The major thing that gets me is this:
Didn't we first build walls so we wouldn't have to cram together like this? It's unnatural, it's not fun in the least, it's not comfortable, and honestly it can't be too healthy either. I don't understand the concept of squeezing as many bodies as physically possible to try to listen to the band/singer over the throngs of people screaming around you. God forbid you want to piss or get a drink.
Which brings up two different issues. No where are bathrooms filthier than at concert venues. I'd rather poop at a McDonald's in Times Square than at a concert venue.
And while I understand a venue charging an obscene amount for drinks, I can't fathom the point of actually spending so much on alcohol that your body is just going to sweat out of you before you can feel any affects.
God forbid if you show up only five minutes before the doors open, now you're stuck either sitting on speakers rendering you deaf for the next three days, or you're behind a pillar and can't even see the stage, meaning you just spent a minimum of $50 to listen to a live album you could have heard on youtube.com.
For all the concerts I've been to (and it's been a good amount) I can't remember a single one where the average age of attendees was over 18, let alone over 21... Correction, I went to a DJ show with Q-Tip and Jazzy Jeff and that was a more mature crowd, and ironically none of the complaints I have here did I have to deal with then.
Also at this Fall Out Boy concert, something that's boggled me at nearly every other concert I've been to, is females crowd surfing in the most inappropriate clothing. I'm talking about tube tops, spaghetti strapped tank tops, and/or skirts. I'm a hetero guy, I enjoy seeing the naughty bits of (most) females, but if you're going to get upset about becoming exposed, have a little more common sense (I know, I know 'sense is no longer common' but come on) and dress the part if there's even a chance you might crowd surf.
Aside from FOB and the opening act, New Politics, putting on really good shows, the best part of the show (and I wish I had video of this) was watching the already packed crowd shift towards the front in waves. Then throughout the show you can watch the ripples of one person move to the right cause the entire section to sway with them. I looked down from my balcony perch in scientific amazement believing scientists could study the effects of the moon on the tide simply by watching a crowd at a concert.
The temperature of the room was absurd, so hot to the point security at the front of the stage was actually giving away free bottles of water the entire show. I saw two people carried off, presumably because of heat exhaustion. The effects of which were only made worse in my elevated position an arm's length away from the speakers. My goal after leaving the concert was to take my pants off as soon as legally possible.
Which reminds me, no one looks good after a concert. Can't wait for the next one.
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