Tori Amos usually leaves many seats down front open and unsold so the day of her show people from the nosebleeds can be upgraded. Which is why this video at 2:25 is simultaneously hysterical and maddening (Tori Amos Does Not Fuck Around)
This took place two years ago in San Diego. Midway through "Code Red", Amos stopped the show and proceeded to tell these two girls, "Get the fuck out of my show! It's a privilege to sit in the front row and I reserve those seats for people who appreciate music, get the fuck out!"
It may seem harsh but the next time you want to talk through a whole show, go to a bar or invite a friend over, put on a concert DVD or let YouTube run in the background. If only more acts would do this.
This took place two years ago in San Diego. Midway through "Code Red", Amos stopped the show and proceeded to tell these two girls, "Get the fuck out of my show! It's a privilege to sit in the front row and I reserve those seats for people who appreciate music, get the fuck out!"
It may seem harsh but the next time you want to talk through a whole show, go to a bar or invite a friend over, put on a concert DVD or let YouTube run in the background. If only more acts would do this.
That was priceless. Not that I'm an uber-concertgoer, but it irritates the hell out of me when people spend all sorts of crazy money to sit at a show and talk on the phone the whole time. Even in the $225 nosebleed Mohegan seats for Bon Jovi, we kept hearing "What? I can't hear you too good. I'm at a concert" from behind us.
ReplyDeleteWhile we're at it, can we mention the folks who come to a show as foreplay? I'm all for getting lost in the music, and dancing with / smooching on your date/hub/wife/whatever is cool for a ballad or two, but not for the whole show. I think. Maybe PDA rules have changed...
Kudos to Ms. Amos for having big brass ones. A bit diva-esque, but not wrong. Wonder where she keeps them in that outfit?
~ Hath