As previously reported, I took the day off work in order to attend a free performance by the Ditty Bops. I wish I had taken my digital camera so I could show you a picture of Amanda with her washboard contraption, replete with cymbal and cowbell attachments, surreal against a background of shelves of books.
The Ditty Bops played a set of five songs from their new CD, which I purchased last week for $14.99 and was on sale today for $10.99. (Isn’t that the way it always works?) I’m sure the show tonight at the Ark includes many more props than the kazoos and party-favor blow-out noisemakers. I've heard there's a pagoda involved.
And I hope the crowd at the Ark is a little more lively than the Borders attendees. The folks in the seats might as well have been watching television in their living rooms, staring ahead and applauding politely between songs. (Years ago at a Sting concert a friend and I made exactly the same observation.) C’mon people! This is awesome music! Tap a foot, wiggle a little bit. Even the kids weren’t dancing. I think I was the only person singing along. Well, maybe the enthusiastic guy on the other side of the stationery rack was singing along; I couldn’t see his face, only his hand gestures. Maybe no one knew the words because everyone else waited for the CD to be on sale?
ps. Hat-tip to D. for alerting me to the NPR interview of the Ditty Bops. The Ditty Bops are everywhere!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment