Smartphones have ruined concerts, pubs, etc

Just watched Pat Short's Music from D'Telly tonight and there was a clip from 1985 with Chris Rea in the National Stadium.
Compare that audience to a present day concert audience and it speaks for itself.

And I doubt anyone there that night is yearning to have had a video of it - they enjoyed the night, over and done with.

Saw The Eagles in the point/o2 a couple of years ago. All seated, weren't allowed stand up, absolutely no phones, even 2 young wans beside me were threatened with being focked out because they wouldn't shut the fcuk up talking. Sounds boring but was easily the best concert I was ever at.

andekwarhola wrote: »

That was probably on the screen?

Bah the ones in the audience were brighter than the ones on the screen.

I was at Josh Ritter in the opera house in Cork earlier this month. Ushers were VERY strict on phones being used in the theatre. (I was admonished by one myself for taking a sneaky pic of the act. . I'd never record a video though. Pointless and rubbish quality. One photo maybe, then I sit back and enjoy the music.).

People got the message quickly enough that cameraphones shouldn't be used and it was a very enjoyable concert without all the lighted screens waving thanks to the ushers.

An announcement re cameraphones before the start of the performance or printed on the ticket would have made their jobs a little easier I think.

thelad95 wrote: »

I don't understand people who stand there watching a concert, which they have paid up to €100 to see, through the screen of their phone. I'm sorry love but if you're putting it on Snapchat, nobody cares and if you're saving it to your phone you'll never look at that shït again.

People need to start rocking out again and remember how to live in the moment.

Get what you are saying BUT

Betcha you posted this on a smartphone!.

If you have one stop being a hypocrite and smash it to bits, the relief will be immense.

Chatting to a few mates last night in the pub.
Was trying to remember name of actor in film... sure enough it was like a wild west gun draw as the phones came out.
I had to tell them to put them away and try and use their brains for once... this was how we had fun back in the day!
Thankfully they did, and we did manage to remember the actors name!

Patww79 wrote: »

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There's no need for a "right answer" in pub ****etalk with the lads.

whiskeyman wrote: »

Chatting to a few mates last night in the pub.
Was trying to remember name of actor in film... sure enough it was like a wild west gun draw as the phones came out.
I had to tell them to put them away and try and use their brains for once... this was how we had fun back in the day!
Thankfully they did, and we did manage to remember the actors name!

If there is one thing that smartphones have killed, it's the pub spoofer. It's a bit of a shame.

Sofiztikated wrote: »

Unless he was posting it from the middle of a concert, how is he being hypocritical?

Using something he's having a moan about. How many people use them alone in private when no one's about?.