Rachel, Meg, and I went to see Arctic Monkeys and openning
act the Vaccines at the 9:30 Club last night.
The frontman for the
Vaccines was very nice to look at, and the music was pretty good, but the
instruments were amped up louder than the vocals, so I couldn't really enjoy
the songs. I hate it when sound engineers do that. I really wanted the lead
singer to stand up straight, tough - he had horrible posture, like he was
permanently slouched over. He would have looked more confident if he
threw
his shoulders back now and then. The guitarist's grandparents were
rocking out on the balcony singing along to every Vaccines song. They had to
have been 80. He went up and joined them for the Arctic Monkeys set, which is
how we knew they were with him. Looked like some other relatives were with
them too, including a kid.
The singer from Arctic Monkeys seemed
stoned, which could explain the badly written songs on the new album that
just came out, but the old stuff was still very good. The sound engineering
at the beginning of the set made it hard to hear the vocals, but I think it
improved a bit by the end. It was the first stop on their tour, so not too
surprizing that there were technical problems. What did surprise me was how
uninterested in the crowd the band seemed - but again, I say, I think it was
drugs. The crowd couldn't have had more excitement and energy - it was the
crowd that bands dream of. I'm glad I saw them once, but I'm not interested
in seeing them again.
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