Concerts, anyone?
Having briefly perused the listings on Pollstar, I realize that quite a few interesting concerts are coming to Montreal this fall. Among the more exciting ones are:
Nine Inch Nails
Jamiroquai
Bauhaus
KMFDM
Audioslave
GWAR
Engelbert Humperdinck
Judas Priest w/Anthrax
Carl Cox
Wynton Marsalis
Tesla
Petula Clark
Front 242
Jann Arden
U2
Depeche Mode
And there are already some good acts slated for 2006. No, I am not a huge fan of each and every one of these artists, but anyone who knows me knows that I love music. Moreover, anyone who knows me knows that I have been to a million concerts, at least. However, those who continue to know me know that I haven't been to as many concerts in the last 10 years. Given the aforementioned bands of interest, I may be about to break that trend.
It just so happens that my good friend Sabrina Sextina wants to see NIN, so maybe I'll put that on the list. I'm in the mood to see Jamiroquai, and I'm a closet huge fan* so maybe I'll see that too. The band that I absolutely must see is Depeche Mode. I've been a fan for years when alternative music was actually alternative music and I was a fan of it. Now, alternative music is a mindbogglingly mainstream genre and that sickens me. Depeche Mode has come to Montreal a couple of times but for whatever reason I never went. Sorry, I DO know the reason why I never went. The first time it conflicted with a very important Motley Crue/Tesla concert. The second time I wasn't living in Montréal. Now, the time has come to rectify this oversight.
I remember when my friend DM (that's short for Depeche Mode, as in she is a fan of Depeche Mode) and I bought the then new album "Music for the Masses." We bought it in LP and we played it on the old record player in her room. Our favourite songs were "Never Let Me Down Again," "Behind the Wheel" and "Strangelove." If I had to pick a favourite song off that album now, it would be "I Want You Now." Here is a sample of the lyrics:
I want you now
Tomorrow won't do
There's a yearning inside
And it's showing through
Reach out your hands
And accept my love
We've waited for too long
Enough is enough
I want you now
That's from memory people! Those may not be the exact lyrics, but if anyone feels like Googling the lyrics to check, go right ahead. Obviously, I could have Googled them myself, but I don't really want to check. I like the lyrics that I've written above.
Anyway, DM and I giggled and giggled when we realized the overwhelming presence of homoerotic lyrics. Come on! "I'm taking a ride with my best friend / I hope he never lets me down again." We loved it. Oh how I miss those days when I fell head over heels in love with things like that. I've often told my friends that I'd love to feel about someone the way I felt about music back then. It was an exhilarating, sensuous, stimulating feeling. That's what I imagine real man/woman love is like (unless you are gay, then I suppose it is man/man or woman/woman...whatever, you get my drift.)
Speaking of Sabrina Sextina (look up a few paragraphs), we were talking about the advent of moshing not too long ago. I stopped going to concerts around the time that people started moshing. I'm not against moshing per se, but there's a time and a place to mosh. Anthrax show? Mosh. Slayer show? Mosh. Lenny Kravitz? Not very mosh appropriate. I'm not kidding, folks. Back in 1993 I went to see Lenny Kravitz at the Verdun Auditorium and we had to get off the general admission floor because people were moshing like crazy. During "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over." At least mosh during "Are You Gonna Go My Way," it's still not a mosh appropriate song but it's better than moshing during ballads and other assorted slow jams. Moshing at Lenny Kravitz is just desperate. Don't you get enough moshing?
Let me give you a few moshing guidelines:
King Diamond: No moshing. King Diamond is too symphonic. It's like jazz. You count jazz beats and you get pissed if anyone interrupts you.
Slayer: Like I said, mosh away. Slayer gives you a fast, hard beat. Stomp around and slam into your fellow bodyslammers.
Def Leppard: Please. No moshing. The harmonies are just too pleasant.
Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave: Fist pumping only. Express your intelligent outrage.
Depeche Mode: You can't mosh. Although you are wearing Docs, you could lose your bowler hat and anyway, you don't want your knees to be scraped since you are wearing black shorts with suspenders. (Hee hee, throwback to 86!)
Megadeth: I'll allow moshing here. Although they bear a distinctly symphonic signature, Mustaine's snarl and his lasting anger at being booted from Metallica right before they got rich merits that kind of uncontrolled rage.
Anthrax: I approve. Get caught in a mosh.
*Closet Huge Fan: Being a closet huge fan means that though you barely mention said object of affection in public, you own all the CDs and said object is always featured on your playlist. But, you never mention it.
Nine Inch Nails
Jamiroquai
Bauhaus
KMFDM
Audioslave
GWAR
Engelbert Humperdinck
Judas Priest w/Anthrax
Carl Cox
Wynton Marsalis
Tesla
Petula Clark
Front 242
Jann Arden
U2
Depeche Mode
And there are already some good acts slated for 2006. No, I am not a huge fan of each and every one of these artists, but anyone who knows me knows that I love music. Moreover, anyone who knows me knows that I have been to a million concerts, at least. However, those who continue to know me know that I haven't been to as many concerts in the last 10 years. Given the aforementioned bands of interest, I may be about to break that trend.
It just so happens that my good friend Sabrina Sextina wants to see NIN, so maybe I'll put that on the list. I'm in the mood to see Jamiroquai, and I'm a closet huge fan* so maybe I'll see that too. The band that I absolutely must see is Depeche Mode. I've been a fan for years when alternative music was actually alternative music and I was a fan of it. Now, alternative music is a mindbogglingly mainstream genre and that sickens me. Depeche Mode has come to Montreal a couple of times but for whatever reason I never went. Sorry, I DO know the reason why I never went. The first time it conflicted with a very important Motley Crue/Tesla concert. The second time I wasn't living in Montréal. Now, the time has come to rectify this oversight.
I remember when my friend DM (that's short for Depeche Mode, as in she is a fan of Depeche Mode) and I bought the then new album "Music for the Masses." We bought it in LP and we played it on the old record player in her room. Our favourite songs were "Never Let Me Down Again," "Behind the Wheel" and "Strangelove." If I had to pick a favourite song off that album now, it would be "I Want You Now." Here is a sample of the lyrics:
I want you now
Tomorrow won't do
There's a yearning inside
And it's showing through
Reach out your hands
And accept my love
We've waited for too long
Enough is enough
I want you now
That's from memory people! Those may not be the exact lyrics, but if anyone feels like Googling the lyrics to check, go right ahead. Obviously, I could have Googled them myself, but I don't really want to check. I like the lyrics that I've written above.
Anyway, DM and I giggled and giggled when we realized the overwhelming presence of homoerotic lyrics. Come on! "I'm taking a ride with my best friend / I hope he never lets me down again." We loved it. Oh how I miss those days when I fell head over heels in love with things like that. I've often told my friends that I'd love to feel about someone the way I felt about music back then. It was an exhilarating, sensuous, stimulating feeling. That's what I imagine real man/woman love is like (unless you are gay, then I suppose it is man/man or woman/woman...whatever, you get my drift.)
Speaking of Sabrina Sextina (look up a few paragraphs), we were talking about the advent of moshing not too long ago. I stopped going to concerts around the time that people started moshing. I'm not against moshing per se, but there's a time and a place to mosh. Anthrax show? Mosh. Slayer show? Mosh. Lenny Kravitz? Not very mosh appropriate. I'm not kidding, folks. Back in 1993 I went to see Lenny Kravitz at the Verdun Auditorium and we had to get off the general admission floor because people were moshing like crazy. During "It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over." At least mosh during "Are You Gonna Go My Way," it's still not a mosh appropriate song but it's better than moshing during ballads and other assorted slow jams. Moshing at Lenny Kravitz is just desperate. Don't you get enough moshing?
Let me give you a few moshing guidelines:
King Diamond: No moshing. King Diamond is too symphonic. It's like jazz. You count jazz beats and you get pissed if anyone interrupts you.
Slayer: Like I said, mosh away. Slayer gives you a fast, hard beat. Stomp around and slam into your fellow bodyslammers.
Def Leppard: Please. No moshing. The harmonies are just too pleasant.
Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave: Fist pumping only. Express your intelligent outrage.
Depeche Mode: You can't mosh. Although you are wearing Docs, you could lose your bowler hat and anyway, you don't want your knees to be scraped since you are wearing black shorts with suspenders. (Hee hee, throwback to 86!)
Megadeth: I'll allow moshing here. Although they bear a distinctly symphonic signature, Mustaine's snarl and his lasting anger at being booted from Metallica right before they got rich merits that kind of uncontrolled rage.
Anthrax: I approve. Get caught in a mosh.
*Closet Huge Fan: Being a closet huge fan means that though you barely mention said object of affection in public, you own all the CDs and said object is always featured on your playlist. But, you never mention it.
posted by Laurelle St. Laurent at 5:13 p.m.
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