Bow Wow Wow

Tough Night

As I said we would, CoolMom and I went to the Bow Wow Wow show on Saturday night.  You can read my review of it over at Speak Into My Good Eye.

I'm happy that CoolMom saw fit to head home and spell the babysitter before the headlining set.  She's much worse than I am at dealing with uncomfortable situations, and I'm not sure she would've been able to take this one.

Maybe my Morrissey/Johnny Marr analogy at the end of the review isn't totally apt.  Neither of them is trying to sell themselves as The Smiths, after all.  But the whole experience just got me thinking about how many changes in a band we're all willing to accept before we start calling them a tribute band or a cover band.  I mean, Guns n' Roses have a headlining spot at The Governor's Ball Festival.  As far as I know, that's just Axl and nobody else from the original line-up.

I get that people were upset on Saturday at not getting what they thought they paid and traveled to the venue for; but if they're being honest, they'll say that Bow Wow Wow sounded pretty good.

Eh.  Not quite sure why I'm obsessing so much on this.  It just ended up being an interesting and thought-provoking night for me.

Dentist were great, by the way.  Head over to their Bandcamp page and listen to some tracks.