Post by bexface on Apr 21, 2004 19:42:49 GMT -5
This was an entertaining concert, if but a short set list. SoCo is touring the country with three other opening acts (Yellow Card is one of them) so I suppose they have to jam what they can in a short timeframe. My NYC friend turned me onto them last year and, despite their strong pop underpinings, I grew to like their music. Someone else described them as "pop punk" but they look and sound like good ole rock-n-rollers to me. Their music is mostly thrashing anthems that allow a young following to bob their heads and jump up and down in rapid fashion. The hooks are infectious, even if the lyrics suffer from plain jane writing at times.
Well, there was no question that they appeal to a younger crowd than myself. Whereas a Tori concert has an average age of about 23 (with standard deviation of 2), SoCo's average is about 20 (S.D. of 1). I'm used to it by now.
Andrew, the lead singer, plays an upright piano at center stage and generally whips around against it. That upright certainly sees a lot of abuse. During "Jordan," he bashes it with his forearms and then even stands on the ivories and walks up and down its length to emphasize his musical point. Then leap off it at the end, a la Townshend.
During "Car," he substitued the word "Detroit" for "Rockford," amidst healthy screams. (They probably do that in every town they go to!) He also went into his longest monologue at about this time: "We only have an hour 20 so I wanted to say 'Thank You' for showing up. Every day we get to live a rock-n-roll dream and you make this dream a reality. You are our gift. If you keep on showing up, we'll keep on coming back." They also had "technical difficulties" at the start of "Fall" that had him singing solo with no musical backdrop.
Well, there was no question that they appeal to a younger crowd than myself. Whereas a Tori concert has an average age of about 23 (with standard deviation of 2), SoCo's average is about 20 (S.D. of 1). I'm used to it by now.
Andrew, the lead singer, plays an upright piano at center stage and generally whips around against it. That upright certainly sees a lot of abuse. During "Jordan," he bashes it with his forearms and then even stands on the ivories and walks up and down its length to emphasize his musical point. Then leap off it at the end, a la Townshend.
During "Car," he substitued the word "Detroit" for "Rockford," amidst healthy screams. (They probably do that in every town they go to!) He also went into his longest monologue at about this time: "We only have an hour 20 so I wanted to say 'Thank You' for showing up. Every day we get to live a rock-n-roll dream and you make this dream a reality. You are our gift. If you keep on showing up, we'll keep on coming back." They also had "technical difficulties" at the start of "Fall" that had him singing solo with no musical backdrop.
