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[why_me_why_not]

I was waiting on this concert for like two months and I woke up sick this morning. Which so sucks. I was laying with Davey last night and he looked at me and was like "Momma, I'm gonna make you sick, y'know." And true enough, it happened. Actually, both boys have ear infections and I had to take them to Urgent Care this afternoon so now they're on antibiotics. Fun.

Anyway, I have a question for yall. I have NEVER been to a concert where I sat down the whole time. Never. Granted, I've only been to a couple dozen concerts (not counting the local bands we go see at Greystone) but still. I especially don't see how you're supposed to stay sitting when the band is doing get-up-and-dance, sing-with-us kinda songs. So me and Harley and several of the girls that were sitting in the same row as us stood up for most the concert tonight & the guy behind us was a real jerk about it. Honestly, when I go to a concert, I expect to stand for most of it, and if I'm gonna sit down, I expect that the person in front of me will still be standing, which is why I like sitting in the risers on the back of the floor b/c that way I can still see. But my stepdad says that I'm wrong and we were extremely rude, and that if you go to a concert and pay for an actual seat, then you should sit in it and not stand up at all.

So, what is the proper concert etiquette? Or your opinion on it?

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[cinnamon-sins.livejournal.com]

My son has an ear infection too. He comes back into town tomorrow. :(

As for concerts...it really depends on the music. I've been to two sit down concerts. One was Linkin Park so of course EVERYONE was standing and singing and dancing. The other was Trans Siberian Orchestra and even though it's techinically rock, everyone stayed sitting. Just depends. And people will always be dicks no matter what you do.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Dade! Ear infections suck. At least my boys are very good about taking medicine, so I don't have to fight with them.

I think it depends more on the venue and the seating rather than the type of music. I've been to a few concerts that were just open floor & you stand whereever you can squeeze into a spot. I dunno, apparently I'm just a redneck and don't know any better.

[cinnamon-sins.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure his daddy will have had him take all his medicine before he's home. Sure as hell freaked me out when Rick called for the medicaid id number though. Gah. It's the damn altitude changes every other month that's do this. He comes back sick EVERY time. The only difference this time is he stayed up there an extra week which is why he was sick up there and not here.

And both of those concerts I mentioned were the same venue. But yeah, when I go to small clubs it's anywhere you can squeeze. And I always wear my Army boots so when people jump on my feet I don't feel it. But you better believe they feel it if I jump on theirs. Haha.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

seven to ten days of medication kinda sucks, no matter how you cut it. And i bet it did freak you out. it's gotta be hard on dade going back and forth between you two. :(

Clubs are a whole diff scene. And it depends on whether my cousin Trey is working at the club as to how we handle that.

[cinnamon-sins.livejournal.com]

We've actually reached a point where Dade is doing it by choice now. It's hard on all of us though. Just want to smack some sense into Rick sometimes, but it isn't worth it.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

hearing things like that kinda make me glad that we have no contact w/ my ex.

[wook77.livejournal.com]

I hate people who stand up in their seats at a concert. I don't care what sort of music it is. If you want to stand and move around, that's what the aisles and the mass seating areas are for. I paid for a seat so I can sit in it and enjoy the concert.

Another reason I hate people who stand is that I am short. Even if I stand, I will still not be able to see the band around the person standing up.

Basically, when someone's standing in front of me, it's like I paid 60 bucks for a radio broadcast that I could've stayed at home for free for and that pisses me off to no end.

/rant. Sorry but I've been to WAY too many concerts that have been ruined because of people standing in front of me so that I couldn't see anything.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

don't apologize. if I didn't want honest answers, I wouldn't have asked.

It just seemed weird to me tonight, b/c seriously, every other concert that I've been to at this civic center, everyone on the floor (in the floor seats and on the risers) has been standing. The people in the seats on the sides of the arena don't. So it just surprised me that there were like four or five random patches of two or three people in the risers and on the floor that sat the entire time. (and one of them had an infant in a carseat carrier -- why would you bring an infant to a concert?) And I never thought about it before now.

Also, I'm short too, so if I can't get seats in the first half a dozen rows, I buy tickets for seats in the risers b/c that way I'm sure to see over the people in front of me. Next time I'm gonna make sure our seats are on the top row of the risers so I don't have to worry about anyone being behind me.

Basically, when someone's standing in front of me, it's like I paid 60 bucks for a radio broadcast that I could've stayed at home for free for and that pisses me off to no end.

Yeah, that's pretty much what my stepdad said. I never thought of it that way, b/c like i said, i'm used to the standing. And I can totally understand about being pissed about that.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

also, i'm not trying to piss you off with trying to explain myself, so please don't take it that way. I'm just kinda thinking out loud. apparently I'm just too redneck sometimes to know any better. And this concert was a little less rowdy than most of the ones i've been to, so that could be part of the difference too, that it was a completely different crowd.

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[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

*whistles innocently*

I expect to stand up during concerts, but I'm a conformist so if everyone sits down I most likely will too.

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[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

you are so sweet with the tabs *g*

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[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

lol, so am I given carte blanche to tab things with "tabby being emo" etc.? X-D

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[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

go for it!! *hands over the carte blanche*

[ltlredhairdgirl.livejournal.com]

Stand and dance all you want. You paid for the ticket to be there, if you wanna dance, DANCE!

I've had a lot of people like that. It's not your fault they're a party pooper who doesn't want to join in the fun.

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

ilu. we had a great lot of fun anyways, so it all works out.

[ltlredhairdgirl.livejournal.com]

ilu too!

my friends are full of drama. :-/ my life isn't so full of drama, but i seem to keep finding myself with something worrisome.

[swedish15.livejournal.com]

Depends on the country. Compare Japan, where even during Blind Guardian and Dream Theatre, people are sitting. Over here (i.e. Germany), most concerts are standing; in fact, I've never sat in a seat over here.

But I think your stepdad is right; if there *are* seats, you ought to sit in them. (Unless the group, of course, demands otherwise.)

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's a culture thing?

My stepdad did have a valid point, and wook also argued that point well. I'd probably feel guilty about it if I had been the only one standing up. As it was, the majority of people in our section were standing, so I don't feel quite so bad.

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

Depends on the type of music. I wouldn't expect anyone standing at one of my jazz concerts or at an orchestra. At a rock band? Yeah, you stand...

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

I've never been to a jazz concert or an orchestra, but I would expect to sit down for those. This was a country band. I think I've decided that next time we go to a concert, we'll get seats on the back row of the risers so we can stand without worrying about what anyone says.

[mimiheart.livejournal.com]

sounds good

[dove95.livejournal.com]

As a concert-goer since I was a wee little gal, I usually just go with the flow of what everyone else is doing. At MSG, it's almost an insult to sit for anyone, even if seats are provided.

However, at the Bitter End (the oldest NYC club venue), there are seats which you're supposed to sit in. If I stood up for Sirsy there (even tho their music is the get-up-and-move kind, as you know), I'd be told to sit down.

When I went to see Tori Amos and Sigur Ros, we all sat because the music is appropriate for that. But basically, I think it's just about going with what everyone else is doing, but if you get tired of standing, then you can sit if you want... even if you can't see. At that point, you don't bitch to the people around you who are standing, ya know?

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

The majority of the people were standing.

And yeah, I think that going along with what everyone else is doing is probably the best course of action. Me personally, I find it hard to sit down when I'm tapping along with the beat or clapping my hands or singing along or whatever. Or swaying along with the slower songs. I just find that hard to do while I'm sitting. Of course, that could just be because I'm strange, though, so we'll let that go. *G*

[football-girl.livejournal.com]

I probably wouldn't be the best person to comment on this, because I have never been at a concert where you had to stand at all. I've never been to anything but either theatre, opera, ballet or a philarmonia.. -_-9 *feels stupid*

But I think if it's any other type of concert than mentioned above, you should not sit.. And it's not rude, it's just having fun and doing what people do at concerts. So, long story short, the guy was just a jack ass. :)

[why-me-why-not.livejournal.com]

yeah, it was a country concert, two of the newer country bands so they have a bit of a southern rock sound mixed in with the country, so standing up felt like the right thing to do.