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emilystrange wrote:and thanks very ****ing much to the stupid ****wit moshers who really don't give a **** about anyone else's safety or enjoyment. cheers for not letting me have a good time last night.
There were a couple of tw@ts like that at the Eureka Machines too. I just kept kicking them in the backs of the legs if they came anywhere near me.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
emilystrange wrote:...and thanks very ****ing much to the stupid ****wit moshers who really don't give a **** about anyone else's safety or enjoyment. cheers for not letting me have a good time last night.
It's always been 'lively' down the front at GD/Skels gigs, wouldn't expect anything else.
i'm not exactly a novice in a mosh pit, but that's the first time i've had to bow out for my own safety. just because it's always been done doesn't mean it should. lively = good. dangerous = not good.
emilystrange wrote:i'm not exactly a novice in a mosh pit, but that's the first time i've had to bow out for my own safety. just because it's always been done doesn't mean it should. lively = good. dangerous = not good.
There was always a lot of argie bargie at GD gigs (and lots of mid 80s gigs come to that)- its quite weird explaining to folk now that fights were not unheard of (and actually quite common) - obviously not justifying it - but that was just the way it was... sounds like some people were trying to relive their youth - but was anyone actually surfing?
nah, the crowd wasn't packed enough for surfing. i think that was the problem, maybe - the moshpit was able to expand, and having lots of room made it worse. a crush is safer!
a fair few gigs these days aren't pleasant either. i've been kicked in the head a few times, and nearly been strangled (but doomy saved me that time!)
if they were trying to relive their very much departed youth, i sincerely hope that they had trouble walking the next day.
emilystrange wrote:nah, the crowd wasn't packed enough for surfing..
Back in t'day... surfing was when one person lay flat whilst being held by up some others & someone else surfed on top of them... (and so "spook squad surfers") I suppose all the acrobatics (surfing, pyramids, towers etc) livelied up a cold tuesday night in northampton or where ever the band was playin for their following who'd already seen them 6 nights in a row that week...
like i said, jake, it wasnt packed enough for surfing.
the best surf i saw was when british sea power's bassist surfed still playing, right round the room.
emilystrange wrote:like i said, jake, it wasnt packed enough for surfing.
the best surf i saw was when british sea power's bassist surfed still playing, right round the room.
Again - i probably didnt make it clear - I'm not talking about more modern crowd surfing where someone is thrown up in a packed crowd - and then is passed around.. (tho in olden days people only did that to get to the stage to then dive off)
Most GD gigs were never *that* packed - so surfing in those days was someone being held up flat by their mates - then someone else standing on them & using their torso as a surf board.. I'm sure it made more sense after 6 stellas...
i'm sure it did... am with you now!
there wasn't any of that last friday. perhaps there should have been, it might have kept the buggers more sensibly occupied!
it just wasn't my wedding anniversary any more!
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