Yakubu Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Standing all the time! You could of just swapped rows/seats with the arsey bloke though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohmyword Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Why let logic get in the way of a good bitch and potential altercation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketty24 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I'm going to a concert next year which, given the type of songs, will be mainly sit down, but there's a few danceable ones, and I can assure you I will be up and dancing like a loon for those. I want to make the most of it, as for me this is almost like a once in a lifetime opportunity to see an artist I adore. I'm not going to sit down and twiddle my thumbs when I want to bop to some fast tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opinion Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 You were completely in the right. This ain't no matinee - it's ROCK N ROLL!!! (well, classic synthpop, but anyway...) Yeah, that goon needs to lighten up and start bustin' some moves! I could teach him a scissor kick or two exactly, this guy needs to the meaning of FUN. if you ask me, he should have gone home! maybe a gig isnt the place for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S8 Blade Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Ok, I might take some stick for what I say here (mainly who I've been to see) but I'm prepared to risk it!! In September 1998 I saw Spice Girls at Don Valley (I was 15!!!)... I was 20 or 30 rows back on the "floor" and the stewards kept telling everyone to sit down. I wasn't very tall (and still not!) and could barely see as it was, then the person in front of me stood up (as had everyone in front of them), so I stood up too... Then of course the person behind me complained that her 10yr old (or whatever) couldn't see and she's paid all this money for them to see their idols - to which I replied "I can't see neither 'cos there's 20/30 people stood up in front of me and I've paid exactly the same as you have so have as much right as your chidlren have to see". Then, still as the stewards were battling to keep everyone sat down (who wanted to dance), Mel B shouts "come on Sheffield - lets see you stood up dancing!!!" - Don Valley erupts & everyone stands up, including the people behind me. Last week I went to see Jason Donovan at Sheffield City Hall, I was on 8th row bang in centre. At the start he was singing some of the slow stuff, nobody stood up really, just the odd couple. Then he started doing some of his 80/90s stuff and everyone wanted to dance. A few people in front of us stood up along with everyone else, which is absolutely fine by me, but someone at the side of me tugged on the coat of the person and snapped "SIT DOWN"! Then later on, someone else was quietly talking to her friend during one of the songs, and someone in front of me really nastily went "SSSHHHHHHH"!! I have no objection to anyone standing up during a concert - it's live music - you don't sit down in a nightclub do you? I listen to music to enjoy it, and have a dance. If I want to sit down, I'll sit down, but generally I stand - just so I can get a better view 'cos I'm a short-bum!! If you want to sit down, fine, but don't ruin someone else's evening who wants to have a good time by standing up and dancing by making them sit down too. It's alright saying "why buy tickets for the seated area", but for the majority of "concerts" (eg. Arena/City Hall) there isn't the option of standing/sitting. Rock gigs maybe, but not at the majority of gigs/concerts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 3000 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I like to mix it up a bit. Like, i'll sit down when i'm tired or watching telly or whatnot. But if i need to get something that i can't reach from where i'm sat, i'll stand up. So, i think i'm going to sit on the fence for this one... or stand very close by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Ashcroft Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The idea of going to 'see' a band is actually quite new (well late 60s perhaps). People used to go to 'listen' to or even to 'dance' to a band. If I was in a band and anyone aside from the old and infirm was sitting then I'd know I'd lost it and that it would time to call it a day. This sitting thing is a bit like armchair football fans complaining that when they actually go to a game that it's cold, the toilets are disgusting and the pies aren't made from Waitrose organic meat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Ashcroft Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Ok, I might take some stick for what I say here (mainly who I've been to see) but I'm prepared to risk it!! In September 1998 I saw Spice Girls at Don Valley (I was 15!!!)... I was 20 or 30 rows back on the "floor" and the stewards kept telling everyone to sit down. I wasn't very tall (and still not!) and could barely see as it was, then the person in front of me stood up (as had everyone in front of them), so I stood up too... Then of course the person behind me complained that her 10yr old (or whatever) couldn't see and she's paid all this money for them to see their idols - to which I replied "I can't see neither 'cos there's 20/30 people stood up in front of me and I've paid exactly the same as you have so have as much right as your chidlren have to see". Then, still as the stewards were battling to keep everyone sat down (who wanted to dance), Mel B shouts "come on Sheffield - lets see you stood up dancing!!!" - Don Valley erupts & everyone stands up, including the people behind me. Last week I went to see Jason Donovan at Sheffield City Hall, I was on 8th row bang in centre. At the start he was singing some of the slow stuff, nobody stood up really, just the odd couple. Then he started doing some of his 80/90s stuff and everyone wanted to dance. A few people in front of us stood up along with everyone else, which is absolutely fine by me, but someone at the side of me tugged on the coat of the person and snapped "SIT DOWN"! Then later on, someone else was quietly talking to her friend during one of the songs, and someone in front of me really nastily went "SSSHHHHHHH"!! I have no objection to anyone standing up during a concert - it's live music - you don't sit down in a nightclub do you? I listen to music to enjoy it, and have a dance. If I want to sit down, I'll sit down, but generally I stand - just so I can get a better view 'cos I'm a short-bum!! If you want to sit down, fine, but don't ruin someone else's evening who wants to have a good time by standing up and dancing by making them sit down too. It's alright saying "why buy tickets for the seated area", but for the majority of "concerts" (eg. Arena/City Hall) there isn't the option of standing/sitting. Rock gigs maybe, but not at the majority of gigs/concerts! Actually Arena and City Hall are the only two seated venues in the city, and generally, aside from the odd Muse, only pop acts and old bands tend to play them anyway. There are a good 20 other venues, where there's an awful lot better bands playing, that are all fully standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olec Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Meet halfway; dance sitting down. How can you dance in your part of the aisle without being a hazard to the person next to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Ashcroft Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Meet halfway; dance sitting down. I'd pay good money to see that - it would be so funny. It would be like thouands of people having epileptic fits in unison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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