Jammy smears
Pickle your knees in cheese
It's nothing new, Jack White has done the same for years. He wants to people to enjoy and listen but not through the lenses of their phones and I think that is fair enough. People find it hard to engage in the moment and enjoy themselves because they're forever checking their phone. I bet no one who has ever wasted time filming a firework display instead of just bloody watching has ever watched the footage!
I'm a bit of a hypocrite though as I do like to watch some live performances of songs on youtube I just don't want to be at a gig behind a sea of phones held aloft, it's distracting and annoying. I did film a couple of my favourite Angel Olsen songs at a gig last year but I was at the back stood on some seating so it wasn't bothering anyone else. I do like to take a photo or two as it's a standing joke that the pictures are always so bad when I post them on my facebook.
If more people had a bit of self control with their phones I doubt any artist would outright ban them but going by some of the gigs I have been too, self control is really lacking.
I'm a bit of a hypocrite though as I do like to watch some live performances of songs on youtube I just don't want to be at a gig behind a sea of phones held aloft, it's distracting and annoying. I did film a couple of my favourite Angel Olsen songs at a gig last year but I was at the back stood on some seating so it wasn't bothering anyone else. I do like to take a photo or two as it's a standing joke that the pictures are always so bad when I post them on my facebook.
If more people had a bit of self control with their phones I doubt any artist would outright ban them but going by some of the gigs I have been too, self control is really lacking.
