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Post by interstateeight on Jun 2, 2011 20:59:40 GMT -8
I know that I'm usually a proponent of NOT making too many threads, but fuck it, this needs to be said and I didn't know where else to put it.*
Look everyone, I get that you're pumped to be at a music festival. And I get that you do things you normally wouldn't do (I rarely walk around at a concert in a wife beater and sunscreen, high-fiving people who are also singing the same sweet song I am). And I get that clapping any time you can discern the beat, or any time the song gets even kinda quieter, has long seemed part of the festival experience.
But it's gotta stop. It's getting out of hand.
It was getting out of hand when people were clapping semi-rhythmically during Explosions in the Sky. And it reached a peak this year when the kid I was standing near during Iron & Wine (who was there because he was seeing Bright Eyes for the first time ever and he was totally pumped for it) kept trying to get the crowd involved. Sometimes he'd add a flourish and drop some rapid eighth-note claps to spice up the otherwise obviously simple 4/4 beat.
Fortunately, it didn't catch on most of the time because just stop fucking clapping. So here's a public announcement, which I will likely make a sticky next year: MINIMIZE THE CLAPPING. There should be, at most, ONE INSTANCE PER SET of the audience clapping along in unison. Exceeding that, on an individual or collective level, is just annoying. It's like doing the wave at a baseball game when your team is behind -- it shows you don't give a shit about the entertainment, and you're just there to be seen or hang out with your friends at an acceptably cool place.
*Would anyone want a "Festival Pet Peeves" thread? Or would it just be me posting shit that pisses me off for no one's entertainment?
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Post by interstateeight on Jun 2, 2011 21:00:59 GMT -8
Holy shit this was way longer than I thought it would be. Embarrassing.
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Post by Cbats on Jun 2, 2011 21:03:32 GMT -8
clapping is dumb, I'll proudly admit to being one of the assholes that didn't clap when jeff tweedy told us to
still, clapping at concerts annoys me way less than clapping at the end of a movie does
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Post by Pea on Jun 2, 2011 21:10:19 GMT -8
Minimize the clap!
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Post by Lump on Jun 2, 2011 21:32:21 GMT -8
Explosions in the Sky?
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Post by Fig on Jun 2, 2011 21:35:48 GMT -8
I saw Fitz and the Tantrums in Boise yesterday at Alive After Five (since I was too drunk to see them at the festival) and while they put on a great show and I want nothing more than to dance horizontally with Noelle Skaggs, they fucking made us clap during every song. I DON'T WANT TO CLAP ANYMORE. STOP MAKING ME.
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Post by Cbats on Jun 2, 2011 21:36:49 GMT -8
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Post by Lump on Jun 2, 2011 21:41:52 GMT -8
2 years ago?
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Post by davers on Jun 2, 2011 22:13:34 GMT -8
I saw Fitz and the Tantrums in Boise yesterday at Alive After Five (since I was too drunk to see them at the festival) and while they put on a great show and I want nothing more than to dance horizontally with Noelle Skaggs, they fucking made us clap during every song. I DON'T WANT TO CLAP ANYMORE. STOP MAKING ME. First of all, its perfect clapping music. Second of all, I saw Noelle after the show at the squatch and told her I loved her, but I called her Nicole, which was embarassing... but I was drunk and got over it and high fived fitz.
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Post by Cbats on Jun 2, 2011 22:33:13 GMT -8
yeah it was that long ago wasn't it...crazy
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Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on Jun 2, 2011 22:50:04 GMT -8
so what's worse?
Someone next to you clapping in excess or someone beside you singing/yelling along the whole time?
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Post by Geoff on Jun 2, 2011 23:04:03 GMT -8
so what's worse? Someone next to you clapping in excess or someone beside you singing/yelling along the whole time? Yeah I hate those dicks who sing along to Explosions in the Sky.
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Post by Jefferin Jeffotash on Jun 2, 2011 23:12:24 GMT -8
haha, walked right into that one
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Post by sawbuck on Jun 2, 2011 23:27:27 GMT -8
my festival pet peeve is arguin' bitches. my friends had a couple for neighbors and they were constantly arguing. also people just plain bitching at each other or complaining. leave that nasty-noo at home!
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Post by Lump on Jun 3, 2011 4:31:55 GMT -8
so what's worse? Someone next to you clapping in excess or someone beside you singing/yelling along the whole time? Yeah I hate those dicks who sing along to Explosions in the Sky. LULZ! (Unless you're being serious, which might make that even MORE funny.)
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Post by Drew on Jun 3, 2011 6:34:11 GMT -8
More people should clap after college lectures.
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Post by weenie on Jun 3, 2011 9:13:53 GMT -8
I just hate excessively negative people (ironic I know). The people who sit right behind you and just shit all over everything suck. We used to go down with a girlfriend of a friend who would sit on the hill with her hands over her ears and pout. What the hell? There's so much better stuff you could be doing than just complaining about what you're currently being forced to watch. There's two other stages for fuck's sakes! Ha, this rant reminded me of this:
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Post by lostatlimbo on Jun 3, 2011 9:32:06 GMT -8
I know that I'm usually a proponent of NOT making too many threads, but fuck it, this needs to be said and I didn't know where else to put it.* Look everyone, I get that you're pumped to be at a music festival. And I get that you do things you normally wouldn't do (I rarely walk around at a concert in a wife beater and sunscreen, high-fiving people who are also singing the same sweet song I am). And I get that clapping any time you can discern the beat, or any time the song gets even kinda quieter, has long seemed part of the festival experience. But it's gotta stop. It's getting out of hand. It was getting out of hand when people were clapping semi-rhythmically during Explosions in the Sky. And it reached a peak this year when the kid I was standing near during Iron & Wine (who was there because he was seeing Bright Eyes for the first time ever and he was totally pumped for it) kept trying to get the crowd involved. Sometimes he'd add a flourish and drop some rapid eighth-note claps to spice up the otherwise obviously simple 4/4 beat. Fortunately, it didn't catch on most of the time because just stop fucking clapping. So here's a public announcement, which I will likely make a sticky next year: MINIMIZE THE CLAPPING. There should be, at most, ONE INSTANCE PER SET of the audience clapping along in unison. Exceeding that, on an individual or collective level, is just annoying. It's like doing the wave at a baseball game when your team is behind -- it shows you don't give a shit about the entertainment, and you're just there to be seen or hang out with your friends at an acceptably cool place. *Would anyone want a "Festival Pet Peeves" thread? Or would it just be me posting shit that pisses me off for no one's entertainment? At first I thought you were being facetious, but that's a lot of writing for a joke. Seems like a silly thing to complain about. People are having fun and getting into the music. How can that possibly ruin your experience? Jeebus.
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Post by jim on Jun 4, 2011 7:14:05 GMT -8
I just hate excessively negative people (ironic I know). The people who sit right behind you and just shit all over everything suck. We used to go down with a girlfriend of a friend who would sit on the hill with her hands over her ears and pout. What the hell? There's so much better stuff you could be doing than just complaining about what you're currently being forced to watch. There's two other stages for fuck's sakes! Ha, this rant reminded me of this: First time post but I have to totally agree with this... During Iron & Wine some girl next to my gf and me was complaining how much they sucked and how pissed she was that they wouldn't sell beer to her. Just before that she was talking about how excited she was to be a senior next year... Definitely brought down my experience for hearing one of my favorite bands for the first time live. Throw in she just wouldn't shut up at all and I got pretty angry all together myself. Thankfully she left before Bright Eyes.
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Post by HecticDialectic on Jun 4, 2011 8:48:23 GMT -8
Choke slam woulda solved that problem.
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