Well, that's a very black-or-white way to see it. There is a middle ground. I appreciate acknowledgement of the crowd and the fans. But I don't necessarily need the singer asking people to scream the albums they've bought or for there to be screaming competitions between the girls and the boys. And really, a band should only have to say "Come on and make some noise!!!!" once, not again and again. <P>And sure they were rewarded by it -- people are going to whoop when they're repeatedly asked to do so. Where I don't think they were that rewarded was when she kept asking the crowd to sing along, and didn't get much in response. <P>Whatever, some people might like that kind of thing, and some don't. I loved their music, so I don't much need to push the argument.