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September 24, 2005

So come and dance with me...

Saw Franz last night, as you probably know (And if not, now you do! Isn't that amazing?). Besides getting a wee bit lost on the way home, it was pretty hardcore. I thought I'd share some thoughts on my first non-TMBG concert... IN BULLET POINT FORM! Huzzah!
-Franz didn't give me that feeling of "giddy happy if I die now, that's okay cause I'm fucking watching TMBG!" feeling. But it was getting there.
-TMBG have live performances down to an art form. Franz and other bands play music. TMBG PERFORMS for you. They have entertaining and witty banter and everything, They play music too, but everything they do on stage rocks you.
-I wouldn't have thought Franz' accent would make it that hard to understand them.
-Franz really liked to jump off of things. They set up little platforms and they actually jumped on the drums and all kinds of stuff. Heh.
-Franz' songs, when you hear them live, really make you feel like THAT is how their songs are supposed to be. Like that's how they concieved them, and then they had to tone down the hardcore rocking to get it recorded. They need to release a live album.
-I have to wait until October 6 for their new album? Damn, that sucks!
-You can really tell when a band are professionals and know how to play onstage. TMBG has insane amounts of experience (they've been around since before I was born? Which is kinda scary, I guess) and they totally know how to play a live show. Franz gave off that same vibe. They knew how to liveshow.
-Pretty Girls Make Graves is t3h sukz, but whoever their piano player girl is should have her own band, because she's a fucking hoss.
-I am not going to another concert where I expect to be rocked where I am not standing on the floor so I can dance. My dancing might be retarded, but dammit, I want to do it. It was crazy fun at the last TMBG concert, and even though I was staying back so Jonathan didn't have to sit there alone, it would have been tons better at this one, too. If I do go to the Decemberists concert that Jonathan wants to go to, it won't be a priority there (if they totally utterly rock out, I'll be shocked to pleasure. Not to say they'll be bad. But I won't want to dance to them is what I'm saying), but otherwise? I'm going to be on the floor, preferably close to the stage.
-Matt Bucchiet went "Oh, they just looked like a rock band... blah blah... blaaaaah..." and to that I say, what the fuck were you expecting? I mean, seriously. Come on. And if you up that up against almost any other "just a rock band" Franz is going to be better anyway because they have better music, and... I dunno. I definately felt a charm there.
-On a vaguely-related note, I went to Star Clippers while in St. Louis, this big comic book store, and it was pretty awesome. They had a huge Kilala and a million, billion trades. Made me wish I knew enough about them to take advantage of being there. All I left with was a Serenity postcard that was there to advertise the movie.
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And there's my thoughts. HUZZ-FUCKING-ZAH! Um, DO PANIC, MOTHER FUCKERS!!!!!! Yeah...
Work tonight, prerelease tommorow, yayyay. Shadow of the Colossus, anyone?

Posted by poetfox at September 24, 2005 11:49 AM

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