fairness in reporting

[opabinia]

Last night wasn't so great. There were lots of I-should-haves and I-shouldn't-haves. Maybe I should have called more people, so I could offload that extra ticket I ended up eating. My excuse (to any who would cry out, "Shiiiiit, I would have loved to go to that showwww!!") is that I halfway wanted to be by myself, for various reasons. Even so, I shouldn't have gone to that show alone in that venue -- it was a highly alienating experience. The crowd sucked massively. The Agganis Arena is not the place for Death Cab. I'd see Cinderella there.

It's strange when a band's stage presence doesn't conform to expectations. Those guys were stomping around way too much to sound so whiny. I was all like, Settle down! Stand still and be maudlin. (I know their earlier stuff was thrashier, but most of last night's set was newer.)

Lowlights: The anorexic drunk blonde three rows ahead of me, who would not sit still, who repeatedly fell over onto her neighbors, who looked like she'd barf or snap in half in just a few more measures. The overly-friendly girl to my right, telling me she'd be all depressed to go to a show alone. She was nice, she was cute, but leave me alone. The three meat-heads on my left, who belonged at a Bosstones show, and were clearly bored and proud of it for the whole set.

(As an aside, I think the band feels that their popularity has exceeded their target audience specifications. I detected subtle sneering at the vulgar hordes, but maybe I'm projecting.)

'Course, you're in a room full of happy people, and you're the only one who's feeling sour, guess whose problem that is. So...

Highlights: Title Track as a first song (The sound was so welcome, the carefree feel so appealing); Soul Meets Body (All those BU ballcaps knew the song, so they actually reacted to it, instead of standing there, beer in one hand, cellphone in the other.); We Looked Like Giants (It sounded fantastic live.); and -- OMG -- they played Sound of Settling last, which almost made up for the rest of the evening. Not such a great track, really, but damn does it resonate lately.

Comments

[annabelle.livejournal.com]

ah, the sound of settling. yes it does have an unsettling amount of resonance lately.

[bottleimp.livejournal.com]

I heard DCFC (Department of Children and Family Counseling?). I really disliked it. I know your mileage varies, but whining doesn't past the Stage 1 Filter.

[belledejour.livejournal.com]

I'd see Cinderella there. rock on!!!

[armandae.livejournal.com]

heyhey thanks for calling. sorry couldn't make it - have actually never heard (or at least heard and known it was them) deathcab before (blasphemy!)

sometimes is good to go places alone, but you def have to be in the mindset for it. The first times I went to manray were like that, didn't know anyone, but was...glad of it. but unless you are really in that headspace, you just end up feeling not part of the experience and disconnected from the world around you.

maybe next time ;p

[spitcurl.livejournal.com]

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[shnells.livejournal.com]

i would have gone with you but unfortunately i wasn't done with work until about 8:10pm so i probably wouldn't have been able to make it :(

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

I hate to say it, but that's all unsurprising for the BU area.