Washington Post Disparages Concert T-Shirts

[ggw]

Please Explain to Me ... Concert T-Shirts
 
 So I'm with birthday boy Klimek outside the Coldplay show last night, and we see a guy at Chipotle wearing a Viva La Vida T-shirt, presumably purchased (for $35) at an earlier stop on the tour.
 
 Fancy that.
 
 I've never been a concert-tee guy myself, having purchased exactly one in my life: A bootleg Tom Petty shirt after a SoCal show on the Full Moon Fever tour. I think it cost me $5 or $10, which was $5 or $10 too much, given that the silk screen broke up in the wash. I never actually wore the thing.
 
 Now, I don't begrudge anybody who flies the flag for their favorite bands. I just don't get it - particularly when the flag is being flown among friendlies, as with wearing a Coldplay shirt at a Coldplay concert.
 
 Yes, it's a brand and an identifier. But it's not like wearing a San Francisco Giants jersey to Dodger Stadium, where there are two distinct sides and an obvious need to state your allegiance.
 
 At a concert, you're surrounded by your own tribe. I mean, nobody figures you for a Coldplay-hating Boredoms fan if you're in or around the building. So what's the point?
 
 Please explain.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   A bootleg Tom Petty shirt after a SoCal show on the Full Moon Fever tour.

Hey!  I was at that show.  Lenny Kravitz opened.  I sat right behind Ricky Schroeder and Carlton, who back then I referred to as Alfonso and who's real name I haven't the slightest clue.  Ricky had a broken arm, but that didn't stop him from making out with the chick he brought to the show the whole time....

[Frank Gallagher]

What would be a cool t-shirt to wear at a particular gig?
 
 For example
 
 Smiths t-shirt at a Modest Mouse show.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Smashing Pumpkins @ Malkmus or vice versa.

[nkotb]

I was always fond of wearing polar opposite shirts.  I used to always wear a Bjork shirt to metal/heavier shows.  Not sure why I got such of kick out of it, but it did humor me.
 
 Still, I think your example below is still pushing it, but I'm also a jaded hipster.
 
 

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  What would be a cool t-shirt to wear at a particular gig?
 
 For example
 
 Smiths t-shirt at a Modest Mouse show.

[godsshoeshine]

i dont wear concert tshirts as much as i used to, but guided by voices shirts get awesome questions always

[walkonby]

<img src="http://www.latexas.com/commerce/images/MAS_0006_01_300.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 you could wear this.

[miss pretentious]

"What's this? You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy."

[walkonby]

<img src="http://img180.exs.cx/img180/4097/20050320shirts73ic.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 or these . . . in all the colours of the gay rainbow.

[ggw]

Which one is you?
 
 I'm guessing third from the right.
 
   

Originally posted by walkonby:
    <img src="http://img180.exs.cx/img180/4097/20050320shirts73ic.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 or these . . . in all the colours of the gay rainbow.

[walkonby]

why, because that kid is smiling?  i don't smile.  it makes my face hurt.

[Frank Gallagher]

I used to wear a Man Utd team jersey to go see Oasis but you'd need a Brit footie education to understand why, and I'm sure you all have less interest in learning than I do in educating.
 
 BTW, when did teachers suddenly become educators?

[godsshoeshine]

dont oasis support both shitty and celtic? shit aint right

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
  i dont wear concert tshirts as much as i used to, but guided by voices shirts get awesome questions always

"is that a christian band?"

[godsshoeshine]

"which voices are you guided by?"