Anyway, last night I went to see Death Cab for Cutie at Radio City. Overall, I thought it was a great show. What was strange, though, was to be at a concert with actual seats (and by "seats" I do not mean tickets that say "GA" for general admission which you mistakenly interpret for some sort of seating code). I don't think I've been at a show with seats since Bruce @ MSG (or maybe, like, Hanson when I was 13). It was kind of weird to be sitting in a sea of immobile bodies that you know under other circumstances would be awkwardly swaying and bopping and sort of rocking out (but not so much that they'd look too into it). I know this might be embarassingly uncool of me, but I was actually really into sitting down at this show. Firstly, I was tired. But secondly, I kind of like not feeling the pressure to do the awkward sway and bop, and sitting down made me able to just relax and watch and listen. That said, of course, once the first few patches of people standing up began to grow, everyone was on their feet within a few songs, and the show transformed into a regular, stand-up, pot-smoke-hazed, awkward sea of swaying. It was a great show, and even though I'm not that into the drawn-out intros (of which there were several), the meat of the music was good stuff. Maybe I should go see the Rockettes this year. I don't think people get on their feet for them?
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