The problem with music
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- Fax_Benson0
That article is about 1600 words too long.
- animatedgif0
"Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who must be wrong" - The Article
- cannonball19780
Get rid of the stage
- try using your fucking iPhone right therecannonball1978
- (actually nm this was probably shot on one lol)cannonball1978
- Miguex0
working on music festivals showed me that lately there is a trend with artists too, asking for houselights to be turned on during their set to 'take an instagram' of the crowd. This trend will continue to grow over the next few years until it becomes as lame as opening djs jumping on the dj table screaming on a microphone for everyone to get turnt up
- inteliboy0
I saw Nihls Frahm at the opera house, seating, all proper - ofcourse I get this wacko bitch sitting next to me that laughs like mad whenever Frahm says anything, like she's scary in love with him, then as soon as he plays more piano she fucking brings her phone back up and keeps recording the whole thing. She was in her 30's, maybe 40's, so this is not some thing only "kids these days" do.
- benfal990
One thing that pisses me off too, people dont know how to turn down the fucking brightness on their smartphone! When i check my iPhone in dark places I ALWAYS turn the brightness down.
FFS!
- benfal990
On the same topic :
Apparently This Matters: At concerts, put that cell phone down :
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/te…From the article >
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"Wow! I totally just watched the awesome cell phone video you shot at that concert!"Said nobody ever.
(...)
Part of it might be the delusional notion of preserving a memory, but it's probably more about showing everyone in social media that you're actually out of your house doing something culturally important. As opposed to staying in and slathering your body with ranch dressing.
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the indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs decided to try something. They posted a sign:
"PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THE SHOW THROUGH A SCREEN ON YOUR SMART DEVICE/CAMERA. PUT THAT S--- AWAY as a courtesy to the person behind you and to Nick, Karen and Brian. MUCH LOVE AND MANY THANKS! YEAH YEAH YEAHS"
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when I saw Roger Waters perform "The Wall."
It was incredible. This show had explosions. And shiny things. And planes falling from the sky. It was complete sensory overload, (...)
"The Wall" was simply amazing. Yet, so many people missed the entire show. And they were literally right there. Amidst all the operatic madness of the classic Pink Floyd double album, everywhere I looked, people were watching it through 3 inches of glass on their phones.
- benfal990
Beyoncé telling a dude to "put that camera down" and enjoy the moment (near the end of the video)
- http://thejasminebra…benfal99
- at 1:02 to be precisebenfal99
- benfal990
the funniest part of all those video recordings during concerts is that those videos are most of the time super crappy, have super crappy sounds and people never listen to them afterward. It just filled hard drives and clouds for nothing. The act of filming is an affirmation of saying "i was there. i am alive"
its sad
- Al_dizzle0
Unless you are in the first 5 rows (or the pit) big venue shows have always been a sub-par experience, compared to the "brick and mortar" venues... That's not a symptom of the smartphone.
As for the article, I think its a tad sensationalist... I've been to dozens of shows in the last month, (some lame) but most of em pretty energetic, sweaty and fun times.
All of that, and I still managed to snap some pics with my phone.