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El Tee

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Re: Dancing at shows June 17, 2005 at 08:27 PM UTC #

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
This Boy Wonders.

It's the year 2000 glitch. At both 9:30's in the 90's I've seen dancing or a little more than moving around.
Not so much since.

jd930

Joined: May 03, 2005 at 05:01 AM UTC

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Re: Dancing at shows June 17, 2005 at 09:23 PM UTC #

http://www.oneloudernyc.com/2005/06/gigocracy.html

Guiny

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Re: Dancing at shows June 17, 2005 at 09:39 PM UTC #

Originally posted by brennser:
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then there the other extreme which I have only encountered here in the US - "the pit" or whatever its called - when I went to see Ministry a few years ago I was amazed at the level of aggression and violence

jumping around is one thing but trying to piledrive someone into the ground is another

my 2c

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
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Then you most definetely saw me because I was the most violent person in that pit….Nobody stood a chance. :mad:

freddyadu

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Re: Dancing at shows June 17, 2005 at 10:00 PM UTC #

when has someone's dancing made the show less enjoyable for someone next to them?

when has someone's lack of dancing made the show les enjoyable for someone next to them?

i am guessing the former leads 100000000000 to 1

Arthwys

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Re: Dancing at shows June 18, 2005 at 01:29 AM UTC #

My take is that the Bloc Party show was good without many people dancing and being into it, but it would've been great if the crowd as a whole, at least the bit at the front was really moving about for it. Not necessarily dancing, but more of a moving of arms and heads. There was a girl close to me at the barrier who had come all the way from Montreal to come to this concert. She was rocking out a good bit, and as I was doing the same, she and I had a couple of moments where we would glance at each other and smile as if to say…"hey this is really great". When the entire crowd up at the front is like that, it lends a great sense of community about the whole thing. It's not just you enjoying the show anymore, you're part of something more.

I must stress however that what i just described is the polar opposite of the moshing/pit phenomenon, which I see as the epitome of not paying any attention at all to the band.

thirsty moore

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Re: Dancing at shows June 18, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC #

You should have totally said "Bonjour."