“DRAKE. BELL.” Screamed no one ever while standing in the front row of a sold-out concert, girls crying with anticipation and men wearing his face on their t-shirt.
Long story short, it’s mildly disappointing
A year ago, while in Raleigh for the day, my sister and I walked past an underground bar in downtown advertising that Drake Bell was playing that night. It was raining and a $20 concert, so we went in. There was maybe a crowd of 30, and even then, Drake Bell wasn’t able to keep the crowd fully engaged. But in my personal opinion, when you’re a 30 something year old male who’s wearing your initials on a blinged out gold chain, singing the acoustic version of all your pop songs, it’s hard to keep anyone entertained. Flabbergasted maybe, but not enthralled.
I know Drake Bell has once again become relevant since pairing with Josh Peck to do a reboot of Drake and Josh; but unpopular opinion, it was a crap show
And who is RIP Micheals? With a whopping eight monthly subscribers on Spotify and his top songs all having less than 1000 downloads (two being his single from 2015 Clatchet) how did he even end up in the roster of choices? His websites
I know we aren’t a huge school and don’t have the budget for a huge concert. But I’d personally rather have one great concert a year then a couple of mediocre ones with some has-beens – if you can call them that. There was a survey that went out during the fall semester asking what students wanted to hear, and country and rap were the top two. Then that survey was pulled and a new one was made available. It was neck and neck between R&B and country. There was no longer rap on the list. So, how do these choices come down to who is now in our line-up? Since the last concert was rap, why is rap even included in this year’s
And the trend has not just been from the last concert. Looking back through the previous few years we have seen G-Eazy in 2015, Atmosphere in 2016 and Dizzy Wright opening for Lil Yachty in 2018. Yes, Country Jam is generally two months from the Spring Concert, so if that is part of the decision to not have a country concert, it does make some sense. But on the other hand, give the people what they want! Many of the artists that have been chosen for the spring line up are going to be known by only a slim portion of the population (i.e. College students) and won’t attract a large crowd from outside of the college.
This is paid for by money we pay into our student fees, yet it seems that our votes really didn’t matter. RIP Michael is a rap artist, Drake Bell is a pop singer and Juicy J is hip-hop, none of the genres that the students would have chosen even made the list. We, as students, are not being thoroughly heard. Maybe in the future, students will make sure their voices are heard when it comes to the selection of who is going to be playing.
Then, we have the problems that occurred during last year’s spring concert. You had numerous police officers working as security, yet there were many underage people pulling liquor bottles from their pockets and drinking – o
Between a line-up that leaves more to be desired, and brawls in the crowds it would be a shame to have attendance drop even further despite the big FREE sign attached to it. Listen to the voice of the students, and let’s make a change in the decisions to bring a more profitable, and more enjoyable concerts to Mesa.
