what do YOU do at gigs?
do you sing along with every word?
do you clap or wave your hands in the air when the band prompts you to?
do you cheer when the singer says "hello Wolverhampton!!" or wherever you happen to be?
do you participate in any call-and-response type shenanigans?
do you punch the air and do that pointing at the stage thing as you sing along?
do you shout for more at the end of the set?
I don't do any of these things. I'm a curmudgeon. I'll sing along a bit and tap my foot as appropriate. And I'll only clap at the end of the songs, none of this clapping and cheering at every little mid-song break.
And i don't shout for an encore. I figure that either the band will come back, or they won't.
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Look at my phone,
take photos, chat and drink beer.
I sing along. Air guitar, air drum, air bass,
Needless to say I don't spend much time near the front, or I would injure people, and in all likelihood injure myself more.
Depends on a number of thinsg is suppose,
who the band is, how well i know their stuff, what the crowd is up to, how much beer is in my belly.
But generally i cover:
a wee singalong
a wee dance
a wee jump about
occasionaly chat with friends and punters
Rarely shout for more as i don't believe in encores.
i believe in encores, they definitely definitely exist
tis a bit silly though, half the venues i go to don't even have anywhere for the band to go at the end, so they just mope about at the side of the stage for a bit looking a bit embarrassed before moping back onto the stage.
...and have to come back on within 20 seconds
else the chanting will have died down and people will be going to the bar :D
I'll tell you what I don't do
I don't hold my phone aloft to record the whole thing because obviously memory won't just cut it for me.
I do have a wee drink and a dance tho
I'm usually the excitable drunk guy
bouncing about, knocking into you and spilling your drink. For this I am sorry.
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I hang my head in shame whenever this is sung, especially at gigs. at least at Elland Road you expect braindead chants
I was at a gig recvently where teh lead singer thought the crowd were shouting
YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE YOU'RE SHITE
It all got a bit nasty.
It depends on who I'm seeing and how I'm feeling as to whether I'm in the moshpit breaking ribs or standing on the sidelines looking on wistfully.
This happened at my first gig when I was thirteen
I bricked myself
It depends on who I'm seeing.
For some bands, I'm jump headlong into the throng and scream along.
For others, I might stand back and tap my foot and nod my head.
On occasion, I might stare in horrified disbelief.
And for a very select few, I'll squeal like an excited little piggy schoolgirl.
London style
Talk loudly about how great they were when i saw them play in a cupboard at a gallery warehouse art party 17,000 years ago
:D
Depends on the band
I stopped singing along quite so much after having a Black Box Recorder gig ruined by some douchey Manics fan type sing along to EVERY FUCKING SONG louder than the band.
(I never hold my camera phone in the air to take shit footage for no good reason whatsoever)
...
This is why, though I quite like Biffy Clyro, I will never attend one of their gigs again. More than any other band I've seen, they think it's big and clever to loudly and insistently request their favourite track after every song, regardless of whether or not the band are using a set-list - WHICH THEY ALMOST ALWAYS ARE. But that's not even the worst thing: Not only do these pricks sing along to every lyric, a good proportion actually sing along to GUITAR LINES. That is epically retarded any way you put it. Put beside the tendancy for Biffy to attract these tearful emo "THIS SONG MEANS SO, SO MUCH TO ME!" types and all-in-all, a Biffy Clyro gig turns from a decent prospect on paper to the nightmarish inspiration for an hour of impotent rage in reality.
Depends
but I hate the "clapping and cheering at every little mid-song break" - these are the people who don't really know the band or the songs and think that it's finished.
If it's a band I love love love then I'll be singing, cheering, pointing and dancing. Last time was Blur at Hyde Park.
Is it not acceptable
to watch a band whose songs you don't know?
pretty much this time table
clap when band come on - make sure im giving an encouraging " yes we're so happy you are playing" smile if they look into the crowd.
dance -feel i look, you know, STOOOOPID
Stop dancing
tap and my foot and worry if i look like jeremy clarkson
worry if i should have brought my bag with me
fold arms, stop tapping foot
look 'INTENSE'
clap when the songs finish - kind of scream/shout in that 'manly' way - fail.
pretend i am whistling in appreciation - fail.
determine to talk to band - don't, but get t-shirt - go home
play beneath a steel sky on my phone
if I'm with a hottie I pretend I'm Shabba
.
Drink pints, go on Twitter and ignore the actual gig itself.
I'm the guy standing towards the back, paranoid a bit about his height getting in everyone's way even though I'm not *that* tall.
I'm tapping my foot, singing along quietly, and raising my pint to thank them for the good songs.
I'm certainly not the guy taking photos on his phone, calling for an encore or requesting songs.
At festivals all of this goes out of the window and I'm everything from the guy air drumming, the guy singing along to the basslines, the guy down the front acting about 10 years younger than he is or the guy passing out near the bar.
"stephen"
That's rapidly becoming as annoying as people shouting for individual songs as well.
Bloody people.
I used to do all that
now I skulk around the peripheries looking 'cool'
headbang vigorously
i NEVER try to take photos or videos - i'd rather watch the gig thanks.
I NEVER clap along - it makes me feel like i'm at a 3 year old's birthday party.
I NEVER sing along out loud - people around me want to hear the vocalist, not my wails.
I NEVER crowd surf. Selfish to the M-A-X.
I NEVER chat to folk around me during songs.
I consider all of the above to be common gig courtesy.
I ALWAYS bop my head and move about with some enthusiasm.
I ALWAYS go fucking crazy when Basement Jaxx play 'Where's Ur Head At?'
oh, and i NEVER cheer for encores
Walking off stage knowing you're going to walk back on in 3 mins is embarrassing. Play your set and fuck off, ta.
I shout "Summer of '69" after at least one song coz I think I'm hilarious...
Stand there tapping my foot and if I'm drunk I run round doing the 'aeroplane' thinking I'm Vincento Montella.
all i do is dance
...
I just do ironically bad dancing, cos I'm HAVING FUN! Woo!
I do all of the aforementioned in the original post
It depends on the gig
but all opf the above? At some point anyways
I tend to mouth along
in a slightly creepy fashion. sometimes this includes guitar lines. I usually think I'm being dead still but people tell me afterwards I was rocking out all on my own. I cheer lots, including for encores even though I hate them. I don't want to be the only one not cheering.
I don't bump into people because I don't like people bumping into me, I like nice sedate 'hipster' crowds who don't stress me out.
I try to keep from running out to the car and speeding off.
i fight
children
stand at the front peering over trying to work out what effects pedals they are using
Scowl at people who talk during the quiet songs.
Especially the ones who talk through every song of every act of an acoustic gig they've paid to see
I throw pints of warm piss
I throw pints of cold lager
I get on my mate's shoulders
I take thousands of shite photos and videos
I stand on your feet
I push you in the back
I stand on your girlfriend's feet when she's wearing flipflops/strappy shoes
I AM A GIG CUNT.
judge the atmosphere