Beemer
11th October 2006, 11:21
Well, went and saw Hammond Gamble, Hello Sailor and Th' Dudes last night in Wellington. Great concert, but couldn't reconcile my memories of Graham Brazier with the middle-aged guy on stage! He can still sing though. I'd forgotten all the Hammond Gamble songs I used to know, and Peter Urlich was great. When they sang Bliss the place went wild!
What I couldn't understand were the actions of several people in the row next to us and the one behind. First of all, I am five foot one so don't take up a lot of space. Guy sitting next to me was one of those tall, gangly guys who didn't seem to have control of his limbs very well! Sat down and immediately stuck his legs out at an angle and had his feet right where mine had been. Once the show started he was tapping his feet - no problem with that, except he was landing on mine, which by then were almost directly in front of my seat! After it happened for about the sixth time, I kicked him in the ankle and he stopped! Then when everyone stood up to dance, he was dancing like Gumby the plasticine man, and acting like he was on a dance floor, not the space between rows of seats - so I got repeatedly whacked by his arms and he stood on my feet several times. He'd elbowed me twice while hanging his jacket on the back of the seat - and it would have to be the one I've just had two months of physio on! He looked stoned and had been drinking all through the show but it was really pissing me off. He had one of those Mick Jagger rubber faces and the slapper he had with him had a voice that would strip paint at 50 paces! Her mate - possibly her sister as her voice was even louder and more annoying - had yapped all through Hammond's set, but when Hello Sailor started she got even louder. Everyone was glaring at her but it had no effect so in the end I turned around and said "did you come here to listen to the music or just to talk?" and that shut her up!
Why are people so damned inconsiderate nowadays? I never got to use the arm rest because even though I had my arm on it when Gumby arrived, he pushed it off! All of these people were aged about 45-50 so they are old enough to know how to behave in public but obviously they didn't give a stuff about anyone else's enjoyment!
What I couldn't understand were the actions of several people in the row next to us and the one behind. First of all, I am five foot one so don't take up a lot of space. Guy sitting next to me was one of those tall, gangly guys who didn't seem to have control of his limbs very well! Sat down and immediately stuck his legs out at an angle and had his feet right where mine had been. Once the show started he was tapping his feet - no problem with that, except he was landing on mine, which by then were almost directly in front of my seat! After it happened for about the sixth time, I kicked him in the ankle and he stopped! Then when everyone stood up to dance, he was dancing like Gumby the plasticine man, and acting like he was on a dance floor, not the space between rows of seats - so I got repeatedly whacked by his arms and he stood on my feet several times. He'd elbowed me twice while hanging his jacket on the back of the seat - and it would have to be the one I've just had two months of physio on! He looked stoned and had been drinking all through the show but it was really pissing me off. He had one of those Mick Jagger rubber faces and the slapper he had with him had a voice that would strip paint at 50 paces! Her mate - possibly her sister as her voice was even louder and more annoying - had yapped all through Hammond's set, but when Hello Sailor started she got even louder. Everyone was glaring at her but it had no effect so in the end I turned around and said "did you come here to listen to the music or just to talk?" and that shut her up!
Why are people so damned inconsiderate nowadays? I never got to use the arm rest because even though I had my arm on it when Gumby arrived, he pushed it off! All of these people were aged about 45-50 so they are old enough to know how to behave in public but obviously they didn't give a stuff about anyone else's enjoyment!