Are you old? Do you miss the days of when the only things in the air at a concert was your fist?

And I will expand on this. People are recording this stuff now for views on youtube and a like on facebook. I don’t think it is about recording their experience for their future use.

I’m with you, dislike it much.
Does it happen in football stadiums too, I’m wondering?
Weird phenomenon.
And yes, I’m old.
https://goo.gl/images/n7pvKq

LOL.. That graphic sums it up nicely.

yes, yes I do!

I miss the days when the only things in the air was the smell of burning witch.

I have never been to a concert and I’m not old.

At 41 I still remember those days, have not been to a concert in a while though.

I’m old and I feel people are missing the whole concert by recording it.
I also miss the lighters instead of the glow from a phone.

I am not much of a concert goer, but I just spoke to someone who was working at the World Trade Center on 9/11, and managed to escape just as it was being hit. After leaving, he turned around and took pictures. I just can’t imagine what kind of a mindset we have created, as in @rebbel‘s link. I have to admit some of the shots were pretty good, including a midflight shot of someone who jumped out of the WTC.

I’m with chyna on this one, in my day it was all lighters being raised and the nearest phones were in a booth in the lobby. Haven’t attended a concert in years anyway.

I first saw the Rolling Stones at the Cow Palace outside San Francisco in July of 1975. I was so excited, I went and bought a Super 8 movie camera to shoot the show!

And friends had some damn fine pictures of Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, and Keith Moon that they took when The Who played at Anaheim Stadium.

The Grateful Dead had legions of fans that recorded every lick, every drum beat. So no, I don’t think it is a bad thing for people to record concerts, as long as their phone is not blocking my view.

Some of those bootleg recordings were really good too.

I think it’s okay if it isn’t distracting. As @johnpowell said, A lot of this is done just for views, which takes away the whole purpose of what a concert should be—People coming together to hear great music, and to take a break from everyday life for an hour and a half, not to worry about your followers and all that boring/distracting stuff. Usually, there’s a professional photographer or two attending that will take much better quality photos than what these people will get on their smartphones, anyways.

Honestly, I can’t say I’ve ever really experienced this at any concert I’ve been to. Maybe it’s more to do with the kind of bands I go to see these days.

I just make a point to get into the front of the crowd.

I’m 26 and I still hate the fact that my generation are obsessed with phones at concerts

It’s irritating. It’s obviously not just concerts. I am almost scared what will be going on in 10 years…

It has been a long time since I have actually attended a concert but I remember a lot of pot smoke in the air, not just fists.

I miss that sometimes..