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...Guster novice (Jimmy Zha) and a Guster fan (Seth Perlman) both end up at the concert. Here are their versions of the event, retold...
...Seth: "The Orpheum contained all of the usual signs of the apocalypse: a costumed, junk-tossing and young crowd stranger than one would find at the Rocky Horror Picture Show; a countdown to the end of the millennium-cum-doomsday-inspired Y2K electrical blackout; and the three members of Guster--bedecked in black tie---descending to the stage in special chairs while Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" whipped the crowd into a frenzy...
...Seth: "The tuxedos, while sharp and stylish, seemed to cramp the style of the three happiest men ever to form a band from Somerville...
...necessarily the music, but rather the dynamic between the audience and the band. I gained a certain familiarity with their two mainstays, Barrel of the "Gun and Airport Song," but throughout the set, the audience sang along and echoed with remarkable clarity all the words to the Seth: "The normal amount of bouncing, jumping and frolicking was nowhere to be found; likewise, the audience was not treated to a repeat of Ryan's crowd surfing (to a boisterous rendition of Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline") from this summer's Hatch Shell concert. The Guster experience was incomplete in other ways...
...Seth: "Factor in a pile of cameramen shooting footage of most of the concert in hopes of filming a new video for Barrel of a Gun, a few instances of ear-splitting feedback, problems with the mixing, and a restless crowd that punctuated the acoustic (read: no amplification) encore version of "Mona Lisa" with irreverent shouts, and you have a generally disappointing Guster show. This was my fifth live Guster concert, and I can easily say that it was the least enjoyable. The performance itself had its highs and lows. The setlist consisted of a solid...