God knows we have our issues, but I just felt ashamed to even be living here. Then, he actually shit all over the town I live in, Portland, Oregon. When he started admonishing the crowd for cheering loudly, it was so unnecessary. Finally, he came out and sang songs that I had no idea about. But it was boring and an absolute buzzkill. I totally get where Mellencamp was going and that Brando and Newman were his idols etc etc. The audience was actually booing by about the fourth one. The whole movie opening thing got old real fast. We had an amazing meal, and walked across the street to Keller Auditorium. Oh, the acoustics also sucked.Īs an '80s graduate from high school, I was so excited to revisit my youth with John Cougar Mellencamp songs. Lastly, I'm willing to chalk up his forgetting his own lyrics several times to his age, but I also can't rule out his being liquored up as a contributing factor. That way you'll also miss the other lecture about the audience not knowing about verse and chorus. If you need another, do it during his acoustic "Jack & Diane" and listen to the much better radio version on the way home. If you do go, and need to get a drink, do it right before "Eyes of Portland", unless you like hearing disturbingly judgmental (and likely made up) stories about the homeless and mentally ill. Sure, he sang his big hits, but he's lucky his band carried him, otherwise they'd have been a bust. His storytelling left a lot to be desired and he came across as a sanctimonious d**k. You could feel the excitement leave the venue. Mellencamp's show started out OK, but then after his fourth song he lectured the audience to stop screaming so loudly, "You're not at a bar, " he said. Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (Apr 6, 2024).Tedeschi Trucks Band (Feb 29 - Mar 2, 2024).Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (Feb 7 - 18, 2024). John Oliver and Seth Meyers (Until Jun 16, 2024).
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