I've only been to one other show, the one in Del Mar. This show blew me away. The things they did with Lie and IDIFY. Then I got to hear two songs I'd never heard live, WOHWWS and IJDIYAT. The light show, which was muted to say the least in the Del Mar outdoor venue, was sparkling and brilliant last night! I loved every second!
I do appreciate your honesty but it seems like you did set the bar a bit high. There are times when there's not much contact between the band and fans. And I think that's necessary. I personally feel he had become too accessible and was spoiling everyone. All we can hope for is the show. That's what we pay for, that's all he owes us. But you got so much more! A set list and a piece of Kyle's drumsticks? Those are awesome souvenirs!
As for the fans, I'm sure David doesn't give a crap who's in the audience as long as there are people. People that stand up and get into the show are preferred But that's not really something that we, nor he, can control. David's doing what he always wanted to do. As humble as he is, he'd never tell anyone to stay away from his show because of age or appearance. Obviously from the way those older women were up and involved in the show, age is just a number. From my 5th row seats, I saw people of all ages on their asses the entire show and it kinda pissed me off. But, for $20/seat, casual fans will buy those tickets. That's one difference I noticed from the Del Mar show. Almost everyone on the floor was standing and into it because we paid top dollar to be there. The die hards will pay higher prices. So if the front area were higher in price, we would have seen a different dynamic there, don't you think? That's my theory. Plus, there were many empty seats in the front section due to scalpers. If the seats were higher priced to begin with, maybe fewer would have been scalped. I certainly couldn't afford the scalped prices which at one time reached $180 a seat.
We all have our down days. That could have been Andy's problem. I pretty much keep my eyes soley focused on David so I really didn't pay that much attention. I've always wondered how long Andy would be with the band. He is a front man. How long do you take a back seat and sacrifice your own dream for that of your friend's? I'm not saying he's leaving the band but I personally don't think I've ever really seen him as enthused with being backup to David. I know if I were him, I'd be more focused on my own plans, kwim?Neal is a guitarist and back up singer so he's probably content where he is. But David would want his friends to be happy. If Andy were unhappy about being on tour and in the Anthemic, I would expect David to hear him out and help him rather than keep him "captive" so to speak. Bottom line is, we don't know these people and what happens on a day to day basis so don't read too much into moods and stuff.
I am so sorry that your experience of the show was the complete polar opposite of mine but I think we just have very different outlooks. I consider myself a realist (although my husband calls it pessimism most of the time) so as of last Saturday, I expected to just see the big show and be in the seats I bought, and to see the same show I saw in Del Mar. So you can imagine how utterly pleased I was at the end of the day
Don't lose your optimism but sometime's it's better to temper optimism with a little reality. Fewer disappointments that way.
So now I think my reply to you is probably longer than my own blog. I'm sorry. I am trying to make you feel better about last night. I hope it came across that way. We waited so long for a Phoenix show and it saddens me that it didn't meet your expectations.
Onward and upward...new album in the spring???
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11/3/09<----the most awesome day. Thank you for coming to Phoenix! It was worth every minute of wait.
This makes me sad.
Hi Cool,
I've only been to one other show, the one in Del Mar. This show blew me away. The things they did with Lie and IDIFY. Then I got to hear two songs I'd never heard live, WOHWWS and IJDIYAT. The light show, which was muted to say the least in the Del Mar outdoor venue, was sparkling and brilliant last night! I loved every second!
I do appreciate your honesty but it seems like you did set the bar a bit high. There are times when there's not much contact between the band and fans. And I think that's necessary. I personally feel he had become too accessible and was spoiling everyone. All we can hope for is the show. That's what we pay for, that's all he owes us. But you got so much more! A set list and a piece of Kyle's drumsticks? Those are awesome souvenirs!
As for the fans, I'm sure David doesn't give a crap who's in the audience as long as there are people. People that stand up and get into the show are preferred
But that's not really something that we, nor he, can control. David's doing what he always wanted to do. As humble as he is, he'd never tell anyone to stay away from his show because of age or appearance. Obviously from the way those older women were up and involved in the show, age is just a number. From my 5th row seats, I saw people of all ages on their asses the entire show and it kinda pissed me off. But, for $20/seat, casual fans will buy those tickets. That's one difference I noticed from the Del Mar show. Almost everyone on the floor was standing and into it because we paid top dollar to be there. The die hards will pay higher prices. So if the front area were higher in price, we would have seen a different dynamic there, don't you think? That's my theory. Plus, there were many empty seats in the front section due to scalpers. If the seats were higher priced to begin with, maybe fewer would have been scalped. I certainly couldn't afford the scalped prices which at one time reached $180 a seat.
We all have our down days. That could have been Andy's problem. I pretty much keep my eyes soley focused on David so I really didn't pay that much attention. I've always wondered how long Andy would be with the band. He is a front man. How long do you take a back seat and sacrifice your own dream for that of your friend's? I'm not saying he's leaving the band but I personally don't think I've ever really seen him as enthused with being backup to David. I know if I were him, I'd be more focused on my own plans, kwim?Neal is a guitarist and back up singer so he's probably content where he is. But David would want his friends to be happy. If Andy were unhappy about being on tour and in the Anthemic, I would expect David to hear him out and help him rather than keep him "captive" so to speak. Bottom line is, we don't know these people and what happens on a day to day basis so don't read too much into moods and stuff.
I am so sorry that your experience of the show was the complete polar opposite of mine but I think we just have very different outlooks. I consider myself a realist (although my husband calls it pessimism most of the time) so as of last Saturday, I expected to just see the big show and be in the seats I bought, and to see the same show I saw in Del Mar. So you can imagine how utterly pleased I was at the end of the day
Don't lose your optimism but sometime's it's better to temper optimism with a little reality. Fewer disappointments that way.
So now I think my reply to you is probably longer than my own blog. I'm sorry. I am trying to make you feel better about last night. I hope it came across that way. We waited so long for a Phoenix show and it saddens me that it didn't meet your expectations.
Onward and upward...new album in the spring???
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11/3/09<----the most awesome day. Thank you for coming to Phoenix! It was worth every minute of wait.
.:Paula:.