Jon...Jon are you out there?
The concert I attended this weekend exceeded my expectations. What a diverse musical seen it provided
The first band were some weak teen chick band from Ithaca who was met with responses of indifference to threats of homicide if they didn't leave (I actually saw one guy in the pit dancing, but I'm not sure if it was for comedy or if he was just feelin' it).
A complete 180 as AntiFlag came on. A politically charged punk/core band that started out with a mindless, albeit catchy, song (You gotta die die die die die for your government, die for your country. That's shit) and quickly degraded into hardcore music that I no longer have the stomach for (I used to love that scene, I'm not really sure why anymore) and extreme leftist interludes between songs. Meh.
However, when Greg and the other 40 somethings of Bad Religion the concert made a sharp upswing with the insight and poetry of Bad Religion. It had everything. Energy, humor, sing-alongs, and a consistently stellar performance that you'd suspect a band that's done this a thousand times before would bring to the table. I moshed, I sang, I got banged in the knee. Just like the good ol' days. Although I can't describe the music other than saying its really good, there were two moments that may give you some insight into what the band is like.
After a brief equipment failure, to kill the dead time, the lead singer first instructed everyone who was taking pictures to get their cameras ready as he was going to pull off some poses (thumbs up, laid back, tough, angry, inspired, laughing) so the crowd could get some good 'action shots' of him. To check to see if the equipment repair had been successful, they had to play their instruments, but they spruced it up by asking if 'Jon was out there' and then started playing the first verse of Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. The Central New Jersey crowd went wild.
Another interesting moment happened during the song Epiphany, someone inexplicably threw an open cell phone up on the stage. At first, Greg batted it away, not knowing what it was. But when he realized it was a phone with someone on the other end, he picked it up and without breaking from his song, placed the receiver by the microphone to give the caller a brief taste of what he was missing. The caller was lucky, however, the owner of the phone was probably not, as after singing the chorus, he looked around to see if he knew where the phone came from and wasn't really sure. So, he haphazardly shrugged and hucked up a free souvenir to someone in the front row. I hope the phone eventually made it back to its original owner.
Anyway, I'll wish the crowd an early Happy Thanksgiving as I tend to forget about this thing sometimes.
The first band were some weak teen chick band from Ithaca who was met with responses of indifference to threats of homicide if they didn't leave (I actually saw one guy in the pit dancing, but I'm not sure if it was for comedy or if he was just feelin' it).
A complete 180 as AntiFlag came on. A politically charged punk/core band that started out with a mindless, albeit catchy, song (You gotta die die die die die for your government, die for your country. That's shit) and quickly degraded into hardcore music that I no longer have the stomach for (I used to love that scene, I'm not really sure why anymore) and extreme leftist interludes between songs. Meh.
However, when Greg and the other 40 somethings of Bad Religion the concert made a sharp upswing with the insight and poetry of Bad Religion. It had everything. Energy, humor, sing-alongs, and a consistently stellar performance that you'd suspect a band that's done this a thousand times before would bring to the table. I moshed, I sang, I got banged in the knee. Just like the good ol' days. Although I can't describe the music other than saying its really good, there were two moments that may give you some insight into what the band is like.
After a brief equipment failure, to kill the dead time, the lead singer first instructed everyone who was taking pictures to get their cameras ready as he was going to pull off some poses (thumbs up, laid back, tough, angry, inspired, laughing) so the crowd could get some good 'action shots' of him. To check to see if the equipment repair had been successful, they had to play their instruments, but they spruced it up by asking if 'Jon was out there' and then started playing the first verse of Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. The Central New Jersey crowd went wild.
Another interesting moment happened during the song Epiphany, someone inexplicably threw an open cell phone up on the stage. At first, Greg batted it away, not knowing what it was. But when he realized it was a phone with someone on the other end, he picked it up and without breaking from his song, placed the receiver by the microphone to give the caller a brief taste of what he was missing. The caller was lucky, however, the owner of the phone was probably not, as after singing the chorus, he looked around to see if he knew where the phone came from and wasn't really sure. So, he haphazardly shrugged and hucked up a free souvenir to someone in the front row. I hope the phone eventually made it back to its original owner.
Anyway, I'll wish the crowd an early Happy Thanksgiving as I tend to forget about this thing sometimes.
posted by Jamson at 9:34 AM
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