If you didn't come to dance, sit your ass at home and play the cd! I'm sick and tired of mothef*ckers behind me asking me to sit down because your ass is too big to hoist up out of your chair.
This is getting to be regoddamndiculous!!!
This has been Daywalker's public service announcement...
Thank you.

I'm one of those old folks and any time I go to a concert I always try & get front row balcony seats so no one is in front of me. If you sit in a section where people are going to stand up - plan on standing up. And that goes for any age.

Daywalker7700 said:

better watch it punkass!
u might get a foot deep in yo' ass!!

Man the old people aren't the problem - they're not the ones elbowing you in the head to squeeze you out of the front row

My pet hate at concerts (and being a bit claustrophic, I do hate the concert experience... I honestly just go for the music) is women sitting on their boyfriend's shoulders to get a better view and obscuring the view for lots of people behind them - really inconsiderate.

Actually the silliest concert goers I have seen were teenage girls. Last time I saw Prince in Dublin this little girl (maybe 18 or 19) who was around 4 foot 2" (seriously) and her posse of mouthy but also very short mates all crowded up near the third or fourth row and were crying and screaming at people that they couldn't see anything and could you squeeze them into the front row despite the fact that you queued for hours to get there yourself? Needless to say no one was willing to move so one of the girls were heard to remark "Fucking Prince is a faggot anyway" haha. Classic stuff.

All you old people leave your damn kids at home too. This goes double for the celebration. Next year, I'll be going out of my way to come over and step on their fingers as they're sprawled out all over the soundstage floor. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

And all you YOUNG WHIPERSNAPPERS watch out, you just might get a cane in your if you try to jump in front of me in line.

Now how's that




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what I hate is when a big group of people constanyl keep leaving their seats to all go get beers, every couple of songs! so there you are totally grooving rto the jamz, and then these people keep interupting, constanyl. that drives me CRAZY

ian said:[quote]Man the old people aren't the problem - they're not the ones elbowing you in the head to squeeze you out of the front row

You got that right Ian. Prince promotes tolerance - but apparently there is not much tolerance for the "old" or even physically handicapped. How very very sad. If it wasn't for some of the "old" fans Prince wouldn't be where he is today. Tolerance...

ian said:

Little girl in age or in height?

It's really not the older people who will cause the most problems. Its the younger people who are doing the pushing and shoving in line, screaming and running to the front trying to squeeze and elbow their way closer to the stage.

I have personally seen people who had "cheap seats" in the back sneak up toward the front and crowd the people whose seats are closer. I have been at some shows where the venue staff wouldn't allow this to go on, but in other venues, people in the back would leave their seats and freely go to the front once the music starts.

Something tells me that the NPG premium seating situation on the European leg of the tour is going to be a mess.

No, really, impress that drunk blonde hottie by taking her to the mall, and not by reminiscing about the party last night during the damned solo at the end of "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man." Seriously.

People who sit at a concert are really missing out. People who insist that others sit at a concert are simply rude.

Daywalker7700 said:

LOLOL...

my pet peeve at concerts...cell phones. at the louisville, ky, usa ona show i was in the balcony, and at least 5-6 people kept calling all their friends during the piano medley to chat about the concert, unbelievable.

ian said:

YES, that's some really selfish shit. Imagine the ROWS of people behind that can't see. Women standing on chairs is a problem too - I had a woman stand on a chair 2 rows ahead of me. All we could see (the 10 or so people in her midst) was the back of her hideous lace outfit & her huge, chunky, stanky ass - FOUL! I did NOT come to see that shit, lol!

Standing isn't a problem if everyone's doing it, but if you have a stretch of 30 minutes (ballads or something) & you've got that one overenthusiastic chick standing, waiting for Prince to "see her"...

Everyone just needs to have a little more consideration for fellow concert goers - wouldn't that be nice...

If I go to ANY concert, I go to listen to the music and watch the show and enjoy it, dancing doesn't come into it.
If I wanted to dance, which I DON'T, I would go a nightclub.

I can't stand these bloody people FORCING me to stand up because I can't see the show because they are standing up obstructing my view and being selfish shits...

So is it that the theatre setting is all wrong for music concerts ??

May be there needs to be a new kind of Venue so that everyone can be happy ...

but Yeah mainly a good bit of love4oneanother would go a long way !! That and some kindness.

Its all life ...

AaronForever said:

right on

AnimalKingdom said:[quote]

ian said:

What the hell are you talking about?

FunkyStrange said:

Bravo. This represents pretty much how I feel about the whole thing. However, there are portions of the show where everybody is standing and it's no big deal.

But when everybody else is sitting you need to plant your ass also. It's not a matter of old and young it's a matter of I didn't pay to watch the crack of your ass standing in front of me. And if I stand the person behind me would most likely feel the same.

The worst fans I've ever seen at a concert were 2 italian fans at one of the Emporium gigs in London.
They tried to crawl through peoples legs to get to the front ! Can you imagine how pissed off people got ?
The place was tiny anyway, you could of stood at the back and still been closer than the average front row at a big venue !!

FunkyStrange said:

You're joking, right ?

I still get physically sick when I think of my 98 JOTY tour
experience.

First waiting in line outside for about 6 hours only to have
these so called "Cool" posse people walking way up to the
front with their muscled boyfriends and getting in first
without waiting a single minute.

Second, once me and my friend got inside, this big bad bulk
of a woman just pushes us away from our space.

So we grabbed a hold of one of the security fences which
were placed in the arena and thought we would be safe.

Ha.

And than came you. You little Björk wanna-be elfin retart.

Yeah, you know who you are. With your pink hair and your
little space age silver tracksuit.

Kicked such a scene that even grown men started to pull
back in flocks.

This bitch was possessed I tell ya.

In the middle of all of which, my friend couped her hands
over the before mentioned Rhino's tits [which were huge]
and proceeded to yell "Now THIS is a bust -hold on 2 ur wigs"

Needless to say we decided to set up camp on the other side
of the arena after that since Rhino packed a good punch and
her boyfriend looked like he'd had a small horse for lunch.

All of that, combined with a 6 hour bass solo by Mr LG made
for an enervating nite out on the town.

So forget about just the old people. They're all mad I tell
ya. All of them. Including me.

Is it any wonder I'll pass on tickets this year?

I was at a Prince show on the ONA tour with some guy who kept yelling "sit down" at everybody.

Sometimes it can't be helped, you *have* to stand up because the person in front of you is standing. I got a seat behind a guy who was over 6 feet tall with wide shoulders like a football player.

Fortunately, it was an aisle seat, so I was able to step out into the aisle and had a view of the stage that way. If I'd had an inner seat and not been able to step out into the aisle, I would have been stuck not being able to see around this big, wide dude all night.

I know it's impossible, but there oughtta be a law against allowing big, tall, wide people to block the views of people behind them. Tall fat people have paid their money and have their seats, but what about the people around them who also paid their money and then get stuck behind them?

IstenSzek said:

No, this has nothing to do with age. This should be a personal decision as long as it doesn't interfere with others who paid for the venue as well.

Let's say 2 people are at the back row of the show. Person A dances and person B decides not to. What difference does it make? Does one "enjoy" it more than the other? Can you determine this based on the activity of dancing? Hey, do what feels good as long as you don't interfere with others.

Personally, I'd rather sit but that's just me...I like the music but to those who differ in opinion...Dance On...

I'm 35 but I didn't dance when I was 17 at the Purple Rain show either...just not me.

Ministers and Choir Directors are guilty of the same thing..."get up out your chair and express yourself...dance...clap your hands...". No offense, but it takes a very simple mind to only accept dancing as a legitimate form of approval of music. I mean, why not dance when the Turkey is brought out at Thanksgiving? Why not dance during your child's recital? That's music, right? Not good music you say? Well, how about Mozart? Dance to that. Not Dance music you say? Well, send me a *(*( rule book so I can undertand what the rules are. I've met alot of Prince fams and trust me, they fall into some very predictable categories. Usually a mix of extreme intelligence with a mix of sensualness/sexuality and throw in a serious sense of spirituality. Bottom line: You'd come out better getting that crowd to turn off all the lights and get half to have an orgy and the other half to discuss politics/religion/ethics. Getting everyone to dance is going to be much harder...

SheSaidLoveMe said:

Is that a reference to the actual thanksgiging tradition
or are you aluding to a pseudo sexual act?

since we are venting wash your underarms and your ass before you come to the concert ! there are also many choices of deodorant to choose from as well ... people raise their arms in the air and I want to vomit

LadyCabDriver said:

co-sign.

Istenszik said:

That is the funniest fucking thing i've heard in weeks!!

BTW, If i had kids, i wouldn't think of bringing them to the Celebration. Have you seen what some of those big girl wear?! One girl had a purple lace/see-thru outfit with almost everything showing. I almost had to leave.

Good thread. Funk music playin' and some dork just standing there..."duhh...I knew prince in high school". Really, so that would make you...a dork? "Yupp".
And lace to match, ehcckk!