I know that in the blog reviewing the show, i said that i wanted to keep what Vinnie said to us to myself because i thought that it was special and that i should keep some of the night back for my own memory, but i have been thinking about that 20 minutes all day long and i think i need to write about some of it to get it out of my head.
One of the things that stuck out the most to me was how down in the dumps Vinnie was about how quickly people jumped off of the Shone bandwagon. First, i think those people are stupid. flat out morons. They got a little butthurt because there was no Jesse Lacey so they jumped ship without really giving the band the attention that they deserve. That is their bad, because this band has some killer talent. I cant even tell you what it was like to watch Ben Homola and Brian Lane drum together, in sync, for a few minutes, and just kill it. I was in awe. I just stood right there at the front of the stage and stared at the drumsticks, likely with my mouth wide open. I have always been a fan of Brian's drumming (if you have any doubts about that man's skills, listen to "the archer's bows have broken" and then come talk to me.)
Andrew Accardi's vocal range floors me. The things that that guy can do with his voice are almost unnatural. I have only listened to ROBBERS a few times. I saw them once or twice but neither were ideal settings to really get to listen to a band, (you know, gymnasiums and lobbies and stuff. terrible acoustics) but i am definitely going to make it a point to pay more attention to them. One of the things that Vin said last night that i thought was so humble and so sweet was about Andrew, and that was that Andrew "is more talented than I am. He always has been the one with the talent, and I'm blown away by it." I had just finished joking with Vin about Andrew always reminding him that he sucks, basically, (to which i quipped "isn't that what brothers are for? He laughed and agreed) and that moment of humility totally changed my perspective on Vincent Accardi. He came down a few notches on the "OMG ROCKSTAR" ladder (which probably isn't a bad thing) but definitely went up a bunch on the "this dude kicks some serious ass" ladder.
I guess what i took away from all of that is that i feel sorry for the people that jumped ship because they are missing out on something really special. A lot of the people reading this are people that i would have never met if it weren't for this band, but we freaking stood out in the freezing cold (and eventually snow) together to read a message from a scary clown-like dude on a screen and then went on a scavenger hunt together. we pulled together before that to root for the others in Long Island on the first hunts. We stood in line (again, in the freezing cold) together to wait to get inside of a club in NYC, some of us travelling super far, just to see what this was all about. The people in that room that night were so awesome to each other and it was refreshing to be in a room that felt like family after being in so many rooms full of pretentious douches so often lately.
To give all of that up because Jesse Lacey's name isn't attached to this?
Stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I fangirl over Jesse with the best of them, but I'm not so far up his ass that i cant appreciate good music that he isn't a part of.
Vinnie also addressed the fact that people thought the album was scary. Yes, at first I was a little freaked out by Andrews vocals in places, but I mean, a dead guy that killed cats and probably some girls was the one that informed us about this band to begin with, so would it make sense for some pop music to come from that? of course not. the music, the vocals, the whole package, it all went together perfectly. Did we over think things some? yes. of course. Brian has as much as said that they underestimated the intensity in which this would be followed.
The album doesn't scare me anymore. I think its pretty beautiful, actually. I cant remember what scared me about it. what i can tell you, though, is that when i am pissed the hell off at whatever is wrong at a particular time, i put on track 5 and dance my ass off until i forget what was bothering me. Babyshakes is one of my favorite songs right now.
I hope that they guys don't get discouraged and stop doing this. I don't want to see Shone end because some Brand New fans cant appreciate the work of some of the guys (which really doesn't make any sense to me. how can someone be a fan of a band and not love the talent that the guys have?) because this band has some serious talent and they are just so much damn fun to watch. Okay, you watched the live stream from my shitty iPhone 4 so now you know that they aren't fun? fuck that. you cant tell anything by watching blobs of light and hearing audio that is clipping more than it is normal.
Alright. my eyes are getting blurry from staring at the screen for too long, but i hope that this makes a difference somewhere, because there is a lot of love for this band, but its not enough. People need to stop being assholes and start paying attention to talent, otherwise we will be stuck with nothing but Kesha and Chris Brown wanna-be's and that is just not something i am interested in seeing happen.
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