7 sats \ 1 reply \ @Squeeze_every_Sat 2 Mar \ on: What's the best concert you ever saw? How about the last one you saw? Music
No I’m not fun at parties.
I’m probably in the super minority in terms of my opinions here.
Everyone seems to love concerts. I don’t get them.
Last one I went to was also Incubus. Think this was a little before the pandemic started.
I’ve listened to their music peripherally on MTV, the radio (I sound old to myself as I write this), and they are now on my Spotify list. Drive turns out to be more and more meaningful in my life.
I love their music, and music in general, but concerts are not about music, at least to me. The audio is set up for a big audience. Everything just sounds super loud. It’s not pleasant to listen to.
Sure I might get starstruck for a second and may want an autograph or picture. But I don’t really care enough about them to pay hundreds of dollars to see the band perform with loud unpleasant audio set up.
It seems like what people get out of concerts is to get a story out of it. “I went to a tool concert this weekend”.
This doesn't apply to classical concert bands, orchestras symphonies etc, where the sound quality actually matters for the live performance.
I’m sure a lot of artists’ musical talents would blow me and most people away if in a small quiet set up where the sound isn’t blasting so hundreds or thousands of people could hear.
Maybe I’m not a fan of the scale? Either way, I’ve never enjoyed it.
Yea, I mean I love crowds, and I love concerts, but loud for the sake of loud doesn't do anything for me. Nor the stories I can tell from them. Sometimes and some types of music the quality is not near enough headphones to be satisfied, but I do enjoy the experience, and it's not because fanboi for me. I do spend a significant amount of time marveling at the masses who dance out of rhythm virtue signaling for social credit while not understanding music. But at the same time I love the energy of a mass of people listening to the same thing.
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