[ATTENDED: June 19, 2017] Gary Jules
I wasn’t aware that there was an opening act for Barenaked Ladies until I received the email that the show would be moved inside and that Gary Jules would be going on at 7:30. Normally I like to get there for an opening act (I mean we did pay for the act, right?). So I looked up who he was.
If you search Google videos, 8 of the first ten hits are for “Mad World.” This is a cover of the Tears for Fears song (which I really like). Jules’ cover strips everything out of it and makes it really slow and really, really depressing. The original is certainly dark but with the synths it’s more ironically dark.
I listened to one other piece by him and decided that, no I didn’t need to see Jules. And I couldn’t think of a worse opener for the manic intensity of BNL. (more…)
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