Do people still pull out their lighters during concerts?

[andgar923]

????

I know that during the 80s (specially the 80s) and 90s the audience would pull out their lighters and wave them in the air in unison.

Do people still do that?

Or has it been replaced by cell phones and new laws that prevent this?

[hayden695]

I was at a concert a couple years ago and everyone did it. None other than that, but none of the concerts I have been to recently have been the right genre/mood for it.

[BRabbiT]

http://www.radiookc.com/u2_concert_larry_mullen_jr_the_edge_cell_phone_okl ahoma_city.jpg

[RidonKs]

the cell phone thing is super lame. how the hell does a digital screen replace a living breathing flame?

they did it at the australian pink floyd show i was at last christmas. not the entire crowd, but there were a few of us. mind you, that doesn't exactly reflect on the younger generation, considering most of the guys doing it were in their 40s and 50s. and it sort of stunk because it was in a sports stadium, which always have the worst concert atmospheres.

wasn't it a major 70s phenomenon? thats always where i thought it started.



i saw video of a show not too long ago - it was a prominent rapper, although i forget who. anyways, the entire crowd was barely moving, and most of them were just holding up their cell phones and recording videos of the artist. it was pretty ****ing depressing, needless to say.

[BRabbiT]

the cell phone thing is super lame. how the hell does a digital screen replace a living breathing flame?



it doesn't.

[RidonKs]

it doesn't.
it will once apple creates a lighter flame app. but that probably won't be for another few months.

[andgar923]

it will once apple creates a lighter flame app. but that probably won't be for another few months.

Its actually been out for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0yMo1MRf0

[flipogb]

its simple, everybody has cell phones + increased security is probably making people worry about bringing things like lighters, and I bet its not in most places anyway

[andgar923]

the cell phone thing is super lame. how the hell does a digital screen replace a living breathing flame?

they did it at the australian pink floyd show i was at last christmas. not the entire crowd, but there were a few of us. mind you, that doesn't exactly reflect on the younger generation, considering most of the guys doing it were in their 40s and 50s. and it sort of stunk because it was in a sports stadium, which always have the worst concert atmospheres.

wasn't it a major 70s phenomenon? thats always where i thought it started.



i saw video of a show not too long ago - it was a prominent rapper, although i forget who. anyways, the entire crowd was barely moving, and most of them were just holding up their cell phones and recording videos of the artist. it was pretty ****ing depressing, needless to say.

It started in the 70s, but took on a life of its own in the 80s, where every act had to have that one song that required a lighter moment.

[RidonKs]

Its actually been out for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0yMo1MRf0
oh god, that was supposed to be a joke.

you know things are rough when satire can't keep up with reality.

[sergiorodriguez]

nope. now its iPhones with the lighter application that people wave

[emsteez forreal]

the cell phone thing is super lame. how the hell does a digital screen replace a living breathing flame?


why are people so obsessed with nostalgic things? times change.

[big baller]

Its actually been out for a while.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u0yMo1MRf0


:oldlol:

[Hawker]

the cell phone thing is super lame. how the hell does a digital screen replace a living breathing flame?

they did it at the australian pink floyd show i was at last christmas. not the entire crowd, but there were a few of us. mind you, that doesn't exactly reflect on the younger generation, considering most of the guys doing it were in their 40s and 50s. and it sort of stunk because it was in a sports stadium, which always have the worst concert atmospheres.

wasn't it a major 70s phenomenon? thats always where i thought it started.



i saw video of a show not too long ago - it was a prominent rapper, although i forget who. anyways, the entire crowd was barely moving, and most of them were just holding up their cell phones and recording videos of the artist. it was pretty ****ing depressing, needless to say.

lol nice...I saw them when they came to Ft. Worth. They were pretty good.

[Hawker]

why are people so obsessed with nostalgic things? times change.

You're young. You just don't understand but you will soon enough.

[mbell75]

Its mostly phones now out here at shows in SoCal. Very few people smoke out here anymore, so whos carrying around a lighter?

[hayden695]

Its mostly phones now out here at shows in SoCal. Very few people smoke out here anymore, so whos carrying around a lighter?
Uhh, Marlo was telling me something about decriminalizing weed out there. So I assume alot of people would have a lighter out there, especially at a concert.

I can't remember if thats what he said but it was something to do with weed and california.

[andgar923]

Uhh, Marlo was telling me something about decriminalizing weed out there. So I assume alot of people would have a lighter out there, especially at a concert.

I can't remember if thats what he said but it was something to do with weed and california.

I really don't think marijuana laws are enforced highly at concerts.

I don't to go to many concerts, but the last one I went to there was weed everywhere and plenty of police officers were there. They did nothing about it and just enjoyed the festivities like everybody else.

[mbell75]

I really don't think marijuana laws are enforced highly at concerts.

I don't to go to many concerts, but the last one I went to there was weed everywhere and plenty of police officers were there. They did nothing about it and just enjoyed the festivities like everybody else.

This is true. At Cypress Hills Smokeout, everyone lit one up at 4:20pm and there were cops everywhere and none of them did anything. I am sure small amounts of weed will be legal here as early as next year.

[hayden695]

I really don't think marijuana laws are enforced highly at concerts.

I don't to go to many concerts, but the last one I went to there was weed everywhere and plenty of police officers were there. They did nothing about it and just enjoyed the festivities like everybody else.
That is what I thought. There would be lighters, just douchey *******s would rather show off there iPhones and such.

*Message delivered via iPod Touch*

[andgar923]

Speaking of concerts, this is gonna sound very puss!ish....

I was getting scared when they started bonfires everywhere.

Because if one got out of hand, thousands of people trying to escape wasn't gonna be a good situation to be in.

[mbell75]

Speaking of concerts, this is gonna sound very puss!ish....

I was getting scared when they started bonfires everywhere.

Because if one got out of hand, thousands of people trying to escape wasn't gonna be a good situation to be in.

:lol

Those are fun. Always get them at Ozzfest, BIG ones too! Speaking of Ozzy, want a situation at a show that will scare the piss out of you? Forget a bonfire, try having a couple thousand people running at you.

Was at an Ozzy show in the mid 90s at SDSU and we were like 6th row. About 45 minutes into the show, he says he will give backstage passes to whoever came onstage and did the craziest sh*t. Not smart. Started playing crazy train and I actually heard a roar of noise over the music, turned and looked to see about 2k people running at us. Somehow we got pushed over our seats and to the front of the stage before I started throwing elbows and working my way to the side. Luckily we were only 4 seats from the aisle and I got out of it in a few minutes.

People were running onstage while Ozzy was surrounded by security hitting people with mic stands and sh*t, it was crazy. Then people started to get pissed the show was shut down and started to vandalize the campus. When we got out to the parking lot, people were fuc*ing up cars and trying to flip them. Got the hell outta there quick. Made the SD and LA news that night too haha

[YAWN]

Its mostly phones now out here at shows in SoCal. Very few people smoke out here anymore, so whos carrying around a lighter?

ugh where in so cal are you living? the large majority of people i know here in la smoke either weed or cigs..

[RidonKs]

why are people so obsessed with nostalgic things? times change.
oh come on. its easy to get caught up in nostalgia, but this sure as hell does NOT qualify. its a flat out fact that a lighter is more magical and emotional and transcendent and solemn and whatever other adjective you want to throw out there than a goddamn iphone application. get real.[/o'reilly]



lol nice...I saw them when they came to Ft. Worth. They were pretty good.
what sort of set did they do? i saw them do the wall in its entirety, and then close with a few from dark side, and then wish you were here. they're pretty incredible - its the closest thing you'll get to a real floyd show, which we'll unfortunately never get to experience.

[J_Rock3ts]

I went to a Mobb Deep concert in Boston where everyone held up a lighter during Quiet Storm. :bowdown:

[phoenix18]

Its mostly phones now out here at shows in SoCal. Very few people smoke out here anymore, so whos carrying around a lighter?
That was going to be my question.

Anyways, for those who dont smoke, do they consciously buy a lighter for the sole purpose of waving at concerts?

[JohnnySic]

Very few people smoke out here anymore, so whos carrying around a lighter?
This.

The lighters thing was pure 80's cheesy hairband ballad.

[TonyD]

:lol

Those are fun. Always get them at Ozzfest, BIG ones too! Speaking of Ozzy, want a situation at a show that will scare the piss out of you? Forget a bonfire, try having a couple thousand people running at you.

Was at an Ozzy show in the mid 90s at SDSU and we were like 6th row. About 45 minutes into the show, he says he will give backstage passes to whoever came onstage and did the craziest sh*t. Not smart. Started playing crazy train and I actually heard a roar of noise over the music, turned and looked to see about 2k people running at us. Somehow we got pushed over our seats and to the front of the stage before I started throwing elbows and working my way to the side. Luckily we were only 4 seats from the aisle and I got out of it in a few minutes.

People were running onstage while Ozzy was surrounded by security hitting people with mic stands and sh*t, it was crazy. Then people started to get pissed the show was shut down and started to vandalize the campus. When we got out to the parking lot, people were fuc*ing up cars and trying to flip them. Got the hell outta there quick. Made the SD and LA news that night too haha

That's pretty wild. Paranoia concerning being trampled to death and a handful of instances of temporary tinnitus are the main reasons why I don't go to large concerts anymore.

[Myth]

It is a combo of lighters and cell phones. Cell phones outnumber lighters, but the % changes depending on the musicians.