[QUOTE]Originally posted by smiley21

i also hated how these 14 year old girls were flashing the band. one girl threw her bra on the stage. oh please!! take your little horny self on home.


Very young teenagers at concerts annoy me tremendously.Not small children,usually they aren't a problem.Young teenagers,especially if they are drunk,just act like morons.Running around drunk,thinking you are cool is most certainly not okay.After spending $75 for a ticket,ticketmaster charge,parking and one beer I get really cranky about it.Thankfully not many go to the concerts I go to.
One summer at Ozzfest,there was a couple having sex in the bathroom.There was torrential rain during the concert and at least 50 women crammed into this bathroom and a couple,drunk,come in and start going at it.We could hear and see their hands above the stall.Not cool.

Does anyone else here get annoyed when a band does the whole "now you sing" break in their songs? No dammit, I payed for YOU to sing. I don't want to hear the tone-deaf idiots next to me screaming the words like they think they'll be asked to join the band if they are loud enough. :mad:

My other pet peeves, people that try to outscream each other. To the point that it totally ruin the scene and make my already bad eardrum feel worst. Stop screaming unless after a song, not during a song. This is especially bad when I'm trying to tape the band.

okay..after going to a general admission show last week i remembered some pet peeves:

-tall people..listen buddy, if you're over 7 feet tall there is absolutely no reason you need to be down in front, especially standing right in front of little old 5'4 me.

-people with no concept of personal space - just because there is a spare foot of room in front of me does not mean that you can squeeze in there so that i only have 3 inches of personal space in front of me..have some consideration

-really drunk people who scream the few lyrics that they know..listen, i have no problem if you want to sing along..but sing, DON'T SCREAM and don't do it in my ear.

That bugs me too!!

I also get really annoyed when I see people sitting in really good seats looking completely bored out of their mind. Really, if you're not that into it, let me sit in the front row, and you can be just as bored way in the back.

And people behind you who yell at you to sit down when every single other person in the place is standing up and dancing and getting into the show. Many times the same people who are sitting in good seats looking bored.

I can't stand the little 14-year-olds who are standing by you and realize that you have a 21+ wrist band on and decide to take advantage of that. They'll be like, "Um...excuse me...(giggle giggle)...can you buy us a beer?" Yes, of course I will. My plans for the day are to be arrested for contributing to the deliquency of a minor. On top of it, your 14-year-old ass will probably take one sip, realize that you have not acquired a taste for it yet, spill the rest out, and just hold the cup that has Bud Light written on it so that you look cool.

Re: Concert Pet Peeves
 

I 100% agree with Arya here. Also:

People who scream/hoot/holler while the artist is talking on stage. Obviously you love him/her/them, or else you wouldn't be there... so show them how much you love them by respecting them while they talk!!

People who are so drunk that they can't walk/talk/behave appropriately in public. I can't figure out how any restaurant/bar/theatr can keep you out for being OBNOXIOUSLY drunk, why can't a concert venue?

And my NUMBER ONE BIGGEST PET PEEVE...

People who TALK through the show. Hi, I did NOT pay $50 to listen to which of your friends have teaching jobs!!

At the last concert I went to, two women in their early twenties (about my age) were talking about just that. When I kindly said, "I'm sorry, but would you mind? I'm trying to hear the show." I was screamed at and treated as though I'd just called them terrible names and had security drag them away. If you don't want to hear the music, party in the parking lot and leave the tickets for people who want to see him/her/them.

~Allison

The last concert we were at --there were dozens of people around us holding their cell phones up. At one point the guy in front of us sang into the phone when the band sang a ballad. Poor guy, if only we would have known there were about 15 people right behind him laughing at him!

-wendi

Here's what pisses me off... I get there all early, wait in line outside for like two hours, and get right next to the stage. I suffer through the two opening bands, who mostly suck, but when the REAL band come onstage - some idiots decide they really want to be right in the front and try to elbow me out of the way! NO! If you're not up front from the minute the venue opens, you don't get to be in front!!!

Also, there are frequently people at They Might Be Giants concerts that I cannot tell if they are male and female. And that really freaks me out.

How about the middle-aged woman who has a little too much to drink and dances like a crazy person (or maybe like she's straight from the 80's) the entire time, and then talks to strangers like she knows them. Yeah, there's at least one at every show.

Example:

I was at a Kiss/Aerosmith show and we had lawn seats. Aerosmith played a bunch of new stuff that nobody's ever heard before somewhere in the middle of their set. So a lot of people used that opportunity to sit and rest, since they didn't know any of the songs anyway. A guy in front of us did just that. And the crazy drunk lady next to him yells in his ear: "Why are you sitting??? Are you bored????? Listen to his [Steven Tyler's] voice! He's like 50-something and that's his VOICE!!!"
The poor kid looked like he didn't quite know what to do. But yeah... these crazy drunk people are always quite frightening to me.

I was feeling bad for being annoyed at the type of A$$holes that you all described. After reading this thread, I feel much better. Thanks!

Oh yeah, I had the epitome of that in front of me at Bon Jovi a few years ago. She was around 50... bleached blonde mullet... cow print skirt and matching cowboy hat (which she waved around a lot), purse, and cowboy boots. She was dancing around like a crazy person throughout the whole show, even the ballads... she was spilling her beer, bumping into the people next to her (one was her husband, the other was some very unlucky lady), and even fell down at one point (which was unfortunate, but hysterical).

sorry to hijack......
But how was the Aerosmith / KISS concert. I am going on Wednesday night.

thanks-wendi

I actually have a deep set hatred for the drunken bastards who don't realize the only reason they're standing up is because they're leaning on you. Do I look like a freakin' coatrack????

I had this humongous guy teetering and leaning on my shoulder during Aerosmith. He continued to lean on me for physical and emotional support until he passed out in a ditch.

I went home and burned my clothes.

thats when you "accidentally" elbow them or push them out of the way...i need my personal space and i will resort to physical violence if its invaded...but thats just me.