weezer was good, but funk ruled the day. O-H-I-O!
summerfest always has some good funk acts. yesterday, i got to see the ohio players, Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds, and weezer.
ohio funked it up BAD. stupid white midwesterners don't know what they got--the stage wasn't all that full, but the music n booty-shaking was right out of the ending to a national lampoon movie (er, like PCU or 'the great outdoors' w/ john candy). nothin beats a brass section that dances in-step.. 'cept maybe the frontman freakin a little james brown step.
weezer was good. they played their songs well, and they played a decent selection of favs n alts... didn't hear any of my fav besides from the first two albums, ohwell. they had an AWESOME stage-background with a color-changing luminescent sheet w/ an asian dragons & flowers theme. i think it's the bg to their new album too. couldn't see em all that well, but the shots that were put up on the videoscreens.. how do i put this.. they had a perfect asthetic. they LOOK the part.. i was never heavy into much alt/grunge music EXCEPT for weezer. i'm glad the look's not popular anymore, i didn't like it on other ppl, but i LIKE it on weezer. true indie rock nerds, they're not faking ^^ they only played for an hour tho -_-
stopped back to where the ohio players were, and they had another funk/soul act, 'Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds', and BOY did THEY kick ass. they're a lot like the players: brass section, funkbass, frontman dancin' in a suit. they even had a hot chick in a tiny black tina-turner-esque dress shakin her booty. I only got there in time to hear the end of an al green 'love & happiness' cover, then they finished with a bang:
i used to play that ALL the time on an old 45 jukebox my father had! apparantly, the original artist's (Junior Walker) son & grandson were there with Harvey.. he called them junior walker and junior crawler ^_^;;
so i go home thoroughly impressed with them, look em up, and no surprise--they're original members of the scene, headlining along with acts like ike & tina turner. i have a feeling it's going to be tough to get much of their music without dealing in hard-to-find old records... shame. i want it, but i dunno how much energy i'll throw at it.
funny the funk acts outshone the bigger act. weezer played perfect, did some cool extras like leaving the stage while their guitars were still in full-feedback on the last note they played.. but still. the funk acts both have 30 years of touring as professional showmen, they know how to play and work a crowd so well..
until demonstrated, one often forgets the vast difference between ameture and professional.
ohio funked it up BAD. stupid white midwesterners don't know what they got--the stage wasn't all that full, but the music n booty-shaking was right out of the ending to a national lampoon movie (er, like PCU or 'the great outdoors' w/ john candy). nothin beats a brass section that dances in-step.. 'cept maybe the frontman freakin a little james brown step.
weezer was good. they played their songs well, and they played a decent selection of favs n alts... didn't hear any of my fav besides from the first two albums, ohwell. they had an AWESOME stage-background with a color-changing luminescent sheet w/ an asian dragons & flowers theme. i think it's the bg to their new album too. couldn't see em all that well, but the shots that were put up on the videoscreens.. how do i put this.. they had a perfect asthetic. they LOOK the part.. i was never heavy into much alt/grunge music EXCEPT for weezer. i'm glad the look's not popular anymore, i didn't like it on other ppl, but i LIKE it on weezer. true indie rock nerds, they're not faking ^^ they only played for an hour tho -_-
stopped back to where the ohio players were, and they had another funk/soul act, 'Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds', and BOY did THEY kick ass. they're a lot like the players: brass section, funkbass, frontman dancin' in a suit. they even had a hot chick in a tiny black tina-turner-esque dress shakin her booty. I only got there in time to hear the end of an al green 'love & happiness' cover, then they finished with a bang:
- fuckin 'do the boomerang'!!
i used to play that ALL the time on an old 45 jukebox my father had! apparantly, the original artist's (Junior Walker) son & grandson were there with Harvey.. he called them junior walker and junior crawler ^_^;;
so i go home thoroughly impressed with them, look em up, and no surprise--they're original members of the scene, headlining along with acts like ike & tina turner. i have a feeling it's going to be tough to get much of their music without dealing in hard-to-find old records... shame. i want it, but i dunno how much energy i'll throw at it.
funny the funk acts outshone the bigger act. weezer played perfect, did some cool extras like leaving the stage while their guitars were still in full-feedback on the last note they played.. but still. the funk acts both have 30 years of touring as professional showmen, they know how to play and work a crowd so well..
until demonstrated, one often forgets the vast difference between ameture and professional.
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