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Jesus_Quintana [Edit] [Delete] 40 replies 03:53, 2 September '05

Why!!!!??

Why the fuck do grown (the average age of people who mosh in odd places is about 33) men feel the need to do it? It fucking pisses me off so much. At a metal gig, fine I guess, but the fucking Arcade Fire at Reading what the fucking fuck!? The Pixies!? FUCKING CUNTS! I don't care if you're even doing it in ironic way, just fuck off. Indfact, if you're doing it in an ironic way you should be shot in the face repeatedly for three days.

Every band should just come onstage and say "moshing is for 13 year old virgins with small penises"

My new thing is to trip anyone who pisses me off by moshing up sneakily so they get hurt.

Jumping - Fine
Dancing - Fine
Moshing - FUCKING GET AWAY FROM ME YOU HAIRY SWEATY FUCKING MORON

That's another thing, taking off your shirt at gigs does not make you any less hot. it just makes you cover other people in your sweat.

God damn the world.

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BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!
well said. i was completely appalled to see kids "moshing" at muse as well as bloc party. very very sad.

phenotypic | 2 Sep '05, 04:28 | X
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Whenever I see a mosher I think, "learn to dance fuckwit".

It's a slightly tenuous hypothesis but I think actually dancing (as opposed to just jumping about / leaning from side to side / nodding your head) gets you into more music, it helps you 'get' some kinds of music so much better on a basic level.

matt | 2 Sep '05, 04:50 | X
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  Not an instant effect, but one that comes with time.
  
  Maybe moshing helps you get into rock, but I never really felt the need in my teen alt-rock-loving years. Rock can be danced to properly and it's more fun.
  
  matt @matt | 2 Sep '05, 04:53 | X
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    Well said Adrian, I was thinking much the same last night. Take them to a hardcore show, see if they still like 'moshing' then.
    
    thewarn @Adrian_Denial | 2 Sep '05, 11:15 | X
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      I was more concerned about you being kicked in the ehad!
      
      cosmik_debris @blingblingbling | 2 Sep '05, 12:04 | X
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        In Paris, moshing is quiet rare wich is a really good things !
        
        lyle @blingblingbling | 2 Sep '05, 13:29 | X
        
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        I completely agree with the above statements, I mean I've seen people "mosh" to Arcade Fire, 22 20's etc. I really would like to just pick up the kids who think they are hard by moshing to these bands then dump them in a converge pit and see what happens.
        
        smallpox_champion @lyle | 2 Sep '05, 13:36 | X
        
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        When I was at the Secret Machine's the people I was with were acting like the crap crap crappiest possible. (yeah i know, great choice of words there! *cough*).
        
        YOU DON'T MOSH AT THE SECRET MACHINES!!
        
        ...
        
        SERIOUSLY! YOU DON'T!
        
        Gah, stupid people.
        
        fihiki @smallpox_champion | 2 Sep '05, 13:40 | X
        
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        Oxes played the wheatsheaf in oxford recently. a small litlle pub venue of about 150 capacity. there was a mosh pit there for them that night. a bunch of crazy-see math/art rock fans getting their rocks off.
        
        one of my friends got hurt, but it serves him right.
        
        cotty @fihiki | 2 Sep '05, 14:15 | X
        
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        Who got hurt that night (bar yannis' casualties)?
        
        I dont think it detracts from the music at a gig like that, it's almost more like dancing, just very violently and I can't see much easier ways to react to rhythms like theirs.
        
        si02 @cotty | 6 Sep '05, 03:17 | X
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        I've had my glasses broken TWICE by crowd surfers, once at Bloc Party and the other time watching the Libertines at Reading. They are poo (the crowd surfers, not my glasses).
        
        One of the reasons the Futureheads are great is that they tell people not to crowd surf. Barry got quite pissed off with someone when I saw them in Newcastle...
        
        piptasia @blingblingbling | 4 Sep '05, 11:42 | X
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        unless he boots you in the face of course.
        
        zombie_crew_1985 @Adrian_Denial | 2 Sep '05, 15:43 | X
        
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        and then they will be about 5 of the dude, and it would look even better
        
        ;)
        
        zombie_crew_1985 @zombie_crew_1985 | 2 Sep '05, 15:44 | X
        
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        Yeah, its well annoying.
        
        dick_cheese @zombie_crew_1985 | 2 Sep '05, 15:46 | X
        
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        Some cunts did it at a club in manchester called Satans Hollow (Last time i went it was cheesy dance music, it wasnt full of goths) but they got bullied. Ha!
        
        dick_cheese @dick_cheese | 2 Sep '05, 16:00 | X
        
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        God Forbid people should have fun at shows...
        
        fullerov @dick_cheese | 2 Sep '05, 16:03 | X
        
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        If your idea of "having fun" is randomly pushing/kicking/punching people then maybe you should go to Slipknot gigs instead.
        
        Having fun is fine, when it encrouches on other people's enjoyment it is not. I'd be ok with it if the moshing area was a fenced off bit at the back.
        
        Jesus_Quintana @Terra | 2 Sep '05, 16:38 | X
        
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        If you don't want to be pushed a bit, avoid the front.
        
        fullerov @Terra | 2 Sep '05, 17:08 | X
        
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        Personally I couldn't give a toss.
        
        They have no problem with looking like a nipple, let them do it.
        
        Also... '13 year old virgins'... Is there supposed to be some irony in that?
        
        wrightylew | 2 Sep '05, 17:15 | X
        
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        "I was getting laid when I was 10 mate"
        
        I think the victimisation of the mosher is not a good thing, it takes away from the real villain of the concert hall: The Talker
        
        ToxicJesus @wrightylew | 2 Sep '05, 17:41 | X
        
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        I don't mind being "pushed about a bit" that's inevitable in a big crowd. I object to being crushed/punched/fallen on by cunts, that's all.
        
        Moshers don't have the fucking right of way to go to the front anyway, they're generally the one's who aren't looking at the band/listening to the music.
        
        Everyone should take my advice and trip the bastards over. I did it twice yesterday and felt very happy with myself.
        
        Jesus_Quintana @ToxicJesus | 2 Sep '05, 17:48 | X
        
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        People wanna dance, let people dance. Stand a little way away and they won't bother you in the slightest, unless you want them to.
        
        Crowd surfing's a bit antisocial though.
        
        lanky | 4 Sep '05, 14:02 | X
        
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        I agree, moshing is lame, it even pisses me off at metal gigs, it's so homoeroticly pointless. Luckily being a big bastard i can just stand wherever i want and get left alone by teen 'crazees'.
        
        I kicked a crowd surfer at a Skunk Anansie gig once because he fell on me and it really really hurt, then i got scared and ran away, i was young, i ate a cheeseburger.
        
        I'm a bit of a gig facist actually, i hate everyone, people who clap during songs (unless it's instigated by the band), moshers, surfers, pushers in, people who heckle and worst of all people who sing along; if i wanted to hear them i'd Mic' up their shower, i've paid to see the band!
        
        lordsaccharine | 6 Sep '05, 10:22 | X
        
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        Preach!
        
        lordsaccharine @zxcvbnm | 6 Sep '05, 12:18 | X
        
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        There seems to be some universal law that states that, even though I'm over 6' tall, the only other person in the entire venue who's taller than me will come and stand directly in fron of me.
        Actually, being tall, I'm always conscious of standing in front of little people, I tend to invite any who end up behind me to move in front.
        
        Can I add people who wear big hats to gigs (you're indoors and you cannot possibly be cold. Take it off so I can see past you, dick), and anyone who has ever gotten up onto someone else's shoulders and stayed there for more than a few seconds. If I didn't love beer so much I'd throw my beer at those bastards!
        
        But The Talker is by far the worst. Anything else you can pretty much ignore.
        
        kovacs @lordsaccharine | 6 Sep '05, 13:35 | X
        
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        bravo to the being nice to short people :) why do some extra tall idiots have to go on the barrier?? NOT LOGICAL!!
        
        misskerry @kovacs | 6 Sep '05, 13:47 | X

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