Although we did talk our photographer into showing up, we couldn’t coax any of our snobby-ass rock critics into covering last night’s Matchbox Twenty show at the Q. Michael Gallucci was afraid Paul Duccette was going to jump off stage and beat him with his guitar after his story in this week’s Scene. DX Ferris just didn’t think there’d be enough blood. As for the rest of them, we have no idea, but we presume they were at Music Saves, debating the undercurrent of the subtext of Arcade Fire’s latest album cover.
But alas, not everyone with a pen breaks into hives when a band accidentally sells more than 150 records. We enlisted a local fan, 25-year-old Jeff Zaleski, to give us the lowdown on last night’s show. Read on for Zaleski’s review. And if you see any of our critics stroking their chins at the Grog Shop this weekend, feel free to spill your Pabst on them. — Joe P. Tone
This article appears in Feb 6-12, 2008.
WOW!!! I went to the concert in Cleveland… and it ROCKED! I love Matchbox Twenty, Rob Thomas is the best song writer out there, by far! I had a perfect view of them, side stage row two, just great! “Bright Lights” was awesome. Rob does great on the piano. My other favs were “Can’t let you go” and, “Hand me down”. But they ended with “Push” which was a great choice. Alanis did an awesome job as well…props to her voice! She stayed on key the whole night! My daughter enjoyed it as well, she is 16 months. If you get a chance….go see them!!!
I was NOT there last night. Rob Thomas is NOT the best songwriter around. He’s NOT even in the discussion of decent songwriters. He sounds like Cher when he sings, and that aint a compliment. The material is crap. Just more MTV forced crap. Matchbox Twenty, Train, Collective Soul… They’re all the same band, playin the same awful song!!!
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Come on Paul, you were being a bit harsh. Matchbox 20 is the 90’s version of the Beatles. Rob Thomas and the rest of the band have done so much for music and advancing it to its current status. “I wanna push you around, well i will, well i will…..” WOW that is soooo good, I’ve never heard anything like it. Although they’re no Third Eye Blind, now THAT’S a good band. Gives me the shivers.
oh wait actually….TOOL ROCKS!!!