Submitted by Rona_Gura on

Look Up!!!

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We recently went to see The Who at UBS. It was a great show. I cannot believe the level of performance that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townhsend are still capable of. 

 

I did notice one disturbing trend. The person next to me was texting throughout the performance. Although she was bopping to the music, she barely looked up at the stage. The person in front of me was watching the performance through his phone, obviously videotaping it.  He too, though, never looked up. 

 

I felt like reprimanding the both of them, “Look up!!! Enjoy the reality of what is right in front of you.” But, of course, I did not. 

 

I am fearful that we are becoming a society of people who are keeping  their heads down in their phones and missing the beauty of what is in front of them. Do you feel the same?

Comments

Corey Bearak

As I stated two blogs ago, "One of the interesting aspect of this show; I really like to concentrate on enjoying the music and the overall performance but I found astounding how many attendees deployed their iPhones and androids to take video of the entire show (I do enjoy watching YouTubes of performances but this was too much. Shouldn’t we just be groovin’ to the music?" (see https://www.gothamnetworking.com/blogs/entry/Some-shows-ahead-of-a-big-series).
Fred Klein

I wonder what the long term implications are?
Daniel Schwartz

I agree and notice this at many live shows. Also annoying, texting during a movie (a reason I have mostly giving up going to a public movie theatre. My last Broadway show attended this summer had me leaning to the person in front of me to please put the phone away. It was so distracting and took my attention away. But live concerts, it seems is now more of the "look at me, I am at this show" and then go on Facebook live. I am not a fan of any of it.
Kelly Welles

I understand that the Smartphone generation have brains wired differently than older generations. The implications are concerning.

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