I know its been a while but i have some time to myself so its about time i posted something new. Went to a gig last night. Salem at Thekla. Eventually ended up going on my own but i don't mind, quite enjoy gigs on my own...don't have to think about anything else apart from the gig...can't really make a fool of myself! One thing that did get on my nerves though, I suppose because I was on my own and all I had to do was watch the gig/people watch, was some of the other people at the gig. I don't want to be seen as hipster, or an indie kid, or any of that, but I do see myself as a bit of a music connoisseur; i know a fair bit of music, and generally music that other people don't know much about, or even don't like. I've been listening to Salem for about 2 years now, even though they only released their first album in September and i've racked up quite a lot of plays from various EPs i've found on the internet. Of course i'm not their biggest fan in the world, but i'm a reasonable fan and i don't know why, but it annoys me when people turn up to the gig shouting "i love you Salem", "you make my life", "play redlights, redlights, redlights". I dunno, it just gets on my nerves. Why not just let them get on with the gig - its somewhere for people to go and enjoy music, not listen to your incessant screeching on how much you love a band you probably only found about last week because someone played you one song off their album. I'm not gonna say that gigs should be reserved to "proper" fans, but at least let the "proper" fans enjoy the music the way its meant to be heard, not with a chorus of stupid girls screaming in the background. If i wanted to listen to that i would go to a Justin Bieber concert! Going on my own lets me see the music the way i listen to it; on my own. And i want to feel that when i'm there. Maybe its because I'm getting a bit older, but things get on my nerves a lot more. Not to the extent where I don't enjoy things anymore, but they do hamper my enjoyment somewhat. Maybe I should just ignore it and get on with whatever i'm doing, but when i shell out money for something I've been looking forward to so much, I just wish it could be perfect i suppose.
On a sidenote, the gig was, minus the screaming girls, amazing. Far too short but I can understand that. It wasn't so much the music that made it amazing, it was seeing the previously secretive people who made the mysterious music that i've been listening to for 2 years in the flesh. I only hope that it doesnt make the music any less mysterious in the future.
