I can finally say I've been to the worst concert ever!

[medjay]

A friend of mine won a contest and was put on the guest list for a concert last night. He invited a bunch of us and we went not knowing who was performing. It turned out to be a group called 17th Floor, a Hip Hop cover band (!)

How bad could it be? I thought. Well . . .

Half an hour in, the rotgut vodka I was drinking wasn't enough to dull the pain. A full band and three vocalists, one of which had his shirt off and a bandana tied around his head, Tupac style. They entertained the crowd with wild pelvic thrusts and warmed over renditions of pop friendly rap and r&b tunes.

The evening's nadir came when they flew into their version of Young MC's "Bust a Move". And the crowd loved it. Khaki clad frat boys and bleached blondes, mostly.

Am I going crazy? In a non-Bizzarro world any rendition of "Bust a Move" is guaranteed to bring a party to a screeching halt. Do white people really love Young MC that much? One of the bouncers claimed that this group sells out every time they come and have a cult-like following!

We left before they got a chance to do MC Hammer. Luckily I was able to emerge from this Twilight Zone experience with my sanity marginally intact.

Has anybody else heard of this band? Who in their right mind likes Young MC? Or am I way off base here and everyone else knows something about good music that I don't?

 

[Ezzie]

I thought you were going to say that you saw Puddle of Mudd. That's the worst live performance I've ever seen.

 

[medjay]

I thought you were going to say that you saw Puddle of Mudd. That's the worst live performance I've ever seen.

I go to all kinds of shows. I've seen talentless Garage bands, caterwauling R&B singers, rappers prowling back and forth clutching their dicks and hollering about nothing.

But all that pales in comparison to a cover band dedicated to the bad r&b and rap music of the '90's.

 

[Ezzie]

I was never much into Rap and R&B, but, now you've got me thinking of the "Humpty Dance"

I don't get out much.

 

[patient1]

I go to all kinds of shows. I've seen talentless Garage bands, caterwauling R&B singers, rappers prowling back and forth clutching their dicks and hollering about nothing.

But all that pales in comparison to a cover band dedicated to the bad r&b and rap music of the '90's.

Could that be their Schtik? Are they trying to parody bad art?

Second City TV wanted to spoof Laverne & Shirley, but they could never do it in a way that was funny, no matter how over the top they got, it still looked like Laverne & Shirley, so they never aired it.

 

[medjay]

Could that be their Schtik? Are they trying to parody bad art?

I wish that was the case. I would have laughed right along with them. But, no. They are a dead serious cover band and perform as if these songs are timeless classics! And the crowd was eating it up! But I guess it's not all that surprising. Someone had to buy all those millions of units back in the days.

 

[wizbit9]

went to see a hip hop dj play 2 nights ago and i cant remember much of the gig as i had had a bit too much to drink but heres a review of the album that i can put together

Ugly duckling - journey to anywhere

Although they hail from Long Beach, California, Ugly Duckling and their debut Journey to Anywhere couldn't be further afield philosophically from Snoop Dogg, the MC who put their hometown on the hip-hop map. With Andy Cooper and Dizzy Dustin kicking simple yet engaging rhymes and DJ Young Einstein hauling out jazzy midtempo beats apparently dusted off from the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ugly Duckling are as defiantly throwback as the gold chains they occasionally rock. Add a goofy sense of humour to the mix and the nonsensical anti-jiggy flavour of "A Little Samba" starts to make absolute sense. After single-handedly attempting to resurrect the usage of the word "fresh" in hip-hop circles on their debut EP, Fresh Mode, this entertaining long-player picks up where they left off, staying true to the intangible essence of hip-hop while remembering to have fun. Now that's F-R-E-S-H. --