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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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... or just too old?

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cruelladepoppins · 10/08/2010 23:55

Actually I've always had this problem, I don't think it's my age.

Why is live music so sodding LOUD? I went to a really great gig today - fantastic music, just far, far too loud. Why does it need to be that loud?

Actually I am probably just annoyed because I forgot to take my earplugs - standard kit for me anywhere there is going to be amplified music - but what posible reason can there be for playing it louder than is comfortable?

Also at the cinema - really unreasonably loud. DS2 (just turned 9) went through a phase a couple of years ago where he refused to go to the cinema because it was "too noisy".

Isn't there an environmental health limit for "entertainment" noise? If not why not?

Rant rant rant rant rant ...

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LetThereBeRock · 11/08/2010 00:00

Who did you see today?

I'm very sensitive to noise but I love loud gigs,if it's a rock or a metal band. I can't imagine seeing certain bands at anything less than full volume,yet I can't stand listening to loud music at home or the tv when it's loud. I'm weird I guess.

LetThereBeRock · 11/08/2010 00:02

Perhaps my issue is with the size of the room. At gigs I've been right up the front and it's been incredibly loud and it hasn't bothered me one iota.

cat64 · 11/08/2010 00:03

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cruelladepoppins · 11/08/2010 00:06

If I tell you who I will "out" myself in RL - it was a really good band at a small local festival, in a small venue. Mostly acoustic instruments but they were all miked and amplified. Honestly they could have had no amplification at all and they would have made plenty sound.

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LetThereBeRock · 11/08/2010 00:07

I can see your point if it's a small venue.It does seem excessive then.

kickassangel · 11/08/2010 00:21

people have different quality of hearing, just like eyesight or other physical attributes.

so, you sound like you have better hearing than average.

at a big rock gig, it does need to be loud, the accumulated noise of thousands of people mean it has to drown them out.

what you've described prob needs to be amp'ed to get the balance right, or some instruments would dominate.

however, it is possible to get a good, decent sound for that kind of gig, without making it painful

LucyLouLou · 11/08/2010 00:58

The 'loudest' gig I ever went to was in a basement, terrible acoustics (though brilliant gig), and I was actually hearing it for days afterwards. There were probably a maxiumum of 200 people there, likely less. I've also been to gigs with over 100,000 people in the crowd and I've gone to bed two hours later with no ringing in the ears at all. My guess is that the music was not significantly louder than you're used to, but the acoustics in the venue were pretty bad.

Nothing to do with age :).

LucyLouLou · 11/08/2010 00:59

sorry maxiumum maximum

lizziemun · 11/08/2010 07:54

YANBU.

But then I also find background music on tv programmes to loud. I wish there was a button to turn it off so I can hear what the actors are saying.

But I am old and have dodgy hearing .

EverythingInMiniature · 11/08/2010 08:05

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Isawthreeships · 11/08/2010 08:09

YANBU. And it's not just live music. Went to a family party with a cheesy disco recently (I know ) and the DJ kept turning up the music until it was so loud that it was impossible to have a conversation. He was repeatedly asked to keep the volume at a sensible level but kept slyly turning it back up again. I wouldn't have minded so much if the music was half decent...

sunndydays · 11/08/2010 08:12

I agree, I don't like the cinema or loud live bands/music or people having the tv too loud (I'm 23 btw!)

StealthPolarBear · 11/08/2010 08:18

lizziemun i agree with you there - you shouldn't have to strain to hear voices over the background music, it drives me mad

BaggedandTagged · 11/08/2010 08:23

Lizziemum- I am the same and worried that it's a sign of premature deafness

I find on TV and at the cinema that often the dialogue is not loud enough over the background music.

BaggedandTagged · 11/08/2010 08:24

ps I also used to have to watch the Wire with the subtitles on (in English)to have any hope of following it

Heracles · 11/08/2010 10:30

I don't mind loud gigs and clubs (and have decent earplugs that cut out the very top frequencies - they're sold everywhere nowadays), you're primarily there for the music after all; it's loud music in pubs that annoy me, and always has done.

homerdonuts · 24/02/2011 22:33

The Noise Regulations only apply to employees at work - not members of the public, I'd recommend the earplugs at www.splugz.co.uk/ for gigs and festivals, bought some myself recently, some good info there as well :)

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