PSA: Leave The Kiddies At Home!

[TVGUY]

Heck.. if Ed can bring his kid why can't I bring mine?

[ddirvine]

I guess it's like everything in society today.....

"Fuck off, its all about ME. I don't care if I disturb your concert with my snotty nosed kids.......fuck you!!"

That's great asshole, have a great time with Jr.

[RogueHorseman]

I don't know about who you encountered, buddy, but my 13 year old son is one HELL of a young man who is wise and mature well beyond his years.

Rock & roll belongs to the youth and those with youthful spirits.

[Ra Power]

Originally posted by Jimmy Jingles
Yeah, my oldest jinglette (9 yrs old) also loves CVH, but I just can't see her going.




Guess I'm an old fart.

No, you just have common sense.

PS> If your age ends in "teen", I don't have a problem. I was 14 at my first concert, a GA free-for-all at Arrowhead stadium. Little kids have no place at this event. Rush was showing weed and people smoking weed on their giant HD screen during A Passage To Bangkok, and no one will deny that Rush is magnitudes lighter than CVH.

[ddirvine]

Go look at your actual Live Nation ticket for the concert. It says ADULT right on the ticket.

Its funny, very few people seem to think this is OK. 7 guys I play poker with all agreed kids ahouldn't be at these shows. It seems there are a lot of guys here who disagree. Never would have thought.......

[FORD]

Last time I went to a Rolling Stones concert, the fanbase there ranged from young kids to 70 year old grandparents.

I think those kids knew the Stones music, then half of the trendoids at the Green Day show in 2006 on the American Idiot tour, who looked confused as Hell when the band played anything from their first two (indie released and MTV ignored) albums.

[Hoss]

Those of you taking young kids (12 and under)...What are you going to do when the person sitting next to your child decides to burn one?

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by Hoss
Those of you taking young kids (12 and under)...What are you going to do when the person sitting next to your child decides to burn one?

1. What's OK about 12 and over being exposed?

2. I'll tell the stoner moron that

...he's 4 months late for the Roger Waters concert in Philly, AND

...that a FUCKING VAN HALEN CONCERT IS NO PLACE TO "MELLOW OUT."

[Hoss]

1. What's OK about 12 and over being exposed?

Well...that was an arbitrary number. Seeing as how most kids who go to middle school or high school encounter it everyday in the bathroom.

You don't think a concert is an appropriate place for an adult to "mellow out"? Interesting. I'll bet 99% (again arbitrary number) of the OTHER patrons at the show would disagree with you. Maybe I'm wrong.

I know that I would quite uncomfortable "mellowing out" with a young kid sitting next to me. But then again, I'm a nice guy.

[RogueHorseman]

Originally posted by ddirvine
Go look at your actual Live Nation ticket for the concert. It says ADULT right on the ticket.

Its funny, very few people seem to think this is OK...

Yeah, I know it pissed me off having to pay the ADULT rate for his friggin haircuts and other assorted bullshit starting at ELEVEN.

Very few think this is OK? I haven't done a count of the posts here, but you are clearly outnumbered.

If you think this show is going to cater to the same mindset as in 1981 then you might as well stay home and smoke all the bowls you want while watching that old grainy stadium vid.

It is a case by case basis, and I would not take a pre-teen myself, but this IS more akin to the aforementioned Stones analogy than not - like it or not.

My teen son is a straight A student three years running and asked specifically to go for his birthday present.

He will not forget being there on opening night the rest of his life.

Oh, and he IS a legit CVH fan, chapter and verse, as well as a Stones, Zep and Thin Lizzy junkie of the highest order.

He is an accomplished musician, himself, and award winning artist.

He "gets" Dave.

He digs that fellow teen Wolf is there, too.

But YOU, you say he can't go to the show?

Kiss my ass.

No, kiss his ass.

Oh, and if anybody looks like a whiny-assed crybaby it is you, bitch.

It is 2007, grow the F up.

[Tiki-Tom]

Originally posted by ddirvine
Never would have thought.......

Now tell us something we didn't already know

You are about as likely to have an adult asshole next to you as you are a bratty kid. Is an adult only ticket gonna solve that problem. ...............Most of the Kids going will have a blast, with their dad and (or) mom in the mix. That's something that will stick with them for life.

[adamhlava]

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
Most of the Kids going will have a blast, with their dad and (or) mom in the mix. That's something that will stick with them for life.

Agreed. This is going to be my son's first rock concert and he'll remember it forever.
ddirvine it seems you are the one that needs to grow up. It's not 1980 anymore, Sparky.

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
Yeah, I know it pissed me off having to pay the ADULT rate for his friggin haircuts and other assorted bullshit starting at ELEVEN.

Very few think this is OK? I haven't done a count of the posts here, but you are clearly outnumbered.

If you think this show is going to cater to the same mindset as in 1981 then you might as well stay home and smoke all the bowls you want while watching that old grainy stadium vid.

It is a case by case basis, and I would not take a pre-teen myself, but this IS more akin to the aforementioned Stones analogy than not - like it or not.

My teen son is a straight A student three years running and asked specifically to go for his birthday present.

He will not forget being there on opening night the rest of his life.

Oh, and he IS a legit CVH fan, chapter and verse, as well as a Stones, Zep and Thin Lizzy junkie of the highest order.

He is an accomplished musician, himself, and award winning artist.

He "gets" Dave.

He digs that fellow teen Wolf is there, too.

But YOU, you say he can't go to the show?

Kiss my ass.

No, kiss his ass.

Oh, and if anybody looks like a whiny-assed crybaby it is you, bitch.

It is 2007, grow the F up.

Originally posted by Tiki-Tom
Now tell us something we didn't already know

You are about as likely to have an adult asshole next to you as you are a bratty kid. Is an adult only ticket gonna solve that problem. ...............Most of the Kids going will have a blast, with their dad and (or) mom in the mix. That's something that will stick with them for life.

Spot on.

Nail on the head.

Absolutely perfect...both of you!

My son attended The Police concert earlier this summer and rocked his ass off. He knew more of the lyrics to the songs than a lot of those around us....and he was sure a hell of a lot better behaved.

Frankly...I'd be more concerned about taking my boy to an Eagles game....and pro football is supposed to be "family entertainment."

Anyone who knows Philly remembers the 700 Level at Vet Stadium....full of drunken, wasted "adult" assholes spewing hate and foul language every 5 seconds. And it wasn't just limited to that section, I assure you. Assholes were (and are to this day at The Linc) everywhere.

It got so bad that they developed "Eagles Court", where a common pleas judge set up a courtroom in the basement of the stadium just to handle the tons of cases generated by the aforementioned "adults" who couldn't control themselves.

Never heard of a courtroom at a rock concert, though!

My son will be an eyewitness to rock history...and we'll share the moment and replay it for years to come.

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by Hoss
You don't think a concert is an appropriate place for an adult to "mellow out"? Interesting. I'll bet 99% (again arbitrary number) of the OTHER patrons at the show would disagree with you. Maybe I'm wrong.

That's not what I said, shitfist.

Pay attention!

I said a VAN HALEN CONCERT is not the place to "mellow out."

If you want to smoke yourself into a catatonic haze while Dave and Ed are blowing the place apart with "Unchained", then you're a fucking moron.

Besides...how fucking old are you now? Aren't we a bit beyond sneaking weed at a concert?

Dumbass.

[fryingdutchman]

Originally posted by RogueHorseman
If you think this show is going to cater to the same mindset as in 1981 then you might as well stay home and smoke all the bowls you want while watching that old grainy stadium vid.

This is probably the best line of this entire thread.

Well done, Rogue.