The show was GREAT...two words....FUCKING AWESOME.....
The lead band, Change of Heart, wasn't too bad....I didn't care for
them that much and neither did the people I went with. The Odds kicked
ass. Great set, and they used the lights and stuff really well...I'd
go see them alone, but with them and the Hip on one ticket, you can't miss!!
Now, onto the main band, and the one you wanted to read about....the
Hip!!
They came onstage at around 9:45 and opened up the back curtains....and
this huge video screen was back there. It really added something
to the performance...the video itself was grainy and didn't have any real
subject.....mostly looked like home videos shot in the woods....pics of
buildings and rocks and water and other stuff...
I didn't recognise the first song they played, but seeing as I don't
have the new CD, that would explain it....the second song was Fully Completly
(sp?) and they did a great job of it. Gord was bouncing off the walls,
kicking the shit out of the mike stand,
singing his little heart out, and really putting on a great show....All
the guys were great.
Now, onto the bad stuff...We had around 300 people on the floor, and
during a song a fight broke out. Gord sorta waited until
the band was playing a bridge, and then proceeded to yell at the guy
who started it! He said something like this:
"Hey!! Hey, you, yeah, you in the red shirt!! What the
FUCK are you doing? There's no fucking place for fighting here!!
You
stupid shithead, this is fucking bullshit man, fucking bullshit...."
Anyway, the guards came in and kicked the guy out, and Gord apologized
to the crowd for this guy, saying:
"In 1995, only someone that is drunk or stupid or both would fight
at a rock concert. Now, that looks fucking horrible from
up here, so it must look really bad to you people down there....I apologize
for that asshole!!"
Also, the crowd on the floor was throwing food, glow-sticks, and shoes
(yes, shoes) at the band, which was a real disgrace...
Gord handled that quite well, I thought....he said "Wow, one of you
guys must have great aim....cause you knocked out the box that the bass
was plugged into....now we don't have any base...and I thank you!!!"
Of course, this happened before the fight, so he was probably in a
better mood....
He also said that "for every object that is thrown onto the stage,
I will rip one stich out of your mother's cesarian scar!! That's
how I feel about it..."
Anyway, I'm goin to bed...if you want anything more on the concert,
write me at fastjack@mi.net...L8r!!
Stay frosty...
'Jack