An Evening to Remember: Are Concerts Truly Favored More Than Sex?
Imagine having a open night. You are refreshed, open to experience, and wanting to shake up your regular habits of post-work slumping. Your options awaits your choice! Do you choose a) seeing live music or b) being with a partner? The answer, as is often true with such kinds of hypotheticals, is obviously: “That depends.” Mature individuals could understandably inquire: what's the concert? With whom is the other person? Is it likely to be satisfying?
Not many would pick a Limp Bizkit/Slipknot/Korn triple bill if the choice was one enchanted evening with a beloved celebrity. Yet change one side of the equation, and it turns less clearcut. For the 40,000 people asked this question through a gig organization, no such context was offered – and the answer came out clearly and overwhelmingly supporting live music events.
Survey Results Indicate Unexpected Choices
A worldwide survey, questioning thousands of participants from 18 and 54 across different nations, showed that gigs are now the most popular pastime, surpassing sports, cinema and – yes – sexual intercourse. If restricted to a single form of enjoyment permanently, a significant portion picked live music, versus going to the cinema (17%) and games (14%). They were also over two times as likely to prefer seeing their favourite artist in concert (70%) instead of sex (30%).
You appear expecting to be delightfully amazed – and frequently you’ll end up with another person's locks in your mouth
Factors and Reflections
Naturally it's expected that a promotional study commissioned by a live event company would result so overwhelmingly supporting live shows – and, amid the playful spirit of a either-or question, if your top performer is, for example an iconic star, it's understandable why watching him may be chosen instead of a routine encounter. However this either-or decision between gigs or sex, plainly ridiculous even if it seems, is noteworthy to consider given the odd moment we face with these two aspects.
The Change of Gig Attendance
Over the past few years, concert attendance has evolved into more than a communal experience but a serious endeavor. Major promoters duly point out that arena crowds has “grown significantly each year”, and live events sell out faster than ever. Merely acquiring passes now requires military-level planning, instant reactions and significant funds (or a generous credit card limit). Although you’re successful, it isn't sufficient to merely attend and watch the performance. Currently there is an anticipation, especially for music enthusiasts, that you could increase your experience quality by attending more than once (even travelling internationally), swotting up on the set list ahead of time and understanding the rituals to follow and fan traditions developed through previous crowds.
Several fans report feeling scarred by their experience at popular events: what felt like a orchestrated show of thousands of people, in which certain attendees came unfamiliar with the protocol. That 18-month concert series, generating billions, showed of the degree to which people will go to participate in a historic occasion and see their favourite artist perform, though the real performance grows somewhat less important than the production.
The State of Current Relationships
Sex, conversely – a relatively cheap and common experience – experiences challenging circumstances. Based on contemporary studies, approximately 25% of individuals were intimate in an typical week, while about three in ten were abstaining. In another major country, recent data revealed that over a quarter of individuals said they had not sex a single time in the last twelve months, up from lower numbers in the past. In both territories, the shift has been associated with decreased encounters with younger generations. Contrast this with the sector expanding rapidly for stadium extravaganzas and the intense rivalry for passes. Of course it's more complicated as a simple decision between both alternatives – “do you prefer see a major tour multiple times, or stay celibate?” – but it's possibly an sign of what is viewed as the more dependable enjoyment.
Interesting Comparisons
Intimacy and concerts are more comparable than people often believe. They both embody the commencement of a relationship, a actual experience of expectations or potential that might have amassed solely in your imagination. You arrive with a basic expectation of what might happen, but anticipating pleasantly surprised – and how it ends up good or bad relies heavily on if your enthusiasm and hopes match theirs. Quite often you might find with a stranger's hair in your mouth, and later be lingering for a break and personal space alone. Similarly for each, stimulants and beverages can either enhance or detract from the experience (but absolutely assist the most dire occasions more bearable).
Finding the Balance
The wonder to concerts and intimacy hinges on locating that hard-to-find balance between the known and the new, sameness and variation, work and relaxation. Naturally it's uncommon – but it's the remembrance of when they did, the knowledge that it’s possible, that motivates us to try again: to {
