Well, there it goes. Another Thursday night come and gone. This time I spent it at the Bomber-and what a Thursday it was. I went to see Weeping Tile and got to attend Joe's Funeral as well.
Joe's Funeral is a three-piece drum-bass-guitar outfit hailing from Toronto. I was expecting to be bored (nasty little cynic that I am) but found myself enjoying the music. The show itself wasn't all that special, with Todd and Gord just standing at the mics playing their guitars, but the music, although unfamiliar, managed to get me charged up for the act I went to see - Weeping Tile.
While the stage was being set for Weeping Tile, the audience started to be drawn closer and closer to the stage in anticipation of what would soon be there. As Weeping Tile took to the stage, requests were being hollered before the band even picked up their instruments.
Once the show began, the crowd began singing along to their favourites like "U.F.O. Rosie" and "Cold Snap." Sarah Harmer even congratulated some of the girls in the front for singing along. After the show she told me that she changed lyrics and speeds of singing in order to try to throw them off-to no avail. She thought it was great though, and both she, Luther Wright, and the rest of the band fed off of them and the rest of the audience, gaining momentum for the entire show.
Now I'm all for dancing at concerts, moshing if it fits, and even singing if you are so inclined, but just because you are in the front row wearing a plaid shirt (oh so fashionable now-a-days) and you are playing air guitar (really cool!) doesn't mean you're in the band. You know who you are, Sparky. Settle down. You're hurting the less famous audience members behind you and pissing us off.
The line-up of Weeping Tile has changed. A new bassist has very recently appeared on the scene who does a trick with plastic cigarette wrappers as an interlude between songs. She also seems to love slap-bass since her face breaks out in an impish grin and she begins to hop around the stage when using this style.
The show was great fun. A most enthusiastic two thumbs up. A must see for children of all ages. Delightfully fun, energetic and entertaining.
