(Yes I took this picture with my camera phone. Excuse the poor quality)
I don’t go to a whole lot of concerts, but this week I went to a couple and I was lucky enough that both of them turned out to be great. It’s not always that way; I’ve certainly been to a few forgettable ones. But both Beck and Roger Waters turned in really great performances.
Compared to the Roger Waters concert, I was a little unsure of what to expect from Beck, as I am a bigger Roger Waters fan. I’d heard some conflicting things about his shows going into it. Beck was really into the performance though, and really catered to the audience in Bend by talking about different things he’d done while he was in town, and doing a small, brief song about the town. He also changed a song lyric here and there and replaced some of the locations with “Bend.”
As you may be able to tell, I was able to get decently close to the stage, which probably helped the experience a bit. The people around me were really into the show as well, which obviously also helps the atmosphere. There were also some, ummm, illegal substances around and at one point he said “There’s some interesting smells up here. Kind of a potpourri of Bend.” And yes, there was quite a bit of that going on. My clothes reeked of it when I got back to the hotel room and I didn’t even have any. But I guess that was to be expected. I was actually surprised it wasn’t that way at the Roger Waters concert.
I’ve got about four or five videos and a lot of pictures, I’ll post some here and some later for those who are interested. I already posted a video a little earlier tonight.
I don’t suppose anyone else on here attended the same show?
