first they get props cause they pay props to conan, okay that outta the way *said in a Rachael Ray voice and neck crush*
conan’s reaction to the end of the show: “That was good. That was good. Thanks for doing it *shakes bass player’s hand*. *shakes lead singer’s hand* Teach me to do that *points at lead guitarist’s guitar*, that was great. *shakes 2nd guitar’s hand* That was good. Sir, *shakes drummer’s hand* that was great. Jonny Lives! We’ll take a break we’ll be right back. *pats lead guitarist on the shoulder* *lifts hands over back of head signifying he wants to learn how to guitar solo while holding the guitar over his head*.
From the lower east side of NYC, comes four sex “lush & dirty, glossy & gritty” guys. My first impression was that this is rock song about commitment (does that make this christian rock? I mean probably not, rockers can be cute and ironic right?) - actually my first impression was that these guys were a UK-badge-out version of Everclear with a guitar sound I was crazy about back in ‘95 “lonely and still dreaming of your ghost”, but not so crazy about in ‘07. Don’t believe me? Go to their myspace page and listen to the track “Outside”. It’s “Santa Monica” but with lower east side guys playing a portland band singing about west cozy la.
Good stage presence, although at some times in the performance the background checkered lighting took over my field of attention. I felt like “hey this is close to what it was like to watching the kinks, but with a rather well built spinal tappish lead singer”. Not the frail drug-skinny look that I would associate with the song. So it totally elevated the performance when frontman pulled a decent guitar solo on the yoke of his back (good thing he was tall and gargantuan).
Also worth noting, the bass player didn’t really do anything buy hang cool before the first chorus which in itself is way cool. even when he started plucking away all sexually he still looked cool. that is, until he started singing backup, and the mic was aimed straight up his nose. like he had to stretch up tall to get with the mic, and then it was straight up his nose - totally dorky dude. best to check mic heights ALONG with sound during the check.
Jim Carey also made a small appearance with the mw7 singing about his hair - here are the lyrics…
“give me a ton of that hair
shoulder-length and longer
here baby, there momma,
everywhere daddy daddy
hair, hair, hair, hair
hair, hair, hair, blowing
blowin, long as i can grow my hey-yah”
jim carey looked like claire danes by the way.
