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So I went to the Bright Eyes show yesterday. Adriana and I missed the train we wanted to take because I've got this being on time problem, so we walked around Red Bank a bit and took the next train out. We got to New York, it was so cold out but I was in a pretty good mood despite not actually liking Bright Eyes that much. So things were all nice, we get to Town Hall, our seats aren't terrible, and we're just kicking back all snuggly in our winter coats and scarves. And then...okay, and then this PIECE OF SHIT band comes on and I died a little. It was these 3 asshole girls in like neon tights with ugly boy haircuts and sequined grandma looking tops. Then there was a generic Chris Carrabba/Ryan Cabrera/Any-other-guy-who-thinks-he-has-a-nice-singing-voice-and-can-strum-an-acoustic-guitar type and another typical clean cut, floppy hair swept to one side, scrawny guy on keyboard. So there's five kids up there to make the most unoriginal, obnoxious, overall BAD music I've ever had to sit through. One of the girls was fucking tap dancing like she thought it was such a cute idea to incorporate tap with acoustic rock. And then worst of all, they bring out this metal trash can and start drumming away on it like they thought it was so very clever and unique. Too bad they were just drumming exactly on beat so it didn't make a goddamn difference in the song, and for this they had to bring out the drummer from Rilo Kiley and make it seem like he was some big celebrity even though he's just in a shitty band too. I think I'm just really tired of these dress-up bands with their shameless stunts. Fuck you Tilly and the Wall.
So then I was in a critical, in general fed-up mood with the entire music scene and I was expecting the next band to be even worse and for Bright Eyes to be at the peak of their whiny annoyingness. <--probably not a word. The next band was these two girls and a colored guy all sitting around playing really random instruments. The random intruments and sounds were a little too over the top for me (one of the girls just sat and played what looked like different kids toys with barnyard sounds for a few of the songs) but the whole thing was saved by her singing. It was a Nelly Furtado, backwoods, Delta blues voice which completely pulled together the otherwise sparse songs and managed to make the slightly weak lyrics ("I just wanted to be your housewife." !?" actually work. So overall I liked them, minus the fisher price sounds and the fact that throughout the whole performance they had a projector set up showing a mini-movie/photo montage of "arsty" images, which was just a little too affected and transparant and definitely took away from their raw performance. And I liked them more than I liked the lame Bright Eyes shirt I bought before the show so I exchanged it and got their cd (Cocorosie - La Maison de Mon Rệve).
Bright Eyes was Bright Eyes. They have their moments but they still don't cut it for me anymore. And Conor needs to wash his hair.
The show ended at like 11:30 so we caught the 12:37 back to Red Bank. Got home at 2, went to bed at 3, woke up at 6, and did a shitty job on my midterms. I'm actually pretty lucky that only assholes worry about midterms, otherwise I might almost have broken a sweat. Haaah.
p.s. Hahahaha adriana thinks you can get herpes from the couches at Starbucks. but then again, I'm the Headphone Head Kid so I guess I can't talk.
So then I was in a critical, in general fed-up mood with the entire music scene and I was expecting the next band to be even worse and for Bright Eyes to be at the peak of their whiny annoyingness. <--probably not a word. The next band was these two girls and a colored guy all sitting around playing really random instruments. The random intruments and sounds were a little too over the top for me (one of the girls just sat and played what looked like different kids toys with barnyard sounds for a few of the songs) but the whole thing was saved by her singing. It was a Nelly Furtado, backwoods, Delta blues voice which completely pulled together the otherwise sparse songs and managed to make the slightly weak lyrics ("I just wanted to be your housewife." !?" actually work. So overall I liked them, minus the fisher price sounds and the fact that throughout the whole performance they had a projector set up showing a mini-movie/photo montage of "arsty" images, which was just a little too affected and transparant and definitely took away from their raw performance. And I liked them more than I liked the lame Bright Eyes shirt I bought before the show so I exchanged it and got their cd (Cocorosie - La Maison de Mon Rệve).
Bright Eyes was Bright Eyes. They have their moments but they still don't cut it for me anymore. And Conor needs to wash his hair.
The show ended at like 11:30 so we caught the 12:37 back to Red Bank. Got home at 2, went to bed at 3, woke up at 6, and did a shitty job on my midterms. I'm actually pretty lucky that only assholes worry about midterms, otherwise I might almost have broken a sweat. Haaah.
p.s. Hahahaha adriana thinks you can get herpes from the couches at Starbucks. but then again, I'm the Headphone Head Kid so I guess I can't talk.