ok, spoon, go home.
I have to say, as with the last concert I went to, I was more impressed with the opening act than the headliner.
Ok Go is my new favourite band. Sure, that'll last, at most, a few months, but they were SO good, we would've stayed through another full set, I think. They held the audience's attention, and ENGAGED the audience, who was there to see Spoon. Even during their tear-down, the audience was SCREAMING when they played the new album track (off the actual album, not live) and did a beautifully choreographed dance number. It was a perfect show.
Spoon, however, was about as dull and boring as listening to ... well... the sound of your own heartbeat. Just because you're loud and screamy and your sound board operator doesnt know his ass from a hole in the ground, doesnt mean you rock. Mrs. T and I left early (before 11) as I was trying desperately to find anything to cure my boredom. The crazy looking guy next to Mrs. T was entertaining for about 30 seconds, and after the two fags in their mid-40s who were looking to pleasure the guys from OK Go backstage finally left, I had nothing left to hold my interest.
I'm ultimately glad the tickets were cheap. I got to hear a band's work before I bought their album. I'll get to say "I saw them when," and I know now not to go to a live Spoon show ever again. Love your studio work, but hate your "mad at the world/can't be bothered" live concert style. (which seems to be a theme this year. Are you listening Ryan "king asshole" Adams?)
Of course, I bought the new Ok Go album when I was out shopping yesterday, only to find it on iTunes for $5 less. Guess what's going back.