QUOTE=Luxo;17617376]I feel your pain, man. Also, Coldplay is incredible live, they blew away my expectations when I went to see them this summer.[/QUOTE] Exactly. I think they're more of a live band than studio band, they don't waste your $60/ticket. I liked a few of their songs enough to listen to them when I heard them, but after that concert, I decided to look up some more of their stuff.
[QUOTE=Robman8908;17603194]I'm not talking about "MTV-overplayed shit." I'm talking about bands with actual initiative, real talent, and the ability to write songs from the heart. I, myself, am a musician and have an appreciation for a wide array of music.[/QUOTE] What the fuck does "writing a song from the heart" even mean? Yet another completely meaningless generalization, along with this nebulous concept of "real music", as opposed to fake music I assume? You claim to be a musician with an appreciation for a wide array of music, yet you don't hesitate to blindly defend bands you like and dismiss bands you don't with one of the most flimsy rationales I've ever heard. For the record, I'm not a huge fan of any of those bands, but they're good bands. You can appreciate music without liking it. Why are people so fiercely territorial when they feel like their interests are being insulted?
[QUOTE=Robman8908;17602870] Me - "Hey, there's a chair here." Her - "Oh... Ok... Hey! There's a chair here, watch your step!" So she begins to walk forward onto the chair... By this point, I'm fuming... "OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD!!! There's a fucking chair here!? What ever will we do!? HO-LY SHIT!!!" Her - She responds with a nasty look. Me - "There's no possible way we could walk around it!!! We MUST step on it!!!" Her - She responds, yet again, with a nasty look.[/QUOTE] I laughed so hard. You are a god among sarcastic men.
Why is three days grace an 'ugh'? IMHO they are a very talented group.
[QUOTE=Scope0;17628901]Why is three days grace an 'ugh'? IMHO they are a very talented group.[/QUOTE] dead wrong
I've seen Three Days Grace, Seether, Neverset, Breaking Benjamin, Nine Inch Nails, Chair Lift, and The Killers in concert. I have to say, Three Days Grace and Seether sucked shit live. Neverset I heard one song and they were meh, but they were a opener so yeah. Breaking Benjamin was pretty solid, But I have to say, Nine Inch Nails and The Killers were superb in concert. Best two of my life so far. They had great stage presence, plus it overpowered the high people around me, and a the drunks at that. As for Chair Lift (I think that was their name lol) They were the opening act for The Killers... they were.... different.
[QUOTE=bobste;17616980]no they were just signed to a christian label listen to their first album, it doesn't sound christian[/QUOTE] i was thrown off by all of the "yeah and i'd like to thank the lord, jesus christ, oh and uh my friends and family too i guess" and all of the "i was mostly inspired by god" through out the booklet
I went to Video games live and there were no pricks anywhere is this good
Douches? At a coldplay concert? What is the world coming to?
I cant see the point of concerts.
[QUOTE=limulus54;17633822]I cant see the point of concerts.[/QUOTE] How sad.
[QUOTE=limulus54;17633822]I cant see the point of concerts.[/QUOTE] To see a band you like play music.
You should see the joint that I go to concerts to when it's sold out (which happens with a lot of national acts). It's only fit for around 150 people, yet most of the time there are 200+ there. Plus, the shows are metal.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;17605846]I agree. Music is basically organized sound. Mainstream or not it's still fucking music.[/QUOTE] That would be death meatal concerts. People are so drunk and deaf that some even yell "Play fucking louder!". Great fun though, I hope that they invent some cure for deafness before I get older.
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;17634123]To see a band you like play music.[/QUOTE] I don't need to see them to appreciate them.
I usually take advantage of all the small venues around me and go to indoor concerts.
[QUOTE=limulus54;17634438]I don't need to see them to appreciate them.[/QUOTE] it's called being a nerd
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