On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 06:16:01PM -0700, Elizabeth Daneff wrote:
> SDRE played a few songs I was interested in, the rest went in
> and out. Jeremy was nothing to write home about. They did play well
> together, but the fact that only one of them bothered to thank the crowd,
> and only three of them introduced themselves, it was like they forgot that
> hundreds of kids put up what little money they had to come see the band. It
> was the most impersonal concert I had ever seen.
I think your expectations may have been a bit too high. I've been to a
_lot_ of shows in my short life, and that describes about 1/3 to 1/2 of
them. Thinking back on the shows I've been to recently ... Jucifer didn't
say _anything_ ... Out of all of s-k, only Corin spoke ... I can't remember
if Sensefield thanked anyone. Little Red Rocket didn't say much, Cat
Power were very quiet. Elliott Smith _did_ thank everyone, though.
They don't need to say anything or thank the crowd, as long as they're
into their music. I really don't care if they even notice the crowd is
there as long as they love their music and lyrics.
Last time I saw Sunny Day, only Dan spoke, but he was very gracious.
Nobody introduced themselves. There's no reason.
> They ran out of merchandise,
Not the band's fault. They aren't in charge of distros. That's a
screw-up behind the scenes.
> didn't show up for the in-store,
I'm willing to bet there's an explanation for this, too. Hell, I've had
bands go on late because they decided they wanted Chinese food (Juliana
Hatfield, anyone?).
> and Jeremy did a horrible,
> aweful thing. Like every other "rock-star," held his guitar high in the
> air, then slammed it as hard as he could into the floor. "Was I at a Limp
> Bizkit concert?" I asked myself. Sorry guys. You might have to take me off
> this list unless someone else can convince me they're worthy of my time and
> ears. I liked the music, but I could've managed without the band.
> Isn't there some poor inner city kid who could've used that guitar to become
> something? That's rock-n-roll for you.
Jeremy's just a person. He gets angry. And if I'm into something as
intense as their music, creating something like that, and then the
guitar blows out or busts a string, I'd be pissed!
That's not rock'n'roll, that's just anger. *shrug*
So .. I dunno. I guess it just depends how you want to look at it. I
recommend you see them one more time before you write them off as a live
act. And you should stay on the list, for sure, cause the music and
lyrics still mean something to you, right? :)
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Georgia Institute of Technology | That strips the night I breathe ...
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