Back Row Heckling

     This Lollapalooza is like going to a super sweaty shitty backyard bbq. This is an outdoor festival with bands that only make you sway back and forth while rubes rub up against you. They need bands to wake you up, instead of bringing the mood back down.Half of them sound the same and play with the same intensity of a radio. 130 bands and I can bare standing in the August sun for 10% of them. And learn what a fuckin’ sound check is, garage days are over and distortion is stupid. Listen to these guys all you want but a concert is supposed to be for shit you don’t get off a cd track. Most of these bands don’t have stage presence. I should want to kick shit at a show, not mellow out. Thats it. Peace out, I’m leaving town that week. Oh and I did actually waste my time to listen to the whole list of bands signed up. So up yours.

    I had a conversation some time ago with someone (you know who you are) about the very subject in the title. Dave Grohl compared to Jack White as a musical artist. For the past few weeks I’ve seen lots of news bits and appearances by both guys so I thought it was time to fully explore this issue. Dave Grohl is a band whore who will pop up to play wherever you invite him. Jack White is an eccentric musician who will record whatever the hell he feels like playing. Both men are artists in their own way.

    Dave Grohl could probably clone himself and start a band with himself. He seemed like he didn’t fit in Nirvana when you see him as this fun-loving playing to party rocker. He picks up a guitar or sits at a drum set because he enjoys making music for the heck of it. I don’t think its ever been a job for him to have to make music. He goes out there, plays and doesn’t over-think it. Dave Grohl is constantly in that garage band that plays at your backyard bbq just to know that people dig the music.

    Jack White finds fun in music almost certainly, but for him it almost seems like a compulsion to have to pick up that guitar. If he’s not putting his musical thoughts to use he might go insane. Jack White will go onstage and play an hour of blues because his fingers won’t do anything else. Wanted to hear your favorite White Stripes song? I’m sorry White’s brain is only saying Robert Johnson right now.

    Both guys certainly have a great passion for music. Jack White is a tireless creator of sound and has love affairs with guitars. Grohl gets a thrill from just being able to make music his way. While I appreciate the level of talent Jack White does possess when he has that guitar in his hands, Dave Grohl is someone more to my liking. I’ll take a day with that dude in a split second. Plus Tenacious D might show up, bonus points.