And concerts can be great for a lot of reasons, but I haven't been to many where it is almost solely the band that makes it feel like you're lucky to be there, like you're going to chastising people who missed it, like you're watching something special. Typically there's the drinks or a singularly attuned crowd or something so personal that when all your friends are bored you're having revelations like, "You know, I think I will marry Roger."
But last night I wasn't really drinking, the crowd was okay but nothing incredible, and Roger and I just wouldn't work as a couple.
So for approximately the 8th time in the last 8 posts I'm breaking my rule to not write about things I do in order to let you know that Deer Tick = good. You should check out their old album ($5) and their new album. You should see them in concert.
If concerts aren't your thing, you can also see them at lunch. They seemed to enjoy making lunch plans.
Actually, the other part of the closing medley besides La Bamba was Santo and Johnny's Sleepwalk:
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Which is like a hundred times cooler than Earth Angel.
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ReplyDeleteWhich, for further clarification, then covered by Richie Valence, who did La Bamba.
ReplyDeleteAh, you're totally right. I was trying to remember and "Earth Angel" was the only thing that came to mind.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I was watching Back to the Future at the time which is why early drafts of this post also made reference to "Mr. Sandman," "Johnny Be Good," and, "Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain."