tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post4407824475723887386..comments2024-03-29T00:37:54.787-07:00Comments on Alienated in Vancouver: Beck: ugghAllan MacInnishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-41892608207587184232008-08-29T11:09:00.000-07:002008-08-29T11:09:00.000-07:00I sometimes dance, but it's very rare, and the mus...I sometimes dance, but it's very rare, and the music has to REALLY work for me. Damo Suzuki got me dancing the one time I saw him. Antibalas got me dancing once. Brian Eno, when I saw a rare live show of his in Japan, got me dancing - I turned into a wriggling sperm moving ever upwards towards a glowing sphere of light at the end of the tunnel I was in, striving for an ejaculation ever-just beyond my reach... It was joyous. I can be moved to mosh at times, too, tho' it nearly kills me. But Beck, like he was last night? No.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-25846617774873334942008-08-29T10:58:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:58:00.000-07:00"There's a certain way boomers have of dancing tha..."There's a certain way boomers have of dancing that somehow seems more about drawing attention to themselves than about just moving their bodies to the music because it feels good"<BR/><BR/>Okay, yes, I am totally with you! I didn't realize that was a boomer thing though. I feel like I've seen people (mostly female) of all ages do that.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I *never* dance at shows, because I'm freakishly inhibited and afraid of looking spastic, but I've read enough derisive comments about people who "refused" to dance at shows that I know dancing at them is expected. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-75816033088369395562008-08-29T10:14:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:14:00.000-07:00a) There's a certain way boomers have of dancing t...a) There's a certain way boomers have of dancing that somehow seems more about drawing attention to themselves than about just moving their bodies to the music because it feels good, and this chick was doin' it all - excessive "look at me" moves, like she thought she was on stage, spinning her forearms around each other in fast little circles, waving her hands in the air... it was like standing next to a Canucks' fan at a game when the team scores. Plus she bumped into me a dozen times in taking her seat and then wedged the strap of her purse under my arm on the armrest. Boomers are so obnoxious, overprivileged, and take their own "rights" so for granted that it makes them among the worst people to find oneself in a venue alongside.<BR/><BR/>b) And given how cold and unmoved I felt and how formulaic the show seemed, the decision to DANCE ENTHUSIASTICALLY seems weird and wrong - one of the things that made my head hurt last night. You get the feeling that this woman would have danced regardless of what his songs or show were like; it wasn't a response to the music so much as...<BR/><BR/>Ah, fuggit, it just annoyed me.Allan MacInnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394301776870727673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8762075.post-17742847281084459702008-08-29T09:49:00.000-07:002008-08-29T09:49:00.000-07:00Only one member of the band is a Scientologist (un...Only one member of the band is a Scientologist (unless Beck has just recently converted the other three). They are indie musicians that Beck recruited to be in his band for the tour. (R. Kelly is not a Scientologist either.)<BR/><BR/>I feel ya on the Scientology thing, but how can you complain about someone dancing next to you at a concert? It kind of comes with the territory, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com