i just got back from watching the strokes and the white stripes at radio city music hall-- and afterwards, stuffing my stomach with a whole lotta dduk gook (korean rice cake soup).
i got the tickets from three of my noonas [korean for 'older sister'... pluralated in konglish]-- jenie, danielle and judy. one of the most thoughtful birthday gifts i've ever received. (thanks j/j/d!).
the concert kicked off with the white stripes performing first (as they were the visiting band from detroit). jack white comes out in his signature candy apple red pants and matching t-shirt. meg white wears a red skirt with white shirt. they really do look like brother and sister-- like they claim-- although the media is quick to spoil their fun by revealing their past as a couple. anyways... jack was on electric guitar and occasionally clunked out a few chords on the keyboard. meg was happily flailing her arms and swaying back and forth on the drums. jack sang most of the songs. meg chimed in and doubled up on the melody in a couple of the songs... and seemed happy with her one song.
if i were to start a band right now, it'd probably sound like the stripes (intentionally and unintentionally). music rarely gets much simpler than that... 2 instruments and 2 voices; basic (i mean really really basic) drum beats over a hooky electric and no-frills vocals. it has a certain rough and raw flavor that i like... and that i wouldn't be able to avoid if i just started a band.
the strokes were the hometown band and the audience really got into them. they look and sound just like their music videos. the really worked the lights though. the lead singer messed up his knee so he had to sit on a stool for 90% of the performance. all-in-all it was a good performance. it was cool to see jack white come out to solo for the closing song-- new york city cops.
the concert in general made me think alot about my own music-- or lack thereof. it was cool seeing the musicians singing the songs that they wrote... playing music that they created. it made me think about the process... what were their inspirations? did they write the lyrics first and fit the music to match? or the other way around? or were they created independantly of each other and then just arbitrarily matched up? watching the audience was almost as entertaining as watching the band... some people were just so into it... dancing and singing as if they were in the privacy of their own shower. i wondered what kind of connection they had to this music? do they really relate to the lyrics? or do they just think the band members are hot?
i think i'll try to write a song for the next open mic at remnant. maybe this is just the first step towards my radio city music hall debut...
or maybe it'll just give me something original to sing on the toilet. (c'mon, i know you do it too!)
i got the tickets from three of my noonas [korean for 'older sister'... pluralated in konglish]-- jenie, danielle and judy. one of the most thoughtful birthday gifts i've ever received. (thanks j/j/d!).
the concert kicked off with the white stripes performing first (as they were the visiting band from detroit). jack white comes out in his signature candy apple red pants and matching t-shirt. meg white wears a red skirt with white shirt. they really do look like brother and sister-- like they claim-- although the media is quick to spoil their fun by revealing their past as a couple. anyways... jack was on electric guitar and occasionally clunked out a few chords on the keyboard. meg was happily flailing her arms and swaying back and forth on the drums. jack sang most of the songs. meg chimed in and doubled up on the melody in a couple of the songs... and seemed happy with her one song.
if i were to start a band right now, it'd probably sound like the stripes (intentionally and unintentionally). music rarely gets much simpler than that... 2 instruments and 2 voices; basic (i mean really really basic) drum beats over a hooky electric and no-frills vocals. it has a certain rough and raw flavor that i like... and that i wouldn't be able to avoid if i just started a band.
the strokes were the hometown band and the audience really got into them. they look and sound just like their music videos. the really worked the lights though. the lead singer messed up his knee so he had to sit on a stool for 90% of the performance. all-in-all it was a good performance. it was cool to see jack white come out to solo for the closing song-- new york city cops.
the concert in general made me think alot about my own music-- or lack thereof. it was cool seeing the musicians singing the songs that they wrote... playing music that they created. it made me think about the process... what were their inspirations? did they write the lyrics first and fit the music to match? or the other way around? or were they created independantly of each other and then just arbitrarily matched up? watching the audience was almost as entertaining as watching the band... some people were just so into it... dancing and singing as if they were in the privacy of their own shower. i wondered what kind of connection they had to this music? do they really relate to the lyrics? or do they just think the band members are hot?
i think i'll try to write a song for the next open mic at remnant. maybe this is just the first step towards my radio city music hall debut...
or maybe it'll just give me something original to sing on the toilet. (c'mon, i know you do it too!)
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