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[ECBG]

I don't think I have ever been to a concert where someone wasn't singing along. 

Just plain rude.  Buy the CD go home and sing in the shower!

[cindyNC]

@OKPrincess @chrystaltree   Alcohol sales are big at venues.  The small town I grew up in decided to stop providing it at one of their festivals which ended up closing the festival permanently. 

[amyb]

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@Witchy Woman wrote:

@Calcgirl 

Sadly, this has become the norm at many places.  Love AJ and sorry you had to deal with such nincompoops.

My husband and I had a favorite, outdoor venue for many years.  It was a beautiful setting on the water.

Unfortunately, it became nothing but a big, drunken beerfest.  At a concert for Martina McBride, a woman standing near us was singing so loud, we could not hear Martina.  I made a comment that we didn't pay to hear HER singing, just Martina.

She stopped, but in her stumbling around, her beer spilled all over me and she started singing at the top of her lungs.  We left.

Now, we only go to small indoor concerts with reserved seating.  It seems to eliminate the sloppy drunks.

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Sad ...our culture is devolving by the minute. Nuf said.

[hckynutjohn]

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@OKPrincess wrote:

I never understood why people want to get drunk at a concert or any other public event and miss the entire show. 

@OKPrincess 

From years of personal experiences from decades ago, I will say this. "Drunk, and missing the entire show, are not synonymous". 

Like other things in life, one person's "drunk" does not mean the same as "my personal drunk". Most around me that knew me very well, could not tell when, and if I was drunk.

Many use that word as an escape from something they said, or did, that they later regretted doing. My view on "a person being drunk"?  It isn't a character or personality change, it is an effect that loosens one inhibitions, to who they really are. In other words, when sober they are the same person, but do their best to make others believe them to be, someone they are not.

I quit all alcohol decades ago, and yes, I considered/consider myself to be an alcoholic. Like other addictions! It is 1 day at a time, not being cured.

hckynut  🇺🇸

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[colliemom4]

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@ECBG wrote:

I don't think I have ever been to a concert where someone wasn't singing along. 

Just plain rude.  Buy the CD go home and sing in the shower!

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I agree. And how about dancing? My friend and I went to a concert where someone a row over stood up and sang and danced through the entire concert. This person knew every word to every song or acted like it.

[Lilysmom1]

@colliemom4 @ECBG , I had this happen too.  Again, indoor concert, smallish crowd.  The ushers moved the offending couple to the back of the room.  It almost looked a bit exhibitionist.  🙄 double eyeroll!  LM