What I WOULDN'T "Stand" For

[belladonnamoon]

My friend and I (and the guy next to my friend) didn't sit down the entire time at the Columbus show. People next to us did...people behind us did....tons of people in our floor section 1 did.
I would not be coerced into following these lackluster fans, however...so I stood there and rocked out while they sat on their butts!

How could anyone SIT DOWN during a performance like the ones FM is giving on this tour?!? It's beyond me.

~Renae

[SmthngOfADreamr]

Originally posted by Sorcerer386
By the way SomethingofaDreamer, WHERE in the front row were you? You probably saw me as well as I saw you.

I was in section 3 (on the left side of the stage as you face it) seat 2, so i was right beside the center section. We probably did see each other! You weren't the drunk guy dancing with his beer in the middle, were you?

[paleshadow]

[Originally posted by PollyThePenguin ]
[Sit down and shut the hell up. I paid to see and hear THE BAND (whoever it is) and not YOU. And trust me, no one else wants to hear you either. ]

LOL! I agree about not wanting to hear anyone else. Sure, everyone gets caught up and wants to sing along to Landslide now and then, but there always seems to be some people who must think that if they sing loud enough so that Stevie can hear them, she will immediately hire them to be one of her back up singers. (And they always seem to be men!!)
As far as sitting goes, I guess it's almost a majority rules thing. If people in front of me are standing, I'm going to stand because I want to be able to see. When you look around at the audience of a Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks concert though, you will see a wide range of ages. I saw a grandmother with her granddaughter on the last Stevie tour. Some peolpe can't stand for 2.5 hours. And let me just nip in the bud the whole "then buy the cd and listen to it at home, because I paid $125.00 to do what I want" attitude. Because the little old lady who can't stand up for that long could say "If you want to dance and sing, buy the cd and dance around your living room" to you folks too, so who's right? What's wrong with compromise? Stand at the beginning and end of a song, and remember how lucky you are to even be able to afford a seat to this concert to be able to sit in.

[sodascouts]

I agree that the band appreciates standing energy and that a crowd that refuses to do anything but sit and clap is a big disappointment for them. Of course people who are tired can sit and I don't think they're lesser fans.

But anyone who thinks that it's "retarded" for people to want to sing and dance during a friggin' ROCK CONCERT needs to get the rod out of his butt. Geez.

[Sorcerer386]

Originally posted by SmthngOfADreamr
I was in section 3 (on the left side of the stage as you face it) seat 2, so i was right beside the center section. We probably did see each other! You weren't the drunk guy dancing with his beer in the middle, were you?

Lol, no I wasn't. I was off toward stage left -- Lindsey's side. You might have seen me freaking out as he looked over my way many times. I'm skinny with short brown hair with the "wet" look just pushed forward and was wearing a t-shirt with a button down over it unbuttoned. Does that ring any bells?

[gypsysara]

Although I dont mind dancing... I would prefer if people did sing to themselves. Some people sing really LOUDLY and REALLY out of TUNE! Detracts from the band. By all means, hum along and sing to yourself, but have some respect for those who may not want to pay to hear YOU sing. This is all IMO, mind you.

[sodascouts]

Originally posted by gypsysara
Although I dont mind dancing... I would prefer if people did sing to themselves. Some people sing really LOUDLY and REALLY out of TUNE! Detracts from the band. By all means, hum along and sing to yourself, but have some respect for those who may not want to pay to hear YOU sing. This is all IMO, mind you.

Yeah, that's reasonable.

[SmthngOfADreamr]

Originally posted by Sorcerer386
Lol, no I wasn't. I was off toward stage left -- Lindsey's side. You might have seen me freaking out as he looked over my way many times. I'm skinny with short brown hair with the "wet" look just pushed forward and was wearing a t-shirt with a button down over it unbuttoned. Does that ring any bells?

Unfortunately it doesn't. I'm skinny with the same kind of hair but more blonde than brown. I was wearing one of the new overpriced t-shirts with a long sleave tee under it. You probably didn't see me if I didn't see you though. Too bad you didn't mention before that you were going to be in the front row too. I would have introduced myself and we could've had a blast.

[gypsysara]

I should have said also that I myself DO hum and sing to myself. How can I not when a great song like Enchanted! is playing!


Well you thought you saw somethin... in my eyeeeesss.... ENCHANTED!