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The Fillmore November 13, 2004 Review by Jake Thomas I’ve seen GBV a bunch of times, and this is going to be my final show by them. The band is retiring…Robert Pollard, the only true member, is shelving one of the most famous names in independent rock. I’m sure he’ll probably tour under his own name, and he’ll probably even play some GBV songs since he wrote nearly all 20 million of them, but will it be the same? I doubt it. I guess it is fitting that this was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen by them. They played for nearly three hours, but there were only a couple of times when I really noticed I had been standing in that same spot doing my poor version of what most kids call dancing to some of the greatest pop music ever written for that extended period of time. Time flies when you’re having fun and all that. But most notably was the encore – the encore alone was probably the best thing I’ve seen all year, it was a veritable cornucopia of all of GBV’s fan favorites – Game of Pricks, A Salty Salute, Motor Away, Tractor Rape Chain, Glad Girls, I am a Scientist…the crowd, myself included, were going nuts the entire time. 10+ straight songs that are all contenders for the best pop song ever written, it was magnificent in all of its splendor. If there is a god, it might very well be Robert Pollard. ©2004 playinginfog.com |