ben dover knowles! hilarious! wow, this post made my day.
quoted 2 lines What's the matter? Are you jealous because they made some music that blows> What's the matter? Are you jealous because they made some music that blows
> your shit away? Come on. It doesn't matter how the music is made, at the
riiiight. my shit. do i even have any shit? um, not last i checked. not
yet anyway. moving on...
quoted 5 lines end of the day the question is was it good. And their music was fantastic.> end of the day the question is was it good. And their music was fantastic.
> I've never been a plaid fan. But I thought the show was awesome. And I
> could give a fuck if ppl were dancing or not. To each his own. Why are you
> worried about what other ppl are doing? If you are letting other people's
> activity ruin your show experience, then you have problems.
look, i said i enjoyed it. i agree with you on this - the music itself was
great. PLAID MAKE GREAT MUSIC, YAY, WHOOPIE. i'm not arguing that. but the
crowd sucked and the performance was not all that exciting for me, and
while the visuals were cool, they did not save the show. a show is not
just music - if i wanted just music i'd listen to the cd. the one thing
that separates a great show from a mediocre show, imho, is the energy -
and it wasn't there, either in the crowd or on stage. so you disagree -
(great! that's what free will is for!) - frankly, i could give a shit.
what's your problem with letting me have an opinion?
someone else brought up, and it has been discussed before, the point that
i might be comparing this too much to a standard "rock" show, and maybe
they're apples and oranges. i understand what you're getting at, but i
don't think i agree - a good show, be it electronic or folk or hippy rock
or whatever - should at the very least get the crowd excited. this is
indicator number one. an even better show should involve an exchange of
some sort between the audience and artist - sometimes this can be an
actual musical exchange, sometimes just an energy or feeling. to me this
is a very tangible thing that is either there or it isn't. of course
mileages may vary, so while you might have seen god during the squance
encore, i just thought watching prince get eaten by pacman was pretty
cool.
btw, i'm guessing that the reason you thought the show was so great is
that, like you said, you've "never been a plaid fan," and seeing them live
you finally realized that they kick ass. congratulations. now go buy
restproof clockwork and the peel sessions and be happy. me, i already knew
that the *music* kicked ass, but i was hoping to see a fun *show*. in this
respect, i was a little (a very eensy-teeny woo-woo tiny wee bit!)
disappointed.
quoted 2 lines And obviously you weren't listening to Mira DJ. She played a wide variety> And obviously you weren't listening to Mira DJ. She played a wide variety
> of sounds everything from Avante-japanese noise artists to Warp IDM.
you might go back and read where i said that i only caught the last 10 min
- i didn't really comment about the set at all except to say that what *I*
saw wasn't very exciting. it seems like plenty of people have found faults
with mira's djing, so whatever - neither here nor there.
quoted 1 line You need to shut your mouth, stop complaining, and open your ears, Ben!> You need to shut your mouth, stop complaining, and open your ears, Ben!
will do! thanks!
love,
nub
np. speedy j - public energy no. 1
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