ThePhanastasio

I searched, and nothing came up that was precisely what I wanted to talk about, so I hope that it was appropriate to start a thread about this.

So, what do you think about people in the audience talking during concerts? I don't mean the normal talking about what's going on on the stage, songs being played, how awesome it is to be at the concert, or anything like that. I mean the people who just won't shut up, who talk through the entire concert about things which are completely trivial and stupid, often shouting to their friends to be heard over the band and completely ignoring the concert itself, aside from ceasing talking long enough to applaud at the end of a song then going right back into the, "Oh my God, did you see Jane's new car? Yah. Yah. It's like blue. It's like, a Pontiac Firebird..."

Does this irk anyone else? Does anyone else see this as completely fine, even going so far as to do this yourself, and is it usually accepted as good concert behavior in your opinion?

I personally almost always get stuck next to people who are talking through the whole show. I know that it would typically be douchey to just tell someone to shut the hell up during a show, because, I mean, it's a concert and it's supposed to be fun. But the talky people who don't seem to give a **** about being there irk me to no end. And they make my concert experience less fun than it needs to be. I always hope that someone else around me will just tell them to shut up so that I'm not the one who has to start the bad vibes, but GOD.

Also, do you think that this is really common at concerts, or am I just unlucky?

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Palatable Vera

Man, I hate those people. I mean, I'm pretty sure I paid money to listen to some music and not learn about who's screwing who or about the strange new rashes that showed up on someone's genitalia.

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Banksy

Really? I never actually noticed this, I was too busy watching what was going on onstage I guess. *shrug*

I guess it also depends on the type of concert and who's playing. Really though idk who would pay good money to go ot a concert and stand there talking about "Jane's new car' or whatever it may be.

Burning Down

I went to see Elton John and Billy Joel about 2 years ago, and was stuck beside two women who would not shut up or stop laughing. I can't remember what they were talking about but they really only quieted down for Piano Man, which was the last song played. I'm betting that was the only song they cared about. I could hear the whole show just fine, but man were they ever annoying. Great concert, though

Paedantic Basterd

I detest anybody whose experience intrudes on my own, be that by talking or moshing or yelling for their favourite songs.

Freebase Dali

I don't think I've ever been to a concert where I could possibly hear someone nearby talking during the music, but I could imagine that it'd be just as annoying as people talking during a movie, if the music was soft or something.

Janszoon

Same here mostly. I guess I've been to a few concerts that were quiet enough but luckily no one around me was chit chatting.

This conversation reminds me though of a bootleg a friend of mine had of an early Primus concert, I think from back before they had any albums out. There's this guy, who was apparently really close to the recording device because you can hear him talking to his friend loud and clear, saying something along the lines of, "Meh. I mean I appreciate that these guys are trying to do something different but they just don't do it for me."

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ThePhanastasio

Ugh, that's awful. That's actually kind of what made me start this thread, to an extent - one of the Trey shows I downloaded features these girls talking obnoxiously the entire show. When they finally acknowledge that they're at a Trey Anastasio concert, one of them says, (during a really quiet instrumental section in the acoustic set) "Adam thinks he's probably a good guitarist," or something to that effect, then the guy taping says, "What? Who are you talking about?" and they say, "My friend Adam thinks he's a good guitarist." The guy taping is obviously irritated and says kind of annoyed, "Yes, he's a very good guitarist." This is after they talked nonstop the whole beginning of the show, and then they continued talking to each other.

I just remembered how much I detest those people at concerts, and realized that with my luck, I'd have probably been standing right next to them at that show. I always get stuck with the talkers.

Like, at a Gov't Mule show, during the second set, I got stuck next to this girl who talked to her friend nonstop. I was trying to listen to Warren Haynes absolutely killing it onstage, and ignoring her, then she turned to me. She saw I was wearing a Phish shirt, and proceeded to tell me all sorts of stuff about how she loved Phish - and kept saying the wrong names for songs, called the band members by the wrong names, etc. I would have been a little less annoyed if it was someone who really loved the band or something, and was just excited to talk about it, but would have wished they'd save the conversation for a setbreak or after the show. That one girl was just talking to me because her friend went to the bathroom or something and she was incapable of shutting up.

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Janszoon

I actually find it pretty funny, especially considering how successful Primus went on to be. But at the same time, yeah, those kind of wet blankets are annoying as fuck.

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someonecompletelyrandom

Exactly. I've never attended a "large" enough concert where that would be an issue. If I'm not at the front of the stage being crushed by 50 strangers I'm doing it wrong. There's no way anyone would be having a conversation in that.

Although.. I am going to Guy Clark this summer. Wonder how that'll turn out.