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Post by cairnterrier on Apr 12, 2008 22:10:19 GMT -5
I didn't quite know where exactly to put this question, if this is the wrong board... moderators please feel free to move it.
Ever go to a concert...one that you paid good money for tickets and have waited months for the big night to arrive....only to have to be seated near the world's most ANNOYING FAN?
You know the type...the girl who screams at everything...quite often yelling out stuff such as "ELTON I LOVE YOU!!!, screaming so loud the people all around the section turn around and give her dirty looks. Or the off key singer...the person who sings every song word for word in a very loud manner and is very much tone deaf. Or the person who gets up to go to the bathroom, concession stand, the railing, or whereever....so every minute the whole row of people has to do the "excuse me, excuse me, pardon me, excuse me" dance taking away from the sights and sounds of the concert. Or the person who should not have drank 13 tequilla shots in the bar across from the arena before the concert...enough said.
Any stories about the "Fan From Hell"?
On the flip-side...ever go to a concert and end up enjoying the crazy fan in your section that made everybody laugh the entire show? There is always somebody like that as well.
Imput?
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Post by H2IZCOOL on Apr 12, 2008 23:38:54 GMT -5
I didn't quite know where exactly to put this question, if this is the wrong board... moderators please feel free to move it. Ever go to a concert...one that you paid good money for tickets and have waited months for the big night to arrive....only to have to be seated near the world's most ANNOYING FAN? You know the type...the girl who screams at everything...quite often yelling out stuff such as "ELTON I LOVE YOU!!!, screaming so loud the people all around the section turn around and give her dirty looks. Or the off key singer...the person who sings every song word for word in a very loud manner and is very much tone deaf. Or the person who gets up to go to the bathroom, concession stand, the railing, or whereever....so every minute the whole row of people has to do the "excuse me, excuse me, pardon me, excuse me" dance taking away from the sights and sounds of the concert. Or the person who should not have drank 13 tequilla shots in the bar across from the arena before the concert...enough said. Any stories about the "Fan From Hell"? On the flip-side...ever go to a concert and end up enjoying the crazy fan in your section that made everybody laugh the entire show? There is always somebody like that as well. Imput? Well, the one that comes to mind most easily to me was not at a regular rock concert; it was at a musical tribute show that was going around a lot back in the early '80s called Beatlemainia. Basically four guys wore mop tops and '60s Beatles outfits and sang an entire concert of Beatles songs. Quite good, actually, and my wife and I had two great seats in about row 6 on the aisle. Well, there were these two couples in their late teens early 20s sitting right in front of us. They kept getting up during the concert/show and walking out to (we think) smoke some weed, and then they'd come back. Why the ushers let them do this throughout the show, I don't knoiw. But what ws most annoying was that each time they came back, (and it must have been 10 times or so, the guy on the END would get in first and sit down. Then the person next to him would climb over him, blocking our view and talking loudly and laughing at the same time, and sit in the next seat. Then the third person would climb over the two that were sittng and ..... etc. I guess they thought they were funny and cute. They were neither. |
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Post by jbd on Apr 13, 2008 8:17:46 GMT -5
one time i was at an outdoor show where a rowdy group of guys were puffin' on stogies all night. i almost had to leave... www.jukeboxdave.com |
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Post by jbd on Apr 13, 2008 8:19:47 GMT -5
oh yeah...not that this ANNOYED ME (wink) but two braless gals at a DAVID BOWIE concert at BOSTON GARDEN whipped off their shirts and danced in the crowd till security intervened... www.jukeboxdave.com |
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Post by Railyn on Apr 14, 2008 23:03:21 GMT -5
I usually get the obnoxious fans - generally drunk too. KISS - Psycho Circus - the people sitting next to us were obviously stoned. Given the special effects in that show, I'm shocked they didn't go into cardiac arrest. Duran Duran - Astronaut Tour - the people in front of us practically had a threesome right there. They were all large people, and made no effort to squeeze in (I squeezed in on my row). There were 2 people on the end who had no place to sit - they made no effort to move. They were drunk when they came in, and they smoked all night (legal and not legal). Nelson and I took turns getting security. The two women were wearing tank tops with large armholes - you could see their sweaty bras  and their unshaved armpits. Huey Lewis And The News - Plan B Tour - this was an outdoor show. There was this strange lady there with a crew cut, and her husband. She carried around this 3(ish) year old - never once put him down to walk or anything (this was at a festival - we saw her all over the place). We just got this weird vibe off her. A few weeks later, she showed up at a local restaurant I was at (this concert was over 2 hours away - freaky) and took her shirt up in the middle of the restaurant and nursed that 3 year old kid.  Charlie Daniels Band - Redneck Fiddlin' Man Tour - this was also at an outdoor venue, and they had a crapload of opening acts. The first one ran over, and none of the ones after them wanted to cut their set short. By the time Charlie came out, the beer was sold out, the port-o-pots were all full (and therefore unusable, giving people creative license to go wherever), and everyone was good and drunk and ticked off. Lots of throwing things and screaming every time someone new came out. Charlie Daniels Band - (fall '06 - can't remember if tour had a name) - this was at a theatre. The guy in front of us was drunk, and kept getting up for more booze. They won't let you bring it back in, so he had to booze up in the lobby, and hurry back for the show. He was playing air violin, and acting like a total moron. Halfway through Charlie's "jam" song, he plugged his ears. When he gave the band an opportunity to do original songs, he'd pull his hat over his eyes like he was sleeping. The guy next to us was walking with a cane. He kept making us get up and down (not sure if he was going out to smoke, or drink, or what). After the 4th time, Nelson said - nicely - would you please not get up and down so much?, he climbed over the row of seats behind us. So much for that cane...... I think that's it. I always get the drunk morons near me.....  |
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Post by Dawn on Apr 14, 2008 23:16:10 GMT -5
Last year at the Police concert at the Staples Center, some jerk sat right in the stairway, next to Mark's seat which was on the aisle, and started lighting up a cigarette. Now Mark is extremely sensitive to cigarette smoke, and he politely asked him to put it out. Thankfully, the guy did without too much of a fuss, but how inconsiderate (not to mention illegal and a fire hazard) for him to have lit up in the first place.
In 2006 we were at a Brian Wilson concert at the Cannery in Las Vegas, and the people sitting behind us kept spilling cups of beer all over the place. It seeped into the camera case we had under our seats and ruined one of our cameras.
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and their unshaved armpits. 
