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Shayna Robledo
October 9, 2012
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The Dirty Heads
A few weekends ago, on September 28, 2012, I attended The Dirty Heads (TDH) concert. The concert took place at Senator Theater. The doors opened at 7:30 PM and the concert started at 8:30 PM. The Dirty Heads has a full band. This means that they had a percussionist (Jon Olazabal), a drummer (Matt Ochoa), a bassist (David Foral), a vocalist/guitarist (Dustin “Duddy B”) and a singer/song writer (Jared “Dirty J” Watson). The style of music that they play is reggae with a mix of hip hop, ska punk, and So Cal style. They were the main event but Pyrex and Ease Up also performed during the concert.
During the concert, TDH performed a number of amazing songs. My favorite four that they played are as follows; 1. Cabin by The Sea: This was my most favorite song that they played. It is a very mellow and relaxed song. The song is all about having the time of your life by the sea. It’s about relaxing and being yourself around your friends. It’s about expressing yourself and completely being at peace. It paints a picture of a fun night at the beach with your friends and completely being happy. I love that it kept repeating, “Our friends are all around and the storm was an ocean, they say we look better in a black and white photo”. To me, this truly expresses that you don’t have to worry about your troubles at the moment, just take a step back to admire life and have fun and remember it. This song is all about enjoying yourself and relaxing. The tempo of this song is very slow and upbeat, the texture was polyphony and the melody was soothing. I was really impressed because the band sounded even better in person than they did in recording, which is really hard to come by now a days. 2. Spread Too Thin: To me, this song is all about so caught up in your life that you don’t even know what to do. Everyone wants a piece of you and you feel smothered. It describes the feeling where you think you are in over your head and have too many things to do and you really need some time to yourself. It’s about taking a moment to extract yourself from the bustle of life and finding some space for your “me time”. I think it is a great song to listen to when you are overwhelmed and need help relaxing. This song also is very slow and upbeat. Although it talks about being stressed out, the melody is soothing and personally, helps me unwind. I would classify this as a relaxing song because the slow tempo and conjunct melody help to soothe and relax me whenever I feel spread too thin. 3. Lay Me Down: This song can have several different meanings to different people. Personally, I see it as a love song. It’s about two people falling in love and just wanting to be together. The protagonist, the sheriff, is trying to keep them apart but all they want to do is be together. One of my favorite parts of the song is when it says “They’d rather die together then be stuck up in a cell.” Eventually, the couple get tired of running and decided to just lie down together. This to me emphasizes the point that they don’t care what they go through, as long as they go through it together. “I feel like we can stay here, I feel our time has come”, to me, this means they are tired of running and are stopping to just enjoying being with each other. This song has a quicker tempo than most TDH songs but it still has the soothing melody and calming lyrics that I have learned to expect from this band. The only thing I don’t like about this song is that I feel it leaves the listener with questions, did the couple get away? Did the sheriff and his posse get them? However, on the flip side, I do enjoy the fact that the audience is left guessing because it lets them create their own ending to the song, whether it is happy or sad, it is up to the listener to decide. 4. Dance All Night: Just like all TDH songs, this song is open to interpretation. To me, this is all about finding your place in the world and coming to terms with it. It is also about choosing to see the light rather than the darkness in life. I love that even though it might speak of things that are scary or hard to think about, you can push through it. A line that really captures that for me is, “Act like there’s one last day… make it one more round…” To me, this means it may be your last day but that doesn’t mean you have to give up, just keep going and dance all night. This song is similar to all the others because it has a slower tempo and has a conjunct melody. The lyrics may seem plain at first but if you really take a step back and listen to them, they have a deeper meaning.
After returning home from the concert, I thought back to how my concert experience went. In a word, it was amazing. I was so impressed with TDH, as I mentioned before, they were even better live than in recording. I am a big fan of them to begin with so seeing them in concert was just that much more awesome. The band really knew how to listen to the crowd and perform well without sacrificing their style or sound. They played all my favorite songs and even did an encore of Dance All Night, which I was stoked about! The Dirty Heads presentation was flawlessly amazing and I cannot wait to see them in concert again!
This was my first The Dirty Heads concert and I am glad to say that I was not disappointed, in fact, I was left wanting more! As I stated before, they were even more amazing live then I had imagined. I was extremely happy about that because I was worried that they had become to main stream and would rely too much on vocal boxes (like so many artists nowadays) but they did not let me down. I left the concert extremely happy and with many great memories.
My favorite musical thing about the concert was that it was the same music that I know and love, just thrown in my face. As hectic as that sounds, it was not in the slightest bit overwhelming. They played just loud enough to that their lyrics where the only thought in my head but not too loud so that I was disoriented. Even though it was loud, the music was as soothing and thought provoking as I had hoped it would be.
The only thing that I would have changed was the venue because the Senator gets really hot really easily. It was also a little smelly in there because of all the people getting into the music and dancing around. Next time I see them or any concert, I hope that it is held outdoors to help battle the heat and smell. Thankfully, the audience was not unruly and I did not have to worry about my own safety of the safety as my friends. The environment was much like the music, relaxing and happy.
The Dirty Heads is a band of very talented musicians. They create a sound that is familiar yet different than all others before it. The songs, vocals, and overall performance of The Dirty Heads is something I cannot get over and again, I cannot wait to see them in concert again.

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