This week, boyfriend and I went to a Camera Obscura concert. They’re definitely my favorite Scottish indie-pop band {worked hard to narrow that one down from my list of all the hundreds of Scottish indie pop bands I listen to}. There’s something special about a concert given by a band they don’t play on the radio playing a small venue in your town. When you’re at a concert like that, you can really feel like you’re among “your people” more than being at, say, a Sting concert.
Now, Sting puts on a good show. I’ve seen it with my own eyes and I know it to be true. But a sold out amphitheater that holds as many people as live in my home town lacks the intimacy of a standing-room-only club downtown. And saying you like Sting is like saying you like pizza or puppies. Like hello. Of course you do. You and me and everyone we know. You scream, we scream…
Saying you like Camera Obscura is like saying you like…well…something that not many people have heard of. You’ve really got something in common with people you stand with at one of their concerts.
Anyhoo, I put a playlist of their songs below. Listen up; you might fall in love.
You’re welcome.
1 comment:
Is that "you and me and everyone we know" a reference to the indie film "me and you and everyone we know." Just curious, I know it's a stretch.
Mark
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