Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Bullshit or Not?

Taking a mental health day.



You know -- because of all the bullshit.

7 comments:

FD13NYC said...

Crazy silly stuff. The wife and I took that Ripper tour in London some years back, at night of course. Pretty cool.

Gummo said...

Yeah, but how was Fogerty?

I'm assuming great.

Brooklyn Girl said...

Gummo, the acoustics at the Beacon are so awful that it takes a lot of the fun out of going to a show. He's a real pro, the band is flawless, but the show felt a bit formulaic --- my guess is he doesn't change a thing from one city to the next, including his between-songs rap. Of course, the audience probably doesn't change much either --- we could have been Anywhere, USA if all you judged by was the crowd.

Gummo said...

I've heard good sound at the Beacon but it's always a crapshoot.

Some artists can do the same show night after night and keep it fresh, but it's a skill not everyone has.

(The one who does it the best, even to making the scripted banter sound spontaneous, is probably McCartney.

Dave said...

The acoustics CAN be good at the Beacon. The sound was great for Steely Dan (at least the night I went) and better than previous Brian Wilson concerts. But I've certainly suffered through awful sound at the Beacon in the past.

Brooklyn Girl said...

It all depends on where you are sitting in the Beacon. Some orchestra seats are great. Some lower mezz seats are great. A few rows over or farther back, or out of the line of the speakers --- mud. They can't seem to accommodate the entire room at once.

I saw Lucinda Williams there a few years ago, and had the misfortune of sitting in the upper tier. I couldn't hear her.

Best sound? Barclays Center. Hate the room itself, but the sound system is incredible.

cthulhu said...

Richard Thompson remains the best touring artist I'm aware of in terms of keeping the show spontaneous (or at least feeling spontaneous) night to night. His SoCal sets supporting the "Electric" disc were terrific; here's hoping that one of the live cuts of Hey Joe makes it onto his traditional website-only live tour CD.

Fogerty was definitely a dick to the rest of the band, but got the same (and more!) done to him by Fantasy Records, so I cut him a little slack. And I get the impression it doesn't reach the Mike Love level of dickitude...

So Steve, when is your article on Lou Reed's passing going to hit the blog? I'm very much looking forward to it; too many of the retrospectives I saw (and there were many more than I expected!) focused too much on his '70s output and barely mentioned the outstanding early '80s work. Hoping your contribution rectifies this situation, especially since your reviews of same in TMFKASR are what got me listening to any of Reed's solo work at all.