The problem with music
- Started 11 years ago
- Last post 11 years ago
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- monospaced0
- this is how you do itmonospaced
- "...you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."********
- huh?monospaced
- Oh, nothing. Just a joke about this moment being the last time anyone had fun at a concert.********
- haha, got itmonospaced
- i like Santigold!benfal99
- ideaist0
Jack shreds (saw him in 2001 in Detroit with The Strokes):
He's doing more for music than most; artists MUST be critical when the public is not...
...This is a larger societal problem where the public has chosen a "social" life on the screens in their pockets and in their hands at the demise of anything/everything happening around them.
- ...Mostly out of laziness/complacency...ideaist
- The thing is, those guitar riffs and solos and crazy singing used to be avant grade. Now it's just old news.********
- nb, stop. It's more complicated than "music is boring these days", Please, stop it.benfal99
- I'm just saying that Jack White isn't doing anything particularly creative. People use their phones for many reasons, not just because they're bored.********
- ... just because they're bored.********
- ********0
How do you go about saying "kids these days" or "teens these days" and not realize that you're the out-of-touch old fart that you used to make fun of?
- if not posting every moment to social media is out of touch, then fuck these kids these daysmonospaced
- "fuck these kids these days" is what old farts say! From every generation!********
- Fuck kids? I'm calling the policeukit2
- hahamonospaced
- ideaist0
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The problem is that it's not only kids; it's all ages.
Your mom/dad/uncle/aunt are all sexting and recording videos in portrait mode rather than living with their eyes open; focused forward.
- DRIFTMONKEY0
It's not just music, I think we would all benefit from not being so distracted all the time.
- yeahmonospaced
- True, but this is far from a new concept. It's been around forever. Has nothing to do with phones or kids or music.********
- yeahKrassy
- ********0
The problem is that everyone cares what other people are doing, even when it doesn't affect them at all.
"I can't enjoy this concert because other people aren't enjoying this concert!"
- Energy is contagious though. If everyone around you is apathetic it spreads.Al_dizzle
- yes, it does affect everyone else, the energy of the crowd is dead when they are on phonesmonospaced
- Oh, so you're upset that everyone else isn't having enough fun? How selfish of them!********
- you talk like you've never been to a good live show before, nbmonospaced
- Krassy0
QBN is distracting me from enjoying Pink Floyd's "Meddle" right now
- 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.
- 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
- benfal990
Beyoncé telling a dude to "put that camera down" and enjoy the moment (near the end of the video)
- moldero0
I don't even bring my phone to a show, cause I'm the mosh pit mother fuckin KING!
- Krassy0
reminds of:
- 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.
(...)
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"
(...)
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.
