Showdowners should be fun. Hateful, pretentious, eccentric…yes, all good words when it comes to the face of your favorite rock band. So when singer Matty Healy presents 1975’s “the greatest band on the planet,” nibbles on a slab of raw meat or masturbates more than once in one concert, at least it gives you something to talk about.
Of course, it doesn’t hurt that over the past decade, 1975 has been one of rock’s most consistent acts, and their live show has evolved into an impressive culmination of five solid records and a host of hit songs. Showcasing their two dozen greatest hits and new albums, Madison Square Garden’s sold-out 1975 show Monday was a captivating show for a band that embraces nearly every pop music but demands that it be taken seriously.
In their first two standout acts, the band opened with seven consecutive songs from their new album “Being Funny in a Foreign Language,” played roughly in the recorded order. Dedicating the show’s first 30 minutes to music that was released less than a month ago is a decidedly bold choice, but most of the audience faithfully sang songs like “Oh Caroline” and “I’m in Love With You” as if they were worn in a favorite.
The retro flair of “Looking for Someone (For Love)” and the disco bliss of “Happiness” kicked off the concert with a punch, but the slow-motion moments on the new album are the best live. “When We’re Together,” an acoustic song called “Seaworld of Trees” in Central Park, was quite loose, and the slow-burning “About You” sounded a huge impact, spotlighting backup singer Polly Mane and saxophonist John Woo.
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It’s worth noting that on this tour, Hailey’s voice sounds stronger than ever. Steady and often stoic, bassist Ross MacDonald, drummer George Daniel and guitarist Adam Hahn, meanwhile, serve as breakers for the unpredictable attacker, who wanders around the stage, puffs on cigarettes and takes out a flask.
Speaking of theater, 1975 transformed the garden theater into a massive dismantled home, fully furnished with sofas, lamps, bookcases, antique TVs – plenty of them. Hailey performed one song from the top of the spiral staircase and another above the roof. The singer roams around the set, lounging on the sofa and sticking his head out of his fake windows, giving the show not only a vague narrative but also a more intimate, intimate feel. However, the problem with blocking the sides of the stage with closed walls and windows is that for a large portion of the audience, the show performed much better on MSG jumbotrons than on stage.
Halfway through the show, the band walked off the stage as Hailey sat on the couch, donning an oxygen mask and rubbing her crotch. Then the singer fell to his knees in front of one of the televisions, which broadcast footage of Ben Shapiro, Mark Zuckerberg, Kamala Harris, Bored Ape NFTs, Liz Truss, Vladimir Putin and Logan Paul. It got even weirder, as Hailey started chewing raw meat stalks and doing push-ups until he finally got to the TV and disappeared.
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Whether the interlude was sheer nonsense or an avant-garde display of toxic masculinity, it seems irrelevant even to Hailey himself, who has gone on to apologize for the “black pill performance art” and admit that the show could be a “tough sell” to those who aren’t already big fans. for the year 1975.
However, the band returned to the stage moments later in black suits and shot in the explosive “If You Too Shy (Let Me Know)”, ushering in a second show packed with the greatest hits of 1975. There was a catchphrase of “Not Living (If Not With You)” and “sex” and “try yourself”, but remarkably, there was no “chocolate”. During “The Voice,” Healy enthusiastically ordered the park to “fuck jump,” and a large percentage of the arena’s 20,000 audience members happily obliged.
The show was so tightly designed that Hailey’s usual banter between songs was limited, apologizing for “touching my dick” to fans who came with their parents, and declaring, “If I were Kanye, I wouldn’t say any of those things.”
The disgraced rapper was called out elsewhere on the show as well. His name was dropped in the song “Love It If We Made It” which refers to Donald Trump’s tweet. His signature boisterous style was emulated in a particularly charged version of “I Love America and America Loves Me,” which Hailey delivered like a sermon, at least 30 feet above the audience. And the dangerous impact of the rapper’s recent comments was played out on television, which showed footage of neo-Nazis hanging anti-Semitic banners on Los Angeles Highway 405 last month.
But despite the vague political messages and elaborate cast, the most exciting part of the show was the songs. Healy and Co. They’re no strangers to the stunts, plays, and moments designed to go viral, but if there’s one thing 1975 won’t let you forget, it’s that it’s one hell of a live band.
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