I have seen many a punk rock show/played in punk rock shows/recorded live punk rock shows.... but that\'s beside the point.
After being well-conditioned into the likings of improvisational jamming, a friend of mine bought me a ticket to see Incubus. I figured, what the hell? I don\'t own anything by the band, but I have heard them on the radio too many damn times to not know what some of the songs were going to be played.
After the show all I could say was, "Yep. They played all the hits from the radio, (1), all the songs sounded correct, no technically misdoings in playing each song (2), and (3) all the songs sounded exactly as they do on any of their studio recordings." Nothing had changed. Beyong all that... the show I saw was the same show from the night before, and the night after and so on... i personally would get bored playing that same shit everynight.
Well I was dissappointed to say the least. It wasn\'t the bands\' fault, because they don\'t play any improv or jams for that matter. Each song as short and sweet as they were written.
I dunno... for some reason I like to see the songs get changed up a bit. PB, Phish, the Dead, you can recognize which song is being played, but for the most part, it is way different than the last time the song was played live. Ya\'ll follow?
Thus, we in the show going community, can do such things as go on a three week run with a band, and never see the same show twice. You may hear a repeat of a song, but it is still different than the first time you saw it being played.
This is never true with the industry standard Top 40 rock tunes/punk/rap.
At least Rage spawned a lot of the new Top 40 bullshit and is not a product of it.
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"go on and gItChu onE"
btw.... my favorite punk rock band/album is as follows....
The Dwarves -- Blood, Guts, and hoo haa
