Matthew Good

chimpat wrote:

Is that so?....can you elaborate? I've only seen him twice, once was at Edgefest in Barrie, Ontario and the other was at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC. That club show was an American crowd obviously and most people were excited to see him play. What exactly do the Canadian fans get pissed off about?...song selection?

no, his fans are just idiots. usually drunk and moshing and injuring people.

last show i had tickets for i ended up just trying to give them away because i just didn't want to deal with it. last time i saw him was banff in 2003? and it was a major disappointment because of the crowd. he ended up catching the mic in the teeth.

show starts great. people get stupid. he lambasts the crowd. all the positive energy is sucked out of the room. the bad elements in the crowd try to elevate the situation. matt leaves the stage. no encore. 60 minute show... maybe.

rinse and repeat.

you'd think after a few tours of this he'd just start booking theatres but it never happens.

Echoes wrote:

He has pretty much made a career out of pissing people off who in turn like to start shit at his concert, which really makes no sense.

the double CD version of In A Coma is great, I agree. Love the videos, even if his later/earlier ones are kind of shitty.

sometimes it almost felt like he wanted it to happen like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

life banff, there was no barricade, even though it was in the contract. well, don't take the stage then. or move the mic and monitors back.

i'm not saying it was his fault but shit, mitigate the risks here.

Echoes wrote:

dang, that's good to hear. What was played? anything out of the ordinary?

Depends on what you'd define as out of the ordinary ... while I've heard Suburbia live before, it was played both nights and was a treat, as was Advertising on Police Cars (which I'd never heard live prior). Other than that, song selection was mostly the usual since the tour was in support of a GH, but this is coming from someone who's seen 15 gigs.

Wait, I'm an idiot. I have Matthew's setlist from the Nov. 5th show.
Hang on ... *cue on hold music*

Near Fantastica
Avalanche
Load Me Up
Hello Time Bomb
Oh Be Joyful
Suburbia
Empty Road
Carmelina
Alert Status Red
The Future is X-Rated
Blue Skies Over Badlands
Weapon
Apparitions
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Giant
Little Terror
Everything is Automatic
Advertising on Police Cars
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Put Out Your Lights
Poor Man's Grey
"acoustic" (Prime Time Deliverance)

rockpants wrote:

*setlist*

holy fuck.

Why didn't I go.

Holy shit that was an awesome setlist. I would have died hearing PTD.

WES wrote:

MG's had numerous run in with fans....He played a gig at UBC i think (could be wrong) and many items were thrown at him, including a wrench....yes a wrench...Theres been shoes thrown as well on other occasions...

I attended a Toronto show when he was supporting his White Light Rock and Roll Review album...during the end he grew agitated with people in the crowd moshing, and eventually stopped the show in an attempt to set them straight...didn't work though....

Overall, MG is definitely worth seeing, and has put out some of the best music to come out of Canada in the last 10 years or so....Avalanche is perhaps his best effort and often goes overlooked....

The wrench nearly hit Ryan Dahle. Limblifter's sometimes drummer, Brent Follet, got it framed for him as a birthday gift. I believe the inscription on the brass plate read referenced the show as the "Arts County Write-Off".
A drum pedal was actually thrown on stage that day as well. Where the hell do people get these things?

Echoes - It was a pretty amazing gig, indeed. The guys were obviously having a lot of fun and that makes for the best shows, in my experience. At the end of the show on the 4th, Pat Steward went up to Matthew's mic as the band was departing and yelled, "BEST CROWD ON THE TOUR! LOUD AS FUCK!"
Plus, those shows introduced me to The Ladies & Gentlemen. (Yay!)
I hope you don't feel too crappy about missing the gigs ... they were 3 months ago now and I'm sure gigs just as great will be in store.

Matthew answered my question in the podcast. Groovy.

i havnt seen mg live yet... he was just here at the commodore wasn't he? too bad i'm not OLD ENOUGH to go to those stupid shows... pj better not play at the commodore.

(ps...the commodore wont be stupid once i turn 19, but for now its a stupid, stupid place)

rockpants wrote:

Not MG's fault, though. I was at the Amnesty table until the break between K-os' and Matthew's set, and having to work my way through that crowd was one of the most freaky things I've ever experienced. I was behind the "pit" area but then it got too rough, so I moved back and still, idiots and drunken losers everywhere, running into people and attempting to crowdsurf ... I can't believe Matthew came back for the short encore, but I think it was the right decision given how the crowd might have reacted if he hadn't.
But in terms of atmosphere, yeah, definitely - the worst of the shows.

I wouldn't dream of blaming Matt for the conditions there. It would have been a mess no matter who played. My school can be really lame sometimes, especially when you get a bunch of morons drinking and thinking they own the place.

No doubt. I'm not sure who will play, but it will be a half decent act that is a few years out of the mainstream, if the last few years are any indication.

K-OS and Metric got shit thrown at them too, and K-OS even freestyled some raps about it and it was pretty much awesome how he managed to keep relatively upbeat, although I could definately see some noticeable frustration near the end of his set.

exhausted wrote:

meh, the shows in the bars just end up with the fans being idiots and him getting pissed off and leaving after an hour.

he attracts a bad crowd.

so i really hope the acoustic tour happens. i've stopped bothering with his live shows until then.

There was the famous Regina exhibition performance when a fan hit Matt in the face with a shoe and he said "Fuck you" and walked off stage. Since then the identity of the 'shoeman' has become something of an urban legend in Regina, almost anyone I talk to claims they were right there and that guy was there best friend.

On a lighter topic, though I do appreciate the solo records but I still miss "The Matthew Good Band". Genn really complimented Matt's awesome song writing. All of the alums were fucking awesome especially "Underdogs", that's in my top 5 of best fucking cd's ever. It pissed me off so much when they broke up right after "Audio of Being" came out, I was really excited to hear where they were going... oh well, another great band bites the dust.

^rubyinthedust^ wrote:

If you are a fan of Matt's.. I might suggest listening to 'Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts'...

I hear that! Last of the Ghetto Astronauts was a wicked record.