The Happiness Project and Feist both put on excellent shows. However, there was one slight to serious hindrance that kept me from really enjoying the show, which I will explicate in the following paragraph.
I don't think Feist, great performer that she is, understands mass psychology. After her first song, she enjoined the audience to check out the idea of standing up, for just a second. Perhaps her punk rock past made her think this was the right and cool thing to do at the moment. And for a few minutes it was neat. Unfortunately, The Majestic has sloped floors, given that it actually has seating, which makes it difficult to stand up for longer than a few minutes, unless you are half of the truly annoying and inconsiderate crowd (yuppies and hipsters!) who attended this show. For these privileged few, it doesn't matter who you are blocking! Feist wants you to stand up. It doesn't matter if after the second song, she rescinded her original offer, noting that people sitting down may not be able to see. Regardless, much of the crowd continued to stand up through most of the show. Even towards the end of the show after almost everyone had sat back down (FINALLY!) there were two people on different levels still standing up. I wondered what it must be like to sit behind those people, knowing that everyone else finally had a decent view of the show, but the schmoe in front of you does not care at all.
Now, I don't want to seem an old fogey, here. I may have reached the wizened perspective of an ancient man of 24, but I am still a regular patron of house shows and the like. However, I took my even ancienter father to this show, so it was quite awkward standing up while he was sitting down. Old people don't like to watch a show standing up. Also, the seats were just too expensive for me to rationalize standing up the whole time...I mean it just seems silly to stand up at a show at the Majestic. Did I mention the sloped floors? Explication thus concluded, I shall now venture to my conclusion.
Ultimately, I cannot blame the crowd. It's a crowd! They operate off crowd psychology, which rates slightly below that of sheep. Not to mention the inordinance of yuppies and hipsters. I conclude that the show could have been way better had Feist not suggested that the crowd stand up. Everything else was absolutely great though.