2008 Woodie Awards
Fish, Bone Thugs perform different but effective sets
Issue date: 5/1/08
Einstein is often attributed to having said, "The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over, and then expecting different results." If following this standard, there were several insane people present at the Spring Fair concert, especially during Reel Big Fish's set (perhaps by the time Bone Thugs-N-Harmony came on, they had finally learned.)
People made constant attempts at crowd surfing, only to find time and time again that Hopkins students are apparently not strong enough to hold up other Hopkins students. Person after person fell through the crowd, landing in all sorts of painful looking positions. Many people also attempted to smoke up, only to have security follow their smoke trails and kick them out of the show within minutes. And yet moments later the next person would try it.
While I confess I didn't really recognize most of the songs, despite being a semi-fan back in the day, I had a great time, and it seemed as though everybody else did as well. While Reel Big Fish may have gotten some smack weeks ago, they delivered a solid set, and, most importantly, a good time. The show was fun, funny, light, danceable and just about everything that Spring Fair should be really be about, rather than just obtaining a big million-dollar headlining band.
After waiting almost a full hour between bands, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony finally graced the stage. Interestingly, the crowd shifted, and those who spent Reel Big Fish's set in the back eagerly pushed their way to the front while the previous moshers either hung around the back or left. While Bone Thugs perhaps didn't play as dynamic and energetic a set as RBF, their skill more than made up for it.
The group mostly just wandered around stage randomly while rapping and didn't have as much crowd interaction. However, most of the people who bothered to stick around for the second half of the concert knew the songs, even if they couldn't actually follow along. All members spat out rhymes and rants so incredibly fast it was almost impossible to even discern what they were saying.
But not necessarily in a bad way. Their deft tongues were a source of amazement, and of course the consistent and contemporary beats kept the crowd bouncing and dancing the rest of the night. Luckily, they performed the only two songs I previously knew, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Crossroads," both of which were greatly received by the remaining audience.
Although both groups had very different performance styles and musical genres, they somehow combined to make a very satisfying show overall. While some less musically open-minded people may have been peeved at having to sit through one set to get to the next, I found the two very dissimilar flavors of musical talent to complement each other well in their extreme differences. The concert set the tone for Spring Fair and left everyone present with expectations for a good weekend
People made constant attempts at crowd surfing, only to find time and time again that Hopkins students are apparently not strong enough to hold up other Hopkins students. Person after person fell through the crowd, landing in all sorts of painful looking positions. Many people also attempted to smoke up, only to have security follow their smoke trails and kick them out of the show within minutes. And yet moments later the next person would try it.
While I confess I didn't really recognize most of the songs, despite being a semi-fan back in the day, I had a great time, and it seemed as though everybody else did as well. While Reel Big Fish may have gotten some smack weeks ago, they delivered a solid set, and, most importantly, a good time. The show was fun, funny, light, danceable and just about everything that Spring Fair should be really be about, rather than just obtaining a big million-dollar headlining band.
After waiting almost a full hour between bands, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony finally graced the stage. Interestingly, the crowd shifted, and those who spent Reel Big Fish's set in the back eagerly pushed their way to the front while the previous moshers either hung around the back or left. While Bone Thugs perhaps didn't play as dynamic and energetic a set as RBF, their skill more than made up for it.
The group mostly just wandered around stage randomly while rapping and didn't have as much crowd interaction. However, most of the people who bothered to stick around for the second half of the concert knew the songs, even if they couldn't actually follow along. All members spat out rhymes and rants so incredibly fast it was almost impossible to even discern what they were saying.
But not necessarily in a bad way. Their deft tongues were a source of amazement, and of course the consistent and contemporary beats kept the crowd bouncing and dancing the rest of the night. Luckily, they performed the only two songs I previously knew, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Crossroads," both of which were greatly received by the remaining audience.
Although both groups had very different performance styles and musical genres, they somehow combined to make a very satisfying show overall. While some less musically open-minded people may have been peeved at having to sit through one set to get to the next, I found the two very dissimilar flavors of musical talent to complement each other well in their extreme differences. The concert set the tone for Spring Fair and left everyone present with expectations for a good weekend
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