Decemberists Concert (Redux)

[tealin]

I went to my second Decemberists concert a week ago. I found out about it too late to get the sort of tickets I got last time and ended up on the balcony. It was a bit of a distant experience, but I don't regret it because experience has taught me that any opportunity to see the Decemberists live must be taken. You should too. If you like them at all, they are ten times better live. No joke. Don't ask YouTube, YouTube will lie. The thrill and energy of a live performance cannot be captured on a camcorder, any more than it can be replicated on a CD. I don't like loud music and I don't usually feel like singing along or even tapping my foot, but a Decemberists concert (and only a Decemberists concert, so far) strips these proclivities away. Luckily they have a new CD coming out in March (?!) so they might be going on tour again! And you can see them! Because – remember – any chance to see the Decemberists live must be taken.

A bit of follow-up: the song mentioned in my previous post was 'The Culling of the Fold' which, I was immensely pleased to learn, is available on iTunes. It's been so long since I've had a song to put on repeat! But I am not allowed to buy the new singles until the Christmas holiday because I can't listen to them while animating.

And Colin Meloy still looks like a young Garrison Keillor.

Comments

[veronikamg.livejournal.com]

Current music: bet you can't guess


It couldn't possibly be The Decemberists!

[iseepurplehair.livejournal.com]

Apparently they were in Portland a couple of nights ago.

I saw them in 2006. Great show, but the audience wasn't really feeling it, which was something of a shame. They were lovely live.

...Why can't you listen to them while animating?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Too much to think about. Really I shouldn't listen to anything while animating but I sit in what is basically a hallway, so something to block out distractions is necessary. This usually means something wordless that I am incredibly familiar with so I'm not tempted to process the music rather than what I'm supposed to be working on.

[missuscarroll.livejournal.com]

Oh yay! Were they still on the Obama high?

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Hard to tell ... they did do the call and response thing, but in general the band seemed more tired than the last time I saw them; I think they were near the end of their tour.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

P.S. Thanks for your comment about their post-election concert before – if you hadn't mentioned seeing them I wouldn't have known they were on tour! :D