concert journal

so i have a few concerts coming up and two that i recently attended. i went to a wilco concert last wednesday and an 'angels and airwaves' concert on friday, so i thought i would give a few commentaries.

first, wilco. wilco isnt a terribly well-known band. they played at the greek theatre up in l.a. they were outstanding. i am a wilco fan, so my opinion is probably biased. however, cousin dave, not a wilco fan, and not familiar with them went, and he said that there were about 3 or so incredible songs, 3 really good ones, and the rest were alright. he didnt complain about it and didnt seem too upset that he attended, and i think thats a pretty good review for someone who had no idea what to expect before the night started.

for me, it was a near perfect evening. it was warm. around 70 degrees. i was borderline hot because i was wearing jeans. we were nestled in the hills of l.a. (and you really do feel nestled, youre on the back side of the hill where griffith observatory is and although there is a large sprawling city literally right around the corner and less than a quarter mile away, because of how its set up, you only see pine trees and hills around you and you cant see city lights. really nice venue), listening to a group that i thoroughly enjoy. and wilco are great musicians. they have a great sound. this was the second concert i have been to and both have not disappointed. the other one was in a small indoor venue, which is usually preferable in my opinion, however, the nice outside setting really did make up for not having the intimate setting. it was a great way to spend a final summer evening. even though summer did end a few weeks ago.

oh angels and airwaves. where do i begin? once upon a time there was a band called 'blink 182.' they entered the trendy music scene by storm and sold nearly a billion copies of every song they ever wrote and essentially conquered the world and did as much as any band could do in a lifetime. the lead singer (this amazing man to the left) thankfully, took it upon himself to not only continue to produce and create great music with another band, but to tour and take that music to the masses and effectively change the world through his music and give us all meaning to our lives. f-yeah.

so 'angels and airwaves' have one album and it was good. trendy and all the songs sound the same. not only do they sound the same, but they are the same. and its not a bad sound, it just sounds better when they have had 10-12 takes in the studio. they all have essentially the same guitar riff and you can literally sing any of their songs to the tune of on of their other songs. which we did throughout the concert. if we didnt know the words to one song, we would just sing the words to a song we knew because they are all essentially the same song. it was highly entertaining.

the other amazing part about the concert were the 5-10 minute monologues in between each song where the lead singer would tell us about his life story or tell terrible jokes that on one, unless they are wanting to mother his children would laugh at. my favorite was when he went into this long monologue telling us about his life story and talking about how some bands and some songs have the ability to change the world and then they began to play their hit song, clearly demonstrating his belief that they, 'angels and airwaves' are changing the world. because their music is that deep and influential. (i just found the monologue on youtube if you want to see it)

anyways, that concert was only $6. it was the free concert that followed the friday horse races at the del mar race track in san diego. so i cant really complain about it, since it wasnt really a loss or a waste of money. so two concerts in one week. both very different experiences. neither one a bad experience really. just one im forever grateful to have witnessed so that i can tell my grandchildren about them because they are changing the world.