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Post by highroyds on Oct 20, 2013 21:03:49 GMT
Did anyone else go? I found it a little bit too rough at the barrier to be 100% enjoyable, although not the roughest I've ever had. It was still amazing and I finally got to hear this wonderful song, now with added bonus Tim at the end.
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Post by bury420 on Oct 21, 2013 7:12:12 GMT
I have been there too. One of my favourite Gigs although it was kind of hard because I had to return to Germany the next day and had to leave for Hard Rock Calling 20 hours after returning to Dusseldorf. Only good memories, crazy people in the crowd. I was standing about row 3 or 4 when the gig started but I found my place a few rows back after the short break but still managed to get a setlist. Great night. My favourite 2013 gig behind Milan and Amsterdam.
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Post by cuttoff on Oct 21, 2013 10:31:01 GMT
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Post by Ang1 on Oct 21, 2013 15:15:37 GMT
I read it was pretty rough going .Is it the fans or people just going to have an excuse to sort of kick off.You expect a bit of pushing and shoving but with some groups and artists now people are just being so rough for the sake off it .Hence why when I do standing I'm always off to one of the sides.
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Post by highroyds on Oct 21, 2013 15:46:52 GMT
Yorkshire mentality? Although the worst it's been so far for me personally was Brighton. It probably depends on the position in the room as well, but usually you don't have much time to contemplate different spots at the barrier, you just go where it's free. In the UK I definitely try to avoid the middle. It must have looked pretty good from the stage, I think the band were quite pleased, but they're not the ones who have to stand in it. Got a bit scared in the beginning when they had to stop because someone was having a seizure. It's one thing to get some bruises, but once people are seriously injured, that's not fun. Then everyone started chanting when they went off stage and it felt like the whole atmosphere turned dark.
It was still fun, though. It's a bit like childbirth, it hurts and occasionally you want it to stop, but now I don't even remember. It was a great gig. Songs. Things. Lovely. Give me.
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Post by cuttoff on Oct 21, 2013 16:30:19 GMT
Is it the fans or people just going to have an excuse to sort of kick off.You expect a bit of pushing and shoving but with some groups and artists now people are just being so rough for the sake off it. Yes, I think you're right, I've seen groups of guys drinking before Kasabian gigs just to get into this 'moshpit' mode. I don't mind when there is pushing, I choose to be at the barrier and I know it'll happen, especially if it's a UK gig. But sometimes you get people who just intentionally want to hurt you or get to the barrier, like we had to endure in Brighton like highroyds mentioned. I had this very tall guy next to me in Bridlington next to me who spent more time elbowing me than actually watching the gig. He was one of these Serge fanboys who just mindlessly scream SEEEEERGE all the time, and of course Serge noticed him and gave him his setlist. |
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Post by ginner on Oct 23, 2013 23:22:39 GMT
OI! You looking to get a thick ear or summat?... ah, oh, *cough*, sorry...  I bang on about the liveliness of crowds, and the part it plays in the vibe of a gig for me. But the physicality of a gig should end at jumping up and down on the spot (which i'm quite capable of, even after several shandies) and keeping your elbows out of other gig goers faces. I can't be doing with the pushing or the mosh circles which, lets face it, end up as little more than a bit of handbags between the spotty youths involved. Those that start mosh circles should be picked up and dropped into the middle of a Download crowd. They'd never be seen from again. |
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Post by highroyds on Oct 27, 2013 22:58:27 GMT
I bang on about the liveliness of crowds, and the part it plays in the vibe of a gig for me. But the physicality of a gig should end at jumping up and down on the spot (which i'm quite capable of, even after several shandies) and keeping your elbows out of other gig goers faces. I can't be doing with the pushing or the mosh circles which, lets face it, end up as little more than a bit of handbags between the spotty youths involved. I agree. I enjoy being in a crowd that's into the music and dancing, and I know what I'm getting myself into, if I couldn't take being squashed against the barrier by a few thousand people I'd go and sit somewhere or stay at the back, but there's a difference between "normal" pushing and someone really wanting to hurt you, or force you out of the way so they can take your place at the barrier. Sometimes there's a fine line, especially with drunk people twice my size. Generally I feel more comfortable in Europe, but only if people are moving. When they're standing still I just get embarrassed on their behalf. I think the calmest I've ever had was in Vienna, nobody was touching me at all, I kept checking if there was even a second row behind me or if they had all left. |
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