Concerts

[Renmiri]

Depends on the concert. Classical music is actually pretty tame and good.

I went to a Tori Amos concert and it was great although I felt veeeery old amidst screaming 12 year olds (her fan base).

The Cure concert was the suxxorz: too loud, too crazy, obnoxious fans...

The Play! concert for Video Game music was great, not too loud, a funny crowd but not obnoxious. Great for laughs though, like the guys dressed as Mario and Luigi. And there actually were people of all ages.

Those were my last 3 concerts. You don't get to go out much after you have kids < rolls eyes >

[blim]

I have been to a number of concerts. The best without a doubt was Motorhead at Download 05, that was also the loudest by far. I have also seen Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, The Who, Eric Clapton, Jools Holland, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Napalm Death, Rollins Band, John Williams (not the composer, the guitarist), John Otway, Discharge, Exploited and loads more i cant remember. I also go to the Proms at the Albert Hall every year. Gigs are Great

[Mitch]

I like it loud, I like it full of idiots and I like it in a small room.

A lot of my friends do, too, so concerts have become quite a regular part of my social life. I mostly go to smaller, local gigs in bars. I don't like all ages gigs simply because of all the High School kids with little to no experience of concerts who don't really know what is kosher and how to act etc.

No offence to High School kids. You're just easier to punt.

[Pete for President]

Loud music kicks ass. (kinda that depends wether the band is good or not, but in general you wouldn't go see a crappy band anyway)

I always have a great time seeing bands I know, great memories of shows I've seen, and I'm only 18! Hanging on a couch the Riverboat Gamblers dragged on stage, crowdsurfing at the Zatopeks, getting dragged on stage to sing along with the Marked Men, I stole a mic to sing along with Wiseguy and the examples go on. Almost all of the shows I go to are in the underground scene though, so this kind of stuff is possible without getting kicked out by security.

There is one more thing better then going to gigs, and that's playing gigs. I could write a much bigger story about that then this above.

Word!

[Nominus Experse]

There cannot be anything worse than attending Christian Pop and Rock concerts...

I attended several of these as young child and teen, and I now look back on such experiences with... I don't know the word...



I have been to several concerts, and plan on seeing more this summer. I wear earplugs since I also loathe noise that is far too loud. However, I do enjoy a good mosh, and have walked happily away with bruises and wounds to the head and gut on a few occasions. You simply need to find a mosh that picks you up off the ground immediately, otherwise there is reason to hold a certain amount of fear.

All the concerts I have been to that have held a mosh have had caring aggressors (that sounds so strange), and I have never found myself on the ground for more than a second.

You smile at whoever picked you up, and then bash them.


I went to a Flogging Molly concert that gave rise to a great dancing/Irish jig/brawl/surf. It was quite unique, brawling and dancing whilst half-drunk on cider, and one that I loved completely and utterly.

It saddens me, however, to see that Flogging Molly is no longer what they were four years ago (ever since the Within a Mile of Home album came out...). So my days of great Irish brawls/dances/jigs is over.


I have also been to a number of Blues/Jazzy/Alternative type concerts, which abounded with great dancing and simply exuded mushrooms and marijuana and alcohol. There is something soulful and wondrous in dancing with an emotional voice and blasting horn section.

No moshes, no screaming, just dancing.


I one day hope to attend a professional classical concert, along with operas and ballets.

[Boney King]

I love going to concerts. I really need to get into the habit of wearing earplugs each time I go out though, because I'll lose my hearing at the rate I'm going (considering I play drums for a band and I don't wear plugs when I practice... stupid, I know).

[Meat Puppet]

The bands that I really want to see live are dead, and there aren’t many that are still living that I can actually go to.
The biggest concert (I think it was a concert) I have been to was to see Pearl Jam. Man, that was scary. It was the large amount of people that got to me, rather than the music itself. Hell, it was pretty much only the 500 meter, mindless herding into the stadium that started to freak me out. Once I was Seated I was able to Calm Down, & even loosen up a little. By the time Life Wasted started, I was so relaxed that I was able to make a fool of myself by shouting “Go Ramona!” and not even feel embarrassed afterwards.

I have been to smaller & more intimate ones, venues that are much closer to the band and the crowd, but I do not enjoy those very much. These times the sound does rattle my brains, but it is really the contact with & Grinding from the people around me that forces me into prematurely evacuating the event—I guess I am just not horny enough to fully Appreciate such Venues.

[Rostum]

I went and saw Jeff Martin recently at a small venue. The acoustics were done really well and it was one of the best experiences I've had. Absolutely brilliant, live music all the way!

I've always found, especially with artists like Jeff Buckley and Jeff Martin, that their live performances are so much better than their studio stuff. And that's saying a lot.

So far, I've seen Pearl Jam, Jeff Martin, Something For Kate, Carus, Mick Hart, Tool, John Mayer, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Xavier Rudd, John Butler Trio, Missy Higgins, and a few others that aren't so well known. And I've loved every one of them.

My only real annoyance with live performances, is that sometimes you get the occasional drunken fool or three that just ruin it for the rest of the audience and even sometimes the artist(s) playing. That and I really really hate it when the audio engineer's don't know how to set up properly, and the band not knowing how to play a live performance, and it just sounds like a huge mess of noise.

Edit: Unless it's a small intimate gig, I prefer to go to venues that have proper allocated seating, which you get a lot of in Melbourne.

[NorthernChaosGod]

I have been to a number of concerts in my life so far, and they have all been great experiences.

I love a good mosh pit, but a wall of death is even better.

And unless you're bleeding from the ears, the music isn't too loud.

Oh yeah, list of bands I have seen live:
Slayer
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Amon Amarth
Children of Bodom
Thine Eyes Bleed
Job for a Cowboy
Suicide Silence
God Forbid
It Dies Today
Avenged Sevenfold
Bleeding Through
30 Seconds to Mars (-_-)
And more...

[o_O]

I've been to a few gigs. I was in the pit for Tool, and in the pit for Trivium, and that was freakin' awesome.

Normally I'm content getting a seat in the stands where I can see the band though.

[Nominus Experse]

You saw Children of Bodom? I am jealous...

[Pant Leg Eater from the Bad World]

I like it loud, I like it full of idiots and I like it in a small room.

As do I. It is what makes the experience.

No offence to High School kids. You're just easier to punt.

Understandable. I suppose. We can be quite annoying.

However, I do enjoy a good mosh, and have walked happily away with bruises and wounds to the head and gut on a few occasions. You simply need to find a mosh that picks you up off the ground immediately, otherwise there is reason to hold a certain amount of fear.

All the concerts I have been to that have held a mosh have had caring aggressors (that sounds so strange), and I have never found myself on the ground for more than a second.

You smile at whoever picked you up, and then bash them.

Yeah. Getting stuck on the ground always sucks. Get kicked and stepped on. Argh. Only happened to me once though. Luckily, like you said, there are a lot of 'caring aggressors' out there.

I one day hope to attend a professional classical concert, along with operas and ballets.

As do I. Except the ballet. But operas and real classical concerts would be amazing to see.

You saw Children of Bodom? I am jealous...

Oh my. I am jealous as well. But I did get to see Black Label Society. They are good. But I do like Children of Bodom more, much more.

I can't wait. I am going to another concert on Feb. 23rd. It is gonna be awesome, even though we had to get seating instead of general admission. But it's alright. Yay for Nickleback, Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin.

Other than BLS, I have been to Warped Tour. That's it so far. My girlfriend has been getting me into music these past seven months.

[Bloodline666]

Well, as far as noise levels at concerts, Ted Nugent was once quoted as saying, "If it's too loud, you're too old!" And I tend to agree with that. And I feel that I'm not too old, so I guess that tells you whether or not I think concerts are too loud.

I've been to every Ozzfest since 2001. I'd like to go to Sounds of the Underground soon. And of course, I like to see Slayer every time they come to my hometown. I've also seen Children Of Bodom (and even met Alexi Laiho afterwards; it was a very small club I saw them at, so it's VERY easy to get access to where the tour buses are; no fence around the tour buses or anything). I'll stop the list there, because there's too many concerts I've been to for me to list every single one of them.

[fantasyjunkie]

Best concert I've ever been too was in 1987 when I saw White Snake open up for Motley Crue. The Crue had a realy good light show but White Snake blew them away. Good, good show. Kiss was pretty good at their height when I saw them in 1979. God, I'm old

[El Bandito]

To date, I've probably been to around 40 or so concerts. They've ranged from small shows at local joints to huge ones at places like the Pepsi Center and Red Rocks. Since my music taste is so diverse, I've been to every genre of show as well.

Really, the biggest thing about live music is how much the music channels into the mood of a good crowd. Depending on the artist, the entire feeling of a venue completely changes. Metal shows have the agressive most pits, rap shows have really energized crowds that love to dance and move, ska shows have the carefree skank circles, and indie rock shows have the moody swaying folk to name a few crowd actions I've seen.

Loudness isn't really an issue. If you don't like it that much, wear earplugs (it's way healthier). More and more people I see at concerts are starting to wear them.

All in all, the best bands and artists become so much better live. It's one thing to fill a song with emotion, but another to fill a room/bowl/arena.