Last Night Seba-D’OH
posted by on March 6 at 11:55 AM
Sunday’s Sebadoh show was… okay.
Sadly, it wasn’t nearly as interesting and memorable as I expected it to be.
I was glad I went, it wasn’t BAD. It was neat to see the original three together—Lou, Eric, and Jason—and since I had never seen Sebadoh live before, I was excited to finally hear some of those songs in concert but ultimately, the evening was lackluster. In the beginning, Lou kept knocking over his mic stand. And all three of them took such a ridiculous amount of time doing the whole instrument change up/guitar tuning thing, it really fucked with the flow of the show—once they got started, played a few songs, then it was time to change instruments again and any built up momentum was immediately killed.
I suppose the sloppy stage presence was sorta fitting. Sebadoh has always felt like a band that was falling apart at the seams to me, but on Sunday night, while playing to a less than full Neumo’s, the band seemed sorta bored, the crowd seemed sorta bored. But maybe it was just Seattle? I heard Portland’s show on Friday night, was pretty killer and included a Minor Threat breakdown, a Tom Petty cover, and an audience that actually danced and moved a bit.
Next time, I’m headin’ south.
Your right. It didn't feel epic like the Juno, Murder City Devils, Scratch Acid and some other recent reunions. But overall, I thought it was good. I was really surprised at the number of people that left early. I mean, I know it was a Sunday night, but it might be a while before you get a chance to witness this again. Or maybe they were just bored.
You're right. It didn't feel epic like the Juno, Murder City Devils, Scratch Acid, and some of the other recent reunions. But overall, I thought it was pretty good. I heard none of them had gotten much sleep the night before. I was surprised at the number of people that left early. I know it was a Sunday night, but when are you going to get another chance to see them?
I'd like to see a true reunion of the original lineup: just Eric and Lou, a four-string guitar, one mike, and maybe a turntable and VCR stocked with kids TV shows to fuck around with. Also, to be a true reunion Lou should pretend to be an asshole again. The Freed Man kicked III's butt three ways to Sunday.
I thought the show was pretty awful. I've loved Sebadoh since 94, and I was pumped to see them. Lou's voice sounded great, though.
the more things change, the more they stay the same. sebadoh has always been erratic live -- sometimes they would kill it, other times it was an exercise in boredom.
i dunno if it was the pressure of being in their label's city or just lou's difficult ways, but seattle shows rarely lived up to what they could have been. not always, but mostly.
i'm sorry to hear sunday was a downer, but not surprised.
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