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im not an opening act lover...if i buy black keys tickets i want to see the black keys...and i am sure the other bands are very talented...but for me...a show is something special. its a moment...whether you are in the front row...in back row...or behind that asshole screaming "melt my face"... going to a show is about connecting with a band you love...in person...its magical and somehow intimate-even in a large crowd. for me...its hard to shift from the thoughts of...oh this band is okay-but i wish they would hurry up-what time is it-im hungry...to excitement.

i also feel like it clouds your senses. i dont want to hear another band because i want my brain to be free of noise. once - at a dr. dog show once they played the same song over and over...and i have heard mmj has done this too...or maybe it was dr. dog opening for mmj (which-i will admit-would be a show i would not be upset about having an opening act) but when they do that...it is so annoying...but i get it. you can feel it...its nutty...and silly...but i totally get it. somehow it cleanses you of anything else you have heard all day...and its just over and over and over...and then there they are...singing me songs...and melting my face.