Who Would You Rather Be?

After all this is gone,
Who would you rather be?
The Beatles or The Rolling Stones?

There’s a lot thinking going on these days about where my future is heading, so it helps me, I think, to just let it all go, and figure out what kind of direction I want for myself. (Easier said than done) They say these early years make the bulk of a quarter life crisis, and it couldn’t be closer to the truth. Sigh.

In any case, the bright side to my inclination for quick distractions helped me discover Metric’s acoustic version of Give Me Sympathy, which is off their forthcoming album. It was performed at Coachella for SPIN. I heard other live versions of this song, but I think I like it better acoustic. It gives it a little something extra, no? In fact, I love this song so much, I woke up this morning humming the melody. Wouldn’t surprise me if I was singing it in my sleep.

Emily Haines, now there’s a cool chick I admire. She and the guys are touring the festival circuit these next two months, and they’ll also be at All Points West in Jerz! It’ll be hot.

Metric- Give Me Sympathy (acoustic)
watch the performance here

Metric @ Webster Hall 9.21.07

Hands down, the best show I’ve seen since I started this blog in May was Metric at Webster Hall last Friday. When a band enjoys playing live shows, and appreciates their fans, you can absolutely tell because it translates into a mind blowing performance. And the fans appreciate them too of course. How else do explain all the women’s lingerie thrown on stage for Emily Haines?



I’m still reeling from Friday—I can’t believe I touched Emily Haines’ hand! And I can’t believe their bassist, Josh Winstead sat in to conduct the crowd in a sing-along. “Can you hear me? Because I can’t hear you!” he asked us. I didn’t think Rock Me Now would work in a concert-setting because it’s not exactly a head shaking anthem, but they absolutely rocked that song to bits. I was humming the beat of Rock Me Now that I didn’t even realize the band had left the stage. So we kept humming till they came back out. And then they did Monster Hospital and Stadium Live for the encore.



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What a night.

Metric- Rock Me Now
(Buy Grow Up and Blow Away)

See Metric

The Metric show last night was in one word: FUCKINGFANTASTIC. (That should be one word because if you look it up in the dictionary, you'll see it cross listed with Metric.)

Photos and updates to come. But I'm off to the Bacardi B Live show tonight!