On the negative side: People did not stop talking, shouting, smoking, moving around and recording the concert with their mobile phones during the whole freaking concert! We even had to move to a different place a couple of times to have a bit of silence. Why the hell do people pay a fortune to attend a concert like this when they cannot behave during a couple of hours? This spoilt the concert to me; the general atmosphere was a complete disaster.
... I may not be being fair, but I was very upset with the people around me and my wife was asking me to run way from the site as soon as possible. My very last memory of the amphitheater is all the waste lying on the floor, which perfectly summarizes the lack of people’s respect while being in a historical, protected venue. 2000 years have passed since last time the amphitheater held a public event and we’re as barbarian and disrespectful as then.
Our mini holidays continued the day after with a quick trip to Capri, a bit of sun bathing and swimming on the Mediterranean. Sweet!
¡Muchas gracias , César..este post está de puta madre!!!!
I'll NEVER understand how humans are so STUPID!!!
Last year I almost got into a fight with an American at the Dave Matthews concert in Madrid(that was full of STUPID "well off/yuppy" Americans who did not give a **** about the show!) who was SHOUTING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS IN FRONT OF THE STAGE TRYING TO GET INTO THIS GIRL'S PANTS...I told him, "Dude, go to the BACK and she'll hear you better and probably fall for you-MUCH better probability!!!!"
...same thing with KCrimson in 2003 in Madrid..people still YAPPING real loud while Fripp was doing his intro Soundscapes..I turned around and politely said "Listen, I know you paid your money to be here, but I also did, and I want to LISTEN to the music, I guess that is why you paid the money, so please, I'd HIGHLY appreciate it if you let me LISTEN to it and , if you want to talk, GO TO THE BACK!!!"
Regarding the ******' smartphones, I wish I was part of security and (as I have seen in many a concerts nowadays) , could take the phone from the ******** using them ...I mean, I understand some photos...but a video of the WHOLE CONCERT??? it's gonna look and sound like CRAP!!!! And on top of that you'll have MISSED THE SHOW!!!
I understand why many a fan have stopped going to concerts.And I can't blame them one tiny bit...stupid people shouting, the dumbphones, the ridiculously priced tix...hell, I'll wait for the DVD/BD- and it'll be CHEAPER...!!!
THE BEST AUDIENCE I HAVE BEEN A PART OF:
KCrimson ,
Aylesbury Sept 2015, 2nd concert...
They did not shout (or even TALK!) while the band was playing, or have their dumbphones out, and they all waited until the last note stopped ringing until they APPLAUDED...I tell ya, you could hear a PIN DROP in that place...I could NOT believe it!
Last night at Percy's gig, the audience was VERY respectful, very few took out the dumbphones and they were almost silent during the songs!!! I hope that's the case for next week's Seal concert ....
