Wish You Were Here
"So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell..."
i saw a pink floyd cover band at a club in schwaebisch hall last night. if you need a mental picture, think "the blind pig" only about twice as big and full of guys in their mid-fifties with graying jerry curls and ratty black t-shirts. at the ripe old age of 25, i felt a little out of place, actually. (i even ran into one of the teachers from my school. only slightly awkward!!) until the band started, they were piping in 80's madonna, pat benatar, boston, journey and starship. yes, starship. you know, "nothing's gonna stop us now" starship?? seriously??? (this kind of thing is, however, not at all unusual in german clubs.) but back to pink floyd... so the band was decent but not great. and what they lacked in musicianship, they tried to make up for in reverb. the fans didn't seem to mind. for example, the guy in front of me, probably late 40's with a receding hairline, wearing a striped polo shirt with belted khakis pulled up to his armpits... the guy was totally into it--that is, shifting his weight from one foot and to the other, hands in his pockets, nodding his head, occasionally even in time with the music, eyes closed... you know, where you're thinking, really, YOU got high in the 70's??!!
yeah.
Heaven from Hell..."
i saw a pink floyd cover band at a club in schwaebisch hall last night. if you need a mental picture, think "the blind pig" only about twice as big and full of guys in their mid-fifties with graying jerry curls and ratty black t-shirts. at the ripe old age of 25, i felt a little out of place, actually. (i even ran into one of the teachers from my school. only slightly awkward!!) until the band started, they were piping in 80's madonna, pat benatar, boston, journey and starship. yes, starship. you know, "nothing's gonna stop us now" starship?? seriously??? (this kind of thing is, however, not at all unusual in german clubs.) but back to pink floyd... so the band was decent but not great. and what they lacked in musicianship, they tried to make up for in reverb. the fans didn't seem to mind. for example, the guy in front of me, probably late 40's with a receding hairline, wearing a striped polo shirt with belted khakis pulled up to his armpits... the guy was totally into it--that is, shifting his weight from one foot and to the other, hands in his pockets, nodding his head, occasionally even in time with the music, eyes closed... you know, where you're thinking, really, YOU got high in the 70's??!!
yeah.
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