Last week Lucy May Walker, the famous British folk singer, wrote in mail entitled Rules of etiquette at concerts. There were four basic norms: “No problems during the concert.” “Living in the moment” (for example, photos or videos are good. Watching a concert through your bedroom window is bad). “The rest of the audience didn’t pay for you” (no recordings of the vision of the rest of the audience, no singing above the performer…) and “Brilliant pass.” It was a form of protest that she, acknowledging that the practice, which accommodates fewer than 60 people, was considered by the public to be a bad practice and, in her opinion, the number of such cases was growing. El mail Two thousand people saw it, it went viral and directly sparked debate about public behavior.
It can be said that this is an international issue, since in Spain musicians have been questioning the behavior of the public for months. In June, Sandra Sabater of the group Ginebras released communicated, also in X, above what you went through at the festival, I am Caminho. “At various concerts (including ours), the front rows were occupied by bands heard in the country, leaving the color behind the artist who would perform later. Some people were on their feet, shaking, trembling and even swaying violently. These people never cease to enjoy the concert for those who have already come to listen to us. Not necessarily fans, just curious. It’s annoying, it’s disrespectful, and it requires bad manners. We don’t pretend to enjoy the world in its entirety, but for those who want to learn and enjoy something else, it’s as easy as dejar hueco,” he wrote. Shortly afterwards, Bad Gyal committed suicide. “At festivals I sometimes feel a little alien because there are people here who like to watch, enjoy, but not be able to enjoy. I recommend if you’re here, trying to enjoy it, trying to enjoy it, trying to stop the juice,” I said in the middle of the concert.
According to Joseki, an integral part of the young children of Morreo, this phenomenon is recent, has become commonplace and has a specific reason: “This year there have been very important changes in the headlines of macro festivals. They used to focus more on pop music, but now they’re all about urban music. It makes you connect more with the younger generation. The problem we’ve seen is in the front row: people who don’t seem to do it very well. This is a new audience that never goes to the festival and doesn’t understand the point. At the festival at the end you should listen and discover the music towards the top of the bill you are about to see. People who could become your favorite band,” he explains. Lorena Jimenez from the La Trinchera agency agrees with él. “It is true that we are forced to witness a phenomenon that we do not know: festivals in which the greatest artists participate. indie, yes, this term can be followed by using it every day, which removes the card heads coming from Main thread or regaeton. The audience that comes to see these artists is usually very young, seated in the front row for several hours, and does not give access to fans of the bands who performed earlier. This won’t be a problem if you use the services of artists you don’t know. But what you have seen is completely wrong in every way. Not only do they happen by chance, unless at some moments they find themselves directly facing each other and talking to each other: yes, this is a complete failure of education in any life circumstances. Since the way scheduling will not change, as it has been demonstrated to be very beneficial, organizers will want to make the decision to forgo these scenarios on a per-concert basis and allow anyone to camp out for a few hours in the front row. ».
Public misbehavior is something that is said from the moment you give them an instruction. In the last few years, during the early days of punk, Evaristo from La Polla Records was able to realize a flow of skulls by walking on stage with a little girl who was there. Why don’t you run to your mother? “When I discovered it, the whole world applauded, but then I followed it,” he explained with reference. This behavior is part of the game. There are artists who are applauded, and the public forgets that he is not alone. Take Adele, who resides at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, where audiences pay a fortune to see her in the comfortable lounge. At one of his performances, a completely emotional fan insisted on getting to his feet and singing loudly while grabbing the camera with a selfie stick. The intention of safety is to tell her in a friendly way that she will feel that she is going to see those who keep her aloof or who will require her modesty to teach Adele, tropezaban with her despised passion. Let’s live the moment, the one we have. Wait for the same singer to intervene, stopping by the concert to pose at his side and censor the behavior of the presenters: “Why are you bothering him? Can you leave this alone please? I won’t bother you, darling…enjoy the show,” I say.
Misbehaving due to a poorly understood passion for a translator is something you know will happen at least since the term was coined in the 19th century. listomania determine the eloquent behavior of fans of the composer and pianist Franz Liszt. And perhaps with Elvis Presley or before, with whom the addition of things on stage as a sign of devotion and intent to attract the star’s attention was popularized. Dangerous practice. In 2004, Bowie was hit in the eye by a pirouette. However, this tendency to throw objects seems to have become generalized and led to lesions. Singer Bebe Rex suffered an eye injury when she hit a cell phone, and Harry Styles, Drake, Kelsea Ballerini, Pink, Taylor Swift and Lil Nas mini cerveza (or the decomposing liquid itself) in the air, a mini que luego cae over other assistants and over your own script,” says Charlie Bautista, a musician with many years of experience, member of Egon Soda and toured, among others, with Joel Lopez, Russian Red, Coque Malla and, currently, Christina Rosenvinge.
And everyone in the world is fixated on the words of Lucy May Walker. Indeed, Rowetta from Happy Mondays responded to her in a televised debate. “I sing at funerals, I sing for people with learning disabilities, people with Tourette’s, children… they’re sad, they’re annoying, they don’t always listen… but they captivate me with their voice and enchant me. We have a connection. .. How can we find her? What do your fans say and what do they call you? Sing for yourself, you must sing for the audience. You’re in the wrong game if you don’t like how nice and funny people are. You must be a teacher… or a prisoner.”
Veteran critic Simon Price was quick to take advantage of Walker’s help. “I’ve been a music journalist for the past few years, and one thing I can say with certainty is that people’s behavior at concerts has become objective and observable over time,” he wrote in The keeper. And he’s not the only one: Fernando Neira, journalist and critic of opinionated concerts, who shares the same thing in Spain. “The attitude of the Spanish public in this regard has never been refined, but now it is getting even worse. As a sociologist, I believe that this may be influenced by the fact that the individualistic spirit in which we live makes some of the public realize that paying an entry fee allows them to do what they want for as long as the show lasts . And this is also a very modern trend on Instagram at the moment. It’s better to immortalize a moment than to live it.”.
In fact, this is news: we are not talking about such a fanatical public that cannot control their emotions, quite the opposite. A passive aggressive public when it is not aggressive towards others. They go to concerts not because they like it, because they need to be there. Apparently, there are more and more people attending the Charlando concert every now and then. Or at least the same thing happens as everything else. He remembers that he always mentioned this in his lyrics when he came to a concert with an audience that was indifferent to what was happening on stage and what was bothering the rest of the audience. “And I was criticized because I said there are people who think they are paying for this, including inappropriate behavior. As an example of what things are worth, I will tell you that what usually happened in the main entrance rooms happened over the course of a week in such a narrow room as the Café Central in Madrid, where I only managed to pass 80 people. I was at a concert with a jazz trio and three friends who were sitting around a table, chatting and laughing. And when I look at them, they want to intimidate me, they transform the idea of a defiant form to intimidate me,” he concludes.
In this case, the whole world knows what that moment was when, to paraphrase Vargas Llosa, “Peru was happy”: “The evolution of the concert audience has changed since the movement existed. Coming from the fact that in this country we often talk about concerts, and I believe that this is more a cultural than an educational point of view, since there are social circles, the number of thousands of paintings on top of heads has increased. were converted as usual,” says Lorena Jimenez. “I believe that the beginning of the era of smartphones and smartphones is a key moment, but in recent years I have especially noticed it,” says Charlie Bautista, who, like Fernando Neira, has an impact on one thing: there are no more concerts. than company expansion. “If the attitude of disrespectful people were greater, it would be an irresponsible statement on my part, but I can say that those who behave questionably do it worse. There is always more or less inappropriate behavior at concerts. The difference now is that lack of culture, ignorance, poor education… they do not live with shame, quite the opposite, something that influences the spread of ignorance of what to do, but also “I don’t care about knowledge.” what to do.” I would say that modalities in general have deteriorated and the audience should not be a reflection,” the musician concludes.
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