blue man group complex rock show

a couple of friends and i decided last minute to check out the blue man group show at merriweather last night. it was amazing. easily the most fun i've had at a show in a long time. if any of y'all have a chance to see it, i strongly recommend going.

for those that don't know, it's three blue guys doing their usual percussive thing using unique "instruments" backed up by an 8 piece rock band, guest vocalists, and video presentations. the percussion section blew me away, the medley of covers was fun, and the piece memorializing 9/11 was subtle and touching. i'm considering a trip to philly when it swings back through the east.

Hey thatguy, when the fuck did you become middle aged?

fer feck sake thatguy……………

never will i rely on you for a reccomendation on shows again……………

maybe broadway shows but not actual music shows…………

what next…………….? i hear stomp is good?

1. i'm waaaaaay past middle aged
b. when did you listen to my recommendations before?

I bought a two skinny Js CD and a har mar superstar CD…..

I am sure they were your recommendations too?

Does no one at work give you a hard time for your tastes? Are all they all scared of you?

i have recommended the 2 skinnee js live performances as a good time (*), but i know from experience that most people don't like the cd until they've seen them live. i did not recommend har mar. i have seen him once, and only because it was free. i would not pay to see him again, nor would i purchase his album.

not many people at the club give me a hard time about my taste, and not many people at the club are afraid of me. what reason would they have for either?

my tastes range widely and are quite fluid. what i like one day i might not the next. sometimes i want deep and meaningful, sometimes i want pure fun. usually, i want something in between. my discussions here have not even come close to encompassing my taste in music. even if they had, i would feel no need to justify my personal tastes. i like what i like, you like what you like. have i ever made a negative comment regarding your musical tastes?

for people that claim to be interested in being exposed to new music, some of y'all are pretty damn closed minded.

answer me this: have you ever seen the blue man group perform their complex album (live, on tv, heard the album, whatever)?

(*)last chance to catch them in the area: recher theater, friday, 11 july.

I saw Blue Man Group at Coachella, and also thought they were very very entertaining.

and i am not anywhere near middle aged. Its certainly better than alt-country.

weren't blue man group "hip" when they were off-broadway… i guess "success" spoils everyone.

I saw the Complex Tour when it stopped by the Warner Theatre a couple of months ago. It was one of the better shows that I've seen this year so far.

I agree with thatguy…I know I've been a musical snob from time to time, but there are a lot of folks here that remind me a lot of John Cusack and Jack Black in High Fidelity. TOTAL elitists, but I think it's kind of funny. Personally, I'd go check out Blue Man Group any day. What cracks me up is when some of these folks think they've stumbled onto the next Nirvana, only to shy away from that band once they got mildly popular saying they sold out or they're not cool and indie anymore. I was watching an old episode of Saturday Night Live the other day and Veruca Salt was the musical guest. HA! Remember the major labels had that insane bidding war and how everyone said they'd be HUGE? And their one big hit, "Seether"? Yeah…seether career go away. :)

Tracey Bonham is the guest vocalist, I think.

Originally posted by bunnyman:
And their one big hit, "Seether"? Yeah…seether career go away. :)

Ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

:D

Originally posted by bunnyman:
. What cracks me up is when some of these folks think they've stumbled onto the next Nirvana, only to shy away from that band once they got mildly popular saying they sold out or they're not cool and indie anymore.

must admit that's one of the things i love about this board too…………well that and winding up pc thatguy……….

why can't we all just get along……….live and let live…………nice one that guy

Originally posted by thatguy:



for people that claim to be interested in being exposed to new music, some of y'all are pretty damn closed minded.

People generally mock what they dont understand. "Joshing" someone for their musical tastes is, I thought, pretty benign.

But by giving you a hard time about it you had to justify it and other people jumped to your and the blue man group's defence. That way I got to learn more about the blue man group.

If I hadnt of mocked you that might not have happened.

My beef with the blue man group is it opens the doors of musical entertainment to the macdonalds world. Paint any twats blue and put them on stage, call them the blue man group. With the right equipment its WHOOOOARRRR instant success around the world. You can have blue man groups playing every major city every night around the world.

Personally I like my music entertainmet to have personality.

I guess the success of the blue man group comes from fusing a music concert and a broadway show?

I think I would rather listen to the rocky horror picture show though.

Saying that one of my non-internet friends also rated blue man group very highly and he normally had good taste.

Music and a Broadway show??? oh man, how awful. that must be pshhh, art! haha. thanks but no thanks.

next thing you know, they'll be putting music in broadway shows, and musicians will be acting!

Originally posted by the scientist:

Personally I like my music entertainmet to have personality.

the Blue man group show has more personality than most boring Indie rock shows, thats for sure

nothing more boring to actually watch, than most indie "hip" bands onstage.

Isn't the Blue Man Group kind of 90's? A bit passe', no?

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Isn't the Blue Man Group kind of 90's? A bit passe', no?

I think they are going for something different now. I saw them in Boston in 1999 and then i saw their "rock concert" in 2003. other than 3 Blue guys onstage, nothing similar at all.

Originally posted by poorlulu:
must admit that's one of the things i love about this board too…………well that and winding up pc thatguy……….

you greatly overestimate the effects of your posts on me. i am far from wound up, and far from pc.

why can't we all just get along……….live and let live…………nice one that guy

while the ideas you mention may be trite and cliche, the ideas behind them do have merit.