Imagine my Disappointment
by Momster33 on 4/2/22Paradise Rock Club presented by Citizens - BostonI was so excited to see Moonchild. I have listened to them for over 2 years after learning of them from Tiny Desk back in 2019. I am a huge fan of their music and i was excited to introduce them to a few friends. Imagine my disappointment when the band chose to use their concert to promote a social justice platform that, while interesting and potentially valuable, had no place in a nice escape “night out” with my hubby. I was asked to sit through an interview with a local activist who used incorrect statistics to make his case about black youth incarceration and then spouted what needs to be done in his simplistic view to ameliorate the issue but which provided no real solutions just complaints in the end. And I realize that for the majority of young adults at the venue this was par for the course and a normal occurrence for them - social justice has been spewed at them for years. But it was stunning how ineffective this prostelizatizn is to actually achieve results. Then at the end of a concert where the lead singer, whose ethereal voice was incorrectly mixed for the entirety of the evening, decided to tell the crowd that we needed to “spend our privilege” and donate -monthly- to the organization she had hand picked for us (they guy who was interviewed). What was funny is that there was no place where deets for this organization were disseminated, nor specifics details of where to contribute so it just reinforces my belief that this is “lawn sign” activism at its best and that our upcoming generations lack not only an understanding of liberal society, they have no idea how to actually invoke change to systems that actually work. The concer was a huge disappointment. I am sad that a musical act that I absolutely loved has given me reason to hesitate recommending them in the future not to mention I will always reflect on this show and my view of the band will always have a pallor. I hope people see the utter nonsense for what it is. And go back to just playing music that unites people of any walk of life instead of pointing out someone’s Privilege and white supremacy. How awful