Last night's show made up for all the shitty, crappy shows and pissy, bitchy bands I've seen over the last few years. Seriously, if the Boy Least Likely To/the Bicycles tour rolls through your town, GO! Fun, fun, fun!!! Bands who seem to enjoy playing live! Coordinated dance moves! Boys wearing attractively-fitted jeans!
When I got there, 15 minutes after the bands were supposed to start, there were probably about 30 people. So sad. I was fearful. But by the time the Bicycles went on it had filled up a bit, or at least it looked like it because people actually crowded around the stage. In Vancouver, this is extremely rare, especially for an opening band. They were super fun with lots of handclapping and ba-da-bas. Really, I wish SSH had been there to check out the lady drummer because she was rad! Totally energetic and really fantastic.
And then the Boy Least Likely To came on and they were fun, too. They allowed a short question period and one of the questions was, "Are you married?" The two singers looked at each other and the one said, "Uh... we're just friends." It's so easy to like them because so many of their songs are catchy as hell. And it was hard not to smile at them. The one guy pumped his fist in the air the whole time, like he wanted to emphasize the point of each word of each song. Hilarious.
So, I think I might actually go buy a couple of rock tickets today. My faith in live music, and people at rock shows, is restored. The people around me were smiley and happy and almost grateful to be there to see this show, the first of the tour, The Bicycles' first stop on their first tour outside of Ontario. You poor suckers who didn't want to see bands you hadn't heard of before...
Currently listening :
Be Gentle With Me
By Boy Least Likely to
Release date: 24 April, 2006
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