cover songs

i'm still cracking up over ben folds and rufus covering wham's careless whisper. and then ben covering some dr. dre/snoop song after that. why is it that sac never gets cool bands? i once saw matthew sweet at the colonial, probably one of the best concerts i've ever been to. i think the colonial is now closed, since it was pretty much falling apart when we were there. that was the first concert mike and i ever went to, in fact, and over 10 years ago. and we even talked to matthew sweet as we were leaving. we always seem to score talking to artists after concerts because we leave fast and run into them on their way out. talked to boots from getaway people in old sac that way, as well as ed from bnl at the warfield. and ben lee at the blue lamp this year, too. we're such concert whores! and we're talking about going to see death cab again at the warfield the week after u2. i'm actually a little bummed we're going to u2 because liz phair is playing in sf the same night, and frankly i'd rather see her. i like the smaller shows/venues as opposed to huge crowds, but mike is so excited for u2...but back to my point. i guess so many artists must think sac is a waste of time when they can play sf and be guaranteed a sell out. which makes sense, since no one i know (except mike) has even heard of the music we listen to. or people play in sac once and then never come back because the audiences are so obviously there to drink and have no idea who the artist is performing. i guess i'm not just a concert whore, but i'm also a concert snob.