Posted by cav on October 28, 2005 at 21:12:16:
In Reply to: Bill's Christian music story posted by giveawayboy on October 28, 2005 at 02:44:28:
Aww, face it Give...you just got old!! ;)
PJ, I'd go, and I wasn't ever a big fan of those guys to start with...I'm a little younger than that set...you know how lightening fast the music scene develops. I was like 2 or 3 years after they were the thing. But good live shows are good live shows. I just wouldn't expect to pack the house out with 'em because like Give said, most of those people have moved on.
But I bet you could pack out one of those reliable old local punk-fests...you know the $5, no advance sales, local bands get a cut of the door, 20 bands and half of 'em really suck, crazy kid-packed concerts. Man, I'd be right there letting them blow it out and making sure they don't split their heads open in the pit. The bands have changed, but punk kids are punk kids, even if they now have the hair cuts I hated my parents trying to give me. I figure if I'm not a kid anymore, at least I can be the guy who remembers what it was like and helps the kids get what they're looking for. There were a few of those adults in my day, and I'm really thankful for them backing me up when I couldn't get any respect because of my age or style.
I guess seeing Petra gave me hope that I don't have to mellow as I get older. (Those guys were already old when I first saw them, and they're still going.) I hope we all keep that youthful joy even when our dentures pop out in the pit.
: : Mike Roe of the 77's and the Lost Dogs and Michael Pritzl of the Violet Burning
: : Sunday Night January 22nd at Real Life
: : Would peope come if I hosted this show, please give me your feedback
: I'll be honest. Back in the day I would have been on the front row. But these days, I am not much of a concert goer. I appreciate all you do for those who DO keep up with music. I think I've passed that time of my life. I think I quit keeping up with CCM and Christian alternative bands about the time I got back from Boulder. By that time people were changing their attitudes about music and the way they learned about it. In the old days we'd go to magazines or we'd inform each other through zines about the latest stuff. We'd even mail order our stuff and wait months for it to arrive. Now there is so much information available in so many venues. It's very hard for me to keep up with it. This plus MP3s which I still haven't figured out (the only music I listen to is on cds, nothing on my computer). I think I just quit trying to keep up. I used to own everything by Mortal/Fold Zandura, Scaterd Few and Moby, but now I can't tell you how many of their albums I haven't bought. Not to mention Amy Grant. There was a time I would not have missed anything new by any of those four bands, but now I have incomplete collections of each. I'm at a point where I'd much rather throw down my money on a complete set of Daniel Amos reissues than pay see anyone live. I'm glad that there are good bands out there for young people today. I'm just not aware of that scene anymore. However, if you bring Sufjan Stevens down, let me know. I would definitely come out to see him. He's my exception to the no live concert rule.
: Later, Bill