The History of Moshing
b'I do not dance\\u2026I\\u2019m too awkward and too self-aware of my awkwardness\\u2026I know we\\u2019re all supposed to dance like no one is looking, but when it comes to me, people will look, point, and judge\\u2026\\n\\nMy wife realizes this\\u2026since we were married decades okay, she\\u2019s had to be content with the fact that she got that dance at the wedding and that\\u2019s pretty much it\\u2026and that\\u2019s because she\\u2019s not into dancing, either\\u2026\\n\\nI can feel the judgment.... stop it!\\n\\nThis doesn\\u2019t mean that music doesn\\u2019t move me\\u2026I\\u2019ve got that involuntary need to move when the music is great\\u2026and I don\\u2019t mean tapping a toe or nodding my head, although that\\u2019s where it starts\\u2026\\n\\nPut it this way: I\\u2019ve done my time in the pit\\u2026I\\u2019ve been elbowed, kneed, kicked, head-butted, burn with cigarettes and joints, and doused with water (at least I hope it was water)\\u2026no problem because that\\u2019s all part of the pit experience\\u2026the only thing I haven\\u2019t done is stage dove or crowd-surfed\\u2026I\\u2019m not sure why\\u2026\\n\\nBut here\\u2019s a question: why is there a pit in the first place?...who came up with this idea?...how did it spread?...and is it the same everywhere?...\\n\\nThese are important anthropological questions\\u2026we\\u2019re deal with a type of human behavior that\\u2019s seen all over the world\\u2026I think we need to study this\\u2026here a whole hour on the history of moshing\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'