I was really excited for this show. The Offspring were playing with Terrible Things last night at Showbox SoDo. We managed to make the last song of Terrible Things' set. I thought they were fine, but I didn't hear enough to form a strong opinion.
The Offspring came on after that. They had a pretty good set. I basically recognized every song they played except two: their cover of the Clash song they played and the new/unreleased song they played, which my friend decided was a Foo Fighters song. I'll agree that it didn't sound like the Offspring, but I'm not sure it sounded exactly like "Times Like These." I'd need to listen to it again. They also played an acoustic version of "Gone Away" right before "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" which I thought was kind of cool.
It turns out that 45 to 50 year olds aren't terribly energetic, though. Although the song list was pretty good, the actual performance was kind of boring. They had the lights and everything, but the performance was missing something. The crowd probably didn't help much. We all felt like we were being smeared in everyone else's sweat. It was pretty gross.
I think the most interesting part of the night (also the most annoying) might have been entering SoDo. For some reason one of the bouncers pointed me out, so they pulled me aside. I was very confused and felt like I was at the airport. Then he asked me, "How much have you had to drink tonight." I had had one beer, and said as much. After checking my ID, he said, "All right you can go in, but take it easy on the drinking; you almost look like you're already there." I decided they were idiots, and they just gave me another reason to dislike SoDo. Also, those might not be exact quotes as I didn't exactly have a tape recorder going, but they get the idea across.
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