Talking excessively during a concert

[Hoop Thompson]

I will never understand why someone would pay good money to see a concert and then not pay attention and talk throughout the entire show.

Friday night, the wife and I go to a venue in ATL that holds about 1,000 people to see a band we really like. The concert starts and the two ladies sitting next to my wife obviously could give a rat's ass about the band and are just talking and laughing like there's no tomorrow. I wasn't bothered by it, but my wife kept elbowing me and gesturing with her head toward the ladies and rolling her eyes. Now she's got me distracted, listening to the band out of one ear and listening to these ladies with the other. Finally, my wife has had enough and wants to trade places with me. Now I have to sit next to these two chatter boxes. Great. I tried not to let their non-stop chattering bug me, but after a while, I turned to one of them and asked them to not talk so much so that we could listen to the band. They were actually pretty nice about it, apologized and after a few minutes, left to go to the bathroom, get drinks or whatever. They were gone for quite some time and when they did return, they told their husband/dates to scoot down next to us so that they could still talk and not be a distraction to us, but I'm sure they were a distraction for someone else.

It all worked out okay as they were able to continue with their conversation while allowing us to listen to the music. I usually do not to let someone else's goofy behavior not bug me too much in a public setting, especially like a concert or sporting event, but these two ladies were just oblivious to everyone around them. As I stated earlier, why bother going to the show if you don't care for the band? I guess their husbands/dates were more interested in the band than their wives.

 

[pokemagain]

Agree 100%. Seems like this happens at every concert that I attend. Drives me crazy.

 

[Dally1up]

You should have gassed up prior to the show and gone Rulz on them. After a while , they will choose a different location.

In all seriousness, was this a quaint storyteller, singer-songwriter type of show/venue. I can't imagine most concerts not being loud enough that I couldn't focus on the band?

 

[hollywood]

I can't count the number of times that I've had someone at a concert, yell, scream, sing along (at a ridiculous volume) to the point that it stopped my ability to enjoy the show. Some people just can't seem to stop themselves from interjecting their own voices into the mix, whether at the movie theater, concert, etc. Self-absorbed A-Holes!

 

[100TonsofOrangeFury]

Originally posted by Dally1up:


In all seriousness, was this a quaint storyteller, singer-songwriter type of show/venue. I can't imagine most concerts not being loud enough that I couldn't focus on the band?

I believe this is exactly the justification that those women were using, "oh no one can hear us yapping, it's so loud".

For acoustical reasons beyond my explanation, you damn sure can hear voices around you, left, right, or behind. No matter how loud it is.

IMO it's not people intentionally being rude, they're just mistaken in their assumptions of being heard. I'm impressed that those two women didn't get pissy when asked to pipe down.

 

[SamuraiFred]

i could live with that, but the people who record basically the entire concert on their phones are the major idiots