Gettin' a Taste of the Concert SCENE

Concert number one in NYC was at a new venue somewhere in Manhattan near the Hudson River side...Mid-Town. It was the eclectic and strange band Ween. An acquired taste, but Damn good! Tons of fun for a mild Dec evening. More importantly was this random Wednesday night in late February.

Well, I got concert number two under my belt in the gateway to the USA. Really, the NYC concert scene might be impossible to keep-up with, I mean everyone shows thier faces here...New York is sooooo sweet. But tryin' to hang, and at least gettin' a piece of this scene will be damn fun. So on an ordinary Wed night I took a peek at the old reliable talents of Todd Park Moore and his loyal crew. Not something I had expected.

I must say, it was impressive! Todd and the boys tore the roof off the tiny Bowery Ballroom in The Lower East Side of Manhattan. He played the true-fan favorites "Vincent of Jersey/The Leaving Song", "Heart of Wilderness", and "Dinner with Ivan"; along with the popular hits "Bittersweet" and "Broken Hearted Savior." But most exciting were his new songs that held strong to blues and country roots and just plain ROCKED! Moore is a powerful guitar player, routinely displaying his skills and still staying superior with his vocals. Not only was every song that I had never heard (therefore the more recent) energetic and heavy, but his already legendary cover of Led Zeppelin's "Tangerine" along with a version of an Eric Clapton tune I just can't place at this moment were exemplary displays Moore's lead guitar abilities. He took on some of the all-time greatest and played 'em tough.

Sadly, as has been the case all too often in my experience at BTH and the Monsters concerts (and I know I've missed some good ones), the crowd was no fierce creature. Be sure to understand I don't blame the 30something couples for getting all cuddly at the show, but when it is time to rock-it-out, they should play that game too. Sure this might have been a tough show for lovebirds, but common.... EMBRACE IT! Todd and the Monsters barely tapped into their sappier ballads playin' just "Please Don't Tell Her" and "Wearing Only Flowers", otherwise is was heavy tom-tom banging and guitar solos. It should have been a rockin' dance party! But the cheesy douche-bags couldn't deal with it. So to my astonishment the crowd thinned as the concert continued. Todd banged out "Circle" as a finale and came back on with FOUR encores! It was stellar.

My Conclusion is that no matter how annoying Phish-heads, and Panic-fiends are... at least they know how to party when it matters! You can make a serious rock-out session a romantic occasion too. Those BHTM folk are lame. It is just a shame too; such amazing talents as Todd Park Moore and Friends deserve better.

Don't worry Todd is still thankful even to his lame fans-Download their new album for FREE!!!!!!!! at: bigheadtodd.com

Arthasaurous