We have to strengthen our knees...
Nov. 3rd, 2002 10:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terryclothLast night I went to a Badly Drawn Boy concert with Anna and Alex (my sister and her husband, who've moved to Seattle again recently). The band was about an hour and a half late, so we ended up spending 5 hours standing around. My knees were hating me quite vigorously, and my feet weren't entirely pleased either.
The concert was okay. The opening act (Adam Green) was as ludicrously bad as all opening acts seem to be from my limited experience (the last time I went to a concert was in college), sort of like They Might Be Giants -Music -Humor +Profanity.
Badly Drawn Boy was more amusing, and had an actual band, and they could actually play their instruments, although Damon couldn't sing. He stopped the concert for a minute or two just after starting a song a couple times to eat beef jerky or smoke a cigarette... once he got the audience clapping in time to some buildup type music, then put down his guitar and lit up and had a drink. Everyone laughed (and kept clapping in time), so I guess that's showmanship.
He also did about forty five minutes of 'this is my last song' and two rounds of 'goodbye, Seattle!', but I understand that's normal.
The concert was okay. The opening act (Adam Green) was as ludicrously bad as all opening acts seem to be from my limited experience (the last time I went to a concert was in college), sort of like They Might Be Giants -Music -Humor +Profanity.
Badly Drawn Boy was more amusing, and had an actual band, and they could actually play their instruments, although Damon couldn't sing. He stopped the concert for a minute or two just after starting a song a couple times to eat beef jerky or smoke a cigarette... once he got the audience clapping in time to some buildup type music, then put down his guitar and lit up and had a drink. Everyone laughed (and kept clapping in time), so I guess that's showmanship.
He also did about forty five minutes of 'this is my last song' and two rounds of 'goodbye, Seattle!', but I understand that's normal.
