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The bitch is back
Oct. 8th, 2006 01:24 pmYesterday, I went to Atlantic City to see an Elton John concert with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje. I'm not a huge Elton John fan, but I like him pretty well, and Beth introduced me to some of his more obscure but really cool songs, like she did with the Monkees. For instance, I think "Bitter Fingers" is a great song. Of course, he didn't play anything like that at the concert. He did, however, do "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters," which is a song I quite enjoy. One thing we were talking about after the concert was how there were probably a lot more people at that show who only knew the Big Hits than there are at concerts for more obscure artists. It kind of makes sense, but you have to consider that the tickets for Big-Name Artists are a lot more expensive than for smaller-name artists. It would hardly break the bank to go to most of the concerts I attend, yet I would imagine a greater percentage of those audiences know pretty much everything that the band plays. I guess a large part of it is that an artist like Elton John is going to attract a lot of rich old people, who are perfectly willing to pay upwards of $100 for tickets. Overall, I'm glad that most of the artists I like don't attract enormous crowds (although they often have plenty of obnoxious fans).
Anyway, as you can imagine, our seats weren't great, but the screen wasn't too hard to see. The weird thing was that we were seeing it from the back, so everything was reversed. One thing that sucked was that we were surrounded by people who insisted on yakking while Elton was talking, so we ended up missing a lot of what he said. Come on, why would you pay to go to a concert, and then not listen to the performer? It's an all too common and utterly baffling phenomenon.
Before the concert, we went into the upscale mall on the Boardwalk, which has a lot of overpriced stores. There are also fancy fountains that are occasionally synched up to music. Getting back to the overpriced stores, though, I have to say that High Fashion is something I've never understood. You could argue that it's because I'm male, but some guys are into that kind of thing, and I don't think I'd suddenly understand it if I were pumped full of estrogen. I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but are $500 designer label coats, purses, and shoes really any better than the equivalents that you can get for much less money? Yet I'll occasionally come across people who talk about how they'll only shop at expensive big-name stores, and would NEVER set foot in a Kmart. I'm largely convinced that, compared to the shepherds of fashion, Karl Rove and his ilk are rank amateurs.
And AFTER the concert, we had dinner at Johnny Rockets. The last time I went there, all I had was dessert. This time, I had a Nathan's hot dog, fries, and an orange soda. It was a really tasty hot dog, and it's always nice to find a restaurant that has orange soda. Lemon-lime sodas apparently just aren't sickeningly sweet enough for me. :P
bethje. I'm not a huge Elton John fan, but I like him pretty well, and Beth introduced me to some of his more obscure but really cool songs, like she did with the Monkees. For instance, I think "Bitter Fingers" is a great song. Of course, he didn't play anything like that at the concert. He did, however, do "Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters," which is a song I quite enjoy. One thing we were talking about after the concert was how there were probably a lot more people at that show who only knew the Big Hits than there are at concerts for more obscure artists. It kind of makes sense, but you have to consider that the tickets for Big-Name Artists are a lot more expensive than for smaller-name artists. It would hardly break the bank to go to most of the concerts I attend, yet I would imagine a greater percentage of those audiences know pretty much everything that the band plays. I guess a large part of it is that an artist like Elton John is going to attract a lot of rich old people, who are perfectly willing to pay upwards of $100 for tickets. Overall, I'm glad that most of the artists I like don't attract enormous crowds (although they often have plenty of obnoxious fans).Anyway, as you can imagine, our seats weren't great, but the screen wasn't too hard to see. The weird thing was that we were seeing it from the back, so everything was reversed. One thing that sucked was that we were surrounded by people who insisted on yakking while Elton was talking, so we ended up missing a lot of what he said. Come on, why would you pay to go to a concert, and then not listen to the performer? It's an all too common and utterly baffling phenomenon.
Before the concert, we went into the upscale mall on the Boardwalk, which has a lot of overpriced stores. There are also fancy fountains that are occasionally synched up to music. Getting back to the overpriced stores, though, I have to say that High Fashion is something I've never understood. You could argue that it's because I'm male, but some guys are into that kind of thing, and I don't think I'd suddenly understand it if I were pumped full of estrogen. I'm probably preaching to the choir here, but are $500 designer label coats, purses, and shoes really any better than the equivalents that you can get for much less money? Yet I'll occasionally come across people who talk about how they'll only shop at expensive big-name stores, and would NEVER set foot in a Kmart. I'm largely convinced that, compared to the shepherds of fashion, Karl Rove and his ilk are rank amateurs.
And AFTER the concert, we had dinner at Johnny Rockets. The last time I went there, all I had was dessert. This time, I had a Nathan's hot dog, fries, and an orange soda. It was a really tasty hot dog, and it's always nice to find a restaurant that has orange soda. Lemon-lime sodas apparently just aren't sickeningly sweet enough for me. :P
