The Raconteurs last night

I just want to say D.C. should be ashamed of itself. This is the third concert I've been to at the 9:30 Club and once again I was let down by the crowd. The Raconteurs are one of the better bands out right now in my humble opinion, but you wouldn't know that by looking at the crowd. Why pay $40 to stand there with your dick in your hand. Come on peopel look alive! I've been to a handfull of places to see concerts, and D.C. by far fails in comparison to any other crowd I've been around. Just ridiculous!

Fuck you douchebag. If you pay $40 to see a show, you should be able to enjoy it in whatever way you see legally fit. If the joy of your concertgoing experience is dependent on how many puppet cheerleaders and moron dancers are in the crowd, then you truly are a douchebag.

Again, I will add. You are a douchebag. Stay the fuck home next time and play video games or watch Sopranos reruns or work on your sprayon tan, or whatever the fuck it is that douchebags usually do. Because we don't want douchebags of your kind at concerts in D.C.

End of rant.

Originally posted by nrketch:
I just want to say D.C. should be ashamed of itself. This is the third concert I've been to at the 9:30 Club and once again I was let down by the crowd. The Raconteurs are one of the better bands out right now in my humble opinion, but you wouldn't know that by looking at the crowd. Why pay $40 to stand there with your dick in your hand. Come on peopel look alive! I've been to a handfull of places to see concerts, and D.C. by far fails in comparison to any other crowd I've been around. Just ridiculous!

For all the reasons to complain about a audience at a show this is such a non issue… You might as be complaining that they don't dance at show in DC either :roll: People being rude, chattering away, taking pictures with their phones, drunks, etc are valid complaints.

Did it ever occur to you that it's the middle of the week, people may have been at work and were a bit weary and just wanted to hear the band live without bouncing off the walls in the process. Sheesh… Go to some kiddie punk/emo show and have a blast

Originally posted by nrketch:
This is the third concert I've been to at the 9:30 Club and once again I was let down by the crowd.

do you go to shows for the band or for the crowd?

what did you expect, a mosh pit? crowd surfing? do-si-do & a promenade? from the middle of the floor, i thought the crowd was very good. not too much talking (certainly couldn't hear it over the loud PA), enthusiastic, in to the music. we were too packed in to do much dancing/air-guitaring anyways. i appreciated not being amidst pogoing idiots and hyperactive teenyboppers. i actually got to enjoy the show.

and congrats on starting a thread titled EXACTLY like one that already exists (minus the "the"). nice first post.

douchebaggery confirmed.

I didn't go to the show, I have no idea who the band is, but if you want a social scene go to a club, if you want a concert, go to one of the best venues in the area when there is one going.

This is the third concert I've been to at the 9:30 Club and once again I was let down by the crowd.

just go back to the jersey shore or wherever with your upside down, backwards visor - douchebag.

good thing they didn't go to the black cat, i hear flip-flop are all the rage over there….

Why pay $40 to stand there with your dick in your hand.

It was a panini, I swear

Originally posted by edbert:

Why pay $40 to stand there with your dick in your hand.

It was a panini, I swear

POTW

What Rhett and Kosmo said.


P.S. I'll never get tired of these threads.

Is rhett having a conversation with himself again and you're all playing along?

If I had a dollar for the horn throwing head banging douchebags I saw at this crowd, I'd have like 7 dollars.

Drunk asshole not letting me get back to my spot from the bar.

GOD

We should send this guy to a Low concert.

Even better, a Sunn concert.


(if Sunn ever plays dc that is)

Originally posted by DriveWay:
We should send this guy to a Low concert.

Originally posted by nrkvetch:
I just want to say D.C. should be ashamed of itself.

this douche is a man of his word, he hasn't said a word since posting this drivel. so at least he has that going for him.

I love The Raconteurs and I was just disappointed in the lack of energy. By no means did I expect mosh pits or crowd surfing, just a little of any movement to show that you were excited to be there. I don't go to concerts for the social aspect, it's just that to me concerts are better when the crowd is into it. A hand in the air every now and again will suffice. It just seemed like 90% of the people might as well have been listening to the CD in their room, because that's how excited they acted. It's a live concert loosen up. I'm sure the band would rather see a few people looking half assed excited to see them play.

Originally posted by nrketch:
I love The Raconteurs and I was just disappointed in the lack of energy. By no means did I expect mosh pits or crowd surfing, just a little of any movement to show that you were excited to be there. I don't go to concerts for the social aspect, it's just that to me concerts are better when the crowd is into it. A hand in the air every now and again will suffice. It just seemed like 90% of the people might as well have been listening to the CD in their room, because that's how excited they acted. It's a live concert loosen up. I'm sure the band would rather see a few people looking half assed excited to see them play.

Limp-wristed response perfectly aligned with your douchebag status. You should change your username. We can do that here. I don't think we've ever had a DoucheBag posting on the forum.

Doucheness aside for the moment, anyone have the set list from last night?

Originally posted by nrketch:
I love The Raconteurs and I was just disappointed in the lack of energy. By no means did I expect mosh pits or crowd surfing, just a little of any movement to show that you were excited to be there. I don't go to concerts for the social aspect, it's just that to me concerts are better when the crowd is into it. A hand in the air every now and again will suffice. It just seemed like 90% of the people might as well have been listening to the CD in their room, because that's how excited they acted. It's a live concert loosen up. I'm sure the band would rather see a few people looking half assed excited to see them play.

ah, much better. as Voltaire said, "i disapprove of what you say, but i will defend to the death your right to say it" - much more measured response.

personally, i don't think folks in attendance were better off "listening to the CD in their room" - where were you standing/positioned in the club?!? the vast majority around me was rocking out as best it could under the crushed, packed-in conditions.

fyi, i'm fairly confident that i've seen more shows in more cities than you have (go ahead, try me) - and while DC might not be the most rocking-out-est evar on any given night, the raconteurs crowd last night was inline with any show i've seen anywhere. i'm fairly confident the band walked off-stage last night feeling a lot of love.

the mere fact that two shows sold out almost instantaneously would suggest that people were excited to see the show. and i suspect when jack and co. look out into the crowd all they see is dollar signs. do honestly thing seasoned veterans like these guys are going to give less because a darken room of shoulder to shoulder people aren't reacting in a ohmygod this is the greatest band in the world were all your biggest fan please shower us with your almighty talents! if the audience isn't reacting maybe the band should be trying harder…