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Heidi, Laura and I enjoyed ourselves some bible belt rock and a little "safe indie pop"* last night at T. T. the Bear's up in Cambridge. The venue was acoustically claustrophobic, resembling what might happen if you got stuffed in a tin can and rattled around with a good helping of sonic mush. No one could understand the lyrics and my ears are still ringing.
But those Ha Ha Tonka boys from the Ozarks can do some pretty sweet close harmonies. "Hangman" off their latest album Buckle the Bible Belt was the best song of the evening--guitars switched off and the baritone rumbling out under the high parts on top. Mmmm...That was good. And we all identify with "Twelve Inch, Three Speed Oscillator Fan" these days.
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin--who beat out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for the world's longest band name award--was also a lot of fun, even if a crowd of women showed up from no where to block our view when the band took the stage.
The Boris Yeltsin group played some musical round robin. The drummer played lead guitar and vocals, the frontman took the bass, the bassist can also play the drums. Not every band can switch it up like that. Can you imagine Ringo doing Hey Jude? *shudders* Their drummer was also a lot cuter than Ringo: he looked like a smiley, sheepish hobbit who somehow wandered into a band and never went back.
*Laura's words
Posted by funke at 15.07.08 9:16 | TrackBack | Posted to Bands | ConcertsActually, I believe my exact words were "harmless indie pop." But "safe" captures it just as well.
Posted by: Laura at 15.07.08 10:03Guess where the Odell's took us for our 50th sha-bang? They surprised us with a concert at the Pikes Peak Center featuring America. Yes, after 36 years of touring, there is only one new member of the band, the bass guitarist. Their opening act was a homegrown veternarian-comedian-tap-dancing talent. He actually was pretty funny, and after 36 years of touring, he was a first for America as well. The band had a good sense of humor about themselves by not taking themselves too seriously because after all, it's hard to hit those high notes that once came so easily 36 years ago.
Posted by: patsy at 15.07.08 22:43I still wore earplugs...
Posted by: Papa at 18.07.08 7:58