These few articles, brought to my attention in the last few days, have made me ruminate on various thoughts that always seem to nag at me in some form or another:
Coming from a source named MTV Guy Code, I’m left wondering whether this article is tongue-in-cheek, or truly a misguided, misogynistic attempt at reaching out to legions of pathetic teenagers. I’m leaning towards the latter, especially considering it’s affiliated with MTV. I’m not even sure this article deserves exposure, but it does raise some irritating points. It does appear that the author has attempted to back track and write the piece off as comedic material, but it seems like a lame excuse. Especially when the bar mentioned in the article is not impressed with the representation of their establishment. They apparently failed, as with many people, to see that humor that was ‘supposed’ to be present in this post.
(Read more about that here: http://www.metalinsider.net/updates/author-saint-vitus-bar-respond-to-women-at-metal-shows-article )
The comments contained in the article reaffirm many of my personal thoughts about the immaturity that so many boys seem to possess. I purposely did not use the term “men” in this case, as it is undeserved. It also confirms that suspicion that some bouncers are bouncers for the purpose of “trying to get laid”. I suppose this isn’t a new endeavor, as there are always females looking for the same thing.
The fact that the article suggests it can be easy to pick up a woman at a metal concert by following a few tips is a complete joke. From the perspective of a woman who has been attending metal shows for over ten years, it’s easy to pick out the moron in the crowd who takes these tips (or similar ones) to heart. These guys don’t appear as suave; they appear as pathetic and make good fodder for jokes later. That being said, not every male that attempts to talk to a female at metal shows falls into this category, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out which ones do.
The article does speak the truth when it comments on the increasing number of women attending metal shows. This has become an apparent trend in the last few years. Whether they are cute or not is another debate, and one that I could care less about. I have often wondered about the role of the internet in this relatively new phenomenon, and wonder whether it’s a trend or something that will hold true over time.
This article is in direct response to the MTV one. I am in total agreement that there have always been women at metal shows. I have never been to a metal show, no matter how small, where I was the only woman in the audience. I have been to several, especially years ago, where there were very few women, but never a single show where there were none. The difference from several years ago seems to be that the women in the crowd then were obviously die-hard metal heads.
The ‘ultimate point’ of the article is a good one. Assuming a girl is at a metal show for metal is a decent assumption. And goes back to my point that it’s relatively easy to to figure out which people (male or female) are not actually there with the music entirely in mind.
The trend in general seems to be more people showing up at metal shows that make metal heads question whether they are actually there for the music. Perhaps it’s because metal now has more mainstream exposure, or maybe because it’s become a bragging rights, trendy thing to do amongst other sub-groups of society. I really don’t have the insider information on that one, seeing as I don’t really belong to these other stereotyped groups that have been appearing at metal shows on a more frequent basis.
It used to be that almost everyone who made an appearance at a metal show was dressed in some form of the stereotypical metalhead attire. They were at least wearing a band t-shirt. While those people definitely do still exist, they are probably the ones who live and breathe metal and have been attending shows for years. Some girls might be going to metal shows trying to pick up guys. Some guys might be going to metal shows to pick up girls. Suspicions arise when talking to people who aren’t wearing something signifying that metal music is a significant part of their life, and are further justified when they know nothing about the band playing but admit that they just showed up thinking “it might be fun”. Admittedly it does irritate me slightly, but I guess the best one can do is hope that all of the people now showing up dressed in the latest mall-trend clothes are there for the right reason: the music.
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