Whoosh! Right over their heads.

The crowd is going to sing along with the stuff they have heard over and over on the radio as well as likely having heard the band play live before.

What Kathleen is saying is when they hear something they haven't heard before, they stop and listen. They can't sing along if they don't know the words. When Metallica played Judas Kiss when I saw them a few months ago, I wasn't jumping up and down because I was too busy taking in the performance while noting that it was a damn cool song that I should be playing at home more than I do.

Kathleen puts it in a very positive light where many would make it a negative where none may exist. People do go to concerts to observe. When you're watching videos, it's easy to think the crowd is bored when they seem motionless. I know I'd love to actually be able to sit down and just be focused on taking every detail in, as well as the bass sounds/feels better sitting down.

It's awesome to watch people jumping on video, but when you're there.....I know I've avoided the pit at GA shows for that exact reason. Metallica gave me a choice of floor GA or reserved seated. I went with reserved seated because I wanted to be able to focus on the show.

Let's not forget that so far the reports are that this is their most visual show perhaps thus far. So there is that hypnotic effect. I'll let you know after Saturday. I'm off the floor to the side towards the back, but looking forward to seeing the presentation from that vantage point. I was so close for Bounce that most of the lasers and lighting design was lost on me, and they are from the same guy who handled Pink Floyd's Pulse tour. I regret not seeing at least two shows from that tour with one towards the back to see it on the bigger scale it was meant to be seen.