For this segment we want to ask you a rock related question and have you answer it in the comments section below! We will also give our own thoughts that you can discuss with us.
Question
What Makes Rock Concerts Different From Listening At Home?
Fox’s Thoughts
The obvious difference to me is the people around you. The extra ambient atmosphere that creates, mostly good, some bad. The feeling of collective togetherness. This you can only feel while singing along to your favourite band in a room or a field with 10,000 other people.
Sure you’re going to get the odd idiot that films the entire thing, or shouts random stuff out. You might even get the odd boot to the head from crowdsurfers, but you aint getting it at home!
The next biggest difference is obviously that its a live track you’re listening to! Ok… Ok. Sometimes artists do release live tracks, but if we are being honest they are massively cleaned up before they are published. I am talking about raw authentic in the moment. There will be wrong notes played, slight vocal mismatches etc, but its true art.
But while all that is undoubtedly for listening at a concert, I do actually probably favour at home most of the time. Mainly because I enjoy the feel of headphones, the extra bass it provides. I like having the environment exactly how I want it, mostly not smelling like unwashed people… But also the lighting, the heat etc. The perfect conditions to listen to that brand new album you cannot wait to hear.
All that being said though I stayed in a place in Austria with a couple of English expats and the man had this INSANE home set up. It is the closest I have ever seen to being at a gig! The volume on his system could rival some of them too! He played a muse concert for me, and we just sat there and enjoyed it for a good hour.
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