oh and i saw lou reed perform "berlin" in london a couple of weeks ago, it was seated and people just couldn't sit still... it was like a nursery school... i don't get it, the tickets were in the region of £60 (well that was the face value, so god knows what people were actually paying... i got a free spare ticket from a friend) so why go to that trouble and expense in order to run to the bar as soon as it starts?!

Ticket touts ruin live shows for me. They tend to be the difference between me being there, and not being there, quite often.

On the occasions that I do manage to be there, my gripes:

1. naturally tall motherfuckers who also insist on wearing new rock boots with 6" heels, just in case they weren't already sure whether they'd block your view or not.
2. girls who dance about in a circle (worse if they put their handbags in the middle) and dance 'provocatively'. It's not a fkn disco.
3. people who sing along to every song, but out of tune. I don't mind people who sing along in tune, but if you can't sing then don't bloody sing, fool.
4. people who light a cigarette in the middle of the crowd and hold it in such a way that they're burning everyone around them. If I can smoke my cigarette without recking the clothing of half the crowd, so can you.
5. people who get hoisted up on their friends' shoulders.
6. people who take videos of the whole gig.
7. guys who will, without having even spoken a word to me, put their arms around my shoulders/waist as if we're having some sort of 'connection'. Please. At least try to strike up a conversation first. You wouldn't hit me up with that shit in the pub, now, would you?

That's about it. I just think gigs really bring out the fuckwit in a lot of people.

What better way to get attention than to act like a fuckwit in a condensed public area?

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my top two hates are the tallest person in the place standing in front of me and people fighting due to being fannies or being drunk or being drunk fannies.

Those damn tall people. I am 5'1" and someone always has to stand in my way. I have learned through the years of going to shows, that I have to get there early and wait in line. I hate that....but to be able to see... I have to.

I also hate when you are standing in the front and some asshole starts to hit up on you....as if to start a mosh pit or whatever. I wanna see the show....not have to pay attention on weather I am going to be hit int he face or whatnot. That happened at the last SOunds show I went to and it pissed me off, maybe the guy next to me was mad cause Maja kissed me on the cheek and let me sing a verse in the Mic......I dunno.