Nothing Insipid
Peter T.
location: New Hampshire
listening to: Too much of everything!
registered: 1999.05.20
posts: 3017
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The performers I've been most inspired by in concert were the ones who projected a certain
amount of dangerous physicality and/or raw intensity. Midnight Oil certainly come to mind.
They offered up some powerful shit in concert. Holy smokes, they were wild! Early Clash,
Springsteen around 1978, The Ramones pretty much all time, Elvis Costello during the height
of his spite (78-79). At present, Frank Turner and The Hold Steady do it for me. Typically, the
energy these performers put out feeds the crowds and a circle loop of even greater power
results. Sure would have liked to have seen Sugar or any Bob Mould incarnation. And there are
certainly exceptions: love Paul Kelly when he has a rocking band behind him (and PK is a bit
charismatically challenged on-stage). On the flip side, I can't abide artists who just sit there, strumming away. Last year, Johnny
Winter just sat there, and I know, he's like, ancient, but for me, the physical part is as
important as the music and vocals. I'm sure I'm in the minority here, and having fallen in love
with music during the punk era undoubtedly influenced my bias. When I leave a concert drenched, raw-throated, and sore, I know I had a good time. Go figure.Peter T.
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The performers I've been most inspired by in concert were the ones who projected a certain
amount of dangerous physicality and/or raw intensity. Midnight Oil certainly come to mind.
They offered up some powerful shit in concert. Holy smokes, they were wild! Early Clash,
Springsteen around 1978, The Ramones pretty much all time, Elvis Costello during the height
of his spite (78-79). At present, Frank Turner and The Hold Steady do it for me. Typically, the
energy these performers put out feeds the crowds and a circle loop of even greater power
results. Sure would have liked to have seen Sugar or any Bob Mould incarnation. And there are
certainly exceptions: love Paul Kelly when he has a rocking band behind him (and PK is a bit
charismatically challenged on-stage). On the flip side, I can't abide artists who just sit there, strumming away. Last year, Johnny
Winter just sat there, and I know, he's like, ancient, but for me, the physical part is as
important as the music and vocals. I'm sure I'm in the minority here, and having fallen in love
with music during the punk era undoubtedly influenced my bias. When I leave a concert drenched, raw-throated, and sore, I know I had a good time. Go figure.Peter T.
