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Saturday, 3 January 2004
THE BANGLES LIVE @ THE HOUSE OF BLUES-LAS VEGAS
Mood:
 amorous
Everytime The Bangles have come to town I've missed them.Alwayz something comez up.But finally the starz lined up just right and last night I finally got to catch the Fem Fab Four live at The House Of Blues.
First off the show waz opened by four guys who call themself Ponder.Sorry,but I just don't understand normal joes who pick up guitars and think they can rock.It's not how it's to be in my lil' twisted mind.Ya gotta have something,mainly the key is that good rockers are usually made up of outcasts,people that don't quite fit into the everyday run of the mill segmant of humanity.Mayhaps a missing chromozone,or a funny lisp,or even,skinny guys who can't in no way or how get laid til they put on a Gibson Les Paul.Ponder is just so damn normal they're completely boring.They look like part time car mechanics who watch way too much ESPN and listen to too many Springsteen,Mellencamp & Seger records.Yuk.Not one offensive lick,not one feedbacking guitar nor a ugly sucker in the bunch.They can never be rockstars cuz they don't know what it's like to be ragged on,beaten up by jocks,or drink anything harder than a St.Paulie Girl.Heck,I'm just bettin' they were the ones pickin' on the guys in high school that had an earring.Yuk.They sucked.Tho the girls liked 'em.Girls have no taste.
Except if you're The Bangles.Ok,you could probably say the same about The Bangles az I did with Ponder,but if ya look past the fact that the four hot ladies haven't aged a single bit since the 80's and play hummable dance along non-offensive rock there's still something more there.Let's face it,how many chicks do you know base thier whole musical foundation on 60's pop rock.You'll hear The Byrds,The Beatles,Alex Chilton & get visions of matchstick men jingle janglin' thru thier 80's sensebilities.When most girls pick up an instrument and try to be rockers they either go the Joan Jett I'm tuff as fingernails and don't touch me there or the I'm a hippy Edie Brickell who only sings in college cafe's kinda girl.The Bangles do stand out cuz they've got that 60's sound that no other girl group has come close to.
Most of the setlist consisted of new songs off of thier recent cd "Doll Revolution",which come off so much better live than on the album.The cd sounded too restrained for me,but live it all makes much more sense.Tho they did throw in my least fave of the new album "Single By Choice"who's lyrics make me cringe but that's probably cuz I'm a guy and don't understand.
Of course all the hits were there.Thier harmonies were amazingly perfect.That's a hard thing to pull off live when ya got guys hooten an' hollerin' at them and monitors feedbacking,but they hit the notes dead on.
Of course the guys go to see the hottie Susanna Hoffs,tiny little thing with here little skirt.But the rest were just as hot in thier own way,especially bassist Michael Steele with her gothic/punkier fashion sense.But again this is the icing on a very sweet n' delicious cake.
Makes ya wanna pick up a 12 string and write some real songs.
Ragz Rates Ponder:3.0
Ragz Rates The Bangles:8.25
Posted by ragzdandelion
at 1:14 PM PST
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