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| From | "Michael" <mkropp@comcast.net> |
| Subject | 'Re: Idiots at clubs (was 'the bats') |
| Date | Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:10:50 -0500 |
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And not just at clubs...
Tuesday night I went to see Ray Davies at the Tower Theater near Philadelphia. I had great seats, about 11 rows back.
Great sightlines and the place usually has great sound.
The show itself was great. There was one thorn however, and he sat directly behind me.
This no-talent ass-clown spent the better part of the night bellowing his approval for every song and/or movement by Ray and band. And bellow is the right word, because it wasn't quite screaming and it wasn't quite cheering. The only time he wasn't yelling was when he was swigging from his flask. A fair amount of people in the radius of this fellow shot the dirtiest of looks and tried asking (pleading) with him to stop.
"BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THE KINKS BEFORE!!!" Aside from the fact that there was only one Kink onstage, how about being quiet so that you can actually HEAR THE KINKS.
Security came by a few times, confiscated his flask, but allowed him to stay.
I finally moved away from my seat to enjoy the rest of the show. As I made my way out of the Tower, I saw my new "friend" struggle with standing upright. I'm sure he told all his buddies the next day how great the show was.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Stroud (Nocean)" <info@noceanstudios.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:26 PM
Subject: Idiots at clubs (was 'the bats')
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Swim Taxi"
>
>
>> it amazes me that people come to a concert then treat the band like they
>> were background music. at least they can tell all their hipster
>> friends/rivals that they were at the Guillomots show before everyone liked
>> them...
>>
> I saw A Flock Of Seagulls at the Viper Room last week, and I was a victim of
> this self-same thing, times 1000. You wouldn't believe how many people were
> on their frigging cellphones, trying to talk/yell over the bands! Or just
> talking to each other, and never ONCE looked at the stage. Amazing.
>
> I think these days a lot of live music is just something to do, a place to
> go, for most people. The core fans, the ones who really love the bands, get
> shafted by all the dead wood that just wants to hang out.
>
> I do think that my Seagulls show had two extra things going for it that made
> the experience so much worse:
>
> 1) The Viper Room. It's hip. People go there just to go, or to be seen.
> Doesn't matter who's playing: it's the Viper Room.
> 2) A band like AFOS tends to bring out a lot of people due to the nostalgia
> factor, not necessarily because they're fans. The woman behind me in line
> asked me when the last time I listened to their music was, and I told her
> "Today. I've got all their songs loaded on my iPod." (Which is absolutely
> true.) She looked at me like I had a badger growing out of my forehead. And
> the six 20-somethings in front of me half-turned, then snickered under their
> breath. And inside the club, these two drunk jerks monopolized most of the
> middle of the floor in front of the stage, high-fiving each other and
> screaming "I RUN! I RUN!".
>
> Enough complaining. The show kicked ass, even though it's just Mike Score
> now. They did some DEEP, DEEP cuts, Side-B-of-the-album stuff that only a
> fan would know. Many many times, it dawned on me that I was the *only*
> person I could see singing along with "Quicksand", "The Traveler", "Remember
> David", and others. It actually made me laugh.
>
> Don
> http://www.noceanstudios.com
>
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