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• Thursday, June 28, 2007 08:25 AM

  It's the crowd, not the performer

  Okay, I've seen my share of crap shows — really bad sound, really bad band, good band having an off night, bored band that doesn't care if you know it, etc.

  But the worst part of the concert experience is the crowd. I actually got into a tussle at a Richard Thompson solo acoustic show. Guy and his "dudes" wouldn't shut up after being politely asked multiple times and security did nothing. It ended up with some shoving and security finally told the group to go a different part of the hall. Later one of them had a go with me in the bathroom.

  I had to pull a guy off my 10-year-old son at a punk show when he tried to crowd to the front of the stage. Fortunately, security was on the situation and escorted the gent from the hall none to gently. No one likes seeing a little kid pushed around.

  I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that if you want to talk about your kids, your girlfriend/boyfriend, or the evils of the Bush administration, then get a bottle of wine, buy the band's CD and listen at home.

  It's gotten to a point where I'm really reluctant to go to a show and my wife is sick of me getting in a tussle with someone.

  Oh, and if you want to explore your partners oral cavity with your tongue, get a room.

  This isn't just me bitching, all my concert-going friends notice the same trend. People who want to say they were there, but who don't want to listen and don't care if you get to listen either.

  —danmac Read danmac's other letters
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