I went to house concert last night where a woman and her adult son were doing songs and ballads from America and Scotland. They were great ones for thumping the floor with their feet.

Now, I like traditional music and I want to support the events, but man, I was so sick of that thumping by the time that concert was over. It was in a 1920's house with a springy wooden floor, and the thumps were so loud. I not only heard every one of them, I felt them right through my chair, whacking my bottom. Sometimes people in the audience joined in and made it even louder.

Of course it made it hard to understand lyrics or hear melodies.

By the end of it, the bones in my face hurt from a headache trying to come on.

If we have 8 measures to a verse
and 8 measures to a chorus
with 4 beats to a measure
and 3 verses followed by
3 choruses
and we do 12 songs

Then the floor has been thumped 2304 times.

Who wants to listen to a dull, rhythmic thud 2304 times?