Comments on: Concert Whoo! http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/concert-whoo/ A formerly anon blogger, trying to make it honest Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:26:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: WiB http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/concert-whoo/#comment-6914 WiB Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:52:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/concert-whoo/#comment-6914 Crowd-surfing is fun, it's sort of like a very extended trust fall. Plus, where else can you lie down at a concert? But then I'm a guy, and don't have grope-defense concerns; I don't understand why a girl would ever do it. That said, I did once have to solo-catch a guy that outweighed me by about 30 lbs. That kind of sucked. 2 Skinnee J's used to seriously discourage moshing, to the point where they wrote a whole song about how much it sucked (Pit Boss). I'm with them. If I want UFC, I'll go to UFC. I'm there for music. Dance, ok, but otherwise stand effing still. And whose idea was it that the Fight Club crowd gets to do it in THE BEST SEATS IN THE FREAKING HOUSE????? Okay, sorry, I'm good now. Full disclosure: 31-year-old white guy (who can in fact dance, thankyouverymuch). Crowd-surfing is fun, it’s sort of like a very extended trust fall. Plus, where else can you lie down at a concert? But then I’m a guy, and don’t have grope-defense concerns; I don’t understand why a girl would ever do it.

That said, I did once have to solo-catch a guy that outweighed me by about 30 lbs. That kind of sucked.

2 Skinnee J’s used to seriously discourage moshing, to the point where they wrote a whole song about how much it sucked (Pit Boss). I’m with them. If I want UFC, I’ll go to UFC. I’m there for music. Dance, ok, but otherwise stand effing still. And whose idea was it that the Fight Club crowd gets to do it in THE BEST SEATS IN THE FREAKING HOUSE????? Okay, sorry, I’m good now.

Full disclosure: 31-year-old white guy (who can in fact dance, thankyouverymuch).

]]> By: Leaf http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/concert-whoo/#comment-6913 Leaf Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:22:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/concert-whoo/#comment-6913 Sounds like the concert was a good time. I know how it feels to be the old guy at one of these pop punk shows or whatever they are. I saw Less Than Jake at 9:30 almost a year ago and remember being one of maybe 5 people old enough to drink. I love LTJ but I doubt I will ever go to one of their shows again, I just can't leave a show to a line of minivans picking up their kids. So after ranting about the little kiddies I do still have to defend some of their actions. First off the moshing, since Yellowcard is not really dance music I find moshing to this music acceptable. Now it is no time to go crazy like at a Rage Against the Machine show or Face to Face where you can literally hurt the person next to you. Still, moshing at one of these shows can be fun. Secondly, crowd surfing, while I no longer do it think it is one of the coolest experiences you can have at a concert. It is the ultimate trust of strangers, kind of like one of those team building excerises. Where else in your life can you put your safety in the hands of complete strangers and actually expect them not to drop you? Not many places. And trust me I have been kicked in the head, I have been dropped and one time I caught someone all by myself and nearly got knocked out. But its all part of the bigger shared experience. Enjoy it. Sounds like the concert was a good time. I know how it feels to be the old guy at one of these pop punk shows or whatever they are. I saw Less Than Jake at 9:30 almost a year ago and remember being one of maybe 5 people old enough to drink. I love LTJ but I doubt I will ever go to one of their shows again, I just can’t leave a show to a line of minivans picking up their kids.

So after ranting about the little kiddies I do still have to defend some of their actions. First off the moshing, since Yellowcard is not really dance music I find moshing to this music acceptable. Now it is no time to go crazy like at a Rage Against the Machine show or Face to Face where you can literally hurt the person next to you. Still, moshing at one of these shows can be fun. Secondly, crowd surfing, while I no longer do it think it is one of the coolest experiences you can have at a concert. It is the ultimate trust of strangers, kind of like one of those team building excerises. Where else in your life can you put your safety in the hands of complete strangers and actually expect them not to drop you? Not many places. And trust me I have been kicked in the head, I have been dropped and one time I caught someone all by myself and nearly got knocked out. But its all part of the bigger shared experience. Enjoy it.

]]> By: Kristin a.k.a. The White Friend http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/concert-whoo/#comment-6912 Kristin a.k.a. The White Friend Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:00:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/concert-whoo/#comment-6912 i'm still a little perturbed that girls didn't even thank me for helping launch her into the air only fall on people's heads and have them grope her to the front of the stage. how rude! i’m still a little perturbed that girls didn’t even thank me for helping launch her into the air only fall on people’s heads and have them grope her to the front of the stage. how rude!

]]> By: Brock http://www.citysparkledc.com/2006/09/concert-whoo/#comment-6911 Brock Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:13:00 +0000 http://citysparkle.wordpress.com/2006/09/28/concert-whoo/#comment-6911 I was at Nation a couple months ago for an Alkaline Trio show (I really only wanted to see the opener) and it was PACKED with high-school age teens. I couldn't believe how many parents were standing around the back and by the bar, just making small talk and waiting for it all to end. Halfway through the first song, this heavy guy in his fifties came shoving his way to the front. I figured he had no idea what was going to happen when they started playing and went in to get his kid out before they got hurt, but then he jumped in the middle of the mosh pit and went nuts, so I'm not even sure he was there with kids. As for the moshing: Yellowcard is hardly the appropriate place for that. If you see a decent punk band that puts on a good show, it's hard to NOT hit the people around you. I can't explain the crowd surfing, but then again, I'm a big fella, so I've never tried it) I was at Nation a couple months ago for an Alkaline Trio show (I really only wanted to see the opener) and it was PACKED with high-school age teens. I couldn’t believe how many parents were standing around the back and by the bar, just making small talk and waiting for it all to end.

Halfway through the first song, this heavy guy in his fifties came shoving his way to the front. I figured he had no idea what was going to happen when they started playing and went in to get his kid out before they got hurt, but then he jumped in the middle of the mosh pit and went nuts, so I’m not even sure he was there with kids.

As for the moshing: Yellowcard is hardly the appropriate place for that. If you see a decent punk band that puts on a good show, it’s hard to NOT hit the people around you. I can’t explain the crowd surfing, but then again, I’m a big fella, so I’ve never tried it)

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