Gorbie's Journal: And the debates roll on!

As is destined to happen now and again, my friend JHT and I have differing opinions on an important subject. This time it has to do with who is the world's best band

It is interesting to see how a live performance can change your outlook on such a thing. I had the pleasure of attending a Pearl Jam concert a few weeks back. I landed the tickets by making an agreement to help the band tranfer the files of the concert recording up to their record company. They do this for all of their shows and release CDs of them.

I have to put this show in my top 2 of all time. The other is a Prince concert that I attended back in highschool during the Purple Rain tour. That was a phenomenal thing for a 16 year old to see.

I get out quite a bit and have the chance to catch lots of live music. Regardless of the band's politics, which I do take exception to, they were absolutely the most amazing musicians I have ever seen. Different genre from the great Springsteen, but if you could have felt the show PJ put on, you would understand. The performance was nothing short of God-like. Acoustic and electric. Wow.

So I say, perhaps Mr. Springsteen has the top spot. Perhaps Pearl Jam does. And, perhaps perspective is fleeting, and the current best band in the world hasn't even been discovered.

Any way you slice it, though, I'm glad the concert was fun!