The Zimmermann Note

The continuing adventures of “Eric’s Trip Around the Sun”. One final trip with the iPod.

Mezzanine had hit #5 on my list of top albums by yours truly, several years ago. However, one of my favorite stories, however, I cannot find it online was my story about seeing Tame Impala back in 2011, where Kevin Shields and Company decided to pull out all the stops and cover Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’, the opening track to Mezzanine.

There is a bone of contention over this particular show. My wife, who at the time of the show was not the Tame Impala fan that she is now, bypassed the opportunity to go to the show since I believe that she had to wake up early the next day for work. I ended up going to the show by myself because at the time I had been really into their album Innerspeaker.

This was no doubt a very special moment for me. Here was an up-and-coming band covering a song from one of my favorite albums and the chatty Cathys in front of me had nothing better to do but to chat on and on about their lives. It’s one of the few times in my life that I informed them not only once but twice about them being loud.

What really bothered me was that they were pushy as well. They wanted to be closer AND talk. The best part of Lincoln Hall is that there ARE doors and a bar that you can walk back and chat up all you want without disturbing the audience.

I just do not get from a logical perspective why you would spend money to attend a show only to talk during it. This just fails me every time.

That being said…

I did go to this show by myself and I honestly do not mind going to a show by myself. In fact, I think that shows should service to this crowd with preferential seating and other amenities. Many times the solo show attendee doesn’t want anyone else to ruin that experience for them. If they cannot find a fan that is worthy enough to share that moment, they are not going to pick someone out of their ass to attend because they will ruin it for them.

There should be an entire side of the stage reserved for men in this position, meet the entire band before the show and have an 1 free “Kick a Fan Out of the Show” Free Cards. It would be able to kick anyone out that is talking up a storm during the show. I might be wrong but there is a greater amount of guys going to shows solo than females.

It has been awhile since I have been to a show by myself but I do look back at these events as a badge of honor as there have been a host of bands I have seen solo.

• Ty Segall – (….and then) Judy Walked In
• John Cale – Andalucia
• Luna – Anesthesia
• Massive Attack – Angel