C'mon guys redux

[Richard_From_CHI]

So I went and saw the Police last night and it lead to a re-examination of the whole C'mon guys thread for me:

here are four:

1) If you are a famous rock band and charging a zillion dollars a ticket, re-learn how to play your songs, hit the high notes, and remember the words to your songs.

2) Changing the key and the temp so you can play your songs is not okay.

3) Why is it that the majority of the audience came to get drunk and talk loudly. I got really mad about all of the talking, but then realizaed I was one of 5 people who came to hear the band.

4) For the love of God, you are 1000 yards from the band, why on each was everyone taking picture with their cell phone camera.

C'mon guys.

[butler]

If I could make one Concert Law it would be to ban all these damn cameras.  A couple of weeks ago I saw some idiot filming a song with his camera AND his cell phone. That was a first. Then he mysteriously left about halfway through.  I guess he had his proof he was there and that "it was awesome!" No need to stay to hear the actual music.

Also, at the Superchunk show in Brooklyn a couple of weeks back my buddy and I got a nice place up front. Then all of a sudden without warning about 20 people with giant cameras swoop in front of us like it was the Hinderburg Explosion or something. I literally had to shove my way up in front of them to be able to enjoy the show.

Makes we long for the good old days when you just had to worry about someone slamming into you or shouting out "Freebird!" in your ear over and over.

[LostInReno]

1) If you are a famous rock band and charging a zillion dollars a ticket, re-learn how to play your songs, hit the high notes, and remember the words to your songs.

2) Changing the key and the temp so you can play your songs is not okay.

3) Why is it that the majority of the audience came to get drunk and talk loudly. I got really mad about all of the talking, but then realizaed I was one of 5 people who came to hear the band.

4) For the love of God, you are 1000 yards from the band, why on each was everyone taking picture with their cell phone camera.

C'mon guys.

Thank you I'm glad someone realized it to.

[Amplituden]

I don't really mind if I am at a bar if people talk when the band is playing. Its a bar, people do that there.

However, when I pay $50 for a concert and there is assigned seating, perhaps clamming up would be a good rule.

I went to see Wilco last Saturday and these idiots behind me talked through every song that they didn't recognize.  I did get to do the mental calculations of what Wilco albums they did own which was amusing.

I tried giving them the stink eye, even a stink eye with hunchy shoulders but to no avail, C'mon Guys!

[buffcoat]

If you can't stand people talking, don't ever go to a Dave Attell show.  In fact, never go to a show where the performer has any connection with being drunk.

I felt sorry for him, I really did.  At no point in the evening was he able to get two sentences in a row out without being interrupted.

The only performer I've seen who was more destroyed by the ridiculousness of his fans was Morrissey, who walked offstage 45 minutes in as the THIRD PERSON jumped on his back to hump/hug him.  I think the look he gave the audience was the wry-est look I've ever seen.

[Omar]

So I went and saw the Police last night and it lead to a re-examination of the whole C'mon guys thread for me:

here are four:

1) If you are a famous rock band and charging a zillion dollars a ticket, re-learn how to play your songs, hit the high notes, and remember the words to your songs.

2) Changing the key and the temp so you can play your songs is not okay.

3) Why is it that the majority of the audience came to get drunk and talk loudly. I got really mad about all of the talking, but then realizaed I was one of 5 people who came to hear the band.

4) For the love of God, you are 1000 yards from the band, why on each was everyone taking picture with their cell phone camera.

C'mon guys.

The Police: 1  Richard_From_CHI: nuthin'!  Sting, Stewie, and Andy got ya!  I mean, come on!  Linus warned you back in February to skip this dinosaur spectacle!!!!

[Gregory]

I went to see Wilco last Saturday and these idiots behind me talked through every song that they didn't recognize.  I did get to do the mental calculations of what Wilco albums they did own which was amusing.

did you see them in burlington? or was vermont another night?

[Amplituden]

did you see them in burlington? or was vermont another night?

I saw them in Toronto June 30th, it was the last night of their tour and they were amazing.

[kenkwan]

If you can't stand people talking, don't ever go to a Dave Attell show.  In fact, never go to a show where the performer has any connection with being drunk.

I felt sorry for him, I really did.  At no point in the evening was he able to get two sentences in a row out without being interrupted.

The only performer I've seen who was more destroyed by the ridiculousness of his fans was Morrissey, who walked offstage 45 minutes in as the THIRD PERSON jumped on his back to hump/hug him.  I think the look he gave the audience was the wry-est look I've ever seen.

I went to a Shane McGowan and the Popes show, and the place was PACKED with fratty college boys who saw it as an excuse to get ripped. Many of them had to leave, BEFORE the opening band was done. On their way out, as they were being dragged off the floor, I said to any of them that went by me, "Hey, it's cool, I remeber my first beer."

[Richard_From_CHI]

So I went and saw the Police last night and it lead to a re-examination of the whole C'mon guys thread for me:

here are four:

1) If you are a famous rock band and charging a zillion dollars a ticket, re-learn how to play your songs, hit the high notes, and remember the words to your songs.

2) Changing the key and the temp so you can play your songs is not okay.

3) Why is it that the majority of the audience came to get drunk and talk loudly. I got really mad about all of the talking, but then realizaed I was one of 5 people who came to hear the band.

4) For the love of God, you are 1000 yards from the band, why on each was everyone taking picture with their cell phone camera.

C'mon guys.

The Police: 1  Richard_From_CHI: nuthin'!  Sting, Stewie, and Andy got ya!  I mean, come on!  Linus warned you back in February to skip this dinosaur spectacle!!!!

So so true.

[Laurie]

An open letter to the drunk guy swaying next to me at the Morrissey concert:

C'mon, dude. Putting your hands on my mammary glands? Not cool! He didn't even sing that song.

People seem to get drunker at outdoor concerts. HATE THEM.

[Richard_From_CHI]

Agreed.

I saw GZA open up for Sonic Youth (Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat) in Chicago. Sonic Youth was the antithesis of the Police. The crowd gave a damn, were respectful (with the exception of the indie (is it Twee?) kids who have not yet learned to surf the wave of substance and alcohol intake).

The best part of the show was playing the clapping game I invented while playing with my friends 4 year old as Sonic Youth Played. Her attention span is longer than mine, she won.

I stopped drinking entirely for awhile during law school as I was so disgusted by the behavior of my classmates. It seemed easier to say "No thanks, I don't drink" than to suffer the relentless attempts to feed me drinks. I have the occasional adult beverage, and as a misguided use I did get the bento box of other things, but wow have I long since grown out of getting f-ed up. Sloppy loud drunk people piss me off. Self control jackasses.

[Laurie]

There were booze booths lining the goddamn Count de Hoernle Amphitheater (no, that's seriously the name of the amphitheater -- it makes me lol.) Margaritas, COCKTAILS, beer, beer, and more beer. I stuck to the fresh squeezed lemonade, thank you, and it was delicious.

I had dinner at a nearby restaurant before the show, however, and got a light beer. It tasted like water.

[Richard_From_CHI]

Isn't that the point of Lite Beer?

[TL]

An open letter to the drunk guy swaying next to me at the Morrissey concert:

C'mon, dude. Putting your hands on my mammary glands? Not cool! He didn't even sing that song.

People seem to get drunker at outdoor concerts. HATE THEM.

Wowzers!  I didn't get my manmary glands handled, but there was a much bigger quotient of meatheads at the Boston show than I could have ever anticipated.  During Kristeen Young's set, a guy right next to me yeled out, "For a little girl you got a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG SOUND!"  I guess it was meant as a complement, but...  C'mon guys...