Yelling House
Grizzly Bear are back from a tour supporting TV On The Radio, and Ed's ranked the gigs in a "Best Of" list inspired by the V.Voice. Kudos to Minneapolis, Fargo, Chicago, Canada... But, c'mon Detroit -- show some respect!
Least Attentive Crowd: St. Andrew’s Hall in DetroitWe can't wait for Grizz's European edition. The Scots can get pretty rowdy.
I’ve never, ever, ever had to play in front of such a loud crowd. Not only was barely anyone paying attention but to boot there was a cluster of EXTREMELY drunk girls near the front who wouldn’t shut up. Can’t really say much positive about this show, I’m glad those that enjoyed it and came up to us after the show did so, because after we got off stage all I wanted to do was hide and get to Canada, quick. We of course put on a straight face and soldiered through our set, but it’s very difficult to do so when people are practically yelling during the whole show. Thankfully this experience was specific to just Detroit, and while we definitely had some other chatty crowds (Philly comes in second, I’d say)–nobody came even close to touching the level of noise that Detroit was making.
It's quite a comprehensive list; check it out here. Though, Ed forgot Worst Security: Irving Plaza.
Posted at 10:20 AM
Tags: Grizzly Bear
Chatty crowds?!...come on now, try being in a stuggling band when not only do you have to deal with chatty crowds...but empty rooms, shitty promoters and shittier sound guys. Getting a crowd to shut up is the least of your problems. At least your getting some money and exposure.
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Haha...I was there.
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I don't know what's worse...rude drunk people who stand close to the stage and talk too loud, or pretentious indie bands who forget that people go out to clubs/bars/shows to have fun, and sometimes fun can be noisey.
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St. Andrews is always bad...I'm surprised any band still comes to Detroit...the fans absolutely blow.
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bp: Right on. The Minneapolis show was one of their best shows, eh? Good god, I thought they were terrible.
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well charlie, I was in MN and thought it was great. to each their own I suppose. No accounting for your bad taste
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agreed that sometimes fun can be noisy, but when it starts affecting other people's enjoyment of the show, then it becomes a problem. if you want to talk to your friend, go into a fuckin' corner and do it there.
sorry to sound like a pretentious indie fan...
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entirely agree wityh requator
a lot of people come to shows to LISTEN to the music. I mean, I'm not dead broke, but when I pay 15 bucks to see both bands play, it sucks when there are drunk idiots around me yelling about the latest episode of Lost
Generally venues have tons of spaces in the back for people who just want to "have a good old fashioned, n on pretentious drunk ass time"
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I was at the Detroit show. I was paying attention! So were the people that I could see (which wasn't many, considering I was in the second sorta-row of people). However, that was a chatty crowd. Particularly for a band that makes quieter music, like Grizzly Bear, to face.
There were Loud Drunk Bitches. If I thought the picture would turn out, I was going to take a picture of them submit it to Idolator's assholes-at-concerts feature.
I really enjoyed Grizzly Bear's set. They were very professional about ignoring the LDBs. Way more professional than I'd have been. I would've gotten security to toss the LDBs out, or at least move them to the back of the room.
The roadies making fun of the LDBs between sets was pretty hilarious.
I still love you, Grizzly Bear, even if the other peoples at St. Andrews didn't!
TVOTR were operating at their expected level of awesomeness.
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Yeah, it's been said, but BP, fucking seriously, if you just wanted to go somewhere and talk loudly, you could do it anywhere, and probably cheaper than at a show. I can think of a lot of bands, many of whom are not pretentious indie bands, who would have done a lot more than just complain about it later on a website. I go to shows for the music and only for the music, and as many have said, you don't need to be right in front of the fucking stage to converse and ignore the band.
My dad has recounted to me a story of seeing James Taylor in the 70s with... I think Judy Collins opening? and him getting so pissed at the crowd for being rude to her during her set that he played like six songs in his set and left.
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I didn't think the crowd was that chatty at the Philly show. All i remember is that the bass during Grizzly Bear made me want to leave though.
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The venue in Philly is in a sketchy neighborhood, but it made for good entertainment while waiting in line. There was a homeless guy trying to set up a tent and another guy kept yelling at him, it was hilarious.
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I missed half their set in Portland due to the line being SO SLOW and LONG at Wonder Ballroom as I noted in my review on my blog.
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LOL.
I was at this show and there was one reallllllly drunk girl off to the left of the stage practically screaming the entire time because the bar wouldn't sell her any more alcohol and security wrote X's on her hands.
She was absolutely awful.
It got to the point where the setup crew told her to shut up through the microphone while they did the sound check which made the crowd around her clap/cheer and actually pissed her off more.
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