Post by OnLineGenie on Apr 20, 2008 17:35:51 GMT
i mentioned in the 1960s thread that I was going to see The Beach Boys. Now that the concert's over with I've decided they deserved a thread of their own.
Like The Orchestra, they didn't have a support act and performed for well over two hours with a break in the middle. But this was even better than The Orchestra: they had virtually no gap between songs. Occasionally they would talk to the audience, but generally it was just song after song with only the merest gap for applause. Definitely the best concert I've been to this year. There were people 20 years older than me dancing in the aisle!
Going back to the brevity of the Kelly Clarkson concert, especially when compared with The Orchestra and The Beach Boys, I acknowledge that she hasn't got as large a back catalogue to call on, but I still think she could have managed more than 75 mins.
Politically incorrect statement of the night from Mike Love (lead singer): "We're going to dedicate this song to all the lovely ladies in the audience. This is The Beach Boys, not The Village People".
I had one of those Homer Simpson moments at the merchandise stall: "Did I say that or think it? D'oh!". Pet Sounds is supposed to be The Beach Boys' Sgt Pepper: one of the best albums of the 1960s. I borrowed it off someone at work and was very glad I had borrowed it - I really didn't like it and don't understand what the fuss is about. The concert was the day after my son's birthday. He plays in the school band, and they play several Beach Boys songs. While I was payng for my tee shirt (£20 - my ceiling) my wife was showing our son the CDs and suggesting he spend some of his birthday money on a best of. As I was handing over my money I heard her say "Have you seen this one? Pet Sounds". I turned to face my son and said "You don't want to buy Pet Sounds - it's crap".
I immediately realized that the merchandise stall at a Beach Boys concert isn't the best place to be standing when describing Pet Sounds as crap!
Like The Orchestra, they didn't have a support act and performed for well over two hours with a break in the middle. But this was even better than The Orchestra: they had virtually no gap between songs. Occasionally they would talk to the audience, but generally it was just song after song with only the merest gap for applause. Definitely the best concert I've been to this year. There were people 20 years older than me dancing in the aisle!
Going back to the brevity of the Kelly Clarkson concert, especially when compared with The Orchestra and The Beach Boys, I acknowledge that she hasn't got as large a back catalogue to call on, but I still think she could have managed more than 75 mins.
Politically incorrect statement of the night from Mike Love (lead singer): "We're going to dedicate this song to all the lovely ladies in the audience. This is The Beach Boys, not The Village People".
I had one of those Homer Simpson moments at the merchandise stall: "Did I say that or think it? D'oh!". Pet Sounds is supposed to be The Beach Boys' Sgt Pepper: one of the best albums of the 1960s. I borrowed it off someone at work and was very glad I had borrowed it - I really didn't like it and don't understand what the fuss is about. The concert was the day after my son's birthday. He plays in the school band, and they play several Beach Boys songs. While I was payng for my tee shirt (£20 - my ceiling) my wife was showing our son the CDs and suggesting he spend some of his birthday money on a best of. As I was handing over my money I heard her say "Have you seen this one? Pet Sounds". I turned to face my son and said "You don't want to buy Pet Sounds - it's crap".
I immediately realized that the merchandise stall at a Beach Boys concert isn't the best place to be standing when describing Pet Sounds as crap!
