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)
Early 40s here and I stood last year for GnR and they’re always late. No regrets. Still go to metal and electronic music gigs / “raves”
Yeah for higher energy bands especially, I just don’t get wanting to sit at shows. I’d rather just not go if I didn’t think I could stand/dance through a concert. I think it’s cool when venues have some designated seating for those who need it but it’s always kind of a bummer when I go and it’s mostly or only seated…kinda kills the energy
Yeah, I’d much rather be on gen-ad and standing than sitting up in the bleachers, but for some concerts it’s like 4x more for gen-ad over seated sections. Sucks, but I’d rather see the band sitting than pay that ridiculous mark up for it.
One thing that’s guaranteed to get me to exercise more is knowing there’s a mosh pit in three months.
F that. You stand around, drink, socialize and then you go in the pit for the headliner.
What if I’m not there for the headliner primarily? Smaller bands deserve to have a great audience aswell.
Yup, that’s happened too! Then you just flip the activities. Lol
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.
I can confirm 100% from football matches, that sitting down people are not participating.
Frankly it makes sense. Sitting down used to be for calm and relaxing in the times our genes formed.
Unhealthy*
This is the only true answer. Work on your fitness, people.
I disagree. I would say I’m healthy. I walk almost everywhere and I inline skate a lot, often do 20k in a single session. But i cannot stand still for the life of me. It hurts.
The secret is dancing
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My legs are fine, but my feet are killing me. Moving around is better than just standing around.
This is key. A decade ago I did all three days at the New England Metal and Hardcore festival. Bodies fell from the sky on me. I got punched in the back of the head. I was almost knocked out on multiple occasions. I lost my glasses and was blind for most of the trip. What hurt the most was my feet. The pain was only alleviated when I was running around in the pit and walking back to my motel. I was in my early 20s then. I can’t imagine doing that now.
I stupidly wore pointy shoes one day and died of pain. I don’t know how women wear heels to concerts.
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.
I have back issues - if I stand too long, my back really starts hurting. One of my favorite bands was playing in a standing room only place a few months ago, and I didn’t go because of it.
It’s not something that bothers me on a day-to-day basis, because I’m never really standing that long in normal situations. But for a few hours, on a concrete floor? That’s not going to go well.
Get better shoes. Or insoles. It will change your life.
Could also be a posture problem.
I agree But at the same time soles can only go so far
Same. I LOVE live music but I’m a cripple the next day.
A concert I went to recently started at 7 PM with the headliner immediately taking the stage and ended at 9 PM. Best show ever.
That’s another thing that really needs to change. I would go to so many more shows if they started earlier!
Been putting in the exercise as I see Chelsea Grin and Suicide Silence tonight. My back and neck are not ready.
I just saw them in Fort Wayne a couple weeks ago! Fantastic concert. Have fun and be safe
Show was super good! Neck is sore though lol.
Once I grew my hair out I couldn’t resist the urge to headbang like a maniac at metal shows. Can’t beat seeing Cannibal Corpse and Mayhem a couple months back… That was insane. Moshing and banging, probably the best concert I’ve ever seen
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.
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.
I was there, too, and I saw those guys. They were like the only young people in the vicinity and were so rude too the people around them. I was very glad that they were over to the left of me and not in front of me. There was zero reason to be standing in that 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
Concerts should be as inclusive as possible. If that means people can only go if there are seats, then it’s perfectly reasonable that there should be seats.
People go to a concert to listen to music. You can do that sitting or standing. Don’t shit in people’s preferences.
Everybody else there was sitting, so no, not most people do.
I’ve been uncomfortable standing for more than a minute, through my whole life.
Do I have a disease
Sometimes when I stand for too long, I get nausea and stomach cramps. Sitting down or walking cures that. Dunno what triggers that, it’s not a consistent effect, just sometimes.
Have you talked to a doctor about it? Sounds pretty weird.
Nope, I always forget it when I go for a check-up because it happens so infrequently. I had that since I was a kid, I remember throwing up at my First Communion because it took forever for the pastor to stop reading from the book.
Are you locking your knees? That can make people light headed and pass out. Idk. I’m sure you’ve thought of it but I’d hate for the solution to be that simple and you not know. I guess the question is does it happen if you’re walking for a long time or just standing still?
Never happens when I’m walking and only sometimes when I’m standing, so maybe I really just don’t know how to stand still properly lol
I’ll make sure not to forget to ask my doc next time I go there for a check up.
No idea! That’s unusual.
