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hadag nachash
My bff/husband & I headed out to BAR last night and checked out Hadag Nachash's free, all-ages show (thanks, Yale Hillel!).
How all-ages, you may ask? Well, on the way in, a well-dressed middle-aged woman, on her way out, remarked, in a dramatic voice, that the place was a madhouse. To which I replied, fist in the air, "Alright!!!" Judging by her shocked expression, I'm guessing that wasn't an appropriate response.
Inside, we headed into a crush of people, about 40% of whom I recognized (all my shul's teenyboppers had sweet-talked their way onto the sound guy's balcony and were rocking out in their best clubber wanna-be, please don't tell my mom & dad frocks). We squeezed our way into the crowd and landed behind a woman who looked like someone's Bubbe- and definitely smelled like a bubbe when she took off her jacket and the aroma of mothballs coming off her sweater filled the air like a poisonous cloud. That's a Jewish all-ages show, folks!
After the show (loved it...) we hung around for a beer and then realized we hadn't picked up a cd for our kids (who'd had other plans). So we meandered back through the sea of blondes in tight jeans and wispy blouses and guys who all looked the same after a pint, in their baseball caps and t-shirts- the normal Saturday night crowd, that is..., to the cd & t-shirt table where Ya-ya (bass) and Sha'anan Street (lead vocals) were hanging out in twin comas while the cd chick put away the leftover stuff. They were happy to talk a while, my husband and Ya-ya trading bass talk and seeing who they both knew, and Sha'anan and I talking about BAR, New Haven, music and life. I asked them to choose a cd for us and we went home happy.
About the video- sorry for the poor quality, it's the best version I could find with translation (the song is made up of bumper sticker slogans). And speaking of translation, Hadag Nachash means "the fish snake", but it's a play on words- "Nachad Chadash" means "new driver"- it's what's on a sticker that Israeli new drivers need to display on their cars. You're welcome.
I too was at the show at BAR last night. I thought it was by far one of
the best east coast shows that the band put on in a long time. The energy
of the show matched that of Riverside Park and/or NYU a few years back.
All in all, an excellent night, although the hosts could have been a bit
more friendly while folks were milling about during the sound check. No
need to touch someone to ask them to move - try using your words.
Nonetheless, the night was great and kudos to yale and NH for bringing an
event like this to CT.
Thanks, LaZuz. This was my first show, I've got nothing to compare. Sorry
about your crew experience. They probably deal with drunk belligerent
people all the time on whom words would be wasted. Not an excuse, just
insight (I've been there- my husband used to run sound at live shows years
ago). Glad you had a good time.