Don’t Take the Money
Bleachers
It’s very 80s, in a good way. And there’s some romance. From random googling, it seems that critics don’t much care for Bleachers, but I sure do.
Here they are on the Tonight Show. I was a little amused by several things during this performance. Namely: why two drummers? the odd silos of keyboards framing Jack Antonoff; the fact that Mr. Antonoff maybe doesn’t need to wear that guitar during the performance of this song, given how little he plays it. Still, I did like how he seemed to be connecting with the Tonight Show crowd, and it was interesting to see how something that sounds very studio-produced translated to a live performance.
I agree, very 80s! I like it. I hadn’t heard this song of theirs before, but I think it’ll go on the list for the inevitable Christmas iTunes gift card I’ll receive.
Critics don’t like them? Few things in the world are more annoying than music snobs.