OAR at the Fillmore
acutejam
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A friend asks me to tag along to the OAR show at the Fillmore, love that place so I'll see anything there. It was a saturday night, and I don't know OAR at all, she had played me some of their stuff during the ride home after the Bridge School shows -- enough that I could tell they were a high-spirited jam band and I could dig 'em.
"Turn the car around...." yeah, ok, recognize that...
And then I discovered something worse, yes, far far worse ... than DMB fans! (Kidding, I actually like DMB, but I know some of the sentiment around these here parts!) Oh my some of the fans there were horrific!
Parachute was the opener, and they brought it. Had to laugh, went on iTunes to check them out and their studio work PALES in comparison to them live -- as is usually the case. They covered Petty and U2 which got the crowd rocking.
But then I noticed some of the drunken zombies around me. Pointed them out -- but we were in a good spot, aware of the potential havoc around us and decided to just hold our ground. And then MORE of their friends showed up. Drinking, chewing, smoking and oblivious to everyone around them. Dudes had their shirts off within the first two songs, chicks eggin' 'em on -- just meatheads.
And then the shouting of song names, over and over and over. Right through songs as well. they got their own little mosh pit going and continued to drunken stumble into everyone around them, constant photos being taken, flash firing off every few minutes. Screaming conversations, messaging on their phones -- really doing just about everything but actually listening to the music.
And at least three of them were catatonic -- they'll have no recollection whatsoever of that show. They were leaning on their friends for that last hour, but still drinking and shouting. By that time we had bailed out backwards and had 4-6 folks between us and them. But I'd say they put a downer on a few dozen folks night.
And it didn't stop, saw a lot of other couples where the dude was holding up a catonic chick or vice versa. Wow. Just wow. Had two different girls give me the big smile and "Heyyy! Good to see you!"
"You don't know me, but have a good night..."
Overall, OAR seemed like a couples band, mostly 30-40s couples. And boy, they were ardent fans, singing along with most of the songs, I think it would have been fun to be in the front half of the room for that show. It was packed, sold out and a Saturday night so I can dig all that. A poker song with the devil was fun, cards flying up from the audience, and a song about their home, Black Rock, was fantastic. And they brought out some dubber who really layed it down, amazing vibe on that song, loved it. Mathias somebody or something, looked like the lead singer of Coldplay (wasn't).
But man, some of the drunkest fools I've ever run into at a show by a long shot. What an eye-opener, I woulda thought nuthing could compare to some of the metal shows I've seen, ha.
Lightweights!
"Turn the car around...." yeah, ok, recognize that...
And then I discovered something worse, yes, far far worse ... than DMB fans! (Kidding, I actually like DMB, but I know some of the sentiment around these here parts!) Oh my some of the fans there were horrific!
Parachute was the opener, and they brought it. Had to laugh, went on iTunes to check them out and their studio work PALES in comparison to them live -- as is usually the case. They covered Petty and U2 which got the crowd rocking.
But then I noticed some of the drunken zombies around me. Pointed them out -- but we were in a good spot, aware of the potential havoc around us and decided to just hold our ground. And then MORE of their friends showed up. Drinking, chewing, smoking and oblivious to everyone around them. Dudes had their shirts off within the first two songs, chicks eggin' 'em on -- just meatheads.
And then the shouting of song names, over and over and over. Right through songs as well. they got their own little mosh pit going and continued to drunken stumble into everyone around them, constant photos being taken, flash firing off every few minutes. Screaming conversations, messaging on their phones -- really doing just about everything but actually listening to the music.
And at least three of them were catatonic -- they'll have no recollection whatsoever of that show. They were leaning on their friends for that last hour, but still drinking and shouting. By that time we had bailed out backwards and had 4-6 folks between us and them. But I'd say they put a downer on a few dozen folks night.
And it didn't stop, saw a lot of other couples where the dude was holding up a catonic chick or vice versa. Wow. Just wow. Had two different girls give me the big smile and "Heyyy! Good to see you!"
"You don't know me, but have a good night..."
Overall, OAR seemed like a couples band, mostly 30-40s couples. And boy, they were ardent fans, singing along with most of the songs, I think it would have been fun to be in the front half of the room for that show. It was packed, sold out and a Saturday night so I can dig all that. A poker song with the devil was fun, cards flying up from the audience, and a song about their home, Black Rock, was fantastic. And they brought out some dubber who really layed it down, amazing vibe on that song, loved it. Mathias somebody or something, looked like the lead singer of Coldplay (wasn't).
But man, some of the drunkest fools I've ever run into at a show by a long shot. What an eye-opener, I woulda thought nuthing could compare to some of the metal shows I've seen, ha.
Lightweights!
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