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city: HullThis song is inspired by mine and Endoflevelbaddie's shared hatred of this new habit that people have of filming entire live performances on their phones.
I've paid good money to see a live act that I adore and often I've been waiting in anticipation for that show to come round too, the last thing I want to do is view it through people's phone screens or watch others fail and just drunkenly film the back of the head of the person in front of them.
I love the feeling of being present at a gig and feeling that connection between yourself and the artists on stage, I just think that getting your phone out for a long period of time is poor gig etiquette…and I’m short so that doesn’t help!
Obviously, (and hypocritically as performers) there are also positives to this, bands need footage of themselves performing live so that they can show other people that they're actually pretty good, or to capture fond memories or to post on their socials to get more gigs. The same goes for gig-goers too.
In short, I don't wanna see ya phone- I just wanna watch the band!