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Published on October 16th 2002
I must admit, I felt my age last night. For a minute there I thought I'd returned to junior high for a few hours. Kids, so many kids... I didn't know what to do. If this review gets a bit strange, I do apologize, I'm breathing recycled airplane oxygen on my way to Seattle. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
that comment was usefull.. LTJ and RBF are two different bands, both excellent. One comment: One quick thing, Reel Big fish is one of the best most talented bands out if were not counting jazz groups and the like. Anyone who thinks any lame ass poppunk band is better than RBF should crawl into a dark corner and rot in your own ignorant feces (sorry for the gross imagery). Punk used to be a fairly respectable art but bands like Blink and new found have dumbed down the style so much its disgusting. some of you people are dicks if you think you can do better than start your own band and do it yourself. don't just say shit like that band blows ass and this band sucks vagina sweat. stop being a jealous critic. RBF has been around for about ten years so they must be doing something right so go fuck off! all i can say is if u hate the starting line or saves the day or nfg ur a friend of mine Yeah RBF kicks ass, but everyone stop hating on TSL, they are good, and they dont sound like New Found Glory as much as u say, altho Kenny does say the same things at each show which is kinda sad but still!,lol, I like em and who cares, u guys are jus really unhappy to hate a band for being good and making money, so shhhhhhh Hey! I just went and saw the kicks, starting line, and reel big fish last night in Philadelphia. Most of the crowd, mainly the girls...that I saw...left after the starting line got off the stage. It was really odd....just a stream of girls...leaving. I guess it was for the better. Who knows? I just hope everyone had fun. I did, as soon as reel big fish finally got on the stage. Ska's good music, just underappreciated at the moment, and not cool with the majority of show goers unfortunately. I bet the person below me listened to it 3 years ago however, or at one point or another. Don't worry, it will probably have it's fame and glory again. One's thing's inevevitable in music.....CHANGE. Why does everybody have to have such a brutal opinion all of the time? RBF does put on an entertaining show I must say. Dear god. Reel big fish? Are you serious? Ska? I thought they were dead. Apparently not, but they should be. Megan, I thought your parents raised you a little better than that. If they ever found out you went to a show like this it would kill them. I bet they would rather see your drunken ass flashing total strangers at mardi gras. I bet they would even prefer your chunky ass getting groped at some frat party. Anything but ska megan. Here's what you do the next time you feel an urge to listen to ska. Take a shower with a hot girl. Or at least have one rub oil on your whale like body. You can have her pretend you're shamu and she's your trainer. Now I bet that would be fun. I'll tell you what, next time you want to listen to wrist-slicing music like ska, let me know and I'll throw you're fat ass some beads. twat "starting line is the shit, and u are a pussy ass fagat who wouldnt know good music if it was manifesting in your rotted ass vagina. Learn that you cant rate music, and u should quit your job. I also went to this show, and starting line rocked alot more than RBF. So, in conclusion, fuck you." The dumbest comment ever on this site. And who else thinks this is the bostonmusicguy who said but just forgot to sign in? Why The Starting Line Sucks: well... some people are irritating me again! what the hell is wrong with TSL? i think this a great band and if you don't like pop-punk don't say TSL sux! you're also not gonna say Pavarotti sucks because you don't like classical music! it's just a different taste so please stop the 'TSL SUX' 'TSL ROX' discussion!! and if you think TSL is just for stoopit tieneegurs, act like an adult and stop saying TSL suck! Does anybody here think that when 13 years olds defend their favorite shit bands (good charlotte, TSL, ETC.) they ever notice they all say the same things that only include backwards logic and mispelled insults? starting line is the shit, and u are a pussy ass fagat who wouldnt know good music if it was manifesting in your rotted ass vagina. Learn that you cant rate music, and u should quit your job. I also went to this show, and starting line rocked alot more than RBF. So, in conclusion, fuck you. yea HOB sucks. metro people are mean tho. fireside is the place to go. The Song your missing could be "Rock it With an I" They played it in Reno, it was kind of a slower reggae sounding song. Had a good groove to it. Great show! The starting line?? haha..oh man aren't those guys like juniors in high school? what the fuck do juniors in high school have to sing about but girls, breakups, and girls that have broken up with them. ok review. terrible show. I'm not even sure the Starting Line qualifies as Pop punk, they're really poppy. I still like them though. hey new comer to chicago how had the first post, go to the venue called "The Fireside Bowl", it is my favorite venue, and every show there kicks ass! I saw them last night in hartford, and they were really good. to the person who talked about the whole toothpick-pogoing at pop punk shows-haha, you're right. it does look strange. i mean, i don't mind when you're in the circle pit and slamming and bodies are flying around in the air. but when its like a synchronized, all together-in unison pogo jumping exercise-then it looks retarded. i saw the starting line in new orleans with yellowcard and thought they were good, guess im the only one eh? I am supposed to be seeing RBF this Saturday in Philadelphia if everything works out right. The starting line (from my home town...aren't I privledged?)will be playing here, obviously enough. I don't enjoy them much, but it's not because they're supposedly pop punk or what ever..it's just because i simply am tired of hearing that same sound. The June Spirit, The Starting Line, New Found Glory...it's the same thing. Different people, you know? Yes, yes...I believe you do...So I won't dable there anymore. sorry about the five stars thing, i occassionally forget about that part of the form... anyway, i'd probably give this show 3.79 stars... Am I the only one who thinks that when crowds jump at pop punk shows, they look like a bunch of toothpicks jumping out of their boxes but not quite making it? Lets just disregard the fact that toothpicks don't move around, but seriously think about it. the starting line drives me fucking nuts. years ago (when they were called sunday drive) my old band played with them. i was talking to their guitarist online a few days before and asked him who they sounded like. he said that "it's hard to say who because they're so orginal, they don't really sound like any other bands." gimme a break. to top it off they acted like such rock stars at the show. from that day on i refuse to support that band. they have a song called "somebody loved me" if thats what the last person was referring to. and to the reviewer and anyone else talking out of their ass about new found glory and the starting line... if you don't like pop punk, why the fuck are you at a reel big fish show!?! what? is reel big fish underground now? if you're gonna hate a band like the starting line, hate them because you don't like their music or what they stand for. don't hate them because you heard they're pop punk and being a close-minded punk, you automatically hate anything associated with pop. This is going off on a tangent, but am i the only one that thinks that rancid, nofx, bad religion, bouncing souls, and all those other punk bands have pop influence? alright, i'll quit wasting your time its called somebody hates me...and that's cool they changed the set list a little from when I wrote the review of the LA date the starting line fucking sucks, and it's glad to see that others realize that one new found glory is enough. Good Review i must say. But what the hell is with you giving everything 5 stars. Was it perfect? Well not unless you thought the Starting Line was good but you didnt therefore not perfect get it got it good. so, i'm the one who won tickets to the show in rochester on the 14th, and as i'm on the way to the show MY FUCKING CAR BREAKS DOWN and i don't get done with AAA till the show was probably half over. i was so pissed. it would have been my 4th time seeing this band. as you can probably tell, i love this band and i love the show they put on. they really do know how to occupy a stage. i'm sorry for wasting those contest tickets Reel big fish puts on a good show. I would be surprised if this wasn't the first review ever done on a plane. Nice. good review, however as a new resident of chicago i must say that i fucking hate seeing shows at house of blues and i refuse to go back there ever again. the bouncers were assholes @ the catch 22 show and it deffinetly brings in more children than the metro / fireside .. good review though :) |
