Mystik Spiral Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Sorry, I've been quite review happy lately... I love Matt Nathanson... not only is he quite adorable with a fantastic voice, but where else can you hear beautiful songs only to have the singer banter between songs with gems such as "the prostate don't discriminate" (subtitled "a finger in the ass is a finger in the ass")? He and his guitarist also spent much time talking about alternate words for "vagina". The one I remember is "gorilla salad". Yikes. Early in the show, for no apparent reason, some fan decided to yell out the CU Buffs record (0-5). Matt was confused. When he finally figured out that the guy was talking about sports, he said "I don't know about sports. If I knew about sports I wouldn't be here. I'd be playing sports and sexing up some women." I, for one, am SO glad that Matt doesn't know about sports..... When he heard the team was the Buffs, he asked if it was a bunch of bodybuilders... It was a fun night. These are the songs that I remember (in no particular order): Sad SongsBareCurve Of The EarthAngelLucky BoyDancing With MyselfBlister In The SunPictures Of You -> I SawLittle Victories He may also have done Bent and Weight Of It All... I'm confusing myself because I listened to Beneath These Fireworks at least 5 times in the past few days and everything's getting jumbled in my brain. There were a lot more - he played for nearly an hour 45 minutes. I think there was an eminem cover... not sure what it was as I don't listen to eminem... And a lot of songs that I wasn't familiar with. Some new, some old, all fabulous. The downside of the night was that we had two drunken assholes behind us who would talk during every song then yell asinine things between every song. Partway through the set Matt did a handful of songs solo. One of the assholes said "oh, solo... this is the BEST part!". Then they proceeded to talk through the entire solo set as well. If it's so great, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! I have no problem with yelling stupid shit between songs. Matt was pretty much encouraging it anyway. But I don't get why people have to talk through songs. Not like it was a particularly quiet show either, and they were still incredibly annoying. I can't believe people pay $15 to do that shit. Here's an idea: pool your money, skip the concert, get a case of cheap beer, and get drunk at home. Talk all you want through the songs. Yell asinine things at each other. Fuckers. Hmmmm... the cursing seems rampant tonight. Just the aftermath of a Matt Nathanson concert I guess. Apparently he said "fuck" 32 times. Before the encore. Yes, there was actually someone counting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ms. yvon Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 bridget, i've had some similar crowd experiences. at a death cab show, ben g. came out solo for an encore. the drunk man next to me, who was making out with his girlfriend THE ENTIRE SHOW yelled, "I LOVE THIS SONG! THIS IS WHY I CAME TO THE SHOW!" and talked during the whole thing. last night at band of horses, after 5 songs worth of drunken conversation from a couple next to me, i asked them to be quietER. i got a slurred, "this is OLD SCHOOL....mrrrgggh rock and roll SHOW" from a woman. her mate got the message, and moved her away after she continued to talk. man alive. i've never heard matt nathanson. sounds like he was in fine form, tho! btw--i was exhausted from a LONG week of work, etc. but went to see BoH b/c you'd given them such a rad review. they were fucking fantastic! and the crowd LOVED them. big fun. big sound. during the show i kept thinking about how terrific their album is. hooray! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mystik Spiral Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Fuck those bastard concert-talkers..... btw--i was exhausted from a LONG week of work, etc. but went to see BoH b/c you'd given them such a rad review. they were fucking fantastic! Yay! I'm glad I could make a difference. I enjoyed their show SO much... a week later and I already can't wait to see them again. No doubt their album will be in my top ten of 2006. Got Ben Kweller tomorrow... should be great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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