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Rocking Thursday night
Aug. 29th, 2009 03:37 pmI wonder what the Commodore Ballroom uses to clean their carpets. I hope they've got something good, as it was positively spongy with expensive cheap beer. I do wonder why someone would spend more than $6 on a beer and then spill so much of it on the ground. I'm going to have to hose off my shoes to keep from tracking stale Kokanee all over.
The openers on Thursday night were the three winners for a local radio station's contest, Vancouver Seeds, whose 30 year history includes winners such as Nickleback, Matthew Good, State of Shock, and, of course, Bif Naked.
Best non-ironic use of a tambourine
I think it's time for the tambourine to make a comeback. Venice Queen managed to locate a rock tambourine: black with black chrome. The player wore sunglasses and leapt around the stage with a fool's grin.
I think Venice Queen should have won the Seeds top prize.
Best non-ironic use of a gong
Black Betty was interesting for having only two members: a male lead singer/drummer and a female guitar-player. They were tight, but they weren't as interesting to watch compared to the antics of the larger groups. And metal's not really my thing. Still, they ended the set by wailing on a full-sized gong, so they have that going for them.
Best use of sexual tension
I'm not much for twitchy white-boy quasi-reggae, but there was a lovely moment from Goodbye Beatdown's performance: the bassist and guitar player – both fairly nice-looking boys – doing the face-to-face battle of the strings move. One's shirtless, their instruments are almost touching, they get washed with a blue spotlight, and one goes down on his knees... fellow band mates might to watch them during long tours, is all I'm saying.
... I don't know what that means.
Goodbye Beatdown did win the top prize.
Best of all
I was there with my brother-in-law and some of his co-workers, as they all knew Venice Queen's drummer and were there to support him. I was there to see Bif Naked, the headliner. Once the Seeds platinum prize was announced, the co-workers mostly turned to serious drinking, while I headed for the sticky dance floor.
Bif Naked put on a fabulous show, as always. That woman has so much energy, and she puts everything into her performance. I was especially thrilled to get to hear "Ciao Bella" live, as it is one of my favourite songs from her new album. Other highlights: a rougher version of her classic ballad "Lucky", the entire crowd singing along to "Nothing Else Matters" and "Fuck You 2", and Bif's explanations of some of her songs ("Honeybee" is more literal than you might think upon first listening to it).
My only complaint: I do wish whoever was doing the lighting would have stopped turning on the house lights between songs, as I did not really want to be able to see the disgusting floor, and the bright lights disrupting getting really into the concert as a whole.
Well worth staying up until 1 AM for, but I'm sure glad I didn't have to work on Friday, between the lost voice from the screaming and ringing in the ears.
The openers on Thursday night were the three winners for a local radio station's contest, Vancouver Seeds, whose 30 year history includes winners such as Nickleback, Matthew Good, State of Shock, and, of course, Bif Naked.
Best non-ironic use of a tambourine
I think it's time for the tambourine to make a comeback. Venice Queen managed to locate a rock tambourine: black with black chrome. The player wore sunglasses and leapt around the stage with a fool's grin.
I think Venice Queen should have won the Seeds top prize.
Best non-ironic use of a gong
Black Betty was interesting for having only two members: a male lead singer/drummer and a female guitar-player. They were tight, but they weren't as interesting to watch compared to the antics of the larger groups. And metal's not really my thing. Still, they ended the set by wailing on a full-sized gong, so they have that going for them.
Best use of sexual tension
I'm not much for twitchy white-boy quasi-reggae, but there was a lovely moment from Goodbye Beatdown's performance: the bassist and guitar player – both fairly nice-looking boys – doing the face-to-face battle of the strings move. One's shirtless, their instruments are almost touching, they get washed with a blue spotlight, and one goes down on his knees... fellow band mates might to watch them during long tours, is all I'm saying.
... I don't know what that means.
Goodbye Beatdown did win the top prize.
Best of all
I was there with my brother-in-law and some of his co-workers, as they all knew Venice Queen's drummer and were there to support him. I was there to see Bif Naked, the headliner. Once the Seeds platinum prize was announced, the co-workers mostly turned to serious drinking, while I headed for the sticky dance floor.
Bif Naked put on a fabulous show, as always. That woman has so much energy, and she puts everything into her performance. I was especially thrilled to get to hear "Ciao Bella" live, as it is one of my favourite songs from her new album. Other highlights: a rougher version of her classic ballad "Lucky", the entire crowd singing along to "Nothing Else Matters" and "Fuck You 2", and Bif's explanations of some of her songs ("Honeybee" is more literal than you might think upon first listening to it).
My only complaint: I do wish whoever was doing the lighting would have stopped turning on the house lights between songs, as I did not really want to be able to see the disgusting floor, and the bright lights disrupting getting really into the concert as a whole.
Well worth staying up until 1 AM for, but I'm sure glad I didn't have to work on Friday, between the lost voice from the screaming and ringing in the ears.
