Jan 31, 2007

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Bus Driver ripped it last night at The Great American. Bus Driver ripped it so hard we left mid Deerhoof. And we didn't feel bad about it. It wasn't that Deerhoof was bad, to the contrary, they were really good, it's just that Bus Driver set the bar energy-wise and Deerhoof was somewhat lacking in that brand of dancey silliness.

The three of us make great audience. I feel i can say that sincerely. We like to hop around and dance and laugh and joke and stuff. But all good audiences do that. In fact, the only complaint i have about last night was the lack of dancing, or moving, or arm waving on the audience's behalf in general. San Francisco didn't really represent last night.

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3 comments:

Stephanie said...

Rarh, rarh, rarh! That was f-u-n.

(I'm always surprsied when audience *won't* do what it does best, dance and jump and put our hands up. This is maybe awful and for sure makes my preferences transparent but: is the bad audience thing really about rock shows? I mean, the gestures per genre seem downright *anti*-movement. I like rock at home! Sometimes! Or in my ears while I walk! but live, it's all, not so rarh. Are pop audiences any better?)

5:55 PM
John Sakkis said...

first of all, yeah yeah, i rented saw 3...and liked it...

i've heard that san franciscan's are a notoriously tough bunch to get moving. not sure what's up with that...i think kids out here like to pose, and getting all sweaty fucks with their posing. or, it could be the mixed genre show...like last night's hip hop opener and rock and roll headliner, maybe people were just confused (though really, how confusing is it?)...

or maybe we were the only people not in bands in the entire venue...and therefore didn't have to be concerned with technique...i remember being a young DJ at parties, all the cool DJ's would stand up right next to or in front of the turntables...watching (or at least pretending) eagle-eyed whatever DJ was currently spinning...of course we were all standing perfectly still. dancing definitly wasn't cool, if you were a real DJ you had to be "over" it, you know, like, 'i'm so cool i don't even feel like moving to the mucic...my ear is so crazy tuned in i can just 'listen' to the beats..." blah blah...retarded...but, maybe that's what happend last night...maybe everybody at the show was an aspiring Satomi.

and then again i've been to some deadass hip hop shows...where the group/ MC was doing plenty to get the crowd moving but the crowd refused...

but how you didn't feel like jumping up and down to Bus Driver's set last night is beyond me...like, i just don't get you as a person...you know? "you" being those wallflowers at the show...

okay, what's next?

8:40 PM
fish fishtofferson said...

i usually prepare myself to be the obnoxious one with a few drinks, bump into everyone while I dance and jump and sing, and call everyone "stiffs." it usually clears out a little more space for my needs.

i really don't know what it is, but the band(s) appreciate it way more when they see and hear a little energy from the crowd, but everyone's a little too reserved to let loose and expose how the music really makes them feel, if they feel anything at all.

goddammit, I expect music (and music i really love) to force me to move, and THAT is why i go to live music, for an experience that propels me to move and one different from what comes out me speakers.

SF crowds blow! but they all blow.

9:52 AM

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