S and I lucked into some free tickets to a Zutons/Muse show downtown, so we called my sis, invited her to dinner at the only authentic Roman Pizza restaurant in the city, dropped into the Borders our friend A works at (which is next to the concert venue, literally), and then went to the show. At the same time, right around the corner from the Zutons/Muse show, the Pixies were playing. Now look, the Pixies suck. You can say all you want about them, and I'll concede that they are among the most influential indie bands of all time, but dude, they fucking suck. But they're a big draw for the trendsters, so the trendsters were everywhere.
And apparently, Muse is a big trendster band as well. Here are some of the people we saw at the show:
-the guy who had the beret on, with an obviously thrift plaid long jacket
-the mousy short trendster girl with pigtails and glasses
-the trendster girlfriend with heels on
-the trendster couple in which he looked like a nerd, and she was a goddess
-the only three frat boys on the entire earth who would be caught dead at a show like this
-that one Moby-lookin' guy
-the guy whose bangs fall in a soft side-sweep down the side of his face, hiding his trendy glasses, and whose corduroy jacket is ratty in just the right places
-the weirdos in baseball caps
-a guy wearing an Urban Outfitters fake vintage tee over a thrifty-lookin' button down shirt. that's right, over.
-the girl with the bright red hair that looks like it hasn't been washed in weeks
-the short indian girl with earplugs in
-the girl whose shirt is artfully ripped at the collar and at the waist, probably by some person in a factory
-and about five hundred people who, I swear to god, were all the same person
These shows are ridiculous. I mean, I've never seen so many people trying to be different be the same. They all have the same attitude, the same wardrobe, and the same goddamn taste in music. It's laughable. And the thing is, they all think they're so great, and so unique, but oh god, they're not. It's sick. And the sad thing is, all the bands S and I like attract these people. Can you even imagine the crowd at Interpol? Oh horror of horrors. Or at a Strokes concert? You'd want to kill yourself, the crowd would be so alternatively trendy.
And frankly, and I'm being completely honest here, I totally don't get Muse. We stayed for a total of one and three-fourths songs (we were there to see the Zutons, a band S discovered in London) and they were crap. The light show was obnoxious. I don't need strobe lights and moving lights, and colored lights, and a set that somehow is all made out of some sort of stainless steel. No thanks, just play some music. But then again, I'm from the PJ/DMB/IGs/Ani school of rock, so maybe that's why I find light shows so ridiculously lame. Are you a rock band, or are you Madonna? And, strobe lights give me migraines. Ugh.
The Zutons were good though. Their song, Pressure Point, is in a Levi's commercial. It's a fun song, and they were pretty fun live. Thank god for small mercies, such as your band coming on first.
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