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People who sit on shoulders at open air gigs.
I am just watching a recording of Live8 and there are quite a few, mainly girls, sitting on the shoulders of friends. What do the people immediately behind think when they have their view blocked?
I went to the Bruce Springsteen concert at Crystal Palace two years ago and we were about in the middle of the arena. In front of me there was a man who had his young son on his shoulders for ¾ of the concert and he was exactly in my line of sight to centre stage. I was not close enough to ask him to move, and moving to the side was not an easy option.
OK, it did not spoil the concert much but I did end up watching the monitors rather than the stage for a lot of the time.
I realise that a four foot kid would see nothing if he just stood, and no doubt his dad wanted him to share a fantastic concert. But the girls on shoulders at Live8 would get a good view if they just stood up normally.
What do you think? Am I a party pooper who should just accept it? Or is it something that bugs you as well?
Maybe it is OK for a few minutes but ¾ of the concert is too much?
Comments please.
I went to the Bruce Springsteen concert at Crystal Palace two years ago and we were about in the middle of the arena. In front of me there was a man who had his young son on his shoulders for ¾ of the concert and he was exactly in my line of sight to centre stage. I was not close enough to ask him to move, and moving to the side was not an easy option.
OK, it did not spoil the concert much but I did end up watching the monitors rather than the stage for a lot of the time.
I realise that a four foot kid would see nothing if he just stood, and no doubt his dad wanted him to share a fantastic concert. But the girls on shoulders at Live8 would get a good view if they just stood up normally.
What do you think? Am I a party pooper who should just accept it? Or is it something that bugs you as well?
Maybe it is OK for a few minutes but ¾ of the concert is too much?
Comments please.
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also flag flying people-idiots!
3/4 of a concert is WAY too much- 5 minutes ok,more than that is just plain rude!
Take a pogo stick next time
No-one seems to respect this rule anymore.
I think your a party pooper, lets face it nothing over the size of a size 10 can be carried for long period's of time so it just highlight's the totty for us,
At a large (or small for that matter) gig its every man (or woman) for themselves and you're going to have to live with it.
I'm five foot, and can guarantee that either the tallest man in the whole world usually wearing a tall hat and stack heels will come and stand in front of me. I usually tap them on the back, smile sweetly and ask them to move - and 9 times out of 10 they usually oblige. Maybe us shorties should be automatically allowed to the front -
But - agree shoulder sitting and flag flying is a total pain. Been at loads of concerts where the shoulder sitters have had plastic bottles thrown at them - some containing 'liquid' which usually encourages them to get down. Whilst I don't necessarily condone the bottle chucking, I think the shoulder sitters should have more consideration.
Anyway - now I always take one of those kiddie steps with me (like the ones you can get in Mothercare for kids to stand on to reach the sink with - ) - only takes me up another few inches, so makes me about 5' 4" - much more respectable height - and amazing how much more you can see up there.
agreed!
what a fantastic idea
6'7" - :eek:
Aha! So you're the guy that always comes and stands in front of me!!! -
Don't forget the other proviso, you must be at least halfway decent looking. No one wants some minger with miserable tits bouncing away up there. Thats no fun at all.
I agree though, bring back the topless girls!
extremely sore piles
If you are behind, all you see is her naked back. Nice but not fantastic.
If you are in front you will either not notice or you will look a total perv if you turn around and look at her instead of the band on the stage.
It is good for a filmed gig when the camera zooms in.
You may have opened a legal loophole by using 'halfway decent'. Some mingers could chance employing a no win-no fee muppet ( or use legal aid) to confirm their upper half is in someway acceptable, but only during (assisted) handstands.
I think a more detailed disecton of the important factors in this precedent is required. I will gratefully accept all non minger photos of breasts for a scientific approach to the 'best concert' experience.
I'd probably turn around and stare. Not for my own benefit, but I love it when people do stupid things just to get attention. I love focussing all of my attention on them until they realise that attention isn't so nice after all.
Yes, I really am that sad.
When I went to see Will Young at Eastleigh last summer, I had a great view with a group of smallish people in front of me (I'm only 5'2") and then this moron came and stood right in front of me. I tapped him on the shoulder and told him to get back behind me. "I've been here since 8 o'clock", he moaned. "So what", I said. "I've been here since 5.30! Get behind me". He did go behind me but the woman who WAS behind me made him go further back and he finished up several rows back. This was in the marquee!