The Black Crowes at Hershey Park
Monday, June 30th, 2008I went to Hershey Park on Friday to see the Black Crowes. They opened for the Dave Matthews Band. To me this seems totally backwards although i understand i suppose if you want to disagree with me. Perhaps the Black Crowes no longer have the stature of the Dave Matthews Band but there is no question as to who is the better band. On friday night the Black Crowes came on and played eight songs worth of real legitimate rock music. They played 5 songs off of their incredible new record Warpaint a couple of classics and a cover. They all drank Becks the whole time and during one song Steve Gorman, the drummer, strapped on a marching band bass drum with the idiot face of George Bush on one of the heads and beat the hell out of it with a mallet and a tambourine. All good things. I was a little upset they werent given the opportunity to play a slightly longer set but regardless of how much time they had they rocked and that was all i could ask for. As far as the Dave Matthews Band is concerned i will only say a few words. They have become a weird band. They dont seem to care anymore. they are playing all the same songs they played last year. They stop for several minutes between each song so the set has no flow. and they still havent figured out that the song they wrote for the Mr. Deeds soundtrack is one of the worst songs ever written because they are playing it every other show on this tour. If you dont care anymore Dave Matthews Band stop playing shows. Beer is too expensive and bathrooms are too far away at these stadium shows for me to really enjoy myself anymore. and dont ask bands that are better than you are to open for you. Youre just embarrassing yourselves.
