Different crowds, different music.
Spontaneously, I went to a concert tonight with my roommate. Julieta Venegas with the opening act Los Abandoned. It was strange to be in a mellow setting when I have been going to mostly indie rock concerts filled with hipsters and that faint smell of pot. The scene was a mix–clean and particularly dry–lots of people (not just couples) singing along to Spanish songs. The always-present razrs opening to take pictures not because there won’t be many pictures online later, but because they take the pictures right there and it belongs to them.
It was a contrast to my experience at Riottt at Bill Graham last week. Where I kept running into people I knew. Where we sat up on the second floor because we were tired of standing. Where Girl Talk made a big fuss about having 9 minutes to perform (organizers were trying to make up time) and invited everyone on stage. Where I felt deaf afterwards. Where not every single song was danceable. And some songs were about screaming and not singing. Where Weird Science remixed songs (including the Arcade Fire and Bloc Party) and had dancers on stage. Where Emily Haines of Metric rocked out like never before…
But I still enjoyed Julieta Venegas. Who knew that a song about a guy she likes who isn’t perfect….is great con lÃmon y sal?