I love watching a live music performance. I think there's little in the world that can beat the atmosphere of a good concert. Since I get so much enjoyment out of them, it's rather unfortunate that concerts are also the place where I get irked by one of my biggest pet peeves - clapping out of time. In any situation where clapping along with the music is encouraged, it's inevitable that the general population will be off beat despite those on stage providing a perfectly steady rhythm. At that point, it's also inevitable that I'll explode with a Gob Bluth-esque "Come on!" at the error. (For future reference, claps typically should fall on the second and fourth beat, not the first and third.)
Despite my appreciation for the song, it's probably a good thing I'm not too likely to see a performance of Handclapping Song by funk pioneers The Meters. The variety of rhythmic patterns in the 1970s tune would be too taxing on my delicate audience-participation sensibilities. Try to keep up here: http://youtu.be/iBuyAL-otK4.
