Before the show on March 29th, I kind of hated Say Anything, and not for snobby music critic reason but for personal ones. Reason 1: My ex-girlfriend loves the band, and especially started listening to them more around the demise of our relationship. I know this might seem immature or just plain silly, but music sometimes can be ingrained with specific feelings that don't go away regardless of time.
Reason 2: Their song "Admit It!!!" really gets my goat. It is one of their more famous songs and it is an attack on the entire elitist hipster culture that I vaguely identify with. Though the song hit close to home on many accounts (i.e. my need to label things as post-modern and my elegantly disheveled hair demands), it bothers more because it is actually guilty of what they accuse hipsters of. Not to mention said ex-girlfriend used to use and still uses the song to make fun of me (Okay, that's enough talking about her).
Still, I thought I would try to give the guys a fair shot that Saturday night but apparently they didn't need it.
Nokia Theatre is a pretty decent sized venue that has no personality whatsoever. It is a Times Square-afied version of a concert hall; meaning its glossy, clean, and edgeless, a complete contrast to the glorified grime of CBGB's where Say Anything forefathers played in what seems like centuries ago. Nevertheless, the boys brought enough frenetic energy to make it ignorable.
