The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #135741 Message #3102487
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
25-Feb-11 - 05:45 AM
Thread Name: Why I won't be seeing the Unthanks
Subject: RE: Why I won't be seeing the Unthanks
For me, the 10-piece band was too much: couldn't hear much of the vocals, but that's maybe down to the way the sound was mixed.
Re standing gigs generally: I was at another one recently - 3 and a half hours of standing - a killer for an over-60, (albeit an overgrown teenager), but it was for a couple of my favourite bands so I did it, and I wasn't the only old 'un there by far. They probably could have accommodated the same number of people in this venue by having it half seated and half standing.
And (thread drift) what really irks me even more about standing only concerts is that it seems that all concert etiquette goes out the windows! Folk roaming about to and from bars and loos, talking (even shouting) loudly to each other during the music, etc, etc.