men ruining concerts
i’m a pretty avid concert goer of many genres, i like to show up early and get up close in the barricade. i understand and enjoy to some extent things like moshing and stage diving and whatnot, especially when it suits the genre - like a punk or hard rock show.
but goddamn, i went to just a normal ass rock concert last night and these men were out of control. people—mostly men who were pretty damn heavy—were crowd surfing constantly, and it was mostly the same guys going over and over again. it’s hard to enjoy the music when every 30 seconds you’re surprise getting kicked in the head and having to lift a sweaty giant man. not even joking when i say it was every 30 seconds or less
i’ve dealt w that at hardcore shows and don’t mind it as much bc i know what im getting into when i walk thru the doors, i just wish they’d cut it out at these other shows when so much of the audience is young women who don’t expect you to be doing that shit at all
i was up at the barricade with some other young girls and most of them ended up having to be pulled up and over the barricade by security due to the crowd crush. they were getting trampled and couldn’t breathe. someone also threw up and 2 people fainted.
and when i try to complain abt this other men just shut it down and say “you shouldn’t have gone then” … idk i just think that for a general rock show where the audience is super varied we should have a lil consideration for our fellow audience members. i just know that if the audience was only women it would’ve been a much better experience lmao…