Am I the only one hates concerts

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 08:33AM #1

Am I the only person in the country who has a U2 ticket and doesnt want it...I dont like U2, I hate concerts and gigs and all that thingy...The idea of a bunch of what I can only describe as sheep, jumping up and down and making complete prats of themselves just doesnt appeal to me... :mad: In fact its quite annoying....

The only reason I bought it was so my girlfriend wudn't be going alone....I must be mad...

BrookieD · 24-06-2005 08:35AM

nope i had 2 tickets for a box for the monday Croker gig, gave them both to the ball and chain and let her go with the sister in law, Wow U2 middle aged boy band...............
ME i get to stay home and play Xbox, Tiger Woods 2005, great game

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 08:48AM

BrookieD wrote:

nope i had 2 tickets for a box for the monday Croker gig, gave them both to the ball and chain and let her go with the sister in law, Wow U2 middle aged boy band...............
ME i get to stay home and play Xbox, Tiger Woods 2005, great game

Now dats wat id rather do...or perhaps a few hours of command and conquer generals...

....mmmm I wonder can i get her sisters to go????

Ishmael · 24-06-2005 08:52AM

Don't like U2 myself.

I don't particularly like goin to gigs but i will go to see a band i really like.
I don't think its really fair to call people that go to gigs a bunch of sheep,
although i can see where you are coming from. Its a bunch of people that share a common interest.

Someone who doesn't like forums could say that everyone that posts on one is sheep also.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 08:54AM

Ishmael wrote:

Don't like U2 myself.

I don't particularly like goin to gigs but i will go to see a band i really like.
I don't think its really fair to call people that go to gigs a bunch of sheep,
although i can see where you are coming from. Its a bunch of people that share a common interest.

Someone who doesn't like forums could say that everyone that posts on one is sheep also.

Not neccassarily...we dont all jump up down wave our hands and shout and act really stupidly when we post on forums...People can share a common interest without making spa's of themselves (my opinion)...

Kingsize · 24-06-2005 09:05AM

i'm not a fan of U2 myself & im a big music fan but i find gigs a real dissapointment mostly.I quite like the festivals though cos you can hang out & DRINK BEER & go see loads of bands that you'd never ever pay to see & its okay to walk away halfway through a band's set cos theres something else on!

MorningStar · 24-06-2005 09:15AM

I am not a big fan of gigs either. Most times they are pretty disappointing. I love music but I rarely just sit and listen. I'd love to have a U2 ticket to sell it and use the money to go somewhere nice. I really dislike big gigs the most.

In saying that I spent a fortune to go to a gig in the US but it was a once off and a life long dream.

joejoem · 24-06-2005 09:17AM

CTU_Agent wrote:

Now dats wat id rather do...or perhaps a few hours of command and conquer generals...

....mmmm I wonder can i get her sisters to go????

The word Nerd springs to mind. I cant belive you would call people who share a common interest like a band Sheep or that they "look like spa's" I wonder if we went all around the world and asked everyone "who do you think is a spa a person that goes to a rock concert on a friday night and has a good time or a guy who has a ticket to said show and instead stays home and plays with his toys" what the answer would be.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 09:20AM

besides all the idiots making bigger fools of themselves....

there is a huge security problem here,with big gigs like this weekends.. 80,000 people all in one place like that and the atmosphere that surrounds it....If anything was to happen.. i.e bomb scare, fire , anything like that amagine the crushing and disaster that would follow... absolute security nightmare...There is no way the security and gardai at the event could control the timley and calm exit from the event. By the time they stop jumping around like ticks and realise theres sumting wrong we'l all be crushed.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 09:25AM

joejoem wrote:

The word Nerd springs to mind. I cant belive you would call people who share a common interest like a band Sheep or that they "look like spa's" I wonder if we went all around the world and asked everyone "who do you think is a spa a person that goes to a rock concert on a friday night and has a good time or a guy who has a ticket to said show and instead stays home and plays with his toys" what the answer would be.

U can enjoy urself without acting like complete lunatics and show a bit of dignity...Im sure if yis saw urselves jumping up and down like little children waiting at the sweets counter for ur bag of sweets...competing to see who is the loudest and who can climb higher on peoples shoulders... Id much rather stay in the comfort of my house and watch the highligts on TV...

Its a middle aged boy band end of story...get over it!!

CiaranC · 24-06-2005 09:28AM

You could always go to gigs for grown ups, instead of pop bands. Try one of the music venues around Dublin.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 09:31AM

CiaranC wrote:

You could always go to gigs for grown ups, instead of pop bands. Try one of the music venues around Dublin.

Nah....gigs just arent for me... But if i had to choose, i would prefer a small venue with well behaved well mannered people. that dont need to have a jumping waving shouting competion while the band are playing on stage.

BlitzKrieg · 24-06-2005 09:31AM

i enjoy concerts alot...simply i enjoy it like i enjoy any show. I love dancing (despite being a hairy fatman) and concerts have great atmophere and leads to a good time with my friends.

but do you hatejust concerts and gigs or is that everyform of social music event, like say a festival?

Ishmael · 24-06-2005 09:33AM

Meh, I don't think they're spa's just because they're showing a bit of enthusiasim(possibly spelled wrong) for what they enjoy. Just people having a bit of craic. Although it is well annoying when there jumping around in your face and you feel like punching them in the back of the head :mad:

CTU_Agent wrote:

Not neccassarily...we dont all jump up down wave our hands and shout and act really stupidly when we post on forums...People can share a common interest without making spa's of themselves (my opinion)...

Maybe you don't!!

*jumps around and waves hands in the air*

Raytown Rocks · 24-06-2005 09:33AM

CTU_Agent wrote:

besides all the idiots making bigger fools of themselves....

there is a huge security problem here,with big gigs like this weekends.. 80,000 people all in one place like that and the atmosphere that surrounds it....If anything was to happen.. i.e bomb scare, fire , anything like that amagine the crushing and disaster that would follow... absolute security nightmare...There is no way the security and gardai at the event could control the timley and calm exit from the event. By the time they stop jumping around like ticks and realise theres sumting wrong we'l all be crushed.

Hey
IF memory serves me correctly, Croke park hold's games most weekends, with crowds of up to 80,000 people ( exampe last weekend's double header).
So I am sure they are used to dealing with these type of numbers.

joejoem · 24-06-2005 09:45AM

CTU_Agent wrote:

U can enjoy urself without acting like complete lunatics and show a bit of dignity...Im sure if yis saw urselves jumping up and down like little children waiting at the sweets counter for ur bag of sweets...competing to see who is the loudest and who can climb higher on peoples shoulders... Id much rather stay in the comfort of my house and watch the highligts on TV...

Its a middle aged boy band end of story...get over it!!

This would be a valid point if we were talking about Girls Aloud or a 50 Cent show, but U2 have been a major part of many Irish peoples lives. There music helped alot of people through there teenage years. When they came out the level of entertainment in Ireland was uncomparable to what it is now. Sure we had Lizzy and Rory Gallagher but there had been no sign of a revolution like what happend with U2. Our generation was looking for something. Meanwhile in London the punk scene was taking off and along came U2 who proved that you could be cool and Irish. I was speaking last night to my brother who has never seen them play live. He is 33, his first album was under a blood red sky (20 years ago) and his youth was spent listening to there records. Live Aid was a great show, but to a majority of Irish youths most of the day was spent in anticipation of U2's set.

You say there is "competing to see who is the loudest and who can climb higher on peoples shoulders..." well for those of us who are there for the music, we are there to hear songs that we have listened to hundreds if not thousands of times over played live. U2 are classed as a live band, in fact one of the greatest ever live bands so why would we ruin the music by competing to see who is the loudest. Perhaps in the Euphoria experienced by some in a croud makes them scream and push to get closer to there heros, but if I had to chose between that pure extacy or being an outsider frowning on "the spas" at a concert moaning that computer games are a better way to spend your Friday night.................. I know what I would choose.

But, each to there own.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 09:59AM

well we'l have to agree to disagree then....When im in croker on monday counting the minutes til it ends, breaking peoples legs for pushing into me and jumping on me il be wishing I was at home on my comfortable dry warm couch... watching scrubs or sumting entertaining.

Dr. Loon · 24-06-2005 10:18AM

You're just a dry shíte. Although in saying that, I dislike huge concerts, but I love live music. At concerts there's just too many people, and you can barely see the band. I was at U2 in Slane, and in order to see the boyos I went up the very front before they started. That was pretty much the end of the night for me. Fantastic couple of songs and a great buzz whie I was up there, but when I returned to find my friends.... no hope. I was píssed as well, and people had discarded loads of inflatable chairs, which I proceeded to fall over every few metres. Still... I've experienced that, and that's why there's no chance I wanted to see them in Croke Park. Nightmare.

I'd absolutely love to see U2 play somewhere like the Temple Bar Music Centre or The Ambassador or The Olympia. That would be a gig.

Sitting in a bar watching some cool band playing while drinking a refreshing beer?

OR

Sitting on a couch like a fat motherfúcker, playing Command and conquer?

You're calling concert goers sad?

Ancient1 · 24-06-2005 11:27AM

@ CTU Agent

Most venues have wheelchair access. You could wheel yourself in with an x-box in your lap.

HelterSkelter · 24-06-2005 11:46AM

CTU_Agent wrote:

...a bunch of what I can only describe as sheep, jumping up and down and making complete prats of themselves just doesnt appeal to me... :mad: In fact its quite annoying....

You are spending too much time sitting on front of a computer!! Get out and live a little!

Mr. CooL ICE · 24-06-2005 11:48AM

Look at it this way CTU Agent, the majority of us here enjoy going to gigs, and are not afraid of what people might think of us if we dont just stand still and listen. People like you need to take life less seriously and forget about what might be said about you.

Look at it this way, we enjoy going to gigs and meeting the outside world, you enjoy staying in by yourself. We all have different ways of spending our free time.

jacool · 24-06-2005 11:59AM

gigs are a great way to see band's interpret songs differently and if you worship the band, to actually see your heroes.

if you don't like the aggro you stay at the back

if you don't like the band you stay at home

life is full of wonderful choices !!

I love live music, and as someone up there said there are small intimate gigs to enjoy too.
Tip: Roisin Dubh in Gaillimh - top venue

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 12:07PM

im sorry, i cant continue to have a conversation with people who call a band, a group of middle aged men standing on stage playing music, theyre heroes... its ridiculous...

TheLedge · 24-06-2005 12:47PM

CTU_Agent wrote:

im sorry, i cant continue to have a conversation with people who call a band, a group of middle aged men standing on stage playing music, theyre heroes... its ridiculous...

it's quite obvious you're a very anti-social person. i feel sorry for you.

Repli · 24-06-2005 12:58PM

CTU_Agent wrote:

im sorry, i cant continue to have a conversation with people who call a band, a group of middle aged men standing on stage playing music, theyre heroes... its ridiculous...

Who would be your hero then? Personally U2 aren't my favourite band in the world, but you can't deny the fact that they are extremely talented musicians.

Just because _you_ don't like going to gigs doesn't mean that people who do are idiots and fools.

SteM · 24-06-2005 01:33PM

CTU_Agent wrote:

im sorry, i cant continue to have a conversation with people who call a band, a group of middle aged men standing on stage playing music, theyre heroes... its ridiculous...

Do you take the rod out of your ass when you're at home playing the xbox or is it a permanent fixture?

As others have said, if you go to a gig with 80,000 there's nothing to say you have to get into the thick of it. Stand at the back and you won't get pushed. If you go in dreading it it'll be the longest few hours of your life.

Personally I prefer smaller venues when it's a group I really like but I'll enjoy U2 none the less.

joejoem · 24-06-2005 01:44PM

CTU_Agent wrote:

im sorry, i cant continue to have a conversation with people who call a band, a group of middle aged men standing on stage playing music, theyre heroes... its ridiculous...

Perhaps the fact that you have no ispiration in your life is the reason you only find solice in a computer game. Your girlfriend must wake up every day thinking how lucky she is to be with someone that loves life so much.

Dont knock something just because you dont like it.

TheLedge · 24-06-2005 01:51PM

Stem,

Nice sig. You'll have to update it to 29 now though!

theyve updated it in the S.E but I dont have an image of it...

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 01:54PM

1st thing: Computer games arent my only source of entertainment most of the time im too busy ripping the piss from people who call 'bands' their heros and queue outside croke park just so you can get close enough to taste the sweat from bono and whoever...

2nd thing: My girlfriend understands i dont like concerts and crowds of people acting like fools and shes cudn't care less.

3rd thing:The 'rod in my ass' only comes out when I have to BEAT the people acting like plebs in public and cant control themselves.

4th thing: Having worked as a doorman on various Dublin Club/Music Venues ive seen enough of this type of behavior to turn me off it for a long time to come.

5th thing: Ive given my ticket away to my girlfriends friend, so i need not concern myself with it nemore.

CTU_Agent · 24-06-2005 01:57PM

TheLedge wrote:

it's quite obvious you're a very anti-social person. i feel sorry for you.

This is getting very boring now really....

If being socialable means having to make a complete idiot of yourself,just because everyone else is doing it, then maybe ur onto sumting.

Id much prefer a night out with friends, dinner, wine, drinks maybe a club or home for some banter!!

Johnny Jukebox · 24-06-2005 02:09PM

[QUOTE=CTU_Agent
Id much prefer a night out with friends, dinner, wine, drinks maybe a club or home for some banter!![/QUOTE]

Banter on.

Big bands, big crowds, big discomfort and so on. When a band is as popular as U2, only the big venues will do to make as much wonga as possible. Punters put aside the sheer awfulness of a venue like Croke Park because the upside of seeing the band outweighs it. Its personal choice in a free market.

Personally, I hate the big venues but I'm in the position that the only band that would entice me into such an arena are dead (RIP The Clash).

Am I the only one hates concerts

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