Dancing at shows

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Just because someone is not dancing doesn't necessarily make them sullen. It makes them sensible.  :p

[thirsty moore]

Haven't heard about Larry in a while.  I haven't seen him in even longer.  Like GGW, I considered that Dupek was Larry.
 
 I think I was at that Servotron show where he was dancing around in the hat.  Was that around 97-98?

[lionforce5]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  Just because someone is not dancing doesn't necessarily make them sullen. It makes them sensible.   :p  

Is that a quote from from Footloose?
 
   :p

[you be betty]

well, i don't have a problem with those standing with their arms crossed as long as they will say hi back to me, and smile every once and a while.
 
 i'm not the obnoxious one at shows, but it's nice to smile to your neighbor and get a smile back.

[thirsty moore]

For those interested...
 
 Dancing Larry's website.
 
 I think nkotb found this a few years ago.

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by econo:
 Dancing Larry's website.
 

this is from his beehive & the barracudas page:
   <img src="http://members.aol.com/t16to16/sexzombie.gif" alt=" - " />
 
 pretty funny...

[kcjones119]

Originally posted by you be betty:
  well, i don't have a problem with those standing with their arms crossed as long as they will say hi back to me, and smile every once and a while.
 
 i'm not the obnoxious one at shows, but it's nice to smile to your neighbor and get a smile back.

buying drinks for everyone around you will encourage smiles

[walkonby]

so what you're all trying to say is that when you go out to a club or venue to see a live performance, the only important thing is how you are perceived by others (what you're doing, how you're acting, looking, moving)?  i guess the music is unimportant, compared to the style of a generation.  how sad, you bunch of geriatric victims, struggling towards a world of bubbles and big band backed showtunes.  go jump into the "cocoon" pool and get your ass muscles grooving.

[you be betty]

no, what i was saying was that usually when  I go to shows,  the people around me are the ones concerned about how they are rubbing off--which explains the lack of dance-age.  i was wishing that more people just went with the flow of the music and did what was fun, as opposed to feeling like they needed to look cool.

[JGatz]

Every show is going to be made up of different people from different lifestyles.  Shows on Monday's won't be as crazy as Friday's.  Not to get too weird but every show is organic in a way that you never know how the band is feeling and what kind of crowd will show up and when the show starts what the interaction between the two will lead to.  I don't mind if at some shows people aren't dancing and others are, it's a nice variety.

[eltee]

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]

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

[Guiny]

Originally posted by brennser:
 [QB]
 
 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:
 [qb]
 
 Then you most definetely saw me because I was the most violent person in that pit....Nobody stood a chance.   :mad:

[freddyadu]

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]

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.