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Arctic Monkeys at Roseland
The record I've listened to the most this year so far is unquestionably the Arctic Monkey's debut record. That's true for most of the members of my family too. So we were pumped last night to go up to the Roseland Ballroom to see the boys. It was the Gotham Gal, her sister Sue, our three kids, and me. And we had a blast.
We split up early on with the Gotham Gal, Sue, and Josh up by the stage on the far left and me, Jessica, and Emily on the right by the elevated platform. By the start of the show, we'd gotten up on the platform but it almost got me tossed out of the show. Thankfully the security guards took mercy on a 45 year old father who may have been the oldest guy in the room.
As a result, the three of us had an awesome view of the show and the boys put on a good one. Alex Turner, the lead singer, guitar player, and I assume the guy who writes the amazing lyrics, is not the most dynamic frontman, but he kept the audience mesmerized with songs coming as fast as the band's signature machine gun guitar riffs.
My favorite song was their rendition of Who The ***** Are The Arctic Monkeys, off the new EP. The finish was particularly great; Mardy Bum, Fake Tales, and Certain Romance.
There was no encore. They threw their drumsticks, picks, and towels into the crowd and waved goodbye and that was it. I was expecting it since that's what they've done at every show I've read about, but I must say it was disappointing nonetheless.
But we had a blast anyway. The girls said it was tied with Coldplay and the Rolling Stones for the best shows they've been to. We sang the songs in the cab all the way home.
Comments (5) | Posted June 15, 2006 in My Music
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hey fred,
I caught 'em in portland a couple of weeks ago, sound like their MO. Great show.
Just wanted to say that it's pretty impressive that you can do this as a family. As a new dad, it's pretty inspirational.
-David
Posted by: David Niederman | Jun 15, 2006 8:37:28 AM
it was a great show. i also noticed several kids mucking around at the show enjoying the monkeys and having a great time. makes me want to bring my boys - like david said, you and joanne are an inspiration.
Posted by: roger | Jun 15, 2006 9:34:52 AM
I think it's great to take your kids to concerts. Certainly not something my parents did with me (unless you count cantorial concerts in our synagogue - rock on!!!).
It's actually overall a lot safer and cleaner than it used to be. I remember going to see Led Zeppelin at the Garden when I was 16, and there were fireworks going off and people staggering around and throwing up and getting into fights, and it was kind of creepy. I've been to many concerts lately, but mostly "old fogey" groups, so I had some fears when I took my son last year to see Green Day at UMass. But there was nothing to worry about. The crowd was into it, but overall I would say that it was somewhere between PG and PG-13.
Let's see if it's different for the Raconteurs in front of a New York crowd at a standing show.
Posted by: JayR | Jun 15, 2006 10:32:42 AM
reminds me of the great piece "Up With Grups" by New York Magazine... The lead...
Up With Grups
He owns eleven pairs of sneakers, hasn’t worn anything but jeans in a year, and won’t shut up about the latest Death Cab for Cutie CD. But he is no kid. He is among the ascendant breed of grown-up who has redefined adulthood as we once knew it and killed off the generation gap.
http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/16529/
The Ivy (great band) folks are featured throughout.
Posted by: Sean Garrett | Jun 15, 2006 12:19:20 PM
i was there fred - awsome show. not much else to say really.
Posted by: mark slater | Jun 15, 2006 11:55:47 PM
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