Last night we went to the Get Out The Vote concert. 4 hours later, I leaned over to the better-half and said, “The Beastie Boys need to wrap it up because I am an old lady and need to go home and go to bed.” I know, I was at a Beastie Boys show and I was tired. At least I didn’t complain about it being too loud (I’m looking at you, better-half). Seeing the Beastie Boys was awesome. They are such smartasses and they are so high energy it’s hard to remember they are my age. I bet they weren’t sitting around whining about how tired they were.
As we were hurrying back to the car, I told the better-half when we quote the lyric from the Grandmaster Flash song about the DJ cutting it faster, we know from cutting it faster. Mixmaster Mike was, indeed, a mixmaster. Lord have mercy.
They performed Intergalatic. I was hoping for Sabatoge during their set, but will just have to see them again and hope for the best.
Santogold opened and I must apologize to her. I’m sorry the people on the floor didn’t get wound up until after 10pm. But, I’d like to believe you started them up. For crying out loud you rocked and you had tamborines and dancers. Tamborines and dancers dressed in gold. In fact I can’t think of one thing that wouldn’t be improved with tamborines and dancers.
Norah Jones was up next and she brought Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper with her. I had heard of Sasha Dobson before. Catherine Popper plays bass. That’s cool. Norah Jones stuck with the guitar for most of the evening. Sasha Dobson’s banjo caused some huge feedback (at least I think it was her instrument). A minor mishap but not the only one last night.
How many shows have been put on at the Coliseum and there are still sound issues? Either that’s the nature of the business or there’s something that needs fixing there.
Jack Johnson got all the dudes and their girls wound up. I’d rather see him in a smaller venue.
Sheryl Crow came out and brought the rock. She sang her gasoline song with the video running in the background. She puts on a great show but at some point it looked like she really needed to pee…something about the way she bends her knees when she jumps around on the stage.
I noticed several other old fogies left after her set. They missed the Beastie Boys and I say it’s just as well because you have to pull the stick out of the butt in order to enjoy the Beastie Boys…the fogies near us seemed attached to theirs.
Next to final thoughts-since when is it OK to bring toddlers to big, loud, four-hour concerts?
Final, final thoughts-Please vote on Tuesday.
I was shocked to see a picture of the Beastie Boys the other day and realized that they, like the rest of us, got older.
That’s a strange mix for a show. Sheryl Crow is alright for a couple songs but her voice gets on my nerves after more than that.
I’m definitely getting old because I can’t imagine going to a 4-hour show anymore. And there’s no way a toddler can deal with it that long either.
It was a strange mix for a show. I used to be a Sheryl Crow fan back when she first made it big but now I’m sort of meh on her. She was definitely working the crowd and having fun so in that respect she puts on a good show. She was a little more talky than she needed to be.
Santogold, Norah Jones and the Beastie Boys were definitely the highlights.