Normally I go to certain music shows and get really bummed out on the fact that people are just listening to the music and standing the fuck around afraid to move their bodies, clap their hands, or even breathe too loud. That shit fucking sucks. When I go see someone perform some music I want fucking chaos and craze. Luckily there are people like Dan Deacon in this world who can instantly transform a room of strangers into best friends and get them to work in unison and create an amazing dance party.
I’d never crowd surfed before and it was always on my list of things to do. Mission accomplished. Just note to self, tighten your shoe lace belt tighter, crowd surfing is rad, except for when you kick people in the head, and if you hold on long enough people will throw you in the air, or maybe it’s just cause I’m one skinny bastard.
So what the fuck. I like Dan Deacon, he isn’t afraid to tell you he’s fucked some shit up and is an idiot for forgetting some electrical hookup, and he had everyone doing dance battles, mimicking the actions of one person, and creating a human tunnel that went from the inside of the Cats Cradle around the outside parking lot and back in, and you got to run through it and then be apart of the tunnel, then it collapsed upon itself and you ran back through it inside.
The mans a genious for his free for allness and if he ever comes near your hometown, drop everything and go see him perform because you will have a fucking blast.
I’ve never seen 99% of the 100+ people at a show dancing and going crazy, it was like a soft core mosh pit, well pretty hard core at times but people weren’t in the violent “I’m gonna smash the fuck out of you” spirit, it was more like a bump and grind and jump up and down and spin around happy spirit.
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