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Music Appreciation

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5. True. Arg. rock concert audiences - particularly in Buenos Aires - tend to be of a middle-class, white and RW background

Reply to displacedvermoter (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 04:27 PM

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Though you'd be surprised how many even in that group actually struggle - many dependent on their parents/rich uncles to pay their rent, etc.

In Argentina, people often say: "estamos cada vez más apretados" ("we're worse off, all the time" ).

And since '75 - except for the 2004-13 boom (sabotaged by the vulture funds) - that's pretty much how it's been.

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Oasis in Buenos Aires last night with a madly pogoing crowd - Rock 'n' Roll Star [View all] highplainsdem Sunday OP

They all seem to be having a good time! displacedvermoter Sunday #1

They needed SOMETHING to distract them from the ongoing Mileise... peppertree Sunday #2

I am pretty confident that the folks displacedvermoter Sunday #3

True. Arg. rock concert audiences - particularly in Buenos Aires - tend to be of a middle-class, white and RW background peppertree Sunday #5

I am wondering if the Oasis tour displacedvermoter Monday #7

Important concerts in general can be almost unaffordable for people living paycheck to paycheck. Especially if highplainsdem Monday #8

Thank goodness we have YouTube!!! IcyPeas Monday #9

They can be earthshaking: highplainsdem Monday #10

It definitely gets the award for "Most Ecstatic Audiences" IcyPeas Monday #11

"madly pogoing crowd" is right. Wow. speak easy Sunday #4

True - it's a custom there (esp. in Buenos Aires) for crowds to jump in unison, arm in arm, as a show of shared joy peppertree Sunday #6

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