Welcome to the Moshpit! Here I will discuss anything musical, from Franz Ferdinand
The radio station finally called me to let me know the Franz Ferdinand tickets were in a couple of weeks ago, and since I was one of the first people they actually got a hold of in person, they gave me the choice of going either Saturday or Sunday night. Carrie (whose turn it was to come with me) worked on Saturday but not Sunday, so we went today.
This was the first time I didn't win GA tickets, so we sat in the balcony, which gave us a very good view of the stage and I was able to check out the rest of the Paramout theatre, that I wasn't able to see the last time I was there.
The first opening band was a three-piece from Melbourne, Australia called Cut Copy. They are very interesting; I'd say a mixture of New Order, Beck and Soulwax. The drummer was the only one who stuck to his instrument, while the other two took turns playign bass, guitars, keyboards, singing and twisting various knobs to mess with pre-recorded sounds they used.
The second band was TV on the Radio, not sure where they're from. They are more of a rock band with blues-ish vocals. Not as impressive as Cut Copy, and really the only memorable thing about the band is that the bass player spends the entire set facing the back of the stage with his back to the audience.
Franz Ferdinand were a lot of fun. They're a relatively new band for me, so I only know 3 of their songs and can't really sing along to any of them, but they are a very enjoyable bunch. More like the classical UK bands, in slacks and dress shirts with semi-Beatle-ish hair, they got teh crowd moving, had a very interesting lighting set-up, a revolving backdrop and for some reason kept picking on Bob, the bass player.
They must be doing somethign right if they can play two nights in a row in Seattle (the 4th time in town since last year) and put on a great show on the second night!
The only thing that struck me as odd, and the merch lady agrees with me on this one, is that they didn't bring any music to sell, only t-shirts and posters?!
This was the first time I didn't win GA tickets, so we sat in the balcony, which gave us a very good view of the stage and I was able to check out the rest of the Paramout theatre, that I wasn't able to see the last time I was there.
The first opening band was a three-piece from Melbourne, Australia called Cut Copy. They are very interesting; I'd say a mixture of New Order, Beck and Soulwax. The drummer was the only one who stuck to his instrument, while the other two took turns playign bass, guitars, keyboards, singing and twisting various knobs to mess with pre-recorded sounds they used.
The second band was TV on the Radio, not sure where they're from. They are more of a rock band with blues-ish vocals. Not as impressive as Cut Copy, and really the only memorable thing about the band is that the bass player spends the entire set facing the back of the stage with his back to the audience.
Franz Ferdinand were a lot of fun. They're a relatively new band for me, so I only know 3 of their songs and can't really sing along to any of them, but they are a very enjoyable bunch. More like the classical UK bands, in slacks and dress shirts with semi-Beatle-ish hair, they got teh crowd moving, had a very interesting lighting set-up, a revolving backdrop and for some reason kept picking on Bob, the bass player.
They must be doing somethign right if they can play two nights in a row in Seattle (the 4th time in town since last year) and put on a great show on the second night!The only thing that struck me as odd, and the merch lady agrees with me on this one, is that they didn't bring any music to sell, only t-shirts and posters?!
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