Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Concerts being ruined by mobile phones and people not participating

  • 20-07-2019 12:56pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭


    I'm watching live concerts on YouTube from Metallica , slipknot , machine head to maiden
    and so on from the 90s up to now and obviously as I get to the current time, fans are just standing there recording the concert or snapchatting

    As I watch the older concerts the crowds tend to be more involved (jumping /moshing/singing etc) v the modern crowd and the concerts seems much better from a crowd aspect

    Why wouldn't bands try to bring in a ban at their gigs or a policy of no recording to help and make the gigs better ?

    I know it's impossible to police but at least if they have a policy certain fan bases might start following

    It's just a pity is all.......


«1

Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    I'd be guilty of this from time to time, but I might film one track at the most as I use the clip as part of my review of a gig or festival, I know what you mean though with people filming for the whole gig. Mind you I don't regret the footage your man took of Aphex Twin concert at Coachella 2019 as his concert wasn't officially streamed for the festival's youtube channel.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 518 ✭✭✭Lackadaisical


    Yeah people should be forced to enjoy concerts....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,203 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    wally1990 wrote: »
    I'm watching live concerts on YouTube from Metallica , slipknot , machine head to maiden
    and so on from the 90s up to now and obviously as I get to the current time, fans are just standing there recording the concert or snapchatting

    As I watch the older concerts the crowds tend to be more involved (jumping /moshing/singing etc) v the modern crowd and the concerts seems much better from a crowd aspect

    Why wouldn't bands try to bring in a ban at their gigs or a policy of no recording to help and make the gigs better ?

    I know it's impossible to police but at least if they have a policy certain fan bases might start following

    It's just a pity is all.......


    I’m missing something, aren’t I?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭dobman88


    I’m missing something, aren’t I?

    Yes, the videos hes watching were filmed by the band themselves or people working for them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭wally1990


    I’m missing something, aren’t I?

    Im referring to people on their mobile phone using Snapchat or personal videos

    Videos I'm watching are proper recordings authorised by the band's

    My post is just about asking fans to avoid using their mobile phones during the concert

    It's just to try and have the crowd more involved and be in the moment rather than watching it through their phone


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    wally1990 wrote: »
    Why wouldn't bands try to bring in a ban at their gigs or a policy of no recording to help and make the gigs better ?
    .
    Some have done this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,203 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    dobman88 wrote: »
    Yes, the videos hes watching were filmed by the band themselves or people working for them.


    Yes I got that much. I was also thinking why is the OP sitting there watching videos of live concerts, while complaining that the crowd aren’t jumping around like they used to? Do they not see how contradictory their observations are?

    The OP has a point insofar as the nature of live performances has changed, of course it has, but the people at the event don’t appear to be enjoying themselves any less than previous generations. They’re just enjoying the performance differently is all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,696 ✭✭✭dasdog


    I was at the Hot 8 Brass Band during the week in the Button Factory. Minimal phone recordings, very little chatting and the crowd were going wild at times for the songs and were completely participating with singing and doing the hip hop thing. It was great, I guess the difference is the people who turned up weren't just there for a night out, they went to see a band they really wanted to see live.

    I don't mind the phones that much but the chatting drives me nuts - the closer to the front the less there is so I try and move up.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,074 ✭✭✭LoughNeagh2017


    I have the opposite view, it angers me that people stick their nose in my business given that I paid for the ticket, I am a misanthropist so people annoy me all the time but I don't say anything to them, I don't have a problem that people dislike recording on phones but you shouldn't cross the line and actually say something to them, I recently was at a soccer game and a couple of people actually shouted at me for recording a 2 minute video on my phone, if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want, I really have a deep resentment for humans, I can't express that enough.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,638 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Awwww, I bet you're a pussycat really.


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want,
    not really. If you go to a cinema and start eating stinking food or talking loudly you should be fcuked out. In the 90s if you brought a camcorder in and recorded a gig you would be likely thrown out -not sure why it is so tolerated nowadays. It can be a ban on "professional" equipment and many bog standard phones would be as good as professional equipment in the 90s.

    It might be against the rules if you look at the small print on tickets. In slane audio recorders and video recorders were banned, that would technically be most phones.

    If you are blocking peoples view by sticking your phone/camera in the air you are also a prize cnut, just like cinema chatters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,905 ✭✭✭✭Bob24


    Yes I got that much. I was also thinking why is the OP sitting there watching videos of live concerts, while complaining that the crowd aren’t jumping around like they used to? Do they not see how contradictory their observations are?

    Why necessarily contradictory? Maybe the OP does go to concerts and gets involved, doesn’t prevent them from also watching concert recordings at home. And in any case the complaint relates to how people behave when they attend concerts, not what they do at home (back in the days there would also have been people watching concerts more passively at home or these recordings wounded exist, the difference the OP is pointing at only relates to those present at the concert).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭prunudo


    If people turned their screen contrast down it wouldn't be as annoying.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32 Humphrey Menton


    I never understood this practice. Besides, does anyone ever actually watch the (most likely) poor quality videos that they film on their phones after a concert? Put the phone away and enjoy the concert!

    And yes, I'm an old fart.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    I normally use a small Sony camera and a Nikon camera which I hold in front of me slightly raised but not in anyone else's eye line, if I do use the phone I hold that in front of me too.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Pauliedragon


    It's everywhere not just gigs. A neighbour of mine is a retired photographer and still does the odd wedding on the side and he says it's a nightmare getting people out of the way so he can take the official photos. Trying to get pics of the bride walking down the aisle is a nightmare apparantly with all the phones leaning out from the seats blocking his view.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭wally1990


    Bob24 wrote: »
    Why necessarily contradictory? Maybe the OP does go to concerts and gets involved, doesn’t prevent them from also watching concert recordings at home. And in any case the complaint relates to how people behave when they attend concerts, not what they do at home (back in the days there would also have been people watching concerts more passively at home or these recordings wounded exist, the difference the OP is pointing at only relates to those present at the concert).

    Just to answer , I actually do go to gigs (about 2 a year ) and honestly I never ever have used a video on my phone or snapchat

    I literally do get involved , but I would wish more would .

    I wonder what bands themselves think?

    I watched a video recently of machine head playing a live concert and the lead singer at the start of one of the songs said something like get rid of the phones or put them down for this song

    Even on a side note , when I get a Snapchat or Instagram of someone at a concert I instantly skip it because either the video or sound is ****e but it's more of 'hey look I'm at this gig'

    Each to their own but it's just an observation of mine and an opinion that I would like people to not be having the phones stuck in the air recording or sending a Snapchat of the gig

    Maybe I'm slowly getting old (and I'm only 28 :)

    Young snappers with their phones:P


  • Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Hobosan


    I knew a fella who went to a United match, had the girlfriend record the game at home, then went through the crowd shots to find himself when he returned.

    Must have had a mild case of Cotards Delusion.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭Hardtochoose


    It’s all about uploading to your Instagram story nowadays. Thousands of people uploading the same footage to their stories, just so their friends can see they were at the concert. It’s gotten to the stage where if you don’t upload a photo or video of something you’ve eaten or place you’ve been then you haven’t really been there. Very sad really, but that’s the narcissist generation for you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Not keen on the practice however as I mentioned in previous post at the Iveagh gardens the other night a group of three lads who appeared to go out of their way to latch on to people who put cameras up and giving them a piece of their mind they were in no way polite whatsoever must have been 4 or 5 people they confronted and this was only in the first 2-3 songs, they appeared to be revelling in some of the negative reactions they were getting too at one point one of them saw me watching what they were doing and looked like they were looking for a nod of approval!, they nearly had one girl in tears who was pointing to the sea of phones in front they told her move there so, killing the mood others in the area too I had to move.

    At indoor shows particularly I often wonder why the people who want to get a few photos or low quality vids take up space in the standing section when that activity is probably best done from a stationary position ya know like sitting down perhaps.

    At Metallica at Slane it seemed from the high quality official vids the band put up on Youtube a large portion of those who went Gold circle had done so for photo opportunity than live it more.

    Overall I'm all for those lock packs to be introduced but if things remain as they are as someone else said it's none of my business how someone enjoys a gig if that's their bag fair enough they've paid for a ticket the same as meself I've never had any less enjoyment from a show because of it.

    Bands intending to release official live recording should definitely take measures to eradicate phones from the audience was watching Alter Bridge in Royal Albert Hall recently good band performance but the shots of the audience with a heap of phones defo looks a bit silly.


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,251 ✭✭✭Pang


    I was at a concert recently in the 3arena where the person in front of me decided to facetime (I think) their mother during the concert and for a few seconds, all I could see was the woman's face. Thankfully someone told her to turn it off. Ridiculous.


    This is why I love Eddie Vedder concerts as phones are banned. More artists need to do the same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭Acosta


    People chatting throughout gigs is much more annoying than the phone thing. Any gig nowadays that is going to attract event junkies is full of these people. It's why I generally have a much better time seeing a local band that costs no more than a tenner than paying 70 quid and being surrounded by twats who are not even pretending to be interested in what's on stage.

    Before camera phones I used to regularly bring a camera to gigs and take a few pics during the set. I do the same now with my phone. Anyone filming entire songs throughout a gig deserves to be told off. Even worse when it's a an iPad or some other bigger devise.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭Deagol


    Some twat started blocking my view at a concert in Marley park last year by holding his phone up in the air. Told him to take it down - he ignored me so I 'accidently' knocked it out of his hands when I was jumping up and cheering.

    Took him a while to get it off the ground without him getting trampled, I was amazed the phone was still working after being underfoot.

    Can't understand why people go to concerts only to watch them on the tiny screen they have on the phone. Would be great if someone could invent some kind of system that damaged any phone video camera in use during a concert!

    BTW, I don't have an issue with someone taking a couple of still shots during the concert for posterity.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,066 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    I’m missing something, aren’t I?

    I am guessing professionally done


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭Deagol


    I have the opposite view, it angers me that people stick their nose in my business given that I paid for the ticket, I am a misanthropist so people annoy me all the time but I don't say anything to them, I don't have a problem that people dislike recording on phones but you shouldn't cross the line and actually say something to them, I recently was at a soccer game and a couple of people actually shouted at me for recording a 2 minute video on my phone, if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want, I really have a deep resentment for humans, I can't express that enough.

    I can't express enough how much I despise people who think that because they paid for a ticket to something, that they can infringe on other peoples enjoyment of it by being completely inconsiderate. Hopefully instead of shouting at you, someone might go further and demonstrate more forcefully how to behave correctly in a crowd.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,066 ✭✭✭✭martingriff


    I normally use a small Sony camera and a Nikon camera which I hold in front of me slightly raised but not in anyone else's eye line, if I do use the phone I hold that in front of me too.
    But why notactually turn off the camera and watch the concert throught your eyes. It looks better and enjoy it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,641 ✭✭✭✭bodhrandude


    But why notactually turn off the camera and watch the concert throught your eyes. It looks better and enjoy it

    I only ever record one or two excerpts, I do watch most of the concert with my eyes, I like to emphasise maybe one or two tracks or the atmosphere for my blog review. Nothing wrong with that and I take care not to disturb others enjoyment.

    If you want to get into it, you got to get out of it. (Hawkwind 1982)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    Deagol wrote: »
    Some twat started blocking my view at a concert in Marley park last year by holding his phone up in the air. Told him to take it down - he ignored me so I 'accidently' knocked it out of his hands when I was jumping up and cheering.

    If ya can't beat the twats become one too, well done :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,145 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    The people who video small concerts or indoor concerts/shows are a**holes. Plain an simple. It's disrespectful to the artist and people in the audience. It shows total ignorance and arrogance: That their enjoyment should come at the expense of those around them that are annoyed. They should be kicked out.

    "Oh, but I wanted videos. I wanted to show somebody. I wanted to remember. I paid to be here just like you so I'm entitled" "Yeah? Well, if I wanted to watch on a f*cking screen I would have watched on TV".

    A**holes.


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users Posts: 293 ✭✭Swamp_Cat


    wally1990 wrote: »
    Im referring to people on their mobile phone using Snapchat or personal videos

    Videos I'm watching are proper recordings authorised by the band's

    My post is just about asking fans to avoid using their mobile phones during the concert

    It's just to try and have the crowd more involved and be in the moment rather than watching it through their phone
    Seems like common sense but so many people insist on diluting any good experience by viewing it(life) through a phone. I thank God I wasn't born 15 or so years later though coming of age in the middle of all the tech changes poses it's own problems. Not being on 'social media' has caused me to lose track of most of my friends who don't live in the area. Put the phones down! Should be banned @ concerts.


    Julie catch a rabbit by its hare...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭s8n


    I have the opposite view, it angers me that people stick their nose in my business given that I paid for the ticket, I am a misanthropist so people annoy me all the time but I don't say anything to them, I don't have a problem that people dislike recording on phones but you shouldn't cross the line and actually say something to them, I recently was at a soccer game and a couple of people actually shouted at me for recording a 2 minute video on my phone, if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want, I really have a deep resentment for humans, I can't express that enough.

    You sound like a barrel of f@@kin laughs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,563 ✭✭✭stateofflux


    I have the opposite view, it angers me that people stick their nose in my business given that I paid for the ticket, I am a misanthropist so people annoy me all the time but I don't say anything to them, I don't have a problem that people dislike recording on phones but you shouldn't cross the line and actually say something to them, I recently was at a soccer game and a couple of people actually shouted at me for recording a 2 minute video on my phone, if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want, I really have a deep resentment for humans, I can't express that enough.

    2 min grand, also phone is small... but people that hold a large tablet up over their head for long periods, blocking peoples view behind is plain ignorant and i will let them know about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    But why not actually turn off the camera and watch the concert throught your eyes. It looks better and enjoy it

    What's the point in enjoying a gig unless you can let other people on the internet know you are enjoying the gig.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,359 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    I recently watched The Killers gig from the Royal Albert Hall from 2009. Only a small number of people in audience had a small video camera or a camera fone. The atmosphere and audience participation was amazing as a result. It really was a fantastic gig, the combination of a brilliant live band with wonderful songs, and the perfect indoor venue packed with fans who were focused on enjoying the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I have the opposite view, it angers me that people stick their nose in my business given that I paid for the ticket, I am a misanthropist so people annoy me all the time but I don't say anything to them, I don't have a problem that people dislike recording on phones but you shouldn't cross the line and actually say something to them, I recently was at a soccer game and a couple of people actually shouted at me for recording a 2 minute video on my phone, if I paid for the expensive ticket I can do whatever I want, I really have a deep resentment for humans, I can't express that enough.

    So if I stood in front of you at an event, with a 10 inch tablet on full brightness, recording the whole thing - you wouldn't say a word to me because 'I paid for a ticket?'

    Maybe if you told people they're annoying you rather than bottling it all up you wouldn't have need to be such a misanthropist.


  • Advertisement
  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,145 ✭✭✭TheIrishGrover


    o1s1n wrote: »
    So if I stood in front of you at an event, with a 10 inch tablet on full brightness, recording the whole thing - you wouldn't say a word to me because 'I paid for a ticket?'

    Maybe if you told people they're annoying you rather than bottling it all up you wouldn't have need to be such a misanthropist.

    Look, you idiot!!!!! Didn't you read his post? He hates you... And all idiots by which I mean people.... Jesus....

    If you did that then you are an idiot a**hole and one of the reasons he hates people. They/we are stupid, ignorant morons with no respect for their betters.

    If he does it it's because he bought a ticket and why shouldn't he? It is NOT ignorant for him to do it because he hates everybody and they deserve no better. So that make him, and his actions correct.

    Come on man. Get your sh*t together..........


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    wally1990 wrote: »
    As I watch the older concerts the crowds tend to be more involved (jumping /moshing/singing etc) v the modern crowd and the concerts seems much better from a crowd aspect
    Mosh pits & circle pits are banned in a few locations.


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    I only ever record one or two excerpts, I do watch most of the concert with my eyes, I like to emphasise maybe one or two tracks or the atmosphere for my blog review. Nothing wrong with that and I take care not to disturb others enjoyment.

    Exactly. I would never go to a gig and spend the whole time recording it, nor would I give out to someone else because they were recording it at the time I happened to see them.

    Anyone who is annoyed by the people beside them can try to move. At the same time, being self aware enough not to get in other people's way is also important. If it is too packed or everyone in the crowd is annoying them, maybe it is not the other people that are the problem.

    On balance, I find the people who give out to other people for recording a bit of a song to be more annoying than the people who record something. For all you know, they could have a sick or disabled relative who really wanted to go to the gig but couldn't, and that relative wanted to see a clip of the band.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    For all you know, they could have a sick or disabled relative who really wanted to go to the gig but couldn't, and that relative wanted to see a clip of the band.
    They should still not be blocking peoples view, you can hold a phone to your neck and get a good shot and annoy nobody, your neck blocking the light from the phone. There will also likely be loads of videos the person could see posted on youtube later on, facebook is also a good place to check as many will not post up on youtube.


  • Advertisement
  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,535 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    rubadub wrote: »
    They should still not be blocking peoples view, you can hold a phone to your neck and get a good shot and annoy nobody, your neck blocking the light from the phone.

    As I said:
    At the same time, being self aware enough not to get in other people's way is also important.
    rubadub wrote:
    There will also likely be loads of videos the person could see posted on youtube later on, facebook is also a good place to check as many will not post up on youtube.

    People are emotional creatures, and might want to see/hear a clip that their friend/relative took at the gig rather than just looking up the videos on youtube.


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,373 Mod ✭✭✭✭lordgoat


    Enough of the name calling. /Mod


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭ILIKEFOOD


    absolutely hate when people do this for prolonged periods.

    At Iggy Pop at All Tomorrow's Parties in Iceland there was about 30 people doing this right up the front in the centre while Iggy was prancing around.. I decided to follow Iggy and helicoptered right into the middle of them. What could they say, 'hey, don't be moshing in the pit? Don't knock my phone out of my hand?'

    Perfect opportunity to legitimately feck phones all over the place..

    It was an ar$ehole thing to do of course... but I've no regrets...

    Wouldn't get away with that at a tamer performance though unfortunately...


  • Site Banned Posts: 20,686 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    It's annoying, yet I've done it in the past. Wouldn't be quick to do it anymore.

    At the recent manics gig some women kept taking her phone out, but only really for the singles.

    They played an old song live for the first time ever and some other rarely heard songs. She didn't bother with them. They'd be the things I'd have said alright, if you must


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    ILIKEFOOD wrote: »

    It was an ar$ehole thing to do of course... but I've no regrets...

    Wouldn't get away with that at a tamer performance though unfortunately...

    I'm sure I don't speak for myself when I say in general I would rather share a room with a temporary phone wielder than those who condone criminal activity.
    Weepsie wrote: »
    They played an old song live for the first time ever and some other rarely heard songs. She didn't bother with them. They'd be the things I'd have said alright, if you must
    Yeah it's up to you what an absolute stranger opts to record or not :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭ILIKEFOOD


    I'm sure I don't speak for myself when I say in general I would rather share a room with a temporary phone wielder than those who condone criminal activity.


    Yeah it's up to you what an absolute stranger opts to record or not :rolleyes:

    Agh sorry I was just doing what people have done at gigs for the last near 40 years.. this phone wielding thing.. well, how does that have a place at a gig? How many whip out the phone at the cinema or in the theatre

    I wouldn’t do it again for sure but cmon - live in the moment and not in your phone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,896 ✭✭✭Polar101


    Doesn't bother when people either turn the brightness down or don't raise the phone high over their heads (as in, if the person recording considers others). Or if they take a short video or a few pictures. People taking selfies every 2 minutes and chatting are the worst kind of gig-goer, and if I end up behind them I try to move somewhere else.

    I wouldn't mind a phone/camera ban at gigs, but on the other hand I do watch youtube videos of gigs, so I don't want to be a complete hypocrite about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    I'm sure I don't speak for myself when I say in general I would rather share a room with a temporary phone wielder than those who condone criminal activity.


    Yeah it's up to you what an absolute stranger opts to record or not :rolleyes:

    You wouldn't be speaking for me. No need to try to be dramatic on the criminal activity. Bumping into someone in a mosh pit will hardly bring down the Gardai on you. Bonus points if the moshing knocks the camera/phone from their grasp. I do it as much as I can if the picture taking/videoing/selfies annoy me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,386 ✭✭✭Wrongway1985


    You wouldn't be speaking for me. No need to try to be dramatic on the criminal activity. Bumping into someone in a mosh pit will hardly bring down the Gardai on you. Bonus points if the moshing knocks the camera/phone from their grasp. I do it as much as I can if the picture taking/videoing/selfies annoy me.

    I wasn't speaking on behalf of everybody maybe I am in the minority :confused:

    I'm being dramatic on criminal activity? How would you like it if you had your property "accidentally" damaged. No it's hardly gonna bring the guards in but either is the likes of crowdsurfers being inappropriately touched and you're a d1ck if you pursue that kind of behaviour.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,749 ✭✭✭flasher0030


    I wasn't speaking on behalf of everybody maybe I am in the minority :confused:

    I'm being dramatic on criminal activity? How would you like it if you had your property "accidentally" damaged. No it's hardly gonna bring the guards in but either is the likes of crowdsurfers being inappropriately touched and you're a d1ck if you pursue that kind of behaviour.

    Wow, this particular point has gone off on a tangent. Maybe it’s the person who is holding the phone/camera up in the air, blocking the view and enjoyment for other people who is being the dlck. Maybe it’s the crowdsurfer who’s size 10 clogs are whacking people in the head as they expect to be carried along by a crowd of strangers, who is the dlck.
    I’m not a legal expert, but I’m pretty sure that a Judge would laugh at you if you brought a case before him complaining that your phone was knocked out of your hand at a gig.
    But if you were in front of the same Judge declaring that you inappropriately touched someone, I don’t think he would be smiling. Your comparisons are way of the mark. And slightly disturbing that such a thought would just randomly come into your head.
    That being said, depending on who is doing the touching, I wouldn’t have complaints if someone gave me a little grope.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement