Samantha, Jimmy, Bee and I witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime rock event with one of our favorite bands this weekend. Coheed and Cambria are doing a rare feat of rock strength and it all started in New York this week. On Wednesday, they started the "Neverender" tour which is billed as "4 Nights. 4 Albums. Live in Concert." Each night, they played an album in complete sequential order. We saw night #1 and #4, which, in album terms, is Second Stage Turbine Blade and No World for Tomorrow.
Usually, most bands will have a set list that is rehearsed and perfected to bring out on tour.
Coheed defy the impossible by performing EVERY song that they put into their albums. On the first album, they have a secret song called "I, Robot" that is way, way at the end of the disk and you ev
en have to listen to some dead air just to find it. I'll admit it wasn't one of my favorites and I actually had recently left it off my iPod. The live version was many times better than the album ver
sion, hands down. Word is that they will be producing a box set with all four nights on DVD and CD. Getting it!
The ticket price is kind of steep ($30 + fees) for only an hour and a half of rocking. Taking into consideration the train and subway tickets, we paid a pretty penny to go see these guys, but I can vouch that it was well worth it. Samantha had a good time as well. She got a bit annoyed with the crowd of sweaty people always bumping into you, but who doesn't? The wacky-backy smoking and sitting on the floor was very unnecessary. Sam loved it when the drummer threw his sticks out into the crowd after the show ended. Looking forward to the Halloween Party!
