Sunday, October 16, 2005
Rock Concert Review
Went to the Fox Theater in Boulder last night with friend Mark and his friends to see Porcupine Tree and opening act, Margerie Fair. It was fun. Margerie Fair had one good song (out of 7) and a lead singer who sounded remarkably like Coldplay. Unlike the headliners, you could hear every word he sang but (in a serious case of Hey Jude taking over music) he usually sang the same lyric over and over until the song just petered out in boredom.
Porcupine Tree, an unfortunate name by my way of thinking, is like the long lost son of Art Rock in the 70s--not metal, not wimpy new age whining (which is pretty much all white, mainstream rock now), but pretty good (sometimes very good), interesting songs with a solid backing of synthesizer-like keyboards and strong guitar work. I had never heard of these guys so there were no old favorites to listen for, but almost every song had a hook and a bite.
Unless you get to the Fox as the doors open, you have to stand the whole time, which sucks big time; but perhaps that's an old man's complaint. There really wasn't any dancing, just a lot of deadhead like bobbling. I'm old enough to remember a time in the late 60s when the cutting edge music could not be danced to. You just had to sit or stand there and listen. We're definitely not back to that--we were all subtly moving and grooving at the Fox last night.
The lead guitarist singer had long John Edwards fine hair and when he looked down he seemed like Cousin It with a recent trim. He also looked about 25 years old, which must be wrong since the band has been producing CDs since 1991. (Still, Steve Winwood started professionally at age 15--there are child prodigies). He said that the band had been to Boulder four times and would come back. You could listen to a lot worse music than these Brits (and I have, but not recently).
Porcupine Tree, an unfortunate name by my way of thinking, is like the long lost son of Art Rock in the 70s--not metal, not wimpy new age whining (which is pretty much all white, mainstream rock now), but pretty good (sometimes very good), interesting songs with a solid backing of synthesizer-like keyboards and strong guitar work. I had never heard of these guys so there were no old favorites to listen for, but almost every song had a hook and a bite.
Unless you get to the Fox as the doors open, you have to stand the whole time, which sucks big time; but perhaps that's an old man's complaint. There really wasn't any dancing, just a lot of deadhead like bobbling. I'm old enough to remember a time in the late 60s when the cutting edge music could not be danced to. You just had to sit or stand there and listen. We're definitely not back to that--we were all subtly moving and grooving at the Fox last night.
The lead guitarist singer had long John Edwards fine hair and when he looked down he seemed like Cousin It with a recent trim. He also looked about 25 years old, which must be wrong since the band has been producing CDs since 1991. (Still, Steve Winwood started professionally at age 15--there are child prodigies). He said that the band had been to Boulder four times and would come back. You could listen to a lot worse music than these Brits (and I have, but not recently).
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 9:20 AM 
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does the last line mean that recently you've been listening to music better than P. Tree? Tell me more...
Yes, but it's usually old stuff from the Hot Period, 1967 to 1974. Thanks for taking me. I really had a good time. I notice you have taken the porcupine out of your identification of the band. They should do it too.
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