We're gonna run out of blog.
Last night, the Anthony Green/Good Old War/Person L tour rolled into Cleveland, and a whole bunch of AP peeps including myself went out for it. First off, the positives: All three bands were fantastic. I mean, really, honestly, truly fantastic. It's great to see Ken from the Starting Line back onstage (with a guitar this time, not a bass), and his songs in Person L are just gorgeous and incredibly well-arranged. They even had two percussionists who switched mid-set, with one on the drumkit and one playing tambourine/shaker/bells/etc. Seriously, they were wonderful and everyone should go buy their debut album, Initial -- it's only $8 for a physical copy at shows and as cheap as $7 for MP3s. I bought a copy last night and it's worth every penny.
I do have to apologize as I did miss part of Good Old War's set as I was consuming a delicious carnitas burrito at Chipotle (conveniently located next door to the Grog Shop). I did see the second half of their set, though, and enjoyed their mellow, CSNY/Simon and Garfunkel-esque folk jams. I bet my mom would really be into their CD (and that's a compliment, not a slight).
Now before I get into Anthony Green's set, can someone explain to me why people pay hard-earned money to go to a concert, then instead of watching the bands they paid to see, instead talk loudly the entire time? There was a lot of chatter during both bands' opening sets, but I assumed it would subside when Anthony and his band (which was all of Good Old War, plus Brendan and Nick from Circa Survive) took the stage. I was totally wrong; if anything, the extraneous conversations only got louder during their 65-minute set. I really don't get it: Tickets to the show were $12 ($18 after the requisite nonsense "convenience fees" from Ticketmaster); wouldn't you want to actually, y'know, enjoy the show you're paying for instead of yapping to your friends all night long about whatever pointless bullshit is on the tip of your tongue?
Sorry. It just frustrates me to see musicians, especially ones as talented as the ones who played last night, not get the full respect and attention of the crowd.
Anyway, as for Anthony's set, it's pretty much all of Avalon (which just came out this past Tuesday -- buy it, yo!), plus two new songs I'd never heard before with just him an an acoustic guitar, plus a very interesting take on Circa Survive's "Semi-Constructive Criticism." Here's a video of the revamp from the tour's kickoff in Philly the other night (don't watch it if you're going to the tour and don't want it spoiled for you):
The version they played last night seemed a bit dirtier and heavier, though.
Anyway, go see this tour (dates here). It's definitely worth your money (plus AG's selling Avalon for a mere $6 at the merch table -- talk about a steal!). Just promise me that if you go, you'll spend more time watching the bands then chatting with your friends, okay?
I do have to apologize as I did miss part of Good Old War's set as I was consuming a delicious carnitas burrito at Chipotle (conveniently located next door to the Grog Shop). I did see the second half of their set, though, and enjoyed their mellow, CSNY/Simon and Garfunkel-esque folk jams. I bet my mom would really be into their CD (and that's a compliment, not a slight).
Now before I get into Anthony Green's set, can someone explain to me why people pay hard-earned money to go to a concert, then instead of watching the bands they paid to see, instead talk loudly the entire time? There was a lot of chatter during both bands' opening sets, but I assumed it would subside when Anthony and his band (which was all of Good Old War, plus Brendan and Nick from Circa Survive) took the stage. I was totally wrong; if anything, the extraneous conversations only got louder during their 65-minute set. I really don't get it: Tickets to the show were $12 ($18 after the requisite nonsense "convenience fees" from Ticketmaster); wouldn't you want to actually, y'know, enjoy the show you're paying for instead of yapping to your friends all night long about whatever pointless bullshit is on the tip of your tongue?
Sorry. It just frustrates me to see musicians, especially ones as talented as the ones who played last night, not get the full respect and attention of the crowd.
Anyway, as for Anthony's set, it's pretty much all of Avalon (which just came out this past Tuesday -- buy it, yo!), plus two new songs I'd never heard before with just him an an acoustic guitar, plus a very interesting take on Circa Survive's "Semi-Constructive Criticism." Here's a video of the revamp from the tour's kickoff in Philly the other night (don't watch it if you're going to the tour and don't want it spoiled for you):
The version they played last night seemed a bit dirtier and heavier, though.
Anyway, go see this tour (dates here). It's definitely worth your money (plus AG's selling Avalon for a mere $6 at the merch table -- talk about a steal!). Just promise me that if you go, you'll spend more time watching the bands then chatting with your friends, okay?
posted by Scott Heisel at
1:46 PM
2 Comments:
it's a shame you missed the start of gow's set. there were some sweet vocal harmonies that almost made me piss myself. but it was really annoying that people, especially those a foot away from the stage, would turn around and talk to their friends during a performance. i sang along to gow extra loud and swayed around like a jackass to try and make up for it, but to no avail. the guitars were pretty sick all night and besides the talking and girls in clubwear elbowing me, i'd say it was damn near perfect.
They came through Chicago on Saturday night and it was amazing. Your description of Person L is right on and Initial is amazing. The thing that seems different is that the crowd seemed to really pay attention to all 3 bands. All 3 went over really well.I have NEVER seen anyone control a crowd the way that Anthony did Saturday night. Although I think I'll sway towards Circa, I had a hard time figuring out which band I liked Anthony with more.
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