La Misanthrope

[anef]

While I enjoy the Cambridge Folk Festival (last night Seth Lakeman and The Imagined Village were both excellent) it does reinforce me in my tendency to misanthropy, or hating my fellow humans.  Such as:

• The woman who stood next to me and nattered to her family throughout the whole of Seth Lakeman's set, whilst giving every evidence of enjoying it otherwise.  Oh, and everyone else who thinks the musicians are background to their fascinating conversations.
• The couple who replaced her and lit up beside me inside the tent (presumably because it  was raining outside).  Encouraged by this the bloke next to them lit up as well.  And yes, they did all look guilty, as if that helped.
• Tall people who stand in front of me (yes I know, they can't help being tall.  But they can help standing in front of me)

Maybe I just shouldn't go out.

Comments

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

am entirely with you on all this. Audiences suck, especially the ones who think it's background music.

Folk festival was perfectly audible from my balcony! And there were hardly any irritating people, apart from the git on the microbike.

[surliminal.livejournal.com]

but some of us DO think of it as background music. I wouldn't talk in a film, a play or a classical concert, but popular , outdoor festivals etc have always had a strong social element for many. Maybe you need seperate events!

[anef.livejournal.com]

I do think it's different if you're inside or outside - it winds me up much more if people talk inside the tent. Particularly if they are shouting in order to be heard over the music. Thanks but I'm here to listen to the musicians, not your inane conversation about i-Phones (or whatever). If you're outside and listening to it on speakers, not even I would expect people to listen in hushed silence.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

What's the point of paying to see a band and then having a bellowed conversation while they're playing? (I've certainly been known to have conversations at gigs, but I tend to retreat to the bar, or the back of the venue.)