Screaming and fainting.
By Kandase
@Kandae11 (57230)
April 30, 2018 11:23am CST
Last night I was watching film clips and videos of live shows featuring the Beatles and Elvis - and once again I marveled at the way fans would scream or even faint at the sight and sound of their favorite artiste - the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and others.
I know the screaming continues today, but I am not sure how much fainting goes on now - and I often wonder how one can possibly enjoy a performance with all that incessant screaming - and what really causes them to faint?
Did you attend many live pop shows during your teenage and young adult years?- and did you scream or faint? Which artiste of the past or present would make you want to scream and shout during a live performance ?
Picture is of singer Mariah Carey.
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26 responses
@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
30 Apr 18
Back in high school my best friend and I were crazy about David Cassidy. He was performing at a stadium in Long Island and we lived in NYC so we got our moms to let us get tickets. I remember that there was more screaming than listening to him and I also remember that we all sat on fold-up chairs. When things got really crazy we all stood on these chairs shouting and jumping up and down. How w
e did not kill ourselves or wind up with injuries I will never know. I think even the police there wre in shock. I mean thousands of teenage girls jumping up and down on folding chairs lol
e did not kill ourselves or wind up with injuries I will never know. I think even the police there wre in shock. I mean thousands of teenage girls jumping up and down on folding chairs lol4 people like this
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 May 18
Me either. I kept my panties too.
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
2 May 18
I was a screamer for the Beatles but never fainted
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@Marilynda1225 (91127)
• United States
5 May 18
@Kandae11 no I never saw them in person but I wanted to . Then I probably would have fainted
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
30 Apr 18
During my high school days, my friends and I would go to some concerts and yeah most people would really scream til they are out of breathe. It can really be hot when you go to concerts that there people who really faint.
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
1 May 18
@Kandae11 When it is too crowded, my friends and I would find a place that has ventilation so we cant faint and can breathe.
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@snowy22315 (209080)
• United States
1 May 18
Hmm, I don't think I have gone to a concert where screaming and fainting was going on.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
3 May 18
I did not attend any concert where there was fainting. Some screaming after the song is appropriate but not during the song as I am there to hear the singing and not the screaming.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Apr 18
A lot of the hysteria was engineered by having some actors start things rolling but it took a life of its own in the end. I prefer to just watch / listen to the show in peace and ffer applause after each song
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
7 May 18
@Kandae11 yes, Sinatra's agents certainly staged such events
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
1 May 18
I screamed watching the Beatles on TV but I never fainted.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 May 18
oh, maybe those who are so ecstatic to watch their idols sing are too much excited, that they eventually faint.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
30 Apr 18
Hm, it's a good point. I don't understand the screaming and fainting myself. No matter how awesome someone is - they are still just a person like you, like me.
Screaming is annoying, cheering is better.
I didn't go to many big name concerts.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
1 May 18
@Kandae11 So true. Or singing along with - I go to watch at Karaoke sometimes and this one lady I know will sing along with most the songs. It's like, that's nice and all, but it's someone elses chance to sing now
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@allen0187 (59828)
• Philippines
1 May 18
I've attended concerts and yes there was screaming. Not much fainting though.
Nowadays, I settle for quiet jazz nights or acoustic sessions.
Very relaxed and no screaming at all. 
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@crossbones27 (52999)
• Mojave, California
30 Apr 18
I guess that is what we call start struck. It is becoming less common I think to a certain degree because of social media and shows they are just people like anyone else. The only time I really hear any thing like that now is little girls for boy bands and people like Justin Timberlake
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
30 Apr 18
No I didn't attend any but I did watch the fainting and swooning by the teens of the day. It was a different time I think even though there are screaming fans today I don't hear or see too much fainting.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 May 18
I act fool enough as it is, I wont scream till I pass out just because someone is singing, I may toss my granny panties on stage but that is it! Okay that was a joke, they aint getting my panties either.
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