Lady Gaga 13 February 2010
So from one of the best concerts of my life to one of the worst. In a moment of madness I decided it would be a good idea to see Lady Gaga, after rating her as not that bad of a singer, and I was going to be in Auckland anyway.
The concert started as expected, terrible opening band, packed full of teenage girls and a lot of gay guys, skantily dressed in heels and a lot of glitter.
Lady gaga started the show stroking her ego by having a massive white screen showing pictures of herself in various poses. She then appeared as a silhouette, singing her first song. The screeen lifted and the crowd went wild.
Now dont get me wrong, i was expecting a pop concert, with costume changes, a ridiculously sized set and stage props. And Gaga as she likes to be referred to, delivered on these items. the outfits were skanky as but brilliant. The set was massive and the back up dancers were spectacular. AND Lady gaga is a good singer, and carries herself well.
But to the things that ruined the experience for me, firstly who has a story line to their concert? 'we have to get to the monster ball gaga!' 'oh no our car has broken down, we have to take the subway!'
When the average age of your audience is probably about 17, 18 its time to get away from the bad acting, we are mature enough and smart enough to follow that the songs dont link together and we're fine with this.
Secondly, the crowd just stood there taking photos, not dancing, not even singing, just taking photos. Yep there were plenty of cool things happening, but lets ease up on the photo taking, i mean 1) noone wants to see millions of blurry photos of half someone elses head half lady gaga do they? and isnt the part of a concert enjoying the experience instead of spending it trying to get that good snap?
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
The mother fucking pixies
The Pixies - Vector arena, March 12 2010
Yes the pixies. Like faith no more, a band I've been wanting to see since I got recommended them by a friend when I was 16.
The anticipation for this one was great, their reunion in 2004, the rumours of a big day out tour, the disapointment in finding out they werent.
Finally! the day arrived, and what a day! A major storm hits Wellington at 4.30pm, just as I make my way to the airport. Arrive in the airport completely drenched and FREAKING OUT that we wont be able to fly out tonight.
After a 30 minute delay, the plane takes off, im on it, we dont die, a pretty uneventful trip apart from the free alcohol which went straight to my head.
By the time I reach vector, collapsing cities are playing, a local indie band who are alright but nothing special - so we gave them a miss.
The crowd was an interesting one, full of 40 yr old office workers out with their partners, dressed in the always classic t shirt and jeans, a very different crowd than the one that i saw the next night.
When the pixies come out the roar of the crowd was deafening, four slightly overweight, baggy t shirt wearing geniuses walk out, the most unlikely rockstars. yet when these guys start playing, it all came back to me about why i love them so much, quiet, loud, quiet, that unique pixies sound AMAZING!
they started off with Kim informing us that the are playing b sides. pretty good too, recognised none of it of course. however Kim also informed us that some of the b sides are so obsure they even had to learn how to play them again.
then onto the main event. Doolittle. My favourite album in the whole wide world, with my favourite song in the history of songs - hey. when they played that i felt like my world was finaly complete, can cross something off my bucket list (crossed so many things off lately i think its time to write a new one).
When they finished doolittle the crowd went wild. honestly, never ever heard a crowd cheer for that long and that loud. the band walks off, the cheering continues for five minutes until they come back on. and start playing all the classics, first off was where is my mind? i dunno but that sure blew whatever was left of it away.
The thing about the pixies is that i love them and i love particular songs so much, but then they just came out with all these tracks i had completely forgotten about and was SO stoked to hear like nimrods son. they finished on gigantic. the first song i ever heard of the pixies.
Im still riding the high of this concert and it was 2 weeks ago already!
Yes the pixies. Like faith no more, a band I've been wanting to see since I got recommended them by a friend when I was 16.
The anticipation for this one was great, their reunion in 2004, the rumours of a big day out tour, the disapointment in finding out they werent.
Finally! the day arrived, and what a day! A major storm hits Wellington at 4.30pm, just as I make my way to the airport. Arrive in the airport completely drenched and FREAKING OUT that we wont be able to fly out tonight.
After a 30 minute delay, the plane takes off, im on it, we dont die, a pretty uneventful trip apart from the free alcohol which went straight to my head.
By the time I reach vector, collapsing cities are playing, a local indie band who are alright but nothing special - so we gave them a miss.
The crowd was an interesting one, full of 40 yr old office workers out with their partners, dressed in the always classic t shirt and jeans, a very different crowd than the one that i saw the next night.
When the pixies come out the roar of the crowd was deafening, four slightly overweight, baggy t shirt wearing geniuses walk out, the most unlikely rockstars. yet when these guys start playing, it all came back to me about why i love them so much, quiet, loud, quiet, that unique pixies sound AMAZING!
they started off with Kim informing us that the are playing b sides. pretty good too, recognised none of it of course. however Kim also informed us that some of the b sides are so obsure they even had to learn how to play them again.
then onto the main event. Doolittle. My favourite album in the whole wide world, with my favourite song in the history of songs - hey. when they played that i felt like my world was finaly complete, can cross something off my bucket list (crossed so many things off lately i think its time to write a new one).
When they finished doolittle the crowd went wild. honestly, never ever heard a crowd cheer for that long and that loud. the band walks off, the cheering continues for five minutes until they come back on. and start playing all the classics, first off was where is my mind? i dunno but that sure blew whatever was left of it away.
The thing about the pixies is that i love them and i love particular songs so much, but then they just came out with all these tracks i had completely forgotten about and was SO stoked to hear like nimrods son. they finished on gigantic. the first song i ever heard of the pixies.
Im still riding the high of this concert and it was 2 weeks ago already!
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