Any DMB fans?

[MrsAxilla]

Talk me off the ledge!  My sister is coming to visit and bought us tix to go see Dave. I'm kind of dreading it! ;Not only will I be 8 months pregnant and SOBER, I don't really like Dave.  We're streaming a Dave show now, and the best part of it is that Trey Anastasio is a guest.  He's blowing Dave away!

Do Dave fans really sing along?  WTF is that?!?

[pantsparty]

No.

[MrsAxilla]

May 3, 2013 23:25:12 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

No.

Ha!  Sober coping tips?

[pantsparty]

May 3, 2013 23:27:45 GMT -5 MrsAxilla said:

May 3, 2013 23:25:12 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

No.

Ha!  Sober coping tips?

1. Have baby before concert

2. Drink

[Deleted]

I thought I was the only one who didn't like Dave...

[pantsparty]

May 3, 2013 23:35:17 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

You realize you're going to be breathing in a metric ton of weed, right?

Um, Bill Clinton didn't inhale, she doesn't have to inhale!

[MrsAxilla]

May 3, 2013 23:35:17 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

You realize you're going to be breathing in a metric ton of weed, right?

Yes, that will be my saving grace.

[emptygee]

May 3, 2013 23:37:33 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

May 3, 2013 23:36:06 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

Um, Bill Clinton didn't inhale, she doesn't have to inhale!

Lol!

When I was like 14 at a DMV concert I got super sick from all the smoke. I was a poor innocent babe.

Hmm. Did they play "Drive In, Drive Out"?

[emptygee]

May 4, 2013 9:56:06 GMT -5 emptygee said:

May 3, 2013 23:37:33 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

Lol!

When I was like 14 at a DMV concert I got super sick from all the smoke. I was a poor innocent babe.

Hmm. Did they play "Drive In, Drive Out"?

Or "Crash Into Me"?

[wkatie]

I haven't been to a DMB concert since mid-90's, but I imagine they are the same. Tons of weed, each song lasts for 20+ mins, a great time if you are impaired in some way. No way I would go pregnant, especially not 8 mos. Can your sister bring a friend instead?

[Deleted]

Ha, I love DMB. I have tickets when I'll be 38 weeks. But it's not for everyone. If you're not up for it you have the perfect excuse.

[azurely]

I really love Dave, so I would be in heaven. I'm so jealous!

Others are correct though, the songs last a long time, and there will be lots of pot smoking hippies there. People definitely sing along too... It's my favorite part

[fivechickens]

I LOVE DMB!

Why did your sister buy you concert tickets for a band you don't like?

[Deleted]

I love Dave and have been while hugely pregnant but if you're not a fan, you won't enjoy yourself. Can your sister take a friend instead and the two of you do something another night?

[JayhawkGirl]

I'm a huge fan and have been to about 20 shows. I have never smoked pot. My last show was when I was 36 weeks pregnant.

It was an indoor arena with good ventilation so I was only aware of one brief time of smoke.

People do sing along, dance, etc but it has never bothered me. I've been to about 20 shows.

I'm jealous you get to go! They are skipping KC for the third year in a row and when tickets went on sale, we were still in our infertility treatments and not planning any travels.

[gozf]

Isn't singing and dancing at concerts kind of par for the course? I mean, I went to DMB shows back in the mid-90s, and I agree it's a particular thing. But the singing and dancing never struck me as especially strange.

[MrsAxilla]

May 4, 2013 10:42:27 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

I LOVE DMB!

Why did your sister buy you concert tickets for a band you don't like?

Well, I can generally enjoy myself at any concert.  DMB is her favorite - she travels all over the country to see them multiple times every tour.  They haven't been here in a while.  When they announced the dates, I said of course I would go.  But then I got pregnant.  And remembered that sing-alongs are annoying.  

[MrsAxilla]

May 4, 2013 13:39:33 GMT -5 @buster said:

The only concert I have ever been to where people didn't sing along was a Cosby, Stills, and Nash concert. Every one just sat there in their chair, tapping their toes, or lightly drumming on one leg with a hand. Do you not sing along to the radio? Concerts are about having fun and feeling the music (lol at my inner hippie). I've only ever seen DMB in St. Louis, but here it isn't really a hippie thing. It's mostly a young, preppie group. I have smelled pot but I've never smoked it nor have I been offered any.

With that being said, we have pit tickets for this summer, so I'm sure it will be a bit rowdier than the regular seats.

Please don't ever go to a Phish concert.

I've been to 50 Phish shows.  It's different.  DMB shows seem to be the whole audience singing along at the top of their voice.  If Phish fans sing, I never hear them.  The worst experience I had at a Phish show was when a group of drunk DMB fans behind us belted out all the lyrics like they were part of the show.  It caused thoughts of violent rage - completely unacceptable at a Phish show!  We had to move.  

[MrsAxilla]

May 4, 2013 13:50:40 GMT -5 @buster said:

LOL? really? I'm pretty sure DH & his buddies sing at Phish shows-not that they represent any majority of Phish fans. IDK what to tell you then. Sorry!

If they're singing loudly to all the songs DMB style, then they are definitely in the minority and definitely irritating the fuck out of the people around them. People are there to hear the band play, not to hear how well your DH and his buddies know the lyrics.

[Deleted]

Don't go.

[CurlyQ284]

I went with DH when I was 6-7 months pregnant. It was awful, we had lawn seats and sitting on the ground sucked with my big belly. Plus lots of pot smoke, I spent a lot of time by the food areas to avoid it.

[pickle123]

May 4, 2013 12:18:32 GMT -5 JayhawkGirl said:

I'm a huge fan and have been to about 20 shows. I have never smoked pot. My last show was when I was 36 weeks pregnant.

It was an indoor arena with good ventilation so I was only aware of one brief time of smoke.

People do sing along, dance, etc but it has never bothered me. I've been to about 20 shows.

I'm jealous you get to go! They are skipping KC for the third year in a row and when tickets went on sale, we were still in our infertility treatments and not planning any travels.

yeah what's up with skipping KC again?? So bummed. I've been to 20ish as well...love it. Used to travel all over prior to having kids.

[Deleted]

May 4, 2013 12:18:32 GMT -5 JayhawkGirl said:

I'm a huge fan and have been to about 20 shows.

It was an indoor arena with good ventilation so I was only aware of one brief time of smoke.

I've been to about 20 shows.

Do you repeat phrases often? Do you find yourself particularly hungry a lot? Do you go through 1 or more bottles of Visine a week?

[agnes]

Srsly, who doesn't sing at a concert?

But DMB...like hell I'd go to one of those concerts.

[Deleted]

People go to DMB concerts sober and/or not stoned?

[MrsAxilla]

May 4, 2013 20:31:49 GMT -5 @amoosed said:

People go to DMB concerts sober and/or not stoned?

That's my problem right there!

[JayhawkGirl]

Sorry visine I got interrupted several times while I was posting.

Pickle-I actually emailed the Warehouse about it this spring. Makes me wonder if the Sprint Center pissed them off somehow.

[Deleted]

<~~~loves those guys. Met Dave 3 times over the years, cool guy. That being said I am too old to keep up with them anymore.


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