Rock Concert Characters
Woman in the Middle | July 27, 2012Going to the Journey/Pat Benatar/Loverboy concert last weekend reminded me of that cast of characters you can always find at a rock concert. What would a concert be without these folks?
Beer drinkers – Nothing like paying good money for a ticket to see one of your favorite bands and then paying REALLY good money for beer, lots and lots of beer! It amazes me when I see people, men and women, heading to their seats with a 16 ounce cup of beer in each hand. Of course, you know what inevitably happens when you drink 32 ounces of ANYTHING, let alone beer….off you go to the bathroom, even thought your favorite band is now playing….and while you are there, you pass by the beer stall, and hey, there isn’t a line (because the concert is going, fool!) so you buy another 16 ounces of REALLY expensive beer! Then you get back to your seat, and once again nature calls, which it does another two or three times before the concert ends. All that beer turns your concert experience into a very expensive night drinking blah beer and getting exercise going from seat to bathroom and back again. I just have one question – Why?
Pot smokers – not a whole lot to say about this one. A rock concert will always have just enough pot smokers to ensure that every one gets at least a whiff of the happy herb.
Standing/dancing/air guitar player - The first note rings out and these folks are on their feet! There they stay until the bitter end. Because, hey , they are at a concert! who cares that this is the opening act that they never listened to in high school! Who cares if 100 people behind them now can’t see the stage? Because EVERYONE should be standing up! It’s a concert!
Screamers – This one maybe related to beer drinking…as is so much concert behavior! It is the screamer, usually a woman. She is just so EXCITED and HAPPY to be at a concert featuring one of her favorite bands that she just can’t help herself, she has to scream!!! Mind you, the scream keeps her and everyone around her from HEARING her favorite band, but that doesn’t matter. She is at a concert, therefore she screams! Over and over again…..
Phone filmers – This is a relatively new character in our cast or concert attendees. It used to be, back in the dark ages when I was young, that cameras, etc…were not allowed at concerts but now that everyone has a phone with camera in their pocket the concert venues have given up. Thus we now have the phone filmer. Instead of watching the concert they paid a heap of money to see, they have to film it with their camera. Because, you know, that little video, the one where the stage is nothing more that a bright blob and you can’t see the band because they are so small and the sound quality ain’t that great, either, THAT video is going to become a precious family artifact, brought out and enjoyed over and over….or it is going to be deleted next week when they want a video of themselves playing beer pong or frolicking at the beach.
You forgot to mention the women who wear “high fashion” outfits to flaunt their figures!