The O.C. Supertones and Thousand Foot Krutch Nate Watts, Music Editor
Some people say that diamonds are a girl's best friend, but
fortunately for me, my wife would rather be skanking and singing along
at a Supertones show as an anniversary gift.
Last Friday down in
Redlands, California, the Orange County Supertones along with Thousand
Foot Krutch rocked the night away and even held a mini-church service
in the process. We got there a little bit late, so we missed local favorites, Silent
Rise, but got to catch the tail-end of King Size Zero. They were fun,
upbeat and a good intro for the Tones with their ska beats and dancing. But the real fun came when Thousand Foot Krutch took the stage. This
was our second time seeing TFK in concert, and unfortunately being
further back from the stage took away from the overall show. They are a
great in-your-face, loud rock band, so seats toward the back coupled
with some sound problems in the sanctuary had us wishing we could jump
in the non-existent pit in the front... |
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U2
What I've Been Looking For
It's been a while since I bought a U2 DVD. Sure, I've bought each of
the albums the day that they came out, but the last music DVD I bought
was probably the best of the '90s or Rattle & Hum. It's actually the first concert album/DVD of the band since Live At Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky in
1983 so as you can imagine, the band's styles, sound, and ability for
special effects have changed quite a bit.
But the thing that has always
been attractive to me about U2 remains the same: the band's music
speaks to me like the gospel of God's hope and grace for the world as
told to humankind and transferred for the world.
Bono is a showman, maybe the greatest that I've ever seen, and his
choir-leading tendencies are never more obvious than when he's leading
the crowd in "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" which slowly
morphs into "Stand By Me" nearly acapella.
The crowd is eager to go
with Bono wherever Bono wants to go, and the figurative language of
"she" easily dashes from the "Mysterious Ways" of Wisdom to a woman,
but everything from "Magnificent" to "Beautiful Day" is a worship
experience. In between, the Edge and Bono namedrop and present nuggets
of wisdom and peace, and joke with each other... Click through for the full review...
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