I like live shows if they give me something that the CD doesn't. Different variations on songs is my favorite. Covers, I love. Crowd interaction is awesome.
Big shows that have no spontenaity (Madonna, I'm looking at you) leave me really cold.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
msbelle - Feb 16, 2004 5:28:05 pm PST #1042 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
amyparker - Feb 16, 2004 6:08:26 pm PST #1043 of 10003
You've got friends to have good times with. When you need to share the trauma of a badly-written book with someone, that's when you go to family.
I have been to two live shows. Shun me at will.
The last one, however, was Richard Thompson, just last year.
DavidS - Feb 17, 2004 5:29:06 am PST #1044 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The last one, however, was Richard Thompson, just last year.
Now see that's recent enough and cool enough to stop the shunning.
Lyra Jane - Feb 17, 2004 5:56:46 am PST #1045 of 10003
Up with the sun
That's what I get for not living there.
Oh, I know. And it's more than I know about SF nightclubs. I was just in a nitpicky mood.
Javacat, Gandalfe: CDs will go in the mail shortly.
Alicia K - Feb 17, 2004 7:31:07 am PST #1046 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
I'm weird with live shows: I like to hear stuff I know. Although lately I've been seeing bands I'm unfamiliar with, so I can't expect that. The exception is the bands I love, like U2 and REM, in which I love it all.
This explains my love of going to see cheesy cover bands.
katefate - Feb 17, 2004 8:21:00 am PST #1047 of 10003
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Live music is mother's milk to me. I like small venues because I groove on watching what musicians are doing. And ogling their instruments.
It seems to me the better or more imaginative musicians are, the more difficult it is for a recording to capture their vitality.
tina f. - Feb 17, 2004 8:40:32 am PST #1048 of 10003
It seems to me the better or more imaginative musicians are, the more difficult it is for a recording to capture their vitality.
Agreed. It is also just a great way to find new music to listen to.
Speaking of, katefate - here is a Lawrence cable show you can watch in segments about Drakkar Sauna - they do several songs. I apologize in advance for the obnoxious host of the show. (You'll pry want to skip the first half of the first segment).
Hayden - Feb 17, 2004 8:45:07 am PST #1049 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I second Jon on the RFTT Redux album. It's very good.
I don't know if I can write down all my favorite live shows, but I've seen some absolutely stunning live shows: Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders, the Mekons (who never fail to connect with their audience, as Misha pointed out), Richard Thompson (10 or 11 times), Camper Van Beethoven, the Replacements a couple of times, Bad Brains, Southern Culture on the Skids, Whiskeytown (with the original line-up), Spoon, Man or Astro-Man? in their crazy early days, Alex Chilton, Yo La Tengo, Patti Smith, Luna, among many others, including some fantastic (and mostly unsigned) bands that most of you will never have heard, like Sweat Bee, the Tremblers, the Frydaddies, the Smears, the Irascibles, Shark Quest, and a few bands whose names I've forgotten.
Anyway, live music is a crap-shoot, sure. But for me, it's worth it to be part of the experience, even if it means staying up too late and getting a lungful of someone's else's cigarette. When the show really comes across, it's an experience like no other.
Jesse - Feb 17, 2004 8:48:31 am PST #1050 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I like small venues because I groove on watching what musicians are doing. And ogling their instruments.
Yeah, I'm generally entertained by live music, even if I'd never listen to it at home, because I'm just impressed with people's talent and ability. I mean, they're MAKING MUSIC! Right there in front of me! And I love watching drummers. And bandleaders, regardless of who that is.
katefate - Feb 17, 2004 8:49:04 am PST #1051 of 10003
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Thanks, tina! That reminds me - I can now go back and see the winfield thing you sent me. Yay. It was on Turnpike also, wasn't it? I couldn't get videos to run on my old PC, but I got a shiny new computer, and have downloaded quicktime.
[edited to snerk at the Blair Witchiness of tina's link]