Yes, I know, it’s a little hysterical but I bet it got your attention. The thing is, why do people insist on drinking so much at gigs? If they want to get drunk surely it’s cheaper to go to a pub? Every gig I’ve been to, from George Benson at the MEN to Radiohead at the Cricket Club, has been infested with people who cannot sit still and listen to the music, but must drink the insipid overpriced beer.
What happened to the days when people (old hippies like me) used to go to a gig to listen to the band? People nowadays are so interested in showing themselves off they hardly notice the artist. Perhaps this is why at nearly every gig I’ve been to the band has played a very limited encore, almost like they couldn’t wait to leave. I can’t blame them. The ambient noise at the MEN is atrocious. Soon the artists will have to sign. Shut up, sit down and let me hear the music!
ETIHAD by Kate Feld
5 years ago
1 comment:
It’s perfectly reasonable and true. These people go to be seen to be going. That’s what corporate lifestyle music marketing has done to us. Just buy the experience, don’t experience the experience. Genuine music fans have to mingle with people who just want to say they’ve been there. It’s almost like certain punters can’t wait for it to be over either. Kasabian at the MEN was the same. Okay it’s not exactly chin-strokingly complex music, but some of the guys in that audience spent a LOT more time at the bar than they did watching the band, no exaggeration. It was a Tuesday or something aswell, it’s not like they would have missed their weekly get-pissed sesh. Plus they’re usually buying beers for their girlfriends who’ve been dragged along and aren’t bothered about the band but still won’t go to the bar because they’re girls. How is that any way to enjoy a gig? And the tickets for these things ain’t cheap! At the opposite end of the scale though, reverence is still out there for the right musician. Regina Spektor played the Academy proper, renowned for rowdy crowds - you could have heard a hair grip drop throughout. It can be done.
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