NOVEMBER-13-2012
(OPEINING SET)
ALLAH-LAS-DONT YOU FORGET IT
LED ZEPPELIN-DOWN BY THE SEASIDE
AC NEWMAN-IM NOT TALKING
TREX-BUICK MACKANE
BLACK FLAG-RISE ABOVE
THE SWEET-ACTION
(SECOND SET)
ALLAH-LAS-SANDY
TY SEGALL-WOULD YOU BE MY LOVE
The transition from AC Newman to T.Rex to Black Flag was a resplendent emotional roller-coaster. When describing AC's album Shut Down the Streets Tom said "if you're sad it'll make you happy or it'll make you sadder." Well, I have to admit I've been feeling down for quite a while and "I'm not talking" made me cry it was so beautiful, especially that amazing clarinet hook. So yes it did in fact make me feel better. That punch in the gut was swiftly followed with a kick to the face with the super sweet guitar lick in T.Rex's "Buick Mackane", and after that the primal rage of Rollins and Black Flag beckoned us all to burn it down.
So in a span of three songs I felt happy just to be alive, that I possessed the power to conquer the world and later that I should just destroy it.
Bravo Tom.