Gang Gang Dance and Grizzly Bear: Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY
I went to this show knowing nothing about the opening act, Gang Gang Dance and being only slightly familiar with Grizzly Bear. Grizzly Bear for me falls into a category of lo-fi, ambient, interesting but not quite my thing type of slot in my musical panorama. I have listened fairly extensively to their album "Yellow House" but I've never been able to get much into it.
The Gang Gang set was incredible. Their neo-primitive, kind of tribal drum circle feel had me dancing and just feeling like I was meditating. The surreal atmosphere they created was phenomenal. It took some people a little while to get into it but after just a little while most of the crowd was dancing and having an awesome time.
Toward the last half an hour of their show this guy behind me started shoving me into the small girls in front of me causing me to shove them into the rail. He was sticking his elbows into my ribs as he was not even facing the stage, so I asked him to stop shoving me and he responded with "Shut up and just go hit on that girl or something." Thanks for the advice cock sucker. So I proceeded to push back and stick elbows back in response as the problem did not subside. He then began grabbing me and throwing me into other people and I again asked him to just back off and stop and there wouldn't be an issue. He continued pushing even through the break in between bands and after a while a girl who earlier was dancing with multiple guys and looked pretty shit faced came around from behind this guy and introduced herself as meredith and asked my name. I responded and she politely told me she was going to punch me in the face and proceeded to do so. Fuck you meredith. As I did not want to start a brawl at a fucking Grizzly Bear show (music that I believe to be much more relaxed and not fit for shoving or punching) I left and found other seats. Fuck you assholes that don't get what the music is about.
On another note: Grizzly Bear's set was incredible as well. The drummer is phenomenal. He has a very strange but powerful rythm that really gave me a lot more understanding and enjoyment out of Grizzly Bear's music. I will enjoy continuing to listen in the future and would definitely go see either of these bands again. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
The Gang Gang set was incredible. Their neo-primitive, kind of tribal drum circle feel had me dancing and just feeling like I was meditating. The surreal atmosphere they created was phenomenal. It took some people a little while to get into it but after just a little while most of the crowd was dancing and having an awesome time.
Toward the last half an hour of their show this guy behind me started shoving me into the small girls in front of me causing me to shove them into the rail. He was sticking his elbows into my ribs as he was not even facing the stage, so I asked him to stop shoving me and he responded with "Shut up and just go hit on that girl or something." Thanks for the advice cock sucker. So I proceeded to push back and stick elbows back in response as the problem did not subside. He then began grabbing me and throwing me into other people and I again asked him to just back off and stop and there wouldn't be an issue. He continued pushing even through the break in between bands and after a while a girl who earlier was dancing with multiple guys and looked pretty shit faced came around from behind this guy and introduced herself as meredith and asked my name. I responded and she politely told me she was going to punch me in the face and proceeded to do so. Fuck you meredith. As I did not want to start a brawl at a fucking Grizzly Bear show (music that I believe to be much more relaxed and not fit for shoving or punching) I left and found other seats. Fuck you assholes that don't get what the music is about.
On another note: Grizzly Bear's set was incredible as well. The drummer is phenomenal. He has a very strange but powerful rythm that really gave me a lot more understanding and enjoyment out of Grizzly Bear's music. I will enjoy continuing to listen in the future and would definitely go see either of these bands again. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did.
hahahahahha hilarious anecdote---good on ya mate, getting punched in the face! sounds like you really earned it, y'asshole!
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