An Evening to Cherish: Is Attending Gigs Really Preferred Over Sex?

Picture finding yourself with a free evening. You are energized, open to experience, and looking to change your regular habits of relaxing at home. Life itself is your oyster! Could you choose a) seeing live music or b) engaging in intimacy? The response, as frequently seen with such kinds of questions, is obviously: “It varies.” Mature individuals may reasonably wonder: what is the concert? Who's the partner? Will it be likely to be satisfying?

Hardly anyone would choose a Limp Bizkit/Slipknot/Korn triple bill if the other option was a dream date with a beloved celebrity. Yet change either end of the equation, and it turns more complicated. In the case of the 40,000 people presented with this choice by a major concert promoter, no further details was provided – and the result was revealed decisively and strongly supporting gigs.

Research Findings Reveal Unexpected Preferences

A worldwide report, polling 40,000 people ranging from 18 and 54 in different nations, revealed that gigs are now the number one form of entertainment, ranking above games, movies and – indeed – intimacy. If restricted to one type of entertainment forever, 39% of respondents chose gigs, against film attendance (17%) and games (14%). The group was significantly more as prone to choose watching their top musician on stage (70%) rather than intimacy (30%).

You appear anticipating delightfully amazed – and frequently you’ll end up with someone else’s hair in your mouth

Factors and Reflections

Of course it's expected that a marketing research conducted for a concert promoter might conclude so strongly in favour of live shows – and, in the freewheeling mood of a hypothetical choice, if your preferred musician is, say a legendary singer, it's understandable why seeing him might win out over a common or garden experience. But this binary choice between concerts or intimacy, clearly absurd though it may be, is noteworthy to reflect on considering the strange juncture we face with both.

The Transformation of Concert Culture

Lately, live music participation has grown beyond a shared activity but a serious endeavor. Major promoters rightly note that stadium attendance has “grown significantly each year”, and festivals sell out quicker than before. Just obtaining admissions now demands detailed strategy, quick decision-making and deep finances (or a generous credit card limit). Although you manage, it’s not enough to simply turn up and watch the performance. Currently there is an assumption, particularly with pop fans, that you might enhance your enjoyment value by seeing several shows (including overseas trips), learning the song selection ahead of time and knowing your marks to follow and audience interactions established by earlier audiences.

Many attendees report feeling shaken by their experience at large concerts: what felt like a choreographed performance of thousands of people, in which particular fans turned up not knowing the protocol. That 18-month tour, earning massive sums, demonstrated of the degree to which attendees will push to experience a historic occasion and watch their preferred performer perform, although the actual music grows somewhat secondary to the production.

The State of Contemporary Sexuality

Sexual activity, on the other hand – an accessible and available enjoyment – is in difficult times. Per contemporary studies, approximately 25% of adults were intimate in an average week, while about three in ten were not engaging. Elsewhere, recent data indicated that more than 25% of individuals said they had not intimacy even once in the last twelve months, increasing from lower numbers in the past. In both territories, the shift has been attributed to decreased encounters with younger generations. Juxtapose this with the industry booming for major events and the fierce battle for tickets. Of course it’s not as simple as a straightforward choice between both alternatives – “do you prefer see a major tour repeatedly, or remain abstinent?” – but it’s perhaps an sign of which is perceived as the more reliable satisfaction.

Unexpected Similarities

Intimacy and concerts are more comparable than you might think. They both embody the initiation of a bond, a actual experience of ideas or promise that might have amassed solely in your imagination. You show up with a general notion of the probable outcome, but hopeful of being pleasantly surprised – and if it turns out enjoyable or disappointing relies heavily on if your enthusiasm and anticipations correspond with partners. Quite often you’ll end up with another person's locks in your mouth, and later be waiting around for a break and a moment alone alone. Likewise with either, drugs and alcohol can either enhance or detract from the event (but definitely make the worst occasions more bearable).

Achieving Equilibrium

The wonder to concerts and intimacy hinges on locating that perfect combination between the known and the new, consistency and change, work and relaxation. Certainly it occurs infrequently – but it’s the memory of successful moments, the awareness that it’s possible, that motivates us to attempt once more: to {