In Reply to: RE: I know this via posted by josh358 on November 17, 2011 at 14:15:57:
hehehe yeah it would not surprise me to find you or anyone else around here whose friends are better informed than most of the crowd. I have this bad habbit of listening in on what others are saying and this good habbit of talking to total strangers about the concerts. but even a more general observation has shown the audiences respond to warhorse material and name performers regardless of how well any given piece is performed. Just recently I attended a few concerts where a friend of mine was the soloist and much to my surprise many of the folks around me had no idea who she was. never heard of her!
You go to just about any rock concert, especially the one's with dinosaurs and most of the people in the crowd can sing most of the songs word for word.
IME rock fans and jazz fans tends to know the material much better than the folks you find at classical concerts.
One thing is almost a given at any classical concert. There will be a few people in choice seats sleeping. That just kills me.
Another thing that is a given is a standing ovation for any name performer no matter how bad they were. I refuse. You have to earn it from me.
Generally speaking, while supportive, the rock fans tend to know when the artists sucked.
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