Broken Social Scene @ Orpheum
You know when you actually feel music, rather than hear it? Or watch it, in the case of Broken Social Scene and its umpteen number of musicians carousing about the stage with every performance. This band is a reminder why not all of us can do for a living what it is these people do, and why the rest of us need to take communication classes. Human Emotions 101.
Last night the seven remaining Scene members took the Orpheum stage downtown to celebrate the release of lead vocalist Kevin Drift's "solo" album, titled "Spirit If..." The family of this group is so strong that the album's attribution could not even bare to shed a single word, "The Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew."
If were are to learn a thing or two, we would see that it is about connection with these guys. After performing "Cause=Time" ("This is a mouth that needs religion"), Drew demanded that all audience member stand. I greatly understood the urgency behind this request and the message that an entirely standing audience may send (read: harmony), but both I and my designated driver had previously spent close to an hour circling Little Tokyo on foot, trying to find a grocery store that cashed personal checks. (With no avail it would come to you too as a brand new low when homeless ask for change and quite literally you are two seconds away from asking them for cab fare.)
Kevin Drew would grade you on sharing. Sharing things and sharing people. Things: at one point Drew offered his water bottle to a dehydrated looking fan toward the front. People: Andrew King from American Analog Set stepped in on guitar, and James (Jimmy) Shaw from Metric was covering for someone's broken collar bone.
Kevin Drew would grade you on togetherness. When Scene vet Emily Haines made a surprise cameo for "Anthem of a Seventeen Year old Girl"(everyone as standing at this point and I am so glad i wore flats), the energy actually shifted. It more or less opened up and swallowed everybody. Imagine seeing this woman on stage bounce to visit some of her closest friends, and imagine seeing from your back row seat the happiest smile on eight people's faces.
If you're still with me on this, Kevin Drew gives you an 'A.'
Last night the seven remaining Scene members took the Orpheum stage downtown to celebrate the release of lead vocalist Kevin Drift's "solo" album, titled "Spirit If..." The family of this group is so strong that the album's attribution could not even bare to shed a single word, "The Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew."
If were are to learn a thing or two, we would see that it is about connection with these guys. After performing "Cause=Time" ("This is a mouth that needs religion"), Drew demanded that all audience member stand. I greatly understood the urgency behind this request and the message that an entirely standing audience may send (read: harmony), but both I and my designated driver had previously spent close to an hour circling Little Tokyo on foot, trying to find a grocery store that cashed personal checks. (With no avail it would come to you too as a brand new low when homeless ask for change and quite literally you are two seconds away from asking them for cab fare.)
Kevin Drew would grade you on sharing. Sharing things and sharing people. Things: at one point Drew offered his water bottle to a dehydrated looking fan toward the front. People: Andrew King from American Analog Set stepped in on guitar, and James (Jimmy) Shaw from Metric was covering for someone's broken collar bone.
Kevin Drew would grade you on togetherness. When Scene vet Emily Haines made a surprise cameo for "Anthem of a Seventeen Year old Girl"(everyone as standing at this point and I am so glad i wore flats), the energy actually shifted. It more or less opened up and swallowed everybody. Imagine seeing this woman on stage bounce to visit some of her closest friends, and imagine seeing from your back row seat the happiest smile on eight people's faces.
If you're still with me on this, Kevin Drew gives you an 'A.'
Labels: American Analog Set, Broken Social Scene, Kevin Drew, Metric, Orpeum Theatre, Spirit If
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