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As far as the crowd I guess I mean stuff like general level of obnoxious drunkenness or douchey aggression.
Oh yeah, that's the worst. That definitely depends on the venue, if you're just going to a bar that happens to have live music or if you're going somewhere that is known for their live acts.
My favorite place to see a live band is at the Ryman Auditorium here in Nashville because the place has so much history that the acts are usually giddy about being there and they usually are very interactive with the crowd. It has wooden church pews for seats, which sucks, but it's just a fun environment.
Now, the exception to that rule was when I saw Jamey Johnson perform live there. He barely said two words to the audience, but the bonus is that he had a lot of special guests perform at that show so it kinda made up for it.
Hands down the worst concert I ever went to was Bob Dylan in the early 90s. He also never said one word to the audience (well he did say "thank you" after a song) and he only played songs off this new album so no one knew any of the music. For an encore he played, "Like a Rolling Stone," and that was it. zzzzz
I saw Aerosmith at an outdoor amphitheater here in the early 90s, and they were incredible. Lynyrd Skynyrd opened for them (with Ronnie Van Zandt's brother singing lead) and the crowd was WILD and definitely had the potential for drunken redneck debauchery. But they were all SOO pumped to see the groups that it was just fun.
Last fall I saw Van Morrison at an outdoor amphitheater here. The young girl next to me passed out on her blanket after one song because she had been sipping out of a Jack Daniel's bottle the whole time. What an idiot. Those tickets were $75 a piece. I had fun, though, and we all worked to keep people from stepping on her all night LOL.
You just never know what will happen with live shows, and that's what makes them simultaneously great and risky.
I feel like they are separate issues. I can still like a band if the venue has bad service. It lessens that one experience, certainly, but it doesn't put me off the band. That kind of stuff isn't their fault.
I think it might be because I find so many "house level" blues bands to be completely interchangeable, as in they're all pretty good guitar/horns/drum players and vocalists but they all play the same twelve songs. SO it's not like like I'm going to see a specific band I know I like. To me it just feels like I'm going to lame venue 'A' to see generic blues band 'B'
I think it might be because I find so many "house level" blues bands to be completely interchangeable, as in they're all pretty good guitar/horns/drum players and vocalists but they all play the same twelve songs. SO it's not like like I'm going to see a specific band I know I like. To me it just feels like I'm going to lame venue 'A' to see generic blues band 'B'
That definitely happens. There are plenty of "plug-in cowboys" playing house bands in the downtown honky tonks here.
Every once in a while you get one who turns out to be Randy Travis, but not often.
I'll just say that music has been huge in my life. It's helped in any situation and time. The variations and possibilities in music seem to outdo the variations in people, movies, and even art. It's highly personal, obviously, and like food, there are no right or wrong types of music. That's like saying certain people or certain countries shouldn't exist. There are many things I could give up in life, but music isn't one of them.
I'll just say that music has been huge in my life. It's helped in any situation and time. The variations and possibilities in music seem to outdo the variations in people, movies, and even art. It's highly personal, obviously, and like food, there are no right or wrong types of music. That's like saying certain people or certain countries shouldn't exist. There are many things I could give up in life, but music isn't one of them.
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I guess that's what I meant about music snobs. No one should suggest that someone is better or worse because they like or don't like a certain group or type.
I'll just say that music has been huge in my life. It's helped in any situation and time. The variations and possibilities in music seem to outdo the variations in people, movies, and even art. It's highly personal, obviously, and like food, there are no right or wrong types of music. That's like saying certain people or certain countries shouldn't exist. There are many things I could give up in life, but music isn't one of them.
I totally agree, and this is why my dislike for blues seems to me is more about the context in which I experience it and not the music itself.
I like music that I can either dance to or sing along with. Or both.
Big Band, Dixieland, Oldies, Disco, '80s, and, um, whatever came after that. Am I showing my age?
Progressive Jazz? Smooth Jazz? ugh.
Jazz solos? musical masturbation.
I like music that I can either dance to or sing along with. Or both.
Big Band, Dixieland, Oldies, Disco, '80s, and, um, whatever came after that. Am I showing my age?
Progressive Jazz? Smooth Jazz? ugh.
Jazz solos? musical masturbation.
Ha ha ha!
I love classic jazz, but I heard a comedian once say that modern jazz is just 5 guys on stage each playing a different song at the same time.
I love classic jazz, but I heard a comedian once say that modern jazz is just 5 guys on stage each playing a different song at the same time.
One definition of jazz is that if you play 4 notes and one of them is wrong, that's a mistake, but if you play two wrong notes, that's jazz.
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