Live Review: Radiohead (5/8/2008 & 5/9/2008) Atlanta & Charlotte

Last week I was on Radiohead overload and I loved it. I think maybe every single person I know in this city was at the Atlanta show. They are so damn popular now. I mean no matter what sort of style or taste in music of people I know, they all at least can appreciate this band. One down side of this is that there is going to be a crowd with some douches in it, as I’ve heard many people complain. But I would challenge anyone to tell me about a sold out show at Lakewood that didn’t have its share of annoying people attending.

That said, I was probably one of the more annoying people at the show. Since I had seen them 4 times before this and I was pretty much stone cold sober for all of those concerts, I decided to get blotto for this one. Since the night is pretty much a blur, and most people reading this blog were probably also there, I’m just gonna note a couple of things:

  • I do not like overbearing cops and security at concerts, and there was way too much of that. People were getting arrested two cars down from where we were hanging out before the show. Why is it illegal to drink on private property at a concert but its ok to walk around with alcohol on Georgia Tech campus, which is lawfully not allowed anytime, during a football game? It is just such a stark contrast between the Phish shows I would go to back in 2000 at Lakewood and what that place has become now. I mean there really isn’t much else worthwhile about seeing a show at that sized venue except the bigger-than-life party atmosphere.
  • While I’m ranting about how much I don’t like Lakewood, Liars just didn’t sound good in that venue. It was really disappointing to be listening to songs you know and love but not really enjoy them because you are like 7 miles from the stage. It made me not feel so bad being unable to catch a Radiohead show with Grizzly Bear opening.

Anyways, since a torrent of the Atlanta show has yet to surface, here’s some vids:

“Pyramind Song”:


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