One thing that’s guaranteed to get me to exercise more is knowing there’s a mosh pit in three months.
Me, mid-thirties and still jumping in the pit during the headliner: what?
A lot of us don’t take great care of our bodies, unfortunately.
and/or bad genetics and/or physically degrading occupations :(
(i have neither i have no excuse haha)
I also love audience participation and I find people sitting are 10 times less likely to participate. I haven’t found it common but being able to buy a seat but still stand and mosh etc is ideal.
Get yourself some good insoles and hearing protection.
I’m going to a concert tomorrow and this is gonna be me. If only parking wasn’t a hassle (and if public transit was actually a viable option), I’d arrive just in time for the show to start instead of getting there more than an hour early.
Wear good shoes!
If you insist on wearing the same old pair of Vans with absolutely no cushioning, get some insoles, they’re a real game changer for old feet.
F that. You stand around, drink, socialize and then you go in the pit for the headliner.
I saw the Smashing Pumpkins a few years ago here in Seattle. The show was fantastic, but that’s not the point.
There were a handful (a very small handful) of young guys who were in the audience, standing up the whole time despite being in the seated section, where there’s really no benefit to standing up because you can’t see any better.
They were the only ones standing. The people behind and around them would ask them to sit down, and they would act like everybody else was the problem. And then on Reddit, I saw people complaining as though the older fans were the problem for wanting to sit in the sitting section as opposed to the standing section, despite the fact that most of the attendees were in their '30s-40s or older.
No. In the '90s, maybe. But we’re getting old now and you need to sit down. Those guys ruined the show for those people who had probably looked forward to seeing Smashing Pumpkins in concert for the last couple decades. Why ruin it for somebody else?
Now, if I went to some random punk show, I would expect to not be sitting. You have to consider where and when you are.
Out of curiosity where did you see them? Was it at Climate Pledge Arena? We went to a concert there not too long ago and the new seats were just awful. They really jammed as many as possible in during the remodel.
Like, my friend who is the average size of a fit 35 yr old was pretty much squished and uncomfortable. I mean, I’m pretty sure I had bigger seats in elementary school and these weren’t the cheap seats either! Not the Cadillac premium seats, no, but not far off.
We were in the back row of the section (in front of the tables) so we ended up standing most of the time because the seats were too frickin small to be even remotely comfortable. The people behind us were cool with it.
It could explain why the dudes in your experience didn’t sit, but I agree it is rude to stand in front of someone sitting, ESPECIALLY if you’re at the front of a section.
You don’t go to a concert to sit down
I hate that the pit is usually super expensive (like 3x as much as decent seats)
I sit down during seats to rest but I definitely stand up during the concert and most people do
Been putting in the exercise as I see Chelsea Grin and Suicide Silence tonight. My back and neck are not ready.
It do be like that. I’ve just had to learn my limits when it comes to pits. That and I can’t afford to break anything.
