7 observations about the Neil Young concert the other night
Monday, October 20, 2008 at 7:32AM 1. Neil Young can still rock out for two solid hours, but apparently that's his limit, because after that he kinda phones it in (one song encore, Beatles cover. Because he's short on material?). But hey, he's 60, I hope I can rock out for two hours when I'm sixty. Hell, I'll be happy if I can stand for two hours when I'm sixty.
2. The median age at this concert made me feel an awful lot younger than at the Alice Cooper concert. Even though not nearly as many of them ducked out before the encore. Or maybe they did, they just couldn't move that fast.
3. Pot still smells good.
4. I know I'm not 'super cougar' status, because apparently there's a requisite uniform of entirely monochromatic clothing, some of which should be leather (but not all, because that would just be tacky). If I start dressing in shiny wine-coloured leggings, a wine leather jacket, wine-coloured boots, and a wine purse, I'll know I've Arrived.
5. There was an artist on stage, at the back, painting for almost the entire concert, completely oblivious to the raging rock concert going on around him. Nobody ever explained what the hell he was doing, but if he's getting paid? I want THAT gig.
(Okay, I just googled it. Apparently you have to be a roadie for 20 years first. I'm not so keen now).
6. You know it's an old-school crowd when they actually hold up lighters, not cel phones.
7. Even Neil knows most of Neil's songs sound the same.
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Reader Comments (9)
I'm intrigued by this cougar outfit. Who were they there to pick up?
Nice list! That's so odd that there would be an artist on stage the whole time, but I guess Neil Young has always been a little strange. What's the difference between an ultra cougar and just a cougar cougar?
@becky: Good question!
@anna: Apparently, just the outfit. And maybe a few extra years.
Took the 22 year old son to the Eric Clapton concert last year. Pot still smells good and even better when the kid you spent years spending money on shares.
Oh man, I'd love to see Neil Young! I never took the opportunity when I was in Denver, thinking I'd be there forever.
Now I'm in the south, and I KNOW he won't be playing central FLA any time soon!
aw, you concert junky. i'm so jealous. and, seriously? alice cooper and neil diamond, but no Target? wtf?
Every now and then I'll smell a skunk and think of pot. Not that I love the smell of skunks, but I remember "skunky bud", as it was called in school, was the stinkiest stuff out there. memories. ah.
The anonymous artist is weird--wonder if he sold his work after the show as a memento? (I need to get out of marketing, I swear.) Funny post--glad I stopped by.
You really summed up exactly my feeling when going to concerts nowadays. I am amazed that there are still some concerts where I am one of the younger ones.