Why Don't I Shut UP?

I was chatting on e-mail today with my best ole buddy T. I won't post real names cause i don't want to embarrass anyone...specially teresa...OOPS. HAHAH. Seriously, I love to give her a jab now and then about the bands she listens to. "Now and then" equates roughly to every fifteen minutes. Anyhoo...Teresa is a fan of real rock music. You know what i'm tawkin' bout. Leather and hair and explosions and shit like that. And, honestly, I like a lot of that stuff too...i just never admit it to her (boy am I in for it now).

We were discussing her "Concert Schedule" (which looked as full as Carney Phillips in a doughnut shop). The list contained artists like Metallica (of course - her all-time fav), Kid Rock (who i can NOT stand), Van Halen (rawk!), Some hair band i'd never heard of, Tesla, and yadda yadda on and on...Note: had there been Judas Priest on that list I'd probably not even bothered typing this up.

But anyway, I started razzing her about giving bad music false hope she gave me a brilliant "touche'" She said "Me and EVERYONE else who helps sell out their shows." And so I started doing a little homework cause after all, I am a fucking nerd. And of course I found nothing on billboard.com but britney, beyonce, and prince...all very lovely ladies.

So I did a search for "top concert tours" and guess what i found. Well, I found a buncha new artists but i also saw in the top twenty the following: Scorpions, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Metallica....granted they aren't LA Guns or Poison (two other favorites of T that i really tend to cringe at). But she's right...people dig this stuff. People don't want to go to a concert and see a bunch of depressed screaming midgets bouncing around crying about how bad their life is. They want to party and get loud and scream and act like fools. Am I right or wrong? Me personally, I want to see good musicians regardless of the style. Because you can be a great musician and put on a horrible show (ie: Yngwivivieeieee Malmsteen)

AND NO, i'm not giving T a hard time or a bad additude or whatever pile of chum you want to throw on me. She likes what she likes and she doesn't make excuses. Personally, I'd love to see AC/DC. I wouldn't mind a little Van Halen either if i didn't have to sell my kid to get a ticket...but then again, its not really Van Halen without Diamond Dave....But again, another opinion that means jack shit to everyone but me.

posted by Michael Witmer @ Wednesday, April 28, 2004