They came in from the Cold

The Trans-Siberian Orchestra played the Bell Center last night. Metal meets Classical wrapped in Christmas. Pretentious, somewhat pompous and a tad bombastic and with it, a hefty dose of hair metal's flair for dramatics. E.g: A BIG light show (though a little too "automated" for my taste - yes, in another life, I was a lighting tech) lots of lasers, smoke, pyros, artificial snow... more Icandy than an Apple fanboy could stand. (that pun comes free of charge). Big guitars (a double-neck came out at one point!), an elevated platform and everything complete with blond, hair-aflying, gyrating, bimbo-esque backup singers.


All in the name of good fun and great music.

This was my first show from TSO and apart from a rather slow going first half, I started warming up to them in the second half and it made for a good evening. Great musicians, great vocals, a very charismatic guitarist/M.C - yeah, he wore a Sainte-Flanelle jersey at the intermission - (the band members had a terrific interaction with the crowd).

I could analyze, re-hash and dissect the whole event...but I won't. It was a great show and I had a great time. A little under 3 hours, it went by too quickly. The afore mentioned guitarist said that we, Montrealers, apparently, are the best crowd...ever (booya!)
Should they come back next year, yeah...I'll go again and prove his point!

Cheers! Go out there and have fun!