Haven't really felt like writing anything I guess, I'm a pretty lazy guy sometimes and definitely not what you might call a self-starter. I did see Ween a couple of weeks ago in Rochester, NY. I've liked them for quite a while but this is the first time I've been able to seen them play live. I expected an amazing show based on what people have told me and I was not disappointed, not even a little bit. They must have played for two hours plus and the energy level from the "Nan" opener to the "Mollusk," "Big Jilm" and "LMLYP" encore (My brother and I called the last two on the way to the show!) was as about as high as you can get. Having never seen them before I can't say for sure but it seemed like they were really feeding off the energy of the audience. The crowd was intense. Ween fans really like singing along with the band, apparently. Sometimes, almost always, I find this to be really annoying but there is something endearing about the sound of a bunch of fanatics singing along with "Sketches of Winkle" or "Piss Up a Rope." They played some new stuff too: the infectiously catchy instrumental "Fiesta" and the slow soul of "The Party." This was easily one of the best live concerts I've ever been to in a club.
This weekend I'm going to the Syracuse Jazz Fest to see Dave Brubeck, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones and The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, all for free! Maybe I'll get around to writing about that sometime before summer is over.
2 comments:
That's funny that you mention the singing along thing. When Phil and I went to see the Flaming Lips last summer, Ween opened for them. The fans were indeed singing along and I found it to be very, very annoying (rip your hair out annoying).
Ha! I remember talking to you about that Ween show, I think you said that one of them looked and/or sounded like Carol Channing too which cracked me up.
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