Fall_Child42 wrote:Flint the Dwarf wrote:
Yeah, how about you just never go to a show.
What do you do at any show? Enjoy the fucking music. The adrenaline rush you get is all you need.
Come to think of it I've been to "one" "metal" show... but hell I don't even know if you guys consider ACDC metal anymore :\
Enjoying the music and watching the performance is what I personally prefer to do at any show i go to, but i don't quite see the problem Nailz has with people chosing the express their enjoyment of said music by dancing, and if one type of dancing is not proper metal etiquett Is there something you do do?
I mean everyone just doesn't stand there and then leave quietly when the bands done right?
I think the norms of audience behaviour vary a lot, it really depends on who's on stage.
For my favorite types of music - well, say, with King Crimson I would be surprised (and annoyed) if people had any energy left for doing anything but listening to the music. I know from reading people's impressions that some even close their eyes at KC shows because the music is just too freakin' intense. You can't listen to it and jump around like an idiot. I remember staggering out on the street after the concert, feeling completely wasted despite having sat in a chair for the whole thing.
On the other hand with my 2nd favorite band, DDT, I would likewise be surprised and pissed if people WEREN'T jumping around, waving their arms and singing along to songs at their shows. That just would look like something was very wrong, that band has a completely different energy.
I think each type of music (and don't get me started on how broad or narrow 'type' is) warrants its own norms of behaviour. For the most part these norms are out there for a reason.
Indeed if I went to a very 'hard' band's show, I'd be pissed at the 'kiddies'.
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