Standing/Dancing at concerts??

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This just happened to me at the Santana show. Some of the tunes were rockin and people were dancing, but much of it was mellow. This didn't stop the 48 year old big butt hippie from blocking my view of the stage...

[lucas9000]

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She is the only one standing in the entire section.

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this is the key piece of information.

[razor]

Some goofball a few rows ahead of me was doing this at a Radiohead show a few years back, apparently oblivious to the requests and comments of those around him. So I leaned over and pulled him back into his seat. He stayed there for the remainder of the show.

Note: I'm 6'4", and I was with a couple friends who are 6'4" and 6'7"... use this approach at your own risk.

[touchfaith]

Holy crap, she was having fun at a concert!?!?!?!!

The nerve.

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Holy crap, she was having fun at a concert!?!?!?!!

The nerve.

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I have been the target of the thrown bottle many times before.

Usually the amount of substance ingested correlates with the stage-blocker's determination to get the entire section on their feet.

[imported_The Vibesman]

I remember when you could go to a concert and actually stand up and move around without a bunch of p*ssy yuppies who seem to think they're at a dinner theater getting in your face. People had a good time and didn't look like an oil painting. Those were the days.

You guys tell people to quiet down, too?

[tek]

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I remember when you could go to a concert and actually stand up and move around without a bunch of p*ssy yuppies who seem to think they're at a dinner theater getting in your face.
You guys tell people to quiet down, too?

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I've been to movie theaters where people of certain persuasions in the audience talked to the characters in the movie. I suppose you would have no objection to that?

I do.

[touchfaith]

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I remember when you could go to a concert and actually stand up and move around without a bunch of p*ssy yuppies who seem to think they're at a dinner theater getting in your face.
You guys tell people to quiet down, too?

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I've been to movie thetaers where people of certain persuasions in the audience talked to the characters in the movie. I suppose you would have no objection to that?

I do.

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Please tell me you didn't just compare a Santana concert to a movie.

Sad.

[imported_The Vibesman]

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I remember when you could go to a concert and actually stand up and move around without a bunch of p*ssy yuppies who seem to think they're at a dinner theater getting in your face.
You guys tell people to quiet down, too?

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I've been to movie thetaers where people of certain persuasions in the audience talked to the characters in the movie. I suppose you would have no objection to that?

I do.

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Please tell me you didn't just compare a Santana concert to a movie.

Sad.

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Movies and concerts are two different things.

I had some overgrown 8-year-old and his wife try to start a fight with me and my girlfriend for standing and dancing at a BB King concert. Not that it makes a difference, but if I sat at this show I would only be able to see the band from the chest up.
Anyway, since I didn't go to the show to beat up retarded people and get arrested for it, I had security come over and talk the guy back into his seat.
Like I said, it's not a dinner theater. Not everyone enjoys sitting in their seats with a contemplative look on their face, giving a polite golf clap when appropriate. Some shows are different. I used to play as a duo with another singer/guitarist, and people sat and watched us politely. That was fine. Then we started an R+B band, and if people were sitting and watching us politely that was a problem.

I always thought of Santana as rock and roll music, not the singer/songwriter/folk/Dylan kind of thing I would expect the stationary crowd for. I don't know this "Radiohead." I'm sure once upon a time at Santana shows, there was nothing but dancing hippies as far as the eye can see.

[razor]

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Anyway, since I didn't go to the show to beat up retarded people and get arrested for it, I had security come over and talk the guy back into his seat.
Like I said, it's not a dinner theater. Not everyone enjoys sitting in their seats with a contemplative look on their face, giving a polite golf clap when appropriate. Some shows are different. I used to play as a duo with another singer/guitarist, and people sat and watched us politely. That was fine. Then we started an R+B band, and if people were sitting and watching us politely that was a problem.

I always thought of Santana as rock and roll music, not the singer/songwriter/folk/Dylan kind of thing I would expect the stationary crowd for. I don't know this "Radiohead." I'm sure once upon a time at Santana shows, there was nothing but dancing hippies as far as the eye can see.

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The OP made it clear there was ONE person standing in the section. My situation was also ONE person standing in the section. ONE person not 5 or 10 or 30 or half or most of the the section... ONE.

You can argue all you want how people should be acting at a concert... it doesn't matter. If EVERYONE else is sitting than show some courtesy and sit down as well.

Personally, I don't care wether I'm sitting or standing, but if people around me are sitting I'm not going to interfere with their experience.