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Any concert where people would rather sit down than stand up and boogie. These two shows from the 80's come to mind: Rod Stewart & The Talking Heads. Our group kept standing up and the anger from those in back of us was palpable.
You sound like a real piece of work. Sit down if your the only one standing
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Any concert where people would rather sit down than stand up and boogie. These two shows from the 80's come to mind: Rod Stewart & The Talking Heads. Our group kept standing up and the anger from those in back of us was palpable.
You sound like a real piece of work. Sit down if your the only one standing
It's a rock 'n' roll show, get up and dance! Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands, either.
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Any concert where people would rather sit down than stand up and boogie. These two shows from the 80's come to mind: Rod Stewart & The Talking Heads. Our group kept standing up and the anger from those in back of us was palpable.
You sound like a real piece of work. Sit down if your the only one standing
It's a rock 'n' roll show, get up and dance! Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands, either.
If they don't like it, they shouldn't sell seats, but have a standing floor.
Some people can't stand on their feet for 2 hours.
If people can't stand for two hours, there are usually seats available in places such as the balcony. It's not always possible to remove seats in order to have a standing floor, either.*Quote
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Any concert where people would rather sit down than stand up and boogie. These two shows from the 80's come to mind: Rod Stewart & The Talking Heads. Our group kept standing up and the anger from those in back of us was palpable.
You sound like a real piece of work. Sit down if your the only one standing
It's a rock 'n' roll show, get up and dance! Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands, either.
If they don't like it, they shouldn't sell seats, but have a standing floor.
Some people can't stand on their feet for 2 hours.
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TeaAtThree
Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
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AquamarineIf people can't stand for two hours, there are usually seats available in places such as the balcony. It's not always possible to remove seats in order to have a standing floor, either.*Quote
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Any concert where people would rather sit down than stand up and boogie. These two shows from the 80's come to mind: Rod Stewart & The Talking Heads. Our group kept standing up and the anger from those in back of us was palpable.
You sound like a real piece of work. Sit down if your the only one standing
It's a rock 'n' roll show, get up and dance! Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands, either.
If they don't like it, they shouldn't sell seats, but have a standing floor.
Some people can't stand on their feet for 2 hours.
* And if the response to this is that the band should have booked a different venue--yes, they probably should!
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TeaAtThree
Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
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The worst for a performer I didn't expect much from:
2 out of 2 Depeche Mode concerts I attended. The wife is a huge fan and was pregnant during both times she had a chance seeing them + it was mid, hot, summer. I went with her (not that she asked) to make sure she is OK... Did not enjoy even one second. Felt like a calm atheist in the middle of a mass. These were FOS tickets and people all around me - most looked like 80s caricatures - were hysteric and I just counted the seconds.
The worst for a performer I did expect something from:
Jorma Kauknen intimate acoustic "club" show some 4 years ago. The whole evening was based on acoustic country and Polk music. I was mostly worried that my cellophane battery would die before the show ended and the Kindle would be gone.
The worst for a performer I had great expectations from:
The Stones in Paris June 2014 - It was supposed to be my 2nd show that tour. The nerve breaking tickermaster websites ruined my chances of getting tickets to Rome, Berlin or Madrid - as I wanted. I got a chance to get tickets only for Paris and for the notorious "3rd area" (whatever it was called) on the field. We had some 30 hours in Paris altogether - our flight to Paris from Berlin was late. The RER emps were on strike. The hotel was crap. The one RER per hour that worked was loaded and some hack physically grabbed my wife in a sexual way, while neither of us could move. The whole way to/from the Stadium was guarded by the police and Marines. This was just a week or so after a great Stones concert we attended. We could hardly see them. From my position the show was lame (though others claimed it was great). Was very happy when it ended. The best part of that journey to Europe was the next day which I've spent in Cologne...
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TeaAtThree
Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
T@3
You remember more than me Tea, I was there too. The heat was so unbearable, that's all that sticks with me. But you're right about the Dead...second time I had seen them, both times equally unmemorable. At least at this show, I stayed awake through their set. First time was at the Baltimore Civic Center and my friends had to wake me to tell me it was over.
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Aerosmith at the Boston Garden in either 77 or 78. They sucked.
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Aerosmith at the Boston Garden in either 77 or 78. They sucked.
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Aquamarine
Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands.
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Bob Dylan in Rochester 1978 - his born-again period. I did not recognize a song, and understood nothing he said the entire evening, and I was sober. The band seemed to not know what was going on either. I left before it was over, I just could not take it anymore. The man was living on his legend.
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TeaAtThree
Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
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Late Bloomer, who are you? I'm a Baltimorean by birth. Gilman School product.
Class of '85.
T@3
You remember more than me Tea, I was there too. The heat was so unbearable, that's all that sticks with me. But you're right about the Dead...second time I had seen them, both times equally unmemorable. At least at this show, I stayed awake through their set. First time was at the Baltimore Civic Center and my friends had to wake me to tell me it was over.
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Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, July 1986 Washington, DC RFK Stadium. 100+ degrees.
Dylan was horrendous. The "best" songs from that tour became "Dylan and the Dead," which every Deadhead and every Dylan fan disavows and abhors.
The Dead were worse. This was five days before Jerry nearly died, slipping into a diabetic coma.
Only Tom Petty, playing lots of the brand new "Southern Accents," made the day remotely redeemable.
T@3
Late Bloomer, who are you? I'm a Baltimorean by birth. Gilman School product.
Class of '85.
T@3
You remember more than me Tea, I was there too. The heat was so unbearable, that's all that sticks with me. But you're right about the Dead...second time I had seen them, both times equally unmemorable. At least at this show, I stayed awake through their set. First time was at the Baltimore Civic Center and my friends had to wake me to tell me it was over.
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Aquamarine
Bands don't enjoy audiences who just sit on their hands.
But they do like to take our money.
When a band pays me hundreds of dollars to go to their concert I'll try and remember to wave a flag. The Beatles stopped touring because their fans wouldn't shut up and listen and other bands don't like it if the audience sits and listens to them play.
These bands, I tell ya, . . . tough crowd.