Well,
I did it again. Tonight I drove by
myself to see 60s rock legends Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, better known as
The Zombies. This is the third time I
have Zombied at The Den, the first was quite good but the second was abysmal,
primarily because of the opening act, The Strawbs. Don’t get me freakin’ started on The
Strawbs. Let’s just say the second
Zombies show was the first and only show that we as a group could not get
through and left early.
Anyway, the third time was better, not as good as the first, but a decent
show. Some new tunes mixed in but
generally speaking the same set list.
Also, more of the same hyper-creepy looking Blunstone and the
self-centered Argent, who took spent a collective fifteen minutes of the show
talking about how much Dave Grohl and Paul Weller both loved The Zombies 1967
album Odyssey and Oracle. It grows old
after awhile. Just play, please.
The music is solid, again led by “Time
of the Season”, “Tell Her No”, “She’s Not There” and “Hold Your Head Up”, the
latter from Argent’s solo band aptly named Argent. Frankly, I never liked the whole let’s name
the band after our last name thing. Too
pretentious. I am thankful it is Argent
that named his new band after himself and not Blunstone. Can you imagine going to see Blunstone?
- Loser A - “Hey, who’s warming up for Michael Bolton at the Coliseum?
- Loser B - “I think it may be Blunstone”
- Loser A - “Cool, I love Blunstone!”
Now that I am going, what the hell is a
Blunstone? Sounds like a chunk of
crystallized calcium that one may be forced to extract through their
urethra. Blunstone, really?
In summary, not much to report, same old
Zombie stuff. Always good to hear “Time
of the Season” as it a 60s anthem. It
was also nice that they mixed in a new song, “Old and Wise”, which is from
Blunstone’s days with the Alan Parsons Project.
No need for a Z4, but I would not rule it out. This is good news because on the trip down to
Uncasville I had a felling they would be entering the Hall of Shame tonight.
Vick
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