What Kosmo said.
Okay, in Bags' words (not as informed as K's), it was a GREAT show. I'm not familiar with Love really, I bought "Forever Changes" a couple weeks ago and have only listened twice. From that toe-dip in to the band, I wouldn't have assumed they'd be such a great live act, but the praises from Boardies piqued my interest. The band was really fantastic, and Arthur is magnetic. John Echols was great, and you could feel the additional energy boost of having another original member onstage. Loved the set.
I knew nothing of the Zombies' of course, when I heard their "hits," I knew them and it brought me right back to sitting in the backseat of my mom's japenese racing green Datsun 210 wagon, fighting with my sister over some sh*t on the way to the mall in Largo, Florida. We're talking classic AOR radio from the old days. That was fun, and "Hold Your Head Up" was fantastic (I'd never heard of Argent before), but I found that there were a few songs I'd never heard that sounded so much like Jellyfish, it was really a trip. Thought those in particular were good, but after Love, they couldn't quite match the energy.
Speaking of trip, the whole show was a trip -- VERY psychedelic projections on stage (with the bubbling waterpaints and all) and on all the walls around the stage. Woo hoo, where's the bong, dude. And the three rockin' hippies doing the wild-armed circle "hippy dancing to rock" formation behind me was diggin' it, man!
Great show, glad we ran in to Kosmo. State theater was a cool venue, as well.
