Keevan_Colton wrote:TithonusSyndrome wrote:...
A mosh pit is a section of the standing portion of the show where people charge into one another and slam each other about as violently as possible to the music,
like so. I don't know what gave you the idea that every concert had one, although I've seen some goddamned silly attempts to start them in preposterously unsuitable venues.
I've been party to that once, starting a pit to Steps and S-Club 7 at freshers week in Strathclyde Student Union. I was on an outing with some folks from OrGASM (Organisation of Goths And Strathclyde Metallers, a wonderful example of coming up with the acronym first).
I confess, I've tried to do similar things just for laughs, that's different. I mean more like things along the lines of trying to start a moshpit at a, say, Nickelback concert. For fuck sake, people, stop pretending you listen to aggressive music. You're not even fooling yourselves.
YT300000 wrote:A mosh pit is a difficult thing to explain, but there's usually a certain good-naturedness to it - if you get knocked down someone will pick you up, and so on. The most violent pit I've ever been in degenerated fully into punching and elbows, but yet 5 minutes later I had my arm around the guy who I traded the most blows with, as we screamed out the chorus of the song.
Here's a new dance craze that's sweeping the nation,
It's called the Toxic Waltz and it's causing devastation,
You're jumping up and down like a psycho circus clown,
Slamming with waltzers all the way around,
You get caught up in the whip, thrown into a flip,
You aim for someone's head to stain the floor red,
Give someone a kick to prove you're truly sick
Bounce back from some blows and blood runs out your nose
Flailing round and round and you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance on this rough new dance
If you dare!
To dive in!
There are some that try but they don't survive
They don't hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise helps you brutalize
With us!
EXODUS!
(chorus)
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Kick your friend in the head and have a ball
Come on and do the toxic waltz
And slam your partner against the wall
Everybody's doing the toxic waltz
Good friendly violent fun in store for all
Get up off your ass and toxic waltz
If you hit the floor, you can always crawl!
Used to do the monkey but now it's not cool,
The twist and mashed potato are no exception to the rule
So don't be a dunce and dance like a runt,
Just throw your elbows with good friendly violent fun,
don't start to cry if you get a black eye,
just dive back in and give another try,
but too much action may leave you in traction,
so you better get insurance no matter your endurance!
Flailing round and round and you're injury bound
Waltz it up!
The pit is it!
You can take your chance on the rough new dance
If you dare!
to dive in!
There are some that try but they wont survive
They dont hit!
'cause they're wimps!
And this exercise helps you brutalize
With us!
Exodus!
(chorus)
Get up on your feet, don't look so obsolete
And thrash like an athlete!
Don't sit there on your ass, don't look like you got too much class,
you'll be harassed!
You know we guarantee, this is the key
So rage or get the third degree!
You begin frontal assaults and start your somersaults
And do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Do the toxic waltz!
Sorry, I had to.
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