Why I don't Belong at Concerts

     Pretty much everyone that I have regular contact with knows that I'm somewhat socially awkward and I tend to keep to my self. This doesn't keep me from doing stuff though (My lack of desire to actually do stuff does (= ). I go to sporting events, eat out with friends, take long walks on the beach, and all that other cool hip stuff that us young people do. However, one thing I have trouble doing is going to concerts. No matter how many of these I go to, I just keep feeling like I dun get it...

     One reason I don't understand most people's love of concert going is the noise. It seems that if I go to just about any concert, the band feels the need to rape me with the loudness of their music. Like most of the attendees, I'm at this musical event because I enjoy the band's music. However, when the music is played at the volume equivalent of jet engine, I can't be content with what I'm listening to. When the music hits a certain level in loudness, it stops being music to me, and it becomes this clusterfuck of noise. I cant examine the music at all, because all I hear is a loud horrible white noise sounding gangbang of sounds.

     With all that said, it's understandable. The band knows that I'm there to suck their musical dick, so you can understand why they would make their music loud enough to blow up a small building. The thing that isn't excusable is how everyone at these concerts feels the need to yell. It makes no sense to me why someone, who's willing to spend money to see a band they like, feels the need to yell nonstop. You can't hear the music if you're yelling, aren't you there for the music? I just can't comprehend how these people feel like making noise adds the experience. Maybe to them, they feel that being obnoxious adds to the "atmosphere", but I just feel like I'm being killed and raped by this unnecessary noise.

Before the concert starts.

Then it starts

     As I stated previously, the only reason I would go to a concert is for the music. For me to enjoy this as much as possible, I need my senses as keen as possible. Maybe I'm missing something, because every time I go to one of these music gatherings, a good eighth of the people in attendance are either high, drunk, or some kind of  possibly awesome combination. Now I have nothing against any of these activities, but I just don't understand why to do it at a concert. If you wanna get wasted, AWESOME, just...why did you waste that money to come to the concert then? If you're drunk, your senses are currently all fuzzy and messed up, how are you gonna enjoy the music? D= Now I would ignore these people if they weren't yelling, throwing things at each other, and pushing people around. Those are all fantastic things to do...just not when I'm trying to listen to music.

     Speaking of pushing people around, the concept of mosh pits have confused and annoyed me since I can remember. Concerts for centuries have brought people together to enjoy sounds both fun and beautiful... And now we attack each other during them. This started out as something that I saw at only punk and metal concerts, now they are EVERYWHERE. Again, I'm fine with people stabbing each other, just why at a concert? It's hard for me to hear over the constant war crys to clearly hear the music. I've inquired about this before and the usual answer is, "Doing something fun like this makes the concert more enjoyable =3". Personally, I don't see how acting that barbaric is fun and if you need alcohol, weed, or poking and slapping to make a concert enjoyable...the music must not be that good.  I'm all for doing entertaining stuff while listening to a band play, but something like a mosh pit is too distracting to me. Takes away from the music and the overall show the band should be putting on.

Can't help but think this would make an awesome album cover if done right

     In the end, I realize that not many people would agree with me on this. Maybe I'm weird or awkward for not enjoying music the same way as everyone else. The only thing I know for sure is that unless I'm at a small concert; one in a small venue or a coffee shop, I'm most likely gonna feel out of place.