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� 2001-07-08 - 3:44 p.m. I went to see Dave Mathews on Friday night. The show was easily forgettable. I am not a big Dave Mathews fan. His music does not move me. He played a lot of new stuff, which I have not heard. I think he only played 4 or 5 songs I recognized. The songs never ended because of solo after solo. The band members are talented but they are no improvisational specialists. A concert with tons of solos should be seen in a smaller venue not in a stadium like Soldier Field. It almost disgraced the ground great players like Butkis, Ditka, and Payton played on. The most intriguing part of the show was the demographic of the crowd. Without taking a survey one could see the crowd was made up of white teenagers, from upper middle class families. Dave Mathews is a safe, non-offensive band that produces thoughtful heartfelt love songs. What other demographic would dig this band? The kids sitting behind us spent the majority of the concert trying to find people to buy them beer. I think one of the guys got caught smoking a joint but he just got a slap on the wrist. They spent about 30 minutes calling other people they new at concert on cell phones. Then being astonished each time they realized they could see each other. I hope their parents were pleased they spent $50.00 for tickets just so these kids could try to get high and buy beer. We met my girlfriends, friend and her �concert date� at the show. They were in the parking lot for about 2 hours drinking before the show. Then when they finally came in the first thing her friends date says to me is, �Hey would you like to make a beer run?� I derived great satisfaction in turning him down. I was astonished that the crowd had an overwhelming need to get fucked up. Dave Mathews is not a �lets get fucked up� kind of band. In fact I think they would be rather boring if you tried to listen to their album inebriated. The kids behind us then started flirting with the girls beside us. I felt like a biologist studying the mating rituals of homo-sapien adolescents. Then, about midway through the concert the �hot guys� behind us left to smoke some pot without getting caught. �When are those hot guys coming back?� the girls perpetually asked the �hot guys� remaining friends. They really meant to say, �I am not interested in talking to you because I find you�re hot friends more titillating, when will they return?� Then on the train ride back the words �He�s hot� or �she�s hot� continued to echo through our car. It was the most superficial experience I have ever been through. Haven�t these kids seen Beauty and the Beast? You shouldn�t read a book by its cover. It is my personal belief that you should at least hear three or four sentences from someone before declaring �they are hot�! Luckily some �blue collar� guy made the ride more interesting by proclaiming he would kick some kids asses if they didn�t watch what they were saying. I guess these kids were teasing some people that were getting off at Fox Lake about how rich they were or something. The �Blue-Collar guy told some girl she should pay her own bills and defended his and his wife�s blue-collar honor by threatening the preppy kids. Now these upper middle class kids think blue-collar guys are a bunch of Neanderthals. At least the train was quiet for while. Like this entry? Vote for me here!
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