rats!

I really can't understand this. So not all of the crowd was into SY (this was an open festival), so there were people that didn't knew all of the songs (is that a crime?), and some say people didn't dance? Well, from where I was standing, people were moving and enjoyng the music, but the crowd was so compact that it was nearly impossible to move a muscle. Anyway, I fail to see where the show was ruined, people seemed to love it, and the guys seemed to enjoy too. Well, I know I did, so fuck everything else.

Anyway here are two links from a portuguese website where those of you that understand portuguese (or are able to use babelfish..) can see that the portuguese audience really enjoyed the concert and are expecting SY to come back for more (Coliseu do Porto, who knows?):

http://blitz.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stori....stories/12324
http://blitz.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stori....stories/12284

i doubt a crowd could ruin sonic youth show, unless you were assaulted and then sonic youth got bottles thrown at them.
I saw Dinosaur Jr at a festival once and even though there were only about 5 fans there out of like 10 thousand people, it was still a great show!!!

they didnt threw bottles, but they did ruined the show.

and by that i'm not saying they didnt enjoyed it.

but if they dont get any comeback from the crowd how does that makes them feel?

you were there thin ice, how many of us shouted their name during the show?

i am sure they are used to it.

and... ?

they are still a shitty crowd.

well, what can you do about it now?

complain about it and try to make people act diferently at the next time.

this is not japan or whatever, they dont sell many records here, if we want them to come back more often we need to make the difference at the shows.

ahhhhhh, i seeeeee

i want them to come here every year, but if they dont enjoy playing here will they do it? i wish!! but obviously not.

tears, tears, rolling up next years, i'm afraid.


with so much sonic youth blablabla in the past weeks, i was expecting something different.
i've read some of the post show blablabla. if people enjoyed them that much, in my opinion they failed to transmit it to the band.

yeah, but i think thats the same everywhere, it might have been especially bad for you, but even the london shows they play are full of posers and their girlfriends mouthing the wrong words.

at least they mouth something.

Poser Boy: Blah Blah na na na na blah blah de de de Teenage Riot Blah la la la la la Blah Blah Blah Blah teenage leather and booze na na na na na na

Poser Boy's girlfriend: Can We Please Go NOW!

haha yes.

portuguese poser, pre-show: sonic youth? fucking great, awesome, awesome
portuguese poser, during show:
portuguese poser, after show: fucking great, awesome, awesome

On another completely different note - do you know if the word Foggo means anything in Portuguese, someone told me it meant fire or cooking place???

It's Fogo (with one "g"), and it means fire, yes.

hmm, interesting, my surname is Foggo and i have never known what it actually meant.

would you relax please with the "people ruined the show"? sy played shows this year in nyc where nobody moved and you could hear a pin drop at some points, that did not detract from the experience. why are you focusing on what the other people are doing? focus on the music instead. and sy is not exactly an audience participation band, they dont do sing alongs, im sure they will love you just as well if you just stand there and listen.