Episode 1
Great Flashback from my #ATL days.
10-24-2005
I went to see Rob Thomas last night. His voice is...amazing, sounds the same live as it does on the CD. He sings with just as much passion for this song as the next song. The only problem is he decided to sing every single song he's ever written and then some that he wished he had written, and before you know it the pace of the show had weakened, and a lot of people, including myself were tired. Most of all, it was a freaking Monday night. "I know this is what you do for a living Rob but some of us have real lives, and jobs, that we have to be at on Tuesday."
Notwithstanding, it was a good show. Powerhouse voice with a powerhouse band. This was my second time hearing live instruments performed with no explosions, or pyrotechnics, or dance steps or extra frills to distract from the concert - just sheer performance magic, and it changes everything. The music was right on the money, sounded perfect not a single note off key. He interacted with the audience too. He didn't seem to have an ego about him towards anything. People tend to be that way on stage and you can kinda guess it. It was wonderful, even though he chose to sing my favorite song--This is How a Heart Breaks--last. I think it worked better with the pace of the show to have the fastest paced song played last. But all those boring songs in between. Golly! "Rob, couldn't you tell we were standing?" I also like it when he cursed, something about how we were all little fuckers. He said "fuck" a couple of times, which was cool, sometimes you forget what it's like to have people curse freely at a concert. He even threw in a David Bowie song in there for good measure. Dancing and head bopping with that sexy skinny body of his. Very good adult play of music.
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