Thundermau5
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Huston, we have improvement. Yesterday evening’s performance by Deadmau5 at the UBC Thunderbird Arena was pretty enjoyable (see I don’t hate everyone). Mister Joel Zimmerman certainly kept the dance floor going solid base and good, although sometimes pretty pedantic, hooks and *gasp* melodies.
I do however have a few things to say. Zimmerman kicked off the night with a pretty cool (and nerdy) Legend of Zelda themed mix, which was pretty universally much appreciated. However, after that point, I found the show a little long to get going, there was a lot of “4-to-the-floor” default that really didn’t go anywhere. The “real” music started sometime about 1h 15min mark with the track “Ghosts ‘n Stuff” and from there the show took a much more melodic approach.
Thundermau5
Now here’s an interesting and rather comical point. Zimmerman discovered that people don’t know how to dance in 3/4 time. The dance floors was noticeably more calm for about 5 minutes during this point. People seemed to awkwardly shift back and forth, not really finding any natural rhythm. I’m sure most people were relieved when it was over and they were back to “safe” 4/4.
This was the first time I had ever been in thunderbird stadium for a concert. I have to say that its a pretty good place to hold something like this. The ice arena makes for a massive dance floor. However, my friend and I noticed that even though the concert was “sold-out” the whole place seemed rather empty due to the fact that no one was allowed in the stands. I’m not sure if this affected the whole acoustics of the place, which I thought was very good.
“Shut her down Rick.”
The place must have strict rules on holding a concert, the ending of the show was rather kurt and anti-climatictic. Zimmerman RickRoll’D himself and then basically just pulled the plug at 11pm sharp after he had only been playing for 2 hours. Keyboard kitty played him off the stage with his “leat” going away message: “kthxbye.” Within 15 min just about everyone was escorted to the door, although there was still time to play around with the Mau5 masks that were left over.
The Iconic Mau5-Mask
Overall, I’d give the show a C+ or maybe a B-. I enjoyed it but given another opportunity I may not be so likely to shell out 60 bucks for another concert.