Music for the Ages
My hubby is in a guitarist is in band. A true musician... he writes songs, lyrics, sings occasionally and can really impress people when he starts to play his guitar. He went to music school and has been playing since he was young. And he loves it, more than anything (me, included) in the world. So he plays gigs whenever he can. Last night they played at a Jewish Center in Brooklyn for a commemorative event organized by SeptemberConcerts.org which hosts concerts all over the world on 9/11.
Needless to say, the median age of the crowd was 85, I'd say. One lady tripped and fell and had to be taken out by stretcher, but the bands played on. Most of the acts were unusual and played quiet, soothing-type music. Or sang in other languages, opera-style. The boys were going on last... the only rock and roll band on the bill. I was worried their band would be too loud. They would be ending with the theme song of the evening - The Beatles "All You Need is Love" - but first they'd play an original.
I have to hand it to the old folk. I thought they would get up and start streaming out immediately, hands clasped over their ears... "TOO LOUD!!!!". But the majority of them stuck around. One lady videotaped the whole thing. Another got out her cell phone and started snapping pictures. Some of them (obviously the hippest of the bunch) actually bobbed their heads or tapped their toes. Then the finale... the Center's choir came up to join the band and the place went wild. Everyone was singing along. I actually got choked up because they were having such fun. Except that old lady who got taken out on the stretcher. She'll just have to catch them next year. The whole thing ended 10 minutes early, just before 9:PM. That's my kind of night. Home in time for my shows.
Needless to say, the median age of the crowd was 85, I'd say. One lady tripped and fell and had to be taken out by stretcher, but the bands played on. Most of the acts were unusual and played quiet, soothing-type music. Or sang in other languages, opera-style. The boys were going on last... the only rock and roll band on the bill. I was worried their band would be too loud. They would be ending with the theme song of the evening - The Beatles "All You Need is Love" - but first they'd play an original.
I have to hand it to the old folk. I thought they would get up and start streaming out immediately, hands clasped over their ears... "TOO LOUD!!!!". But the majority of them stuck around. One lady videotaped the whole thing. Another got out her cell phone and started snapping pictures. Some of them (obviously the hippest of the bunch) actually bobbed their heads or tapped their toes. Then the finale... the Center's choir came up to join the band and the place went wild. Everyone was singing along. I actually got choked up because they were having such fun. Except that old lady who got taken out on the stretcher. She'll just have to catch them next year. The whole thing ended 10 minutes early, just before 9:PM. That's my kind of night. Home in time for my shows.
posted by Tracy at 9:37 AM
1 Comments:
I was in a band once. The lead singer/lead guitarist (not me) was an asshole. We played total dives, the most memorable of which had a "crowd" of 7 people when we started. 4 were still there when we left. The only applause was when we said we were taking a 15-minute break.
It's not that we were bad. I actually thought we were good. But our fearless leader was an arrogant, delusional guy who annoyed all our potential gigs down the drain.
Glad your hubby was able to get the blue hairs a-rockin late into the night! Well...late for them.
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