Ah, interesting point. I am a dim twunt (got me there!).

But, seriously, I didn’t think he was being spiteful and apparently Bradford didn’t think he was being spiteful either. From the p4k article today: “I’m a good time kind of guy. I’m like Sly from the Family Stone. I’m all about smiling and good times and white teeth. It was a very natural show and the people that didn’t like it can suck my dick.” Obviously some sarcasm there, but the point stands. Your analysis of Bradford, like the one you made of me earlier, is off the mark (your pretty good at those, eh?).

And, no, I was not the one who requested “My Sharona” (that dude is probably in hiding somewhere in the Northwoods w/o the internet). If I openly admitted on this board a mere three comments ago that I may be open to somebody peeing in my ear, how could you expect that I would be the SAME person afraid to strip to my underwear at a concert?

In conclusion, I enjoyed my Friday night and certainly will value that experience the rest of my life. No reason to be negative about it. Besides, my friends are totally jealous that I saw it. And that, really, is what concerts are all about.

The show was in Minneapolis last Friday. Glad Bradford made a statement. As someone who had been there I thought the whole portrayal of the event on the internet was unduly negative. I would not qualify this anywhere close to a meltdown! It was a great time. Bradford said it best:

“People had a fantastic, great time at this concert. At the end of the night, the majority of the audience was on stage dancing and having a great time. I’m a good time kind of guy. I’m like Sly from the Family Stone. I’m all about smiling and good times and white teeth. It was a very natural show and the people that didn’t like it can suck my dick. They got the full fucking set of emotional fucking sincere whiny white people music. And then they got fucking ‘My Sharona’ as interpreted by Faust. It was like a death trance…”

Almost the exact quote I made to my girlfriend after the show (she may dispute this).

@Iwalrus
I can see what you mean. To each his own I suppose. I personally didn’t see that many people leaving (I was seated on on the side opposite the main exits). But I do think it did have artistic quality and originality. I know it was hyperbole, but I don’t think an insane homeless man could have done it, or most musicians for that matter. In the end I felt Bradford actually did a pretty good job of getting crazy, but also controlling the crowd. Nothing got broken, no one got hurt. And I left the concert feeling pretty satisfied, and certainly feeling it was the most unique concert I’ve seen.

When looking at the Chicago set list (assuming it would have been the same) we only missed 3 songs in Minneapolis: Angel is Broken and Terra Incognita/Attic Lights as the encore. I think the Sharona spectacle was worth it. I really don’t think it was done out of spite, but was something artistic that Bradford decided to do that night. The whole thing really was a bonus and I viewed it as a performance art piece added on to the end of the concert. The whole thing actually seemed pretty positive and most people seemed to be smiling at the end. Think the news stories make it sound more negative than it really was.

“I Like it, cause I’m a sad person.”