Subtle/TV on the Radio, Roseland Theater, 03/23/07
I have never felt so old.
I was a clear foot taller than everybody else on the floor and all around me in the crowd I spotted various signs of painfully awkward adolescence that mirrored my own.
Curtain haircuts. Wiry chin hair. Jackets tied around waists.
Clearly ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Except I was never this cool.
While my high school concert choices were limited to Alanis Morissette and Zebrahead, these teens formative years were being influenced by Tunde Adebimpe and an ilk of experimental indie rockers.
I can only imagine what was going through their heads as Doseone prowled the stage spitting out vertiginous lyrics while picking plastic forks from stripped Yorick busts. [This may or may not all make more sense in the context of the album -- Doseone tends to operate with floating signifiers].
Toward the end of Subtle's set, a dad made his way through the crowd to share bemused and bewildered looks with his son about the spectacle unfolding on stage. It was terribly endearing.
The kids are alright.
I was a clear foot taller than everybody else on the floor and all around me in the crowd I spotted various signs of painfully awkward adolescence that mirrored my own.
Curtain haircuts. Wiry chin hair. Jackets tied around waists.
Clearly ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny. Except I was never this cool.
While my high school concert choices were limited to Alanis Morissette and Zebrahead, these teens formative years were being influenced by Tunde Adebimpe and an ilk of experimental indie rockers.
I can only imagine what was going through their heads as Doseone prowled the stage spitting out vertiginous lyrics while picking plastic forks from stripped Yorick busts. [This may or may not all make more sense in the context of the album -- Doseone tends to operate with floating signifiers].
Toward the end of Subtle's set, a dad made his way through the crowd to share bemused and bewildered looks with his son about the spectacle unfolding on stage. It was terribly endearing.
The kids are alright.
posted by d l wright at 3/28/2007 08:47:00 PM
5 Comments:
I'm going to Denver next month, and I need to convert the kids there (two girls, ages 13 and 15) to listen to better music.
I'm thinking of taking them a range of The Shins, Death Cab and Arcade Fire. Any suggestions?
what kind of music do they like now?
All American Rejects... Panic at the Disco!... etc.
Merzbow and Sunn 0)))
Seriously though, anything off an OC or Garden State soundtrack is probably a good bet. You can be snobby about it, but they have been disseminating palatable indie rock to the masses.
We are talking Spoon, Doves, Dandy Warhols, Super Furry Animals, Interpol, Pinback, A.C. Newman, Modest Mouse, LCD Soundsystem, Of Montreal, Kaiser Chiefs, Stars.
Any teen with that kind of musical taste would have my respect.
Speaking of which my bro is totally down with The New Pornographers. Way to go Ian!
Post a Comment
<< Home