loving a rock band as much as i love wilco has given me excuses to do some traveling to see them: some of my favorite shows have been the great american music hall in san francisco, the ryman auditorium in nashville, and liberty hall in marfa (that was a jeff tweedy solo show, but the show was the excuse for the trip). i also saw wilco in paris, but the trip was already planned when i found out they were playing-what a lovely coincidence. and might i add that parisian wilco fans are a bit more polite than american ones.
seeing your favorite band in a new and exciting city is a treat in itself, but some venues are more special than others, so when i found out the guys were going to be at red rocks in colorado over the 4th of july, i knew it was a not to be missed opportunity. the venue is simply stunning; the huge sandstone monoliths that create the natural amphitheater are gorgeous, and from what i could tell, there wasn't a bad sightline anywhere. i've never seen wilco, outside of a festival setting, play for such a large crowd. hearing 10,000 other fans singing along to "misunderstood," while fireworks and lightning lit up the sky in the distance, was perfectly joyful.
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Are American Wilco fans obnoxious? Do Parisian fans drink beer with their pinkies sticking out and curtsy to each other? Inquiring minds want to know.
ReplyDeleteyou're so funny. here's the thing about the parisians: they don't talk, at all, during the songs. they listen, and when the songs are over, they applaud and cheer and whistle; when the next song begins, silence. it was heaven.
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