I saw the Click Five today at the alabang town center. It was a blast, singing along to the old songs like "Good Day" and "Catch Your Wave" with the rest of the pre-pubescent fans. there were funny moments, like when the vocalist was introducing the next song by saying: "this next song is about falling out of love.. it's called empty." (HAHAHA) or when he screams: "suh-lah-maht!" (crowd goes wild, HAHAHA) and really really cool moments like when the whole building was singing along to the choruses of the really good songs. No surprises, i'm coming clean. I'm a fan of the Click Five. I'm not the biggest fan in the world, i don't have real copies of their albums (i have mp3s though, i like the first album better!) and i didn't know the names of the members or anything (me and my sister called them click 1, click 2, click 3..). But at the gig today i was dancing and it wasn't ironic dancing, like how you dance when you're mocking somebody or like you're pretending to enjoy some music. I was enjoying the music. Derivative pop, yes. But very very good derivative pop. Lots of Ric Ocasek and Rivers Cuomo, bits of Lou Reed and Mike Love. Power pop!Some songs really sucked, but their bread and butter material was very bread and butter. I know i probably won't get to watch the fountains of wayne anytime soon (maybe ever, but i hope not) so watching the Click Five and pretending that Click 1 was Chris Collingwood ranks a far second haha. I love the Click Five. haha.
I SUPER LOVE THEIR SETUP. I CAN'T GET OVER THAT I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THEM.
I remember thinking during their set that i would've paid to see them. I remember passing up Incubus, and Fall Out Boy haha. I remember regretting being too young when Sonic Youth were in town. And I remember thinking how in an alternate universe Ang Bandang Shirley probably sounds a lot more like the Click Five haha.
I'm really happy i saw the Click Five. And i'm glad that there are really really really good bands like the Click Five that are "mainstream" hahahaha, and that there are kids who are getting exposed to stuff that isn't so crappy haha.
yehey.
-owel
pogi ba talga sila sa personal? hehehe.
ReplyDeleteyep! hehehe. isa lang yung alam nilang rockstar move though, magppoint silang lahat sa taas after a big chord haha ang lame buong set ganun sila. but it was fun hehehe. click five night na to hehe
ReplyDeleteyou saw them here?! Cat texted and I thought she had tickets reserved to see them in China so I was like, "Hahaha, have a great time...LOSER!" Or something like that, dumb and condescending but loving all the same. :P
ReplyDeleteI-pirate nyo yung rockstar move!
hahahhahah talaga? dude kelangan nila matuto ng rockstar moves sayo!
ReplyDeleteunfortunately for me, i only know their song "jenny" which is hands down a straight out catchy pop song.
click five night? hahahaha. dapat requisite ganon din mga buhok ng mga tutugtog hehehe.