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June 8, 2014 by: Shell

The 8 People You See at Every Concert

I love going to concerts. It’s our favorite date night. While the music is the feature, you can’t deny that a concert is a prime people-watching opportunity. No matter who we are there to see, there are certain people we run into every time.

The shirtless guy. Maybe he looks good without his shirt on or maybe he doesn’t. But it’s hot and he doesn’t care.

The girl with the too short shorts. Okay, girls. Times about 100. Doesn’t matter what shape they’re in, we don’t want to see your vajayjay. And what is with the new look of these shorts being high-waisted mom jeans yet don’t come down far enough to cover anything?

The pregamer. Who drank way too much in the parking lot and is now going to miss the concert due to puking before they can even get inside the venue.

The third wheel. Who came to the concert with a couple and is now going to try to get attention from her friend’s boyfriend(or his friend’s girlfriend).

The cool mom. She really doesn’t want to be here, doesn’t know or care for the songs, but she’ll be damned if she allows her kids inside the concert alone.

The PDA couple. Slow dancing during a song is fine. But please don’t try to conceive a child in the middle of a set.

The hoverers. They keep moving closer and closer to you, hoping you’ll move further up toward the stage, as if those few inches will make a huge difference.

The eager leaver. About two songs into the main act, they’re anxious to hit the road to beat all the post-concert traffic.

My stereotype? The one sitting in the back of the lawn say "ohmygosh, there are so many people here, why are there so many people?"

My stereotype? The one sitting in the back of the lawn say “ohmygosh, there are so many people here, why are there so many people?”

Who else do you see at concerts?

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Comments

  1. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    June 9, 2014 at 7:55 am

    I fell into the cool mom category when I took my son to see One Direction.  I definitely did NOT want to be there.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:30 pm

      I wouldn’t, either! But my boys would love that concert! 

  2. Terry says

    June 9, 2014 at 7:59 am

    Oh man…. you should have seen the person we seen at a Brett Michaels concert.  She was so drunk that she peed herself.  Security came out and threw her out.  

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:31 pm

      Oh, geez! I’ve seen people taken out on stretchers. It’s crazy! 

  3. Kerry Ann @Vinobaby's Voice says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:09 am

    Too true! I still go to several concerts a year, but last week went to my first ever country show (blog post coming soon). I was amazed how many girls/women were wearing cutoff jean shorts that were smaller than my bathing suit bottoms. Their cheeks were hanging out! My least favorite groups at concerts are the drunken frat boys and the “I have no idea who this band is, so I’ll just talk extremely loud throughout the whole show” people. Unfortunately, I probably fall into the “you’re too old to be singing and dancing in public” category.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      I’m in that category with you! We mostly see country concerts. It’s so weird that the pockets stick out from the bottoms of the jean shorts because they are so short! You would think that would be a clue! 

  4. Alison says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:13 am

    I’m one of those people who are eager leavers 🙂

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      I’m not one to stay until the very end, but I do like to see most of the main act. 

  5. Julia says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:16 am

    You missed the sing a long people who aren’t listening to the music just attempting to sing louder than the performer… usually that’s me. 

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:32 pm

      Ha! I like to sing, but try to only annoy my husband with it. 

  6. Amy Desrosiers says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:41 am

    Oh you forgot the girl who needs to pee but doesn’t want to lose her spot. The one secretly doesn’t enjoy a thing cause she has to pee..oh wait, maybe that is just me.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:33 pm

      I’ve been there! I learned the secret bathrooms where there isn’t a line so I don’t mind going now. 

  7. Kay Adeola says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:57 am

    I do not go to concerts anymore.I hate being surrounded by so many people but a few of those that you mentioned you end up seeing in other places(girls in the too short shorts and the shirtless guys lol).

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:33 pm

      I don’t get the short shorts! I don’t want to see that! 

  8. Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says

    June 9, 2014 at 9:06 am

    This is so hilarious and true. I was never a really big concert goer because I can’t stand the volume… also why I’m mostly and Eager Leaver 🙂

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      I tend to sit in the very back of the lawn when we go- not as loud out there! 

  9. Debbie Denny says

    June 9, 2014 at 9:45 am

    Would be the mom that wouldn’t let kids go without me. Love this and never thought about the different types you always see. You are right on.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:34 pm

      I won’t let my kids go alone, either. I went by myself as a teen but I’d worry too much about my kids. 

  10. Melanie S. says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:11 am

    I LOVE music and attending concerts is definitely one of my favorite things to do. You’re right, I usually see at least most of those people every time.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:35 pm

      The people watching is a big part of going. Even if I could do without seeing some of these people. 

  11. Marina says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:21 am

    Lol! I love that…the “cool Mom”!! I’ve also seen those I’m bored but I have to sit here because I paid for these tickets people!

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:36 pm

      I’m calling it the cool mom b/c I know that will be me someday. 😉 I don’t get the people who go but hate the artist! 

  12. Evonne says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:25 am

    Concerts are a prime opportunity for people watching and I’ve definitely seen some interesting things. I’ve been puked on by a stranger, saw people pee in the lawn and someone dressed as Jack Sparrow tried to dance with me. I’d like to add to your list people who wear coconut bikinis and shouldn’t (Jimmy Buffett) and the baby wearers. Whether it was James Taylor or Kid Rock, I’ve seen a woman wearing a baby not much older than a few months at every outdoor show I’ve been to.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:36 pm

      Oh yes! How could I forget the baby wearers! It’s just so loud. I admit- I judge. 

  13. Jenn says

    June 9, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    I am not a concert goes, but this still make me smile. People are characters!

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:37 pm

      It’s always interesting to people watch! 

  14. Kristin says

    June 9, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    I’m with you – I’m the one in the back wondering why there are so many people!!

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:37 pm

      I can’t look too much at the crowd. I start to freak out. 

  15. Natalie says

    June 9, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    Ha ha so true! I’m the “I like the assigned seat” kind of concert gal. I like the option to stand or sit without being trampled! 🙂

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:38 pm

      I like doing that so much better! But the difference in price between seats and lawn is huge, so we usually end up in the lawn. We stay in the back so that people aren’t pushing. 

  16. Liz Mays says

    June 9, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Every single concert I go to I’m stuck behind the tallest man in the world. It’s inevitable! And seriously with those high-waisted shorts. I just don’t think they’re flattering on ANYONE. Wait til they look back on their old photos years from now…they’ll be appalled. lol

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:39 pm

      Oh, I hate that! It doesn’t happen as much when we’re out on the lawn, but it happened to me at a school concert. I do not understand the high waisted shorts at all! 

  17. Migdalia - @MsLatina says

    June 9, 2014 at 3:02 pm

    I love going to concerts! It’s my THING. At one point, I was even a ticket reseller, which gave me advance notice of all concerts (LOVED!) and I have to say your post is spot on! I also may have ahem been each one at some point 🙂

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:41 pm

      How fun! We try to get to a few concerts every summer. I may have been some of these sometimes, too. 😉 

  18. Jaime says

    June 9, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    As an avid concert-goer (at least I was before I had my son), I have to agree with all of these. 🙂 And I’ve been stuck near some crazy-tall people, as well as the drunks. Oy.

    • Shell says

      June 9, 2014 at 9:42 pm

      The tall people! Yes! And the drunks are crazy- once we had our seats moved b/c someone came up and puked all over ours. It was so gross. 

  19. Carly says

    June 9, 2014 at 3:49 pm

    Ha, I’ve seen everyone of these people!

  20. Virginia @thatbaldchick says

    June 9, 2014 at 4:10 pm

    I haven’t been to a concert in a long time. Mostly because of the PDA couple. LOL

  21. Melissa @ This Girl's Life Blog says

    June 9, 2014 at 4:59 pm

    Love this! I have not been to a concert in quite awhile. I’m not sure which one I would fall under but I’m not sure it’s any of these. I’m sure at some point I’ll be the cool mom when my daughter starts wanting to go to concerts. 

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:26 pm

      The goal is not to be most of these. 😉 Some day, I’ll be the cool mom, though. 

  22. Janel says

    June 9, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    I cannot stand short-short shorts!! I haven’t been to a concert in ages. 

  23. Jenn @ The Rebel Chick says

    June 9, 2014 at 5:52 pm

    I love a good concert! People watching can be so interesting, can’t it!

  24. Christie says

    June 9, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    This is too real! I always have the guy that blows smoke right in my face too

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:27 pm

      Oh yuck! I actually posted about that during the concert- I’m so used to not being around smokers that it was weird to be around smoke. 

  25. April says

    June 9, 2014 at 8:17 pm

    LOL! I agree with the too short shorts! I mean really, I wonder sometimes why they don’t just wear their underwear out of the house. 

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:27 pm

      Underwear might cover more than some of the shorts I saw! 

      • April says

        June 11, 2014 at 11:54 pm

        Oh wow, How awful!

  26. Roxanne says

    June 9, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    I’m in the same category as you.

  27. JDaniel4's Mom says

    June 9, 2014 at 9:28 pm

    I usually end up behind the tall people and end up standing up in the back.

  28. Shell says

    June 9, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    Even on the college girls, there are certain parts that should be covered. 😉 No way will I be wearing those! 

  29. Theresa says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:45 pm

    I always get stuck next to the loud talkers or the heavy perfume wearers that make me sick. I think I have ventured into cool mom category. I don’t want to go, but no way do I let my kids out of my sight at an event like a concert!

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:29 pm

      I hate the perfume! Or smoke. Any strong smells. 

  30. Danielle @ We Have It All says

    June 9, 2014 at 11:46 pm

    OMGosh you’re SO right about all of this! Too funny!!

  31. Emily says

    June 10, 2014 at 1:04 am

    LOL You forgot the hair flicker… I always get stuck behind her…

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:30 pm

      I did forget! Right in the face! 

  32. melinda says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:13 am

    i don’t do concerts but these people can be found at any crowded function. I’m the eager leaver, I hate traffic LOL

  33. Tracey says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:37 am

    This is an awesome post! I am a huge concert goer, so I totally related to this one. The hoverers DRIVE ME NUTS!

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:30 pm

      I want to elbow them and make them move back. 

  34. sisters from another mister says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:48 am

    There is only one venue I will attend … and its seated 😉
    Altho last year we did go and see Rick Springfield, place was filled with 40+ yr old women
    singing along … on the plus side – there were no short shorts.

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:31 pm

      We tend to get lawn seats because we can go to more concerts that way. But I end up in the very back so that I don’t have to deal with the crowd. The craziest concert I went to was when New Kids on the Block did their tour a few years ago. All the screaming 30-40 year olds. 

      • sisters from another mister says

        June 11, 2014 at 12:51 pm

        A friend just did THIS. I.kid.you.not.   http://nkotb.com/events/230733

  35. Debbie L. says

    June 10, 2014 at 9:01 am

    Very cute post….made me smile.   You are so right!  LOL

  36. Rosey says

    June 10, 2014 at 9:19 am

    I’m the ‘I want to stay and see it all’ stereotype but my husband is the let’s beat the traffic guy.  -_- 
    My stereotype annoys him as much as his annoys me…yet we make it work, lolol

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:32 pm

      Oooh, that’s a hard balance! I want to see the majority of the concert, but I’ll leave a little early to beat some of the traffic. 

  37. Krystal says

    June 10, 2014 at 10:49 am

    I am anti high waisted shorts! They are the worst and are so popular here in Florida. 

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:33 pm

      I don’t see how anyone finds them flattering! Of course, I have a short torso so high waisted shorts come up to my chest. 

  38. Emily says

    June 10, 2014 at 11:55 am

    I’m not really into concerts anymore, but I can totally remember seeing a few of those people! I don’t know which one I fit into.

  39. Jeanine @ sixtimemommy.com says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Your list is pretty accurate. It also made me giggle because its so true, and the things you see at concerts theres just no un-seeing that!

  40. Jenni E. {Sweet Pennies from Heaven} says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    This post cracks me up! I remember back when I was in the 6th grade, my brother in law took me and a friend to see New Kids on the Block in concert. He was totally like the cool dad. LOL!

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:34 pm

      What an awesome bil! I saw NKOTB a couple years ago and it was hilarious to see all of us who had grown up with them yelling and screaming. 

  41. Megan @ C'mon Get Crafty says

    June 10, 2014 at 2:22 pm

    My most recent concert was Garth Brooks in Las Vegas, and it was a work event for my husband, so it was very lah-tee-dah! 🙂 The one other person I noticed was the girl who was apparently so hammered, she passed out during the show and hit her head or something and Garth had to stop the show for forty minutes for her to be treated/removed/ whatever. Still not really sure what happened there!

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:35 pm

      That’s crazy that they stopped the concert! I saw Garth years ago(back in 98 I think it was) and he puts on such an awesome show! 

  42. StacieinAtlanta says

    June 10, 2014 at 2:36 pm

    I always seem to be behind sign guy.  He is the one with the giant sign that is blocking my view…..hate that guy.

  43. Carly Bellard says

    June 10, 2014 at 4:17 pm

    How about the “over prepared 30 something”? That would be me. Anyone need a poncho? I have extras!

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:35 pm

      Everyone loves you when it starts to rain! 

  44. Ashley M says

    June 10, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    This is SO FUNNY because it’s true. I’m going to two back-to-back concert July 10th and 11th so I’ll have to see if I ‘find all 8’ 

  45. April Smith Decheine says

    June 10, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    Ha ha that is so true, I haven’t been to a concert in some time, but I don’t believe it has changed to much. Outdoor concerts are much better too!

  46. Emmy says

    June 10, 2014 at 6:05 pm

    It has been a while since I have been to a concert like that, heck any concert, but yep you hit it spot on. 

  47. Cassie @ Southeast by Midwest says

    June 10, 2014 at 7:23 pm

    This may sound prudish but I find it disgusting when girls wear shorts where their butt hangs out. What makes it worse is when they get all offended if you say anything about it or they act disgusted if they catch a guy checking them out.

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:36 pm

      I’m with you. I don’t think it’s appropriate. It’s one thing to wear short shorts  but another when they are so short they don’t even count as shorts. 

  48. Tonia says

    June 10, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    I’m the eager-leaver. I’m dashing out once I think people are going to start thinking about leaving. I want to be the first one in my car and out of the parking lot.

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm

      We were with someone like that at the concert this weekend. He practically ran back to the van when we left- it was good though because we actually made it out very quickly instead of being stuck in traffic. 

  49. Single Mom in the South says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:34 pm

    Don’t forget about keeping track of people wearing cowboy hats!  

    Sorry, couldn’t resist. Who all are you going to see this summer?

    • Single Mom in the South says

      June 10, 2014 at 8:36 pm

      Oh, or the girl who licks the pants of her friend’s guy… or the guy wandering around looking for his friends… or the girl with her head between her legs who ends up in the medic tent. (Although I’d like to forget that one…)

      • Shell says

        June 11, 2014 at 12:39 pm

        Yeah, let’s forget that one. 😉 So much fun to people watch at a concert, though. We saw Luke Bryan this weekend. Not sure who all we are seeing. Probably Florida Georgia Line in September. There’s another one or two we are looking into. 

  50. Veronica says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:38 pm

    haha! I love the pda couple. that was me at the Backstreet Boy concert. Lol. wasn’t too over the top though

  51. Chrysa says

    June 10, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    That’s so funny!  There also always seems to be a couple of people who seem like they have no interest in being there at all and hardly pay attention to the concert!

  52. Toni says

    June 10, 2014 at 9:53 pm

    LOL, those are definitely types you’ll see.  I am going to be the cool mom in September when I take my daughter to see one direction..except I do want to be there LOL

    • Shell says

      June 11, 2014 at 12:39 pm

      My kids would love to see One Direction! Sometime soon I’ll take them to a concert. 

  53. Jennifer B says

    June 11, 2014 at 6:38 am

    HAHA, this is great. You’re so right about all these people. 

  54. Amanda says

    June 11, 2014 at 7:53 am

    Hilarious! Yes, shirtless dude! Why? Put your clothes on! Thanks for the laugh!

  55. Cam | Bibs and Baubles says

    June 11, 2014 at 4:25 pm

    This post made me sad. Only because I can’t remember the last time I’ve been to a concert! Wah!!!!!! LOL!

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