Fresh off a post about the second half of summer, I am going to get myself started early on the fall blogging!
I intentionally left The Beatles/; Rock Band (TB:RB) @ Jane + Ken’s 9/9/9 party off the summer. It sort of kicked off the start of fall.
The game is extremely polished – the background videos to the songs are really awesome. One moment they reflect actual archive footage and the next they are morphing into an animated dreamscape exploring the meanings of the songs. Obviously, the songs speak for themselves on quality.
Ken and Jane played host while Lethy and I kept the revolving door of guests experimenting with TB:RB. Oddly, vocals and the harmonizing got the most interest. A few people took to the drums as well. Typically vocals are what everyone shies away from, it was great to see a lively free spirited, uninhibited crowd of people. But of course, these were Jane’s friends mostly, so that’s the sort I’d expect!
Amazingly we went the entire month of September without going to a concert… at least not one that I recall. Maybe that’s why the month went by so fast… nothing to eagerly anticipate. We almost forgot about P!NK.
I’m glad we didn’t. I half expected it to be purely about the spectacle of the stage show and lipsynced pop hits. I was wrong. VERY wrong. And gladly so.
Pink is half pop star and half rock front woman. I really wonder how she would do as a front woman of an actual band. I think she’d kick fucking ass. But that’s just me.
More than a third of the songs they played were covers in the rock vein. She mixed it in nicely and really truly seemed to have a lot of fun performing. If anything, I’d say she had more fun with the covers and seemed almost bored at times with her own songs.
I’d recommend P!NK to any person who enjoys a good live show. Regardless if they like her singles or not, she’s a great live ROCK SHOW.
Coming up in October:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame shows 1 and 2 plus WEEZER HALLOWEEN CLUB SHOW!
Awesomeness. I can’t fucking wait.