Why didn't anyone just stomp that turd? It's festival seating, right? Nobody willing to do the right thing?

Same thing happened to me at a Moody Blues concert 30 something years ago. Jimmy Spheeris was the opening act, playing solo on acoustic guitar, only to be drowned out by a bunch of a-holes chanting bring out the Moody Blues.

When they finally did come out, they were pissed. They lectured the crowd and said they would play a minimal set with no encore. In this case, these losers in the crowd ruined the experience for something like 20 thousand people.

This was just one guy, he's lucky someone didn't physically shut him up and ruin the show for him, too.

Reminds me of when I went to see The Pillows at a show in SoDo about ten years ago. The audience was a bunch of anime nerds, which is fine, except that they learned how to behave at a concert from playing Guitar Hero. They heckled the opening act with tired jokes, and kind of ruined the experience for everyone. I don't care if you think the band is desperate with their black fingernails, you treat others with dignity and decency. Especially if they did all the work in getting your favorite band to come play in the first place.

several spilled drinks on the perp should do it!

Aimee Mann. Meh.

Anyway if you felt that way, why didn't you do anything about it?

"Stomp that turd." I like that.

RickFromTexas (post #2) is right about this. Try such obnoxious a-holery in Oak Cliff, and you may find your personal bad-attitude parade rained upon in a manner that may also be tinted with the color of your own human blood. Remember: It costs NOTHING not to be an a-hole. There is a distinct and preferable advantage to not pissing off the wrong person at any given music venue. You know, the gig ends at some point, and do you really want to be stalked by a fan whose concert experience was destroyed by your pointless and inexcusable misbehavior? Bring ear plugs – it's ultimately cheaper and wiser. In Texas, the applicable aphorism is: "Don't piss in your chili."

@2: wow

The worst is that these assholes are dead quiet between songs. They actually wait for the music to start to resume their innane and unimportant commentary.

WORD!

An "I Anonymous" where we can all agree, hee.

In France, if you do this shit we get to throw tomatos at you. Good times!

In France, if you do this shit, we throw tomatoes at you. Good times!

my favorite thing to do to people like this, is to start asking them questions when "their act" goes on stage. this is usually done at a music festivals vs. one bill with an obvi headliner. "hey are you a fan of these guys?" "Really? Why?" "Oh yeah? well that's cool i guess. How many albums do they have?" "You don't say. well how many of their albums do you own?" "Did you like the last band?" "well that was my favorite F'ing band you asshole, and you didn't stop talking through their whole show! so now i'm going to talk during your favorite band! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"

I went to see Lucinda Williams at the House of Blues in NOLA a few years ago. Nice, small venue. Crowded but not packed (no seats). The woman next to me wouldn't stop singing along. It was incredibly irritating. I asked her nicely (really, I swear) not to sing along. And her husband threatened to slug me. It was super weird. WTF people?