DSP The MUSIC Thread

I am one of maybe four people that loved REM for one album - Fables of the Reconstruction ... I noticed that on the album spine it was called Reconstruction of the Fables. DOCUMENT was solid too.

My reason for being disappointed in their live show was weird: they sounded 100% EXACTLY the same as their studio versions of every single song. For whatever reason, I want a distinct live experience - for live covers of their own songs, I can stay home and listen to the records and save a shit-ton of time & money ... But that's me.

 

went and checked out Leonid and friends and they were a lot of fun live
last minute ended up w 2nd row center in full nerd central lol
band was really lively and sounded great...until the drum solo

 

yeah they did my old school and a bunch of EWF stuff (one of the guys was there along w a Tower of Power guy) Superstar by the Carpenters and a ton of Chicago
I'm a man by SDG sounded great until the drum solo literally emptied half the place including us
idk if you've been to that Canyon club place off of Hobbs but its a converted movie theatre as far as i can tell and holds 1600 sold out
kind of weird to have a couple of quinceaneras going on either side of the venue but it was fine
should have been prepared for the older crowd that doesn't get out much but had no idea what it would be like
enough creepers that the gf was clinging to me until the moment i got to the bathroom door lol
they had a 15 minute intermission and other than that played 3 hours until we left
horn section was outstanding and very active, actually the entire band was and all four vocalists spent a lot of time engaging the crowd
guy that sold us the tickets was a total dick/creeper and as soon as we sat down Lala wanted to switch seats away from him
he said he was a "lifer" and had seen them 8 times!
there were supposed to be wrist bands to meet and greet the band but he wasn't going to part w the two that should have gone w our seats
i even said " who do you think they want to meet, you or her? " but he acted like he had gold in his pocket or some shit
oh and we ate tacos at some place called El Dorado i think and they were excellent...ultra loud kareoke not so much...
can't believe they can do that show b2b nights let alone 4 nights in a row
oh yeah and some Rufus!

 

I think I'm done with live shows. I want to see some concerts but these mega crowds & today's dynamic have me unwilling. People are intolerable. I'll cut a throat before I let some perv encroach on me or mine. My oldest daughter wants to see Taylor Swift ... One, I don't have a grand to piss away for the ticket & two, if someone gets buggy on me, I'm going to jail for what I'll do.

I guess I'm an agoraphobe.

 

didn't someone just die at a TS concert?
yeah there's not much you can do about peoples eyes ime and that just comes w the territory if you hang out w attractive women whether or not they happen to be daughters
learned a long time ago not to pay attention and act like i've been there before especially if it happens all the time
bet there's lots of small venue places in KY to see the B list bands and new guys making the bar circuit
thats usually how i like to enjoy live music these days and will go seeing bigger acts at HB, SBbowl, Greek etc. but no way i'm doing Staples or Forum type shows
especially here theres that entitled drunken asshat factor that makes it completely not worth the effort but man i love live music