Is it live or is it?

Why would one pay large amounts of money to go 'hear' loud amplified music at concerts? Certainly not for the 'hearing'. It is all about begin there, nothing else. Do I go to live concerts? Yes, but only ones' that are in small settings where there is no amplification, these are mostly small jazz clubs. A perfect example of one such site in the Dizzy Club in Lincoln Center. You hear real live music.

The main reason people go to rock concerts is its a social event. Thousands of people waving their arms is unison is more like a Nhurenburg Rally than a musical concert.

I thought the main reason people go to live rock concerts lately is to stand there and try to record them on their smart phones...The last few concerts I went to, I had a hard time seeing the performers on the stage, due to a sea of hundreds of people in front of me all holding their phones up in the air!

If you think rock concerts are bad, you should go to a classical concert. Its the closest you can get to dying without actually being dead. I guess the upside would be that its definitely not a social event. Its more like a mass funeral. I'd swear that half the people there were already wearing corpse paint.

Hahaha, Zd :-)
Happy Memorial Day!