Gee, I wonder why they'd be concerned about that...

When I lived in Chicago a dopey roommate of mine interned at The Rock and got free tickets to a bunch of random-ass shows. I saw Sammy Hagar at the House of Blues once. He performed mostly Van Halen songs, his two or three hits, and some songs from his latest record. He ended one song by shrieking: "I need some PUSSSSSSAAAAYYYYY!!!"

Then it got dark and quiet and Hagar, framed in a spotlight, said, "Now I want to take it down a bit and sing a new song about my little baby daughter." It was unsettling.

Dude, sequencing!

I'm pretty good at it.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I'm pretty good at it.

I don't doubt it

crap

Kinda depends what mood I'm in and what the crowd is like. If I play more of a hipster event, then I talk. Club show with people I respect in the aud? I try to shut the fuck up. It's "cooler."

If I do well, then I feel entitled to ask for booze...which I usually receive. That's my "banter." I think it's more "mooching," though.

"Awww-right Chi-caw-go! What we're gonna do now is bring it down reaaaaaal low, reaaaaaal low for you... Take it down low now."

*music quiets down a bit and settles into a brisk but muted groove*

"Now I want to take this opportunity to do something special for alla you good people here tonight...

I wanna introduce the band!

Over there on bass, my main man Dan! Give these good folks some bass in the face there, Dan!"

Dan starts busting out a totally self-indulgent, white-boy funky slap-bass solo...

"Everybody give it up for Dan on the bass git-taaaaarrr!"

...etc.

"This is a hoedown dammit!"

"HELLO BOSTON!"

*crowd yells back*

"IIIII CAAANNNNNTTTT HEEEAAARRRR YOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!!"

*Crowd roars*

James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem, tonight:


"Fellas, if you're dancing and there are no women around you, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG".

so good.