The new gig etiquette?

[Pin]

Has anybody else noticed how strange going to see a band is now? I went to a gig the other day in a fairly small venue and saw no dancing. What I did see though made me feel very fucking old indeed. The first three or four rows seemed to be entirely occupied by people holding their mobile phones aloft watching the gig through the viewer. What the blazes is going on in the world when people pay good money to watch a live gig through 2 inches of pixellated plastic?

*Hear that clicking sound - that could have been my hip joint. Ooo me piles et al...

[wEstSidE]

depends on what kind of gig you go to...hipsters don't dance.

[Pin]

Fair point but normally there's at least one drunkard letting off. Perhaps nowadays that drunkard is still there but just trying to figure out how to unlock his phone?

[seraphim]

I guess there are two types of gig. the one you go to, dance/hurtotherpeopleinsomeformofapit like hell and leave all sweaty, exhausted and bruised but happy. and the one you go to, stand in awe at the band and appreciate the band.

or something.

basically it's the difference between going to see Clutch and going to see Deftones/Tool. for me anyway.

[Double D]

Eh, I tend to frequent hardcore gigs which have an etiquette rules list as long as your arm. Can't say people with camphones is one of them.

[onemancult]

kids at shows these days don't know how to act.

[Pin]

D, is there a big hardcore scene in Brighton? Aside from Brighton's other hardcore scene? I thought hardcore was pretty much dead in the UK - or at least all the ex-xxx kids have discovered the joys of ale and unsolicited sex. An acquaintance of mine once told me, with great pride and complete seriousness, how her boyfreind was one of only six remaining straightedgers in the UK - I laughed all the way to the bar.

[keagan]

what band did you go see?

[cuddlysheep]

back in olden days when i use to see bands. i always look forward to grope the girls that crowd surfs..now crowd surfing is banned in most u.s states..=(

[Pin]

When I witnessed the strange phone phenomenon it was at a Jamie T gig - he's been branded in the UK as a bit of a gadabout and so I was expecting a more excitable crowd. I just find it strange - to me it's a sad element of mass-media culture. There's probably an interesting dissertation in there somewhere if anyone wants it.

[wEstSidE]

kids at shows these days don't know how to act.

quoted for old man truth.

[Double D]

D, is there a big hardcore scene in Brighton? Aside from Brighton's other hardcore scene? I thought hardcore was pretty much dead in the UK - or at least all the ex-xxx kids have discovered the joys of ale and unsolicited sex. An acquaintance of mine once told me, with great pride and complete seriousness, how her boyfreind was one of only six remaining straightedgers in the UK - I laughed all the way to the bar.

Since when was straight-edge and hardcore interrelated, especially in the UK?

[onemancult]

Since when was straight-edge and hardcore interrelated, especially in the UK?

Straight-edge and hardcore are very closely interrelated in the US.