Sun 4 Mar - Cold War Kids, Tokyo Police Club, Delta Spirit
I went to see Cold War Kids with Joe tonight. The concert context was mostly awkward, but the rest of it was really good, the band and all of that.
The opening acts were Delta Spirit who I missed because I was on my way home from St. Louis. And The Colour who I wasn't overly impressed with. The one thing about The Colour is that they reminded me of the Rolling Stones which I think is more based on the jerkey motions of the lead singer and his hair like Mick Jagger than it is anything else. Either way, The Colour was alright. I think they had a good live show, so if you like their music you'd probably be worth it to go see them.
And the Cold War Kids, of course, were worth all 11 dollars of ticket. In fact, I'd say they were worth all 33 dollars of 2 tickets + service charges. Even perhaps worth the awkward quasi-fight drama I was having throughout the show. Oh my. So the band was pretty awesome. They're version of Cold War Kids - St. John was probably the best performance of a song I've seen since I saw Moneen live. They brought people out on stage and partied around playing lots of instruments. I think it really created an awesome sound to the song, and I like the song a lot anyway. It's fun having something to sing along to and we all know that I love it when a band sounds different live than they do on the album. Plus, I love having obscure noises to dance to.
The rest of the concert was completely danceable and included two covers. They covered John Lennon - Well, Well, Well and Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come. The cover of Well, Well, Well was really good. it was good and dancy while also being pretty sweet. As in, it sounded like one of their songs more than a song by John Lennon so that's awesome.
Also, I think their cover of A Change is Gonna Come was pretty alright. The problem with it is that it was their first song of the encore. Who opens an encore with a cover? Maybe this is common among bands who play covers... but agh. I didn't like it. My skepticism about that song choice was only further accelerated by the skepticism about the song being performed by the Cold War Kids. I suppose their introduction to it which pointed out its importance to the civil rights movement made it okay that they were covering it, but I don't know. Sometimes, I think it would be like a man covering Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive. There is something just lost in the translation.
Oh I neglected to mention in the original of this that they danced a lot together on stage. And it was really hot. In a homoerotic sort of way. Like that scene in The Departed where Matt Damon is handcuffed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Hot. Hot. Hot.
I think that's all I have to say about seeing Cold War Kids live. I'd do it again, for sure.
I went to see Cold War Kids with Joe tonight. The concert context was mostly awkward, but the rest of it was really good, the band and all of that.
The opening acts were Delta Spirit who I missed because I was on my way home from St. Louis. And The Colour who I wasn't overly impressed with. The one thing about The Colour is that they reminded me of the Rolling Stones which I think is more based on the jerkey motions of the lead singer and his hair like Mick Jagger than it is anything else. Either way, The Colour was alright. I think they had a good live show, so if you like their music you'd probably be worth it to go see them.
And the Cold War Kids, of course, were worth all 11 dollars of ticket. In fact, I'd say they were worth all 33 dollars of 2 tickets + service charges. Even perhaps worth the awkward quasi-fight drama I was having throughout the show. Oh my. So the band was pretty awesome. They're version of Cold War Kids - St. John was probably the best performance of a song I've seen since I saw Moneen live. They brought people out on stage and partied around playing lots of instruments. I think it really created an awesome sound to the song, and I like the song a lot anyway. It's fun having something to sing along to and we all know that I love it when a band sounds different live than they do on the album. Plus, I love having obscure noises to dance to.
The rest of the concert was completely danceable and included two covers. They covered John Lennon - Well, Well, Well and Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come. The cover of Well, Well, Well was really good. it was good and dancy while also being pretty sweet. As in, it sounded like one of their songs more than a song by John Lennon so that's awesome.
Also, I think their cover of A Change is Gonna Come was pretty alright. The problem with it is that it was their first song of the encore. Who opens an encore with a cover? Maybe this is common among bands who play covers... but agh. I didn't like it. My skepticism about that song choice was only further accelerated by the skepticism about the song being performed by the Cold War Kids. I suppose their introduction to it which pointed out its importance to the civil rights movement made it okay that they were covering it, but I don't know. Sometimes, I think it would be like a man covering Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive. There is something just lost in the translation.
Oh I neglected to mention in the original of this that they danced a lot together on stage. And it was really hot. In a homoerotic sort of way. Like that scene in The Departed where Matt Damon is handcuffed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Hot. Hot. Hot.
I think that's all I have to say about seeing Cold War Kids live. I'd do it again, for sure.