Why do people film concerts?

[Len Cnut]

11 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

And The Grateful Dead?

no comment

[DieselDaisy]

2 minutes ago, wasted said:

Bootlegs are for gypsies. I've never heard a bootleg that didn't sound like it wasn't recorded inside a vacuum cleaner. I have a GNR Chile bootleg that sounds like they at least turned the hoover off, but still not worth the dollar I paid for it. 

I believe we are supposed to call them ''the traveler community'' these days.

[Len Cnut]

3 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

I believe we are supposed to call them ''thieving bastards'' these days.

[DieselDaisy]

I'm learning these politically correct terms by the plentiful via Mygnr. It was Graeme who introduced me to 'LGBT' (I think I have the order right?). I had to put it in wikipedia to discover what the heck it meant haha.

[Len Cnut]

5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

I'm learning these politically correct terms by the plentiful via Mygnr. It was Graeme who introduced me to 'LGBT' (I think I have the order right?). I had to put it in wikipedia to discover what the heck it meant haha.

My mate Dies', dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.  Naff, innit?   Lettuce, Gays, Bacon and Tomatoes?

Edited January 20, 2017 by Len Cnut

[DieselDaisy]

''Transgendered community''. Hitherto I was using ''chicks with dicks''.

[Len Cnut]

Never quite got past 'geezer-bird' myself

[wasted]

36 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

I believe we are supposed to call them ''the traveler community'' these days.

This reunion is horseshit!

[wasted]

26 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

''Transgendered community''. Hitherto I was using ''chicks with dicks''.

I think trannies is the correct term. 

[DieselDaisy]

You will be spending a penny with them soon so you better get your nomenclature sorted out.

[Len Cnut]

9 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said:

You will be spending a penny with them soon so you better get your nomenclature sorted out.

When they smell my shits mate they're gonna pray for the return of gender segregation

[wasted]

I think Carl's Jr really messed up my bowels. 

[Len Cnut]

10 minutes ago, wasted said:

I think Carl's Jr really messed up my bowels. 

I do a cut price enema service?  Do you have a garden hose?

[wasted]

33 minutes ago, Len Cnut said:

I do a cut price enema service?  Do you have a garden hose?

A garden? No, I could probably rustle up a shotgun. Industrial bleach packed shells. Both barrels  needed to clear the stench of 3,000 Super Star Burger meals. 

[Zurimor]

At quite interesting article on this topic:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/galina-nemirovsky/at-the-concert-put-down-y_b_12163690.html

 

At the Concert, Put Down Your Cell Phone and Give Rock Some Respect

09/23/2016 10:30 pm ET

My first concert was a rockin’ double feature of Chicago and The Beach Boys, which was completely contrary to my peers who were having New Kids on the Block, Back Street Boys or NSYNC as their inaugural concert experience. My musical taste has always been aligned with a middle-aged man. I blame the six years of adolescence I spent working at my family donut shop with the radio station permanently tuned to Classic Rock as the culprit. These tunes set the default soundtrack of my youth and the concerts which followed adhered to the classic rock theme: Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel (last reunion concert), Elton John, The Police, Journey. The nostalgic sounds of the 1960s and 1970s will still comprise my desert-island tunes.

Those first few concerts were invigorating and electrifying, with louder than necessary performances sponsored by overpriced t-shirts and the sweet smell of weed wafting overhead and they set the gold standard for the quintessential “Rock n’ Roll Concert Experience,” where I left the show with real ticket stubs as opposed to a computer print out with a bar code. Those were the good ole days before electronics, to stand between me and my rock idol, where they performed and you watched mesmerized, there was RESPECT. For tribute, we busted out the lighter and swayed it until our thumbs got calloused or the wind killed the flame.

Recently I’ve gotten annoyed at how the entire concert-going experience has gotten corrupted by the over saturation of devices. As a basis of comparison, I’m using last month’s Paul McCartney concert, because I’ve seen him twenty years apart

Here’s what hasn’t changed:

• Hippie dudes who came in their powder blue convertible and jeeps complete with pot air freshener tailgating in the parking lots.
• Yuppies, who have progressed from hippies, who still like to pretend they are partying like they’re at Woodstock, only they have BMWs and use fancy Tommy Bahama folding chairs and tables and drink locally crafted brews and eat artisan cheese.
• Guys selling unauthorized discounted concert t-shirts outside the stadium.
• People who try to illegally get a better seat. There were three 60+ women who moved three times in the seats to the left of us, right of us and then in front of us. Finally, they lucked out and no one else came claiming they were in the wrong seats and asking them to leave.
• The guy who riles people up by standing, arms outstretched Jesus style and raising them up repeatedly like he’s about to fly, yelling at people to “STAND THE FUCK UP!”

 

Here’s what’s different:

• THE CELL PHONES, IPADS, and all other BIG FUCKING SCREENS blocking the experience.
• Instead of the lighters, cell phone screens illuminate the stadium in an artificial LCD haze.
• People videotape extraordinary amounts on their devices. One woman recorded the entire concert with her old digital camera. She never looked up from the back of the 2” little LCD screen.
• Snapchatting during the concert. All around us, people were their own pop-up recording studios, broadcasting Sir Paul and the rest of us, focusing on sharing more than experiencing it themselves. In lieu of applause and dancing, people are busy with Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or whatever I’m not cool enough to use yet.
• No one stands or dances for a whole song. It’s like they think they’re at home watching a DVD and get pissed if anyone around them obstructs their view.
• There is a marked disassociation among the fans; everyone is too busy engineering their own quintessential concert experience that they’ve completely disregarded any degree of social concert etiquette where we can all come together in music and artist appreciation. Instead, people have become more preoccupied with preserving the memory, than making it.

Edited January 25, 2017 by Zurimor

[username]

2 hours ago, Zurimor said:

At quite interesting article on this topic:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/galina-nemirovsky/at-the-concert-put-down-y_b_12163690.html

 

At the Concert, Put Down Your Cell Phone and Give Rock Some Respect

09/23/2016 10:30 pm ET

My first concert was a rockin’ double feature of Chicago and The Beach Boys, which was completely contrary to my peers who were having New Kids on the Block, Back Street Boys or NSYNC as their inaugural concert experience. My musical taste has always been aligned with a middle-aged man. I blame the six years of adolescence I spent working at my family donut shop with the radio station permanently tuned to Classic Rock as the culprit. These tunes set the default soundtrack of my youth and the concerts which followed adhered to the classic rock theme: Paul McCartney, Billy Joel, Simon and Garfunkel (last reunion concert), Elton John, The Police, Journey. The nostalgic sounds of the 1960s and 1970s will still comprise my desert-island tunes.

Those first few concerts were invigorating and electrifying, with louder than necessary performances sponsored by overpriced t-shirts and the sweet smell of weed wafting overhead and they set the gold standard for the quintessential “Rock n’ Roll Concert Experience,” where I left the show with real ticket stubs as opposed to a computer print out with a bar code. Those were the good ole days before electronics, to stand between me and my rock idol, where they performed and you watched mesmerized, there was RESPECT. For tribute, we busted out the lighter and swayed it until our thumbs got calloused or the wind killed the flame.

Recently I’ve gotten annoyed at how the entire concert-going experience has gotten corrupted by the over saturation of devices. As a basis of comparison, I’m using last month’s Paul McCartney concert, because I’ve seen him twenty years apart

Here’s what hasn’t changed:

• Hippie dudes who came in their powder blue convertible and jeeps complete with pot air freshener tailgating in the parking lots.
• Yuppies, who have progressed from hippies, who still like to pretend they are partying like they’re at Woodstock, only they have BMWs and use fancy Tommy Bahama folding chairs and tables and drink locally crafted brews and eat artisan cheese.
• Guys selling unauthorized discounted concert t-shirts outside the stadium.
• People who try to illegally get a better seat. There were three 60+ women who moved three times in the seats to the left of us, right of us and then in front of us. Finally, they lucked out and no one else came claiming they were in the wrong seats and asking them to leave.
• The guy who riles people up by standing, arms outstretched Jesus style and raising them up repeatedly like he’s about to fly, yelling at people to “STAND THE FUCK UP!”

 

Here’s what’s different:

• THE CELL PHONES, IPADS, and all other BIG FUCKING SCREENS blocking the experience.
• Instead of the lighters, cell phone screens illuminate the stadium in an artificial LCD haze.
• People videotape extraordinary amounts on their devices. One woman recorded the entire concert with her old digital camera. She never looked up from the back of the 2” little LCD screen.
• Snapchatting during the concert. All around us, people were their own pop-up recording studios, broadcasting Sir Paul and the rest of us, focusing on sharing more than experiencing it themselves. In lieu of applause and dancing, people are busy with Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or whatever I’m not cool enough to use yet.
• No one stands or dances for a whole song. It’s like they think they’re at home watching a DVD and get pissed if anyone around them obstructs their view.
• There is a marked disassociation among the fans; everyone is too busy engineering their own quintessential concert experience that they’ve completely disregarded any degree of social concert etiquette where we can all come together in music and artist appreciation. Instead, people have become more preoccupied with preserving the memory, than making it.

 

[classicrawker]

On 1/20/2017 at 8:14 AM, wasted said:

Bootlegs are for gypsies. I've never heard a bootleg that didn't sound like it wasn't recorded inside a vacuum cleaner. I have a GNR Chile bootleg that sounds like they at least turned the hoover off, but still not worth the dollar I paid for it. 

Then you have never heard a good quality bootleg mate......there are plentiful audience recordings out there that sound better than official live albums which are usually doctored in the studio........ 

[john lennon]

I don't know I think it fuckin' sucks. I mean, fuck, when you're at a concert, then fuckin' be at the concert, right? Not that I care, really, but it makes me so sad inside seeing people that are supposed to be having a good time just wasting that looking on their fucking phones instead. 

I mean what's up with my generation, really? Fuck oit.

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

On 1/25/2017 at 11:48 AM, username said:

 

hey you have never been more scared of a rock star laying the law down about cell phone usage, recording cams etc from a very non-threatening cute as can be Peter Frampton!

[BlueJean Baby]

Not only concerts, bootleg movies where someone records in a theater are awful...saw one where someone must have thought they were about to get caught and suddenly was recording the inside of their coat...not to mention someone coughing in the audience on tape...

[James Bond]

I typically only take some pictures during the concert if I'm got some good seats. Capturing a few moments makes for a nice souvenir. Otherwise, I'm there to enjoy myself. I wouldn't want to keep my hand in the air with my phone or camera the entire time like some people do. Some people just mindlessly hold their phone or camera out as they jump around, so at least they're still enjoying themselves and probably just trying to capture the atmosphere on film. However, there's the people who literally stare into the smalls screen on their device the whole time. With ticket prices for events these days, why would you want to experience it through your camera? Personally I like to take in as much as possible.

[Gordon Comstock]

At most shows I'll just pick my moment, rapidly take some pics and hope I get at least 1 or 2 good ones. With GNR it's a bit different just because I pretty much know the setlist going in, so I'll wait for certain songs to do that (Attitude, Don't Cry, Sweet Child, maybe KOHD). If I'm ever filming a song I hold the camera at about chest height and just aim it in the general direction of the stage, I still wanna have fun and watch the show without being one of those dicks that blocks someones view behind me.

[GN'R MEX]

just to have a good memory,  But it should be annoying for people who are not so tall having a cellphone in front blocking all the view

[MB.]

1 hour ago, Oldest Goat said:

I'm a big guy and I plan on going to the front of my section. Is this bad manners? Would you be upset if a really tall guy was in front of you?

I would be so annoyed, yes

[Zurimor]

5 minutes ago, MB. said:

I would be so annoyed, yes

Me, too.