Concert behavior

[fmgatti@redrose.net]

 > Who are these people?  At the WPB show we were 5th row dead center
> and the guy behind us tugged on my husband's shirt and asked
> him to sit down.
 
> > They sat there like dead fish.  I was even asked to shhhhh
 
What are these people thinking, anyway? They wouldn't be caught 
DEAD in those seats for shows 20 years ago.  We gotta let 'em know 
it is STILL not safe, nor will it EVER BE safe for them to be down 
front for a WHO show.

The problem today is that those connected to the money get the good 
seats, and go for a variety of reasons (to be seen, so 
that they may brag about their seats, etc).  They are not there 
just because it's The Who.  The same holds true in professional 
sports.  The real fans are being forced further and further away from 
the action by the "influential" people who get the good seats and go 
just for something to do.  In the Philly area, we call them the 
"corporate types".  

I say let them all sit in the cheap seats if they want 
to go and be quiet.  Restrict the good seats to those fans who 
will enjoy them the most,  and use them properly.

My wife and I had "lawn" tickets for the Camden show (can't call 'em 
"seats", 'cause we didn't sit), and had a blast - singing, dancing, 
windmilling.  Nobody out on the lawn asked us to sit down or be 
quiet, because everyone out there  was doing the same thing.

"We'd like to ask for a little quiet, because, as Keith Moon would 
have said, 'Have a little respect, it's a F*&@ING OPERA!'"
- - Roger Daltrey, from the June 27, 1989 Radio City Music Hall 
performance of "Tommy"