Singers/bands in bad moods @ concerts ????

[Zombie]

One of my most favorite ladies in the world, one Tori Amos, has been to known to have a fit at audience members from time to time, but it's invariably due to crappy audience behavior, not her or her crew messing up or anything. They range from just a casual "f*ck you" or "f*ck off" spoken in a conversational tone in response to some dumb fan screaming out song requests while she's trying to talk to her flat out booting you out of the show for being disrespectful.

The most recent I remember hearing about is when she kicked two girls in the front row out of a San Diego show for moving around too much, talking loudly & taking photos of each other while Miss T was trying to play. Here's video of it, she stops the song and yells at about 2:28.

That's not my favorite, though. These are:

1999, on the 5 1/2 Weeks tour in Vegas, where she shoots the bird at a couple of jackhats in the front row who were being really disrespectful while she was playing "The Waitress," and orders them to "eat my [body part censored for any young'uns reading this]" all without missing a beat, because she's awesome like that. Oh, and it was recorded for posterity because it was a PPV special!

Outburst starts at about 6:30.


She believes in peace, bitch.

She also yelled the same thing at a drunk guy in the audience at a Massachusetts show, because he was carrying on while she was trying to play "Winter," which she had just dedicated to a girl that had recently passed away.

And my other two favorites, which I have no video for, only bootleg mp3s somewhere:

- some drunk woman is being annoying during "The Waitress" in Buffalo (again! Why is everyone annoying during this epic song?), and Tori's like, "Hey, you. Lady! HEY! HEY, LADY! LADY IN THE WHITE SHIRT! DO YOU F*CKING MIND? CAN YOU JUST SIT DOWN FOR FIVE SECONDS? JUST FOR FIVE. F*CKING. SECONDS?"

- some complete wastes of skin are yelling "show us your tits!" at her while she's trying to talk. She just stops what she's saying and remarks, "All right, boys, I'll do that just as soon as you drop your pants and show us your c*cks," and then goes back to what she was doing.

I love her.

[Sahara]

I saw Elton John in Dublin in May 2006 and, although I really enjoyed the concert, he wasn't really in top form. He said he wouldn't tour anymore and just seemed generally a little lacklustre. I learned later that Lestat had just closed, and fans speculated that he was upset about that. The audience really didn't help, though -- they were like zombies the entire way through. I think it was this concert that left me with my abiding hatred of fully seated rock n roll shows -- it sucked the life right out of this one for me.

[bucklind17]

Originally Posted by Sahara

I saw Elton John in Dublin in May 2006 and, although I really enjoyed the concert, he wasn't really in top form. He said he wouldn't tour anymore and just seemed generally a little lacklustre. I learned later that Lestat had just closed, and fans speculated that he was upset about that. The audience really didn't help, though -- they were like zombies the entire way through. I think it was this concert that left me with my abiding hatred of fully seated rock n roll shows -- it sucked the life right out of this one for me.

That actually reminds me of when I saw R.E.M. in 2004. It was the day after George W. Bush was reelected and they just did not seem like they wanted to be there, Michael especially. They started the show with "It's the End of the World as We Know It" and he kept expressing his condolences between songs. Not in the least unexpected from him, but his feelings were definitely affecting his energy. That and the album they were touring at the time sucked. Really lackluster show.

I am one of a very few people who actually liked Lestat. I saw it twice!

[WildHeart69]

I saw Jethro Tull a couple weeks ago in Atlantic City. The show was fun, but they started over an HOUR late and only played a little over an hour. The only two "Hits" they played were Aqualung and Locomotive Breath (which were the last two songs of the night. A lot of people were not happy with the show as we walked out including some long time fans.

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

I am one of a very few people who actually liked Lestat. I saw it twice!

Glad to hear you enjoyed Lestat! I never saw it but I have a CD full of Elton's demos and I bet it was a great show. Funny how things go...