#72
by Bhurzum » Fri Aug 05, 2022 6:39 pm
Service Dog wrote: ↑
I can't stand 200-500 person rock venues now... with perfect digital sound systems, everybody is bathed & unsweaty in new clothes, no cig or weed smoke in the air. Only phones held high. Feels like I'm not really there.
Last gig I went to was the polar opposite - young female lance corporal I was "an item" with had expressed an interest in some of my stranger music CD's. So, on the spur of the moment, I procured us a couple of tickets to see Slipknot (I think it was the "Disasterpieces" tour - that's how far back we're going) and I bought her a Slipknot long-sleeve. She was blissfully unaware of the antics that go on at metal concerts (mosh pits, stage diving, random bottle projectiles etc) so I gave her a little warning brief before we entered the venue.
Gig was great, band was its usual ultra-high-energy self, they were filming for a tour DVD but I don't think we made it into the footage, and we had a great time. At one point, I hoisted her onto my shoulders (much to the annoyance of the mutants behind me) as she went mental to the music.
When we left the venue, she was black and blue, had lost clumps of her hair, was missing one of her sleeves and had several smoke-burns on her arms and back.
"Amazing - when are they here next?" was her final verdict.
It should be pointed out, she was a generic "pop music" kinda girl, very safe, totally sedate and "normal" as can be.
[quote="Service Dog" post_id=511774 time= user_id=907]
I can't stand 200-500 person rock venues now... with perfect digital sound systems, everybody is bathed & unsweaty in new clothes, no cig or weed smoke in the air. Only phones held high. Feels like I'm not really there.[/quote]
Last gig I went to was the polar opposite - young female lance corporal I was "an item" with had expressed an interest in some of my stranger music CD's. So, on the spur of the moment, I procured us a couple of tickets to see Slipknot (I think it was the "Disasterpieces" tour - that's how far back we're going) and I bought her a Slipknot long-sleeve. She was blissfully unaware of the antics that go on at metal concerts (mosh pits, stage diving, random bottle projectiles etc) so I gave her a little warning brief before we entered the venue.
Gig was great, band was its usual ultra-high-energy self, they were filming for a tour DVD but I don't think we made it into the footage, and we had a great time. At one point, I hoisted her onto my shoulders (much to the annoyance of the mutants behind me) as she went mental to the music.
When we left the venue, she was black and blue, had lost clumps of her hair, was missing one of her sleeves and had several smoke-burns on her arms and back.
"Amazing - when are they here next?" was her final verdict.
It should be pointed out, she was a generic "pop music" kinda girl, very safe, totally sedate and "normal" as can be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Zgz-8PsnA