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="seawolf17":30w2d8a0]Nah, Kase, I'm a metalhead. (I think Elster is too.) I dig it.[/quote:30w2d8a0]
Slayer and Manson this summer. August 5th at PNC.
I am thinking about making it a three-be weekend. Have tickets for The Police at MSG Friday August 3. Squeeze is playing the Borgata Saturday, then Slayer on Sunday. If you're gonna go, go big, right?
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Methead
May 10 2007 12:38 PM
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I'm going to see Ween on June 8 at Webster Theater in Hartford, and Medeski Martin & Wood at the Ridgefield Playhouse in August.
It will be my first time seeing both, although I've been a fan of both forever... I can't wait!
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sharpie
May 10 2007 12:51 PM
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Seeing Manu Chao in late June. Can't wait.
Lenny is going to the Rock the Bells show (Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, etc.). A few days earier he sees White Stripes at MSG.
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Farmer Ted
May 10 2007 02:22 PM
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I'm retired from concerts until Hum Machine schedules a world tour.
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OlerudOwned
May 10 2007 03:23 PM
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New Pornographers playing a free July 4th show in Battery Park. Celebrate America's independence with Canadian indie rock.
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TransMonk
May 10 2007 03:41 PM
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="Farmer Ted":2if9zx3g]I'm retired from concerts until Hum Machine schedules a world tour.[/quote:2if9zx3g]
Wow...the throwback HM reference. You might be waiting a while. No official breakup has been announced, mostly because we all play together still through side projects...so you never know. I've been concentrating on doing some session work and trying to increase my production/engineering skills. Our new band will have an album out this summer...think Guided By Voices meets Crazy Horse.
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Farmer Ted
May 10 2007 05:22 PM
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Name of new band?
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Batty31
May 10 2007 07:40 PM
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="Kid Carsey"]As expected, Ronnie James, Tony, and Geezer put on a heavy metal
clinic last night and as predicted it will be available on dvd probably after
the tour or as it winds down.
Crisp, tight, professional, and just plain sick.
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbe ... emID=69644
Silly blackberry photo ....
BTW, I'm aware that none of you care (:-)) |
UGH! I would have loved to have gone to this show but sadly, I have nobody to go with.
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TransMonk
May 11 2007 08:27 AM
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="Farmer Ted":2dv2v3eo]Name of new band?[/quote:2dv2v3eo]
[url=http://www.sonicbids.com/shazyhade:2dv2v3eo]Shazy Hade[/url:2dv2v3eo]
We finish mixing the album this weekend, so it should be out in early July. I'll post in the Member Promo Forum when it's done.
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Edgy DC
May 11 2007 08:34 AM
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Batty31, take a road trip and see H&H in Baltimore at the Meriweather Pavilion on the 18th. I'd go but I got biznezz.
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Kid Carsey
May 11 2007 08:40 AM
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Even closer is PNC on the 19th. A Saturday out tailgaiting there and then
a concert sounds tempting but I got too much on my plate right now.
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Batty31
May 11 2007 11:41 AM
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Both are great suggestions...but again, I have no one to go with. 'sigh' I've gone to see bands at clubs by myself before, but I've never gone to a concert alone.
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seawolf17
May 11 2007 05:47 PM
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Got last-minute free tickets to see Alice Cooper at Darien Lake (outside of Buffalo) many years back, but couldn't find anyone to go with, so I went alone. Ran into a dude from work -- the other rock guy in the office -- so it worked out.
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Batty31
May 11 2007 06:34 PM
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You got to see Alice???!!! OH! I'm seething with envy! How was Alice live? I'm sure that had to have been an amazing show.
Hmmm...maybe I will consider PNC.
Editing: Nobody told me that Megadeth and Machine Head would be appearing with H and H at PNC! I'm a big Megadeth fan, so now I really want to go (though I'm not sure if I like Dave's new "Megadeth" lineup).
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seawolf17
May 11 2007 06:37 PM
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Fourth row Alice! Helluva good time. My only issue was that the show was short -- maybe 75 minutes, IIRC. It was on the tour promoting his live album from the late 90s, the name of which escapes me.
I love Alice; I have a piece of his car in my dresser drawer. Loved loved loved "Eyes", which was a great album; hated "Dirty Diamonds," though. Word is that he'll have another one before the end of the year; we'll see.
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Batty31
May 11 2007 06:58 PM
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Fourth row! That's amazing! Was it the Fistful of Alice tour?
How did you get a piece of his car?
Billion Dollar Babies will always be my favorite. Of his recent stuff, I like Brutal Planet the best.
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seawolf17
May 11 2007 07:09 PM
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Fistful of Alice. Bingo.
I knew a guy who was Alice's neighbor in Arizona, and he bought Alice's old car; we got to talking about it, and he mentioned that he still had the plastic piece that goes on the trunk that says what model the car is (I don't know what you call it), because it had fallen off. So he sent it to me, along with copies of the paperwork. Now, I have no actual proof that it's actually piece of his actual car, because I didn't see the car itself, but I do have a photocopy of the title, with Alice's signature; so it's legit. Kind of a weird story.
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Kid Carsey
May 11 2007 07:28 PM
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Kind of?
Great stuff though. I'm a moderate Alice fan, never saw him.
I'm surprised he's still alive, let alone cutting a supposed album.
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Batty31
May 11 2007 11:28 PM
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That is a cool story! And I'm sure it is an authentic piece of his car.
KC, Alice has been sober since the 80's, so that's why he's still around.
But then again, how does one explain how Keith Richards is still alive?
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Kid Carsey
May 12 2007 05:49 AM
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Yeah, I know Alice kicked the 16 oz Bud can thing ... I was goofin'. The last
interview I saw with Keith left me not so sure that he is indeed alive. Concert
appearances could be holograms or something.
Would people still packing stadiums for $150 a pop really know the difference?
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Frayed Knot
May 12 2007 06:05 AM
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Alice is hanging with all the middle-aged golfers down in Arizona.
Shows up at the celeb tourneys all the time.
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A Boy Named Seo
May 14 2007 05:21 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 14 2007 08:29 PM
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Dinosaur Jr. last night at the Troubadour. Sonofabitch that was a loud show. It's a pretty small room and Mascis had 3 full Marshall stacks. Stage looked like a Kiss show with all the amps and my ears are still ringing today.
Blistering hour and a half set. Played most of the new album (which is great) and mixed in some oldies. Mascis today looks like the offspring of a men's bathroom romance between Garth from Wayne's World and Brian Posehn from Sarah Silverman's show.
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OlerudOwned
May 14 2007 06:32 PM
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Color me jealous.
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Vic Sage
May 15 2007 02:23 PM
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Meatloaf is playing at MSG in July!!!
Whose with me???!!!
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OlerudOwned
May 22 2007 05:34 PM
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More free-show-in-park goodness:
Television and the Apples in Stereo will play SummerStage on June 16th.
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sharpie
May 22 2007 08:56 PM
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Not sure what to think of a Television concert. I mean, they made one terrific album nearly 30 years ago and then much later one not very good album (and I think much much later another album that I've never heard of anyone actually hearing). Odd that they could headline a Summerstage show with so little to go on.
Neko Case also playing Summerstage.
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OlerudOwned
May 22 2007 09:10 PM
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="sharpie":154it5ym]Not sure what to think of a Television concert. I mean, they made one terrific album nearly 30 years ago and then much later one not very good album (and I think much much later another album that I've never heard of anyone actually hearing). Odd that they could headline a Summerstage show with so little to go on.
Neko Case also playing Summerstage.[/quote:154it5ym]
I'm guessing a wave of post-CBGB nostalgia (and, even moreso, faux-nostalgia) would be enough.
Though I'd be quite alright even if it winds up being nothing more than Marquee Moon live, I guess I'm easy to please. Not to mention that the Apples themselves would probably be enough to get me to check it out.
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TransMonk
May 23 2007 09:36 AM
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Although it's been said before, this may be the last opportunity to see them live as Richard Lloyd has issued the following statement from his [url=http://www.richardlloyd.com/news.htm]website[/url]:
| ]After the possible Summer stage show in New York City on June 16, which is to be announced by the city of New York on May 15, Richard Lloyd will, after 34 years, be amicably severing all ties with the band Television, in order that he may concentrate his magnetic force and supernatural energies upon his own career in support of his forthcoming record, due out in the fall. This new record directly competes with Marquee Moon, Axis: Bold as Love, The Doors, Patti Smith's Horses, Bob Marley's Natty Dread, Neil Young's Harvest, or any other record you can name, as one of the greatest records ever made in the history of rock 'n roll. That being so, Richard needs to concentrate all of his energies to support it and its subsidiary philosophies.
To the fans of Television, from the very first show at the townhouse Theatre on March 4, 1974 till the hopeful last show here in New York at the Summer stage -- which by the way, is a free show, thank you for your support over these many years. I hope to see you follow both my own and the other members of the band in their own solo efforts for many more years to come.
Thank you,
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Richard Lloyd |
With Marquee Moon being not only one of the best albums of the last 30 years but also one of the most influential, I would hope that it would be enough for people to go out and see Television. I believe that as influential as Television was to the '80s punk/new wave bands, their influence is just as relevant with a lot of the new music of this decade. The Strokes, The Killers and Interpol all borrow liberally from the angular riffs of Marquee Moon. I wished I lived in NYC because I would be there for sure.
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Willets Point
May 23 2007 09:42 AM
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="sharpie":3k580x0z]
Neko Case also playing Summerstage.[/quote:3k580x0z]
Mmm...Neko Case.
[heads over to "Pretty" thread]
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sharpie
May 23 2007 01:33 PM
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I agree about Marquee Moon and I didn't know about the Richard Lloyd angle (though if no one pays attention to his new classic album his mind might change). I'll prolly go to the show, I just thought it was curious that they'd be headlining there.
Willits, where is that "Pretty" thread?
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Willets Point
May 23 2007 01:34 PM
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="sharpie":38hoh6m3]
Willits, where is that "Pretty" thread?[/quote:38hoh6m3]
Bitch to the Admins.
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OlerudOwned
May 23 2007 06:48 PM
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Between the New Pornos playing Battery Park for free and the Summerstage show, I could be seeing a lot of Neko Case this summer.
Which is never a bad thing.
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Gwreck
Jun 02 2007 11:54 PM
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Bright Eyes at Town Hall this past Thursday. Night 6 of a 7 night stand.
I once saw A Prarie Home Companion at Town Hall years and years ago but hadn't been since and couldn't remember anything about the venue. I bought whatever came up when it went on sale -- Orch Row P -- and figued it'd be ok, not great. I forgot how small the place was!
Each night a different special guest (incl. Lou Reed one night). Guest was Steve Earle, they did one BE song, one Earle song, and a Townes Van Zandt song (a mutual influence). Big band (incl. strings and winds onstage), along with 2 drummers/percussionists.
One of the worst crowds (constant yelling due to the quiet between songs/small venue/idiots from the suburbs) I've seen in a while but fascinating show. Last saw Bright Eyes when Conor Oberst was doing the angry/political sad bastard music. Angry/political is still there but it's more upbeat and innovative. Highly reccommend the new album ("Cassadega") too.
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A Boy Named Seo
Jun 03 2007 09:16 AM
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Sounds fun. I caught him in LA after the "Lifted..." tour and he had a huge orchestra behind him and was just great. Saw him a couple years later at Coachella and he did basically the entire "Digital Ash" album from start to finish and it sucked and he sucked. I really dig "Cassadega".
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Edgy DC
Jun 03 2007 09:26 AM
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Sounds great.
The day Steve Earle became an NPR darlin' was a sad day.
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A Boy Named Seo
Jun 11 2007 11:36 AM
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I went up to Malibu on Saturday night and caught Mason Jennings at an old bar/restaurant on PCH called the Malibu Inn, right across from the fishing pier and the Point, a world-famous, overcrowded, polluted, beautiful surf break. We thought about surfing before the show, but voted it down in favor of a BBQ-sandwich at the Inn.
The Point:
It worth the trip up the coast (about 45 miles up the beautiful PCH) to go see Mason there. Last time he played LA, it was the Avalon, which holds about 1000 people and the Malibu Inn is a much smaller, more intimate bar. He was skipping Hollywood altogether this trip and going from Malibu to the House of Blues in San Diego. I saw Calexico there a couple years ago and it's okay and all, but a Houes of Blues is a House of Blues, and there's a lot of talkers in those places from out of town who go to buy an HOB t-shirt and hang out and talk through whatever show's playing that night. Uncool.
The Malibu Inn:
The opener was a piano-based pop band called Ferraby Lionheart. Coldplay's probably a decent point of reference for those guys, but I liked them. Their drummer looked a lot like [url=http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Adam%20Goldberg%20-%201%20-%20300%20-%20I%20Love%20Your%20Work.jpg]Adam Goldberg[/url], but with a big afro, and played with these padded mallets a few times, and I thought that sounded cool.
The room was packed and hotter than hell and Mason came on at 10. He's apparently got this Jack Johnson-like community of obsessive followers who go bat-shit crazy for anything he says or does. I think he's climbing the ladder of the folky, surf dude genre. Lots of flip-flops and hot, hippie girls in attendance.
He's not a surf dude, though. He's from Minnesota and is influenced heavily by Dylan, another Minnesotan. Some of his earlier stuff (which I don't really like) is more political, and I think he played every song I don't like that night, which kinda sucked.
He fell in love and got married and had a baby, and the tunes about those themes are the best for me. My favorite album is 2004's "Use Your Voice" and he only touched on that album during the show. Who and what. Still sounded great and there's nothing I love more than hot, hippie chicks in flip-flops. No losers that night.
I found a couple of shows, including a 2007 one from [url=http://www.archive.org/details/mjennings2007-02-26.akg463.flac16]Phoenix[/url], at archive.org, if you want to check him out.
Mason, casting a spell on helpless, adoring followers:
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Johnny Dickshot
Jun 11 2007 11:45 AM
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Mason Jennings was the opening subject of the original CPF concert thread, if I'm not mistaken. It was only because I was looking for something to do and considered seeing him play live after hearing cuts from "Use Your Voice" on the intraweb.
I never did see the show but still have that "I took the train up from Illinios" song downloaded from that album. Love that song.
Malibu is just another world huh. It's too bad its basically a home for the superrich.
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A Boy Named Seo
Jun 11 2007 12:06 PM
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Yeah, that song's great. He did play that one Saturday.
He's got another on-a-train song, "If You Ain't Got Love" off his last album, that's really beautiful. Guy likes his public transportation.
Malibu is another world. It was dinner party night that night at Bruce Willis' or something. A bunch of giant homes on the coast had cones set up to guide peeps to their drive ways where valets waited to take their invitations and whisk their Bentleys away to safe, off-street parking. Quite different than life in the LBC.
A lot of beautiful people everywhere, so thankfully, I fit right in.
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sharpie
Jun 15 2007 09:13 AM
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Saw the Neville Brothers at Celebrate Brooklyn last night.
They're essentially three bands: one that plays party funk music, usually sung by Cyril; one that plays soul ballads, usually sung by Aaron; one that plays jazzy instrumentals, featuring that Neville that plays saxophone. Aaron often leaves the stage during Cyril's numbers and the instrumentals and Cyril will often leave the stage during Aaron's numbers. For my part, there was too much of the Aaron falsetto stuff and not enough of the funk. Bring on the funk, I say! Covers included Love the One You're With, What's Goin' On, I Wanna Get Lost In Your Rock 'n' Roll, Change Is Gonna Come and an instrumental Besame Mucho.
Joan Osborne this Saturday and Richard Thompson next Thursday at the same venue.
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Willets Point
Jun 15 2007 10:22 AM
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I don't much Neville Brothers stuff, but as much as I like funk, I have to admit that Aaron has an amazing falsetto.
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OlerudOwned
Jun 16 2007 07:23 PM
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He wasn't alright. Back in the hospital, I feel bad for the guy.
However, I'd be lying if I said I was perceptive enough to make much of a difference to me. Plus I'm too young for there to be any nostalgia involved.
Anywho, their set was great. Flat out amazing guitar, hits you in the face like a sedative and leaves you slackjawed and awed. Not much more I can say about them that hasn't been said before.
As for the openers, the Apples in Stereo took note that the rain picked up as they played "The Sun is Out." Also, their keyboardist (Bill Doss of Olivia Tremor Control) cut the porta-potty line.
I have no idea if local guys The Dragons of Zynth sounded good or not, but man were they interesting to watch. One guy had what appeared to be an inside-out bird on his head. Another rocked some Wu-Tang bling and uni-lens shades.
That elaborately designed dragon's head was tossed into the crowd a few times for people to romp around in.
Solid way to spend an otherwise shitty, rainy, Mets-sucking afternoon.
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cooby
Jun 19 2007 02:50 PM
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="soupcan":1mumpmru]Friend of mine got tix for the Fenway show on Sunday July 29th.
He got them through Ticketmaster and I think they were only $60.00
Someone offered me floor seats in Hartford the week before for like $225.00 but I'm thinking seeing these guys just once will be good enough.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan and I'm looking forward to seeing them but really, I think hearing all the old stuff live again just one more time should be enough.[/quote:1mumpmru]
Yell to them to sing Murder ByNumbers!
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Mr. Zero
Jun 19 2007 03:06 PM
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Saw this guy Wayne "The Train" Hancock at Lee's Liquor Lounge in Minneapolis over the weekend. Hillbilly styled singer who is either blessed or cursed with having the voice of Hank Sr.. Nonetheless, I'd recommend if you find him passing through your town.
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Kid Carsey
Jun 21 2007 06:20 PM
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Anyone ever see a concert at Mohegan Sun? Got a call that our friend who
lives a half hour away from there that they're going to try and get a block of
Queensryche, Alice Cooper, and Heaven and Hell show for early September
tomorrow morning.
Funny a couple of us were talking about Alice recently ... sick lineup.
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dgwphotography
Jun 21 2007 07:03 PM
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Kase - it's a pretty small venue - you'll have a decent view no matter where you sit
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seawolf17
Jun 21 2007 07:37 PM
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="Kid Carsey":3d49420w]Anyone ever see a concert at Mohegan Sun? Got a call that our friend who
lives a half hour away from there that they're going to try and get a block of
Queensryche, Alice Cooper, and Heaven and Hell show for early September
tomorrow morning.
Funny a couple of us were talking about Alice recently ... sick lineup.[/quote:3d49420w]
That'd be a great show, providing QR doesn't do anything stupid like trying to play new songs. Just play "Empire" and "Mindcrime" and stuff earlier than that, fellas. Love Alice.
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soupcan
Jun 22 2007 07:23 AM
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I saw America at a small outside venue in Westport, CT last night. Maybe 1,000 people.
They sounded great and of course played everything that you know including a cover of 'California Dreaming' that they knocked out of the park.
Played a few new songs that are on a new album that they are pushing.
They are in the area this week - Jones Beach tonight I think and then the PNC Arts Center in Joisey. If you are a fan then I'd recommend the show, they still sound pretty good and they keep the show moving nicely.
Things I learned:
-They won the 'Best New Artist' Grammy for 1972.
-George Martin produced more than a few albums with them.
-They've been doing about 100 shows a year for the past 30 years.
-One of the songs from their new album was co-written with Ryan Adams
-The difference between Classic Rock and Oldies is that if the band is still alive and performing, then the songs are 'classic'
Thing I already knew:
-The late great Phil Hartman illustrated this album cover-
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sharpie
Jun 22 2007 07:32 AM
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Saw Richard Thompson at Celebrate Brooklyn last night. There was about a 15-20 minute rain delay after his second song (no recap of the show so far from Gary and Keith). I knew some of his stuff but not a lot. He's a Eric Clapton-level guitar player playing these incredible lyrical solos time after time and his acoustic guitar playing is unreal. His son came on for one song. During the closing song a guitar string popped during about a 5-minute solo. He kept playing but a crew member came out and put a new guitar over his neck on top of the old guitar and he switched mid-solo. That crew member stayed on to take away the old guitar. Never seen that.
Show opened with a band called Olabelle. Their second song had the drummer singing and I thought "these guys sound sort of like The Band." Reading the program later I discover that someone in the band is the daughter of Levon Helm!
Saw Joan Osborne at Celebrate Brooklyn last Saturday night. Had never payed much attention to her before but I dug the show -- lots of r+b covers.
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OlerudOwned
Jun 22 2007 08:46 AM
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="Iubitul":v05wvj1h]Patty Smythe performing at Trumbull Day:
http://www.connpost.com/entertainment/ci_6187594[/quote:v05wvj1h]
And Patti Smith is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on Sept. 4th.
If there's a Patty Smith or Patti Smyth out there, I'm going to get really confused.
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Johnny Dickshot
Jun 22 2007 08:48 AM
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How'd she look? She was in danger of some serious junk in the trunk at one time. I would have liked tosee her though -- good bluesy chick singer.
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sharpie
Jun 22 2007 08:58 AM
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She looked fine, not chunky. Moved pretty well. Got her new CD after the show at mrs. sharpie's request (insistence). Been in heavy rotation around the house since then.
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dgwphotography
Jun 22 2007 09:48 AM
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="soupcan":7rc07yd9]I saw America at a small outside venue in Westport, CT last night. Maybe 1,000 people.
They sounded great and of course played everything that you know including a cover of 'California Dreaming' that they knocked out of the park.[/quote:7rc07yd9]
I wish I knew about this yesterday...
I saw them on one of the morning shows this morning - it was on the TV in the cafeteria...
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Frayed Knot
Jun 22 2007 10:47 AM
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I remember a reviewer a couple years back praising Joan Osbourn by saying how refreshing it was to see a singer who actually had "matronly hips".
She did some great R&B covers a while back ... I could do without the nose ring though.
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sharpie
Jun 22 2007 11:17 AM
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The nose ring seems to be gone.
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cooby
Jun 22 2007 03:44 PM
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| ="soupcan"]I saw America at a small outside venue in Westport, CT last night. Maybe 1,000 people.
They sounded great and of course played everything that you know including a cover of 'California Dreaming' that they knocked out of the park.
Played a few new songs that are on a new album that they are pushing.
They are in the area this week - Jones Beach tonight I think and then the PNC Arts Center in Joisey. If you are a fan then I'd recommend the show, they still sound pretty good and they keep the show moving nicely.
Things I learned:
-They won the 'Best New Artist' Grammy for 1972.
-George Martin produced more than a few albums with them.
-They've been doing about 100 shows a year for the past 30 years.
-One of the songs from their new album was co-written with Ryan Adams
-The difference between Classic Rock and Oldies is that if the band is still alive and performing, then the songs are 'classic'
Thing I already knew:
-The late great Phil Hartman illustrated this album cover-
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I have that album, at least I used to
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Kid Carsey
Jun 24 2007 01:22 PM
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Too cool, she got six tix ... I was skeptical she could pull it off. Iommi/Dio
up close and personal on a Friday night at The Sun.
Only thing that sucks is KB hates this stuff and will be let loose in a casino
for four hours while we rock .... eeek.
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sharpie
Jun 28 2007 03:02 PM
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Saw Manu Chao last night. They come on stage and start playing and they don't stop for a second -- all their songs are played regular time and then double time and then the next song starts. Some songs in Spanish, some in French, some in English. Was standing not far from the stage where everyone else was 25 years younger than me. After an hour in the sweaty crowd on a hot hot night we bailed. First we thought we'd just hang out away from the stage but then we figgered we'd seen enough and went home. Got back and then it started to pour so we managed to not get wet.
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cooby
Jul 10 2007 06:05 PM
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And King of Pain
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cooby
Jul 13 2007 07:42 PM
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I have to say, I don't go to many rock concerts. And when I do, it's rare that I yell stuff at the (admittedly hot) girl rock stars.
But when I do, I don't usually cover my ears.
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Gwreck
Jul 20 2007 06:19 PM
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Saw Crowded House last night. Free show that I won tix to, sponsored by Grey Goose so there was free booze too! TV taping, but they did a full length (2 hr 30 min) set. Warmup for their upcoming tour.
I never saw them with Paul Hester -- so I believe others when they say a little is missing -- but they were *very* good. Dropped a few improv. covers in here and there (including Tomorrow Never Knows) between lots of the hits. Clearly having a lot of fun on stage, and the banter was funny without being too much of an inside joke or forced.
Audience clearly had a lot of diehards, because when it was singalong time for Fall At Your Feet (my fav. CH song) the audience, upon direction, managed the entire 3 part harmony (including the descant!).
Have tickets for one of the Beacon shows in August. Going to be hard to top (no, I won't be right next to the stage there) but I give it a -- highly recommended -- if you're thinking about seeing the tour.
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sharpie
Jul 20 2007 10:46 PM
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Saw Neko Case at Summerstage. Beautiful weather, good show. She is clearly having a great time and has a helluva voice.
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cooby
Aug 01 2007 08:39 AM
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My son went to NYC last weekend to see Rage Against the Machine. Stayed at a Hilton for two nights, rode a limo, all for $230. I'm still trying to figure it out
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sharpie
Aug 01 2007 08:43 AM
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Lenny was at that concert as was his sister. I got free tix for them (and each brought a friend) through a former neighbor of mine. Lenny thought it was "the best show ever". His sister thinks their music stinks but that they were good performers. They both liked Wu-Tang Clan. He liked Public Enemy. She liked the Roots.
Lenny also saw White Stripes at MSG and liked that a lot too. Nick Cave's new band, Grinderman, opened for him and he liked them too. Porter Waggoner opened the whole show -- that was a little too country for him.
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Willets Point
Aug 01 2007 09:34 AM
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I didn't know that kids still like Rage Against the Machine and Public Enemy. It almost makes me feel hip.
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Edgy DC
Aug 01 2007 09:45 AM
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Taking a limo to RAtM is somewhat ironic.
"Dude, are you part of the rage or part of <i>the machine</i>?!"
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cooby
Aug 01 2007 10:18 AM
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Actually, they rode it back to the hotel from the concert, so apparantly the message was lost on my kids :)
Sharpie, what night?
Your thoughts reflect Mr. cooby's, btw Edgy
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sharpie
Aug 01 2007 11:08 AM
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My kids went on Saturday. They took the bus-to-the-subway back which apparently was quite a scene.
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cooby
Aug 01 2007 11:22 AM
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Mine was Sunday night. Maybe the Saturday night riot induced the bands to hire limos. HaHa
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sharpie
Aug 01 2007 11:43 AM
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He must've gotten pretty wet that day.
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cooby
Aug 01 2007 12:02 PM
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Actually, he said "not very"
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Willets Point
Aug 01 2007 12:10 PM
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The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/arts/music/30rock.html?ref=arts">concert review</a> is pretty funny especially the references to the "cargo-short wearing crowd". I only wonder why they don't refer to Public Enemy's members as Mr. Flav and Mr. D.
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cooby
Aug 01 2007 12:34 PM
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My son is still talking about the big transportation fiasco from Saturday night. Wait'll I tell them that a kid who posts here started it all!
I don't know about Lenny, but I haven't seen my son in anything but cargo shorts in about a year. And a shirt, of course.
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sharpie
Aug 01 2007 01:05 PM
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My daughter described the crowd during Rage Against the Machine as being filled with "drunk guys without shirts."
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Rockin' Doc
Aug 01 2007 09:02 PM
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Porter Wagner? He should have been an entry in the old "Look Who's Still Alive"* thread.
*or whatever that thread was entitled.
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Batty31
Aug 01 2007 09:43 PM
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="sharpie":2za2n6s7]Lenny was at that concert as was his sister. I got free tix for them (and each brought a friend) through a former neighbor of mine. Lenny thought it was "the best show ever". His sister thinks their music stinks but that they were good performers. They both liked Wu-Tang Clan. He liked Public Enemy. She liked the Roots.
Lenny also saw White Stripes at MSG and liked that a lot too. Nick Cave's new band, Grinderman, opened for him and he liked them too. Porter Waggoner opened the whole show -- that was a little too country for him.[/quote:2za2n6s7]
Nick Cave has a new band? Damn, I'm out of the loop...
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Willets Point
Aug 01 2007 09:47 PM
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="cooby":230y8h9m]
I don't know about Lenny, but I haven't seen my son in anything but cargo shorts in about a year. And a shirt, of course.[/quote:230y8h9m]
Must be cold in the Winter.
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Edgy DC
Aug 01 2007 09:47 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 09 2007 09:11 PM
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The Bad Seeds had such a rotating door, I wonder why he'd need to change the name.
It's like Chrissy Hynde fronting a new band, when every one of her tours more or less has had a new band for 20 years.
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Gwreck
Aug 01 2007 10:11 PM
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The Police. Madison Square Garden.
Was pretty excited for the show (never saw them before) and it didn't disappoint. Show wasn't exactly long (main set = 90 minutes exact, plus 4 encore songs) but they played all the hits plus a few deeper cuts. Murder By Numbers was MIA, as was Spirits in the Material World, but that was about it.
Highlights: So Lonely, King of Pain, Can't Stand Losing You were the three biggies. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic worked really well live and much better than I would've expected. Crowd really got into that one, perhaps more even than Roxanne.
As has been reported, they've reworked some of the songs so they're not just playing the album versions straight through. Sometimes it worked, as they incorporated a good deal of the Don't Stand So Close to Me ('86) into the live performance, whicih I thought was done very well and made the song sound less tired. Synchronicty II, one of my favorite Police songs was unfortunately a trainwreck -- they kept trying to change up the tempo and it wasn't working at all. Maybe the only big disappointment.
Set pacing was good -- the meandering Bed's Too Big Without You and Walking in Your Footsteps quieted the crowd quite a bit, but the spacing of the hits/crowd favorites was pretty good. Only truly big problem was the first encore: King of Pain / So Lonely / Every Breath You Take. Made no sense, especially with the second encore one song (Next to You). Shoulda moved So Lonely to the end.
Sting and Summers seemed to be having a fairly good time, but Copeland stole the show. Spotlight percussive performance particularly on Wrapped Around Your Finger.
Secondary ticket market collapsed pretty hard on this one, as expected, particularly if you were willing to wait it out. Too many people buying those $400 and $250 seats and expecting they can sell them at a profit. I passed on the $400 floor seat (going rate: $125) and instead picked up a $95 ticket in the 200s for $65. (At that price, a great show. $250? Maybe not).
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sharpie
Aug 09 2007 09:04 PM
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Saw The Hold Steady at Celebrate Brooklyn.
Kind of a cross between the Replacements and early Springsteen. Can't say when I have seen a band having such a good time as they had tonight. Only knew a couple of their songs but the crowd seemed to know them all.
Baseball references:
Drummer was wearing a Mets shirt.
Lead guitar player shouted "Go Brewers" at one point.
For the encore the lead singer came out in a Twins jersey. Said that one of the greatest moments of his life occurred last week when he got to go fishing with his all-time favorite player, Kent Hrbek. The jersey he wore was given to him by Hrbek. He said "I would have worn it for the whole show but he's a lot bigger guy than I am. I only hope that I can one day play rock 'n' roll as well as Kent Hrbek played baseball." Gotta like a guy with such a depth of feeling.
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A Boy Named Seo
Aug 10 2007 10:50 AM
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Those guys do a pretty rocked out version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" where they replace "home team" with Twins every chance they get. It's pretty cool.
I've got a copy if you wanna hear it.
[url=http://www.chingonrecords.com/mp3s/TakeMeOut.mp3:17rw6coe]Click me for MP3[/url:17rw6coe]
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OlerudOwned
Aug 12 2007 10:30 AM
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Leaving in a little while for the McCarren Park Pool Party.
In short, there's a big empty and abandoned public pool that's been renovated into a free summer concert venue, complete with dodgeball and a slip-n-slide.
Today, it's Ted Leo+Pharmacists and The Thermals.
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TransMonk
Aug 12 2007 12:35 PM
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="OlerudOwned":3cuy52j9]
Today, it's Ted Leo+Pharmacists and The Thermals.[/quote:3cuy52j9]
Let me know how good Ted Leo is live. I like most of his recorded stuff and have heard that he is a great live show.
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Gwreck
Sep 25 2007 11:59 AM
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Springsteen. An open rehearsal for the new tour, in what was effectively a high school gymnasium. Maybe 2000 people there total (was a tough ticket).
E Street looks good (hard to believe it's already been 8 years since they reunited). New material sounds great live, although they were still clearly working out some/many of the kinks. Interesting choices from the old material -- none of the "hits," but some deeper cuts from Darkness and Born to Run. Tons of potential for the tour.
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Edgy DC
Sep 25 2007 01:26 PM
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How did you swing this?
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sharpie
Sep 25 2007 01:27 PM
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Sounds like it was a great show:
Setlist: Radio Nowhere/No Surrender/Gypsy Biker/Empty Sky/Something in the Night/Girls in Their Summer Clothes/Night/The Promised Land/Livin' in the Future/Devil's Arcade/Candy's Room/She's the One/Lonesome Day/My Hometown/The Rising/Last to Die/Long Walk Home
Encore: Thundercrack/Born to Run/Darlington County/American Land
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Edgy DC
Sep 25 2007 01:35 PM
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I'm not sure there is a deep cut on <i>Born to Run</i>.
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Gwreck
Sep 25 2007 02:51 PM
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| ="Edgy DC"]How did you swing this? |
Got really lucky with Ticketmaster when the shows went on sale. They were announced with little notice, all proceeds to charities in the Asbury Park, NJ area -- he usually does this at the start of his tours. Show is held at the Asbury Park Convention Hall, capacity 3500 -- but with all the production/staging stuff there's closer to half that number of tickets sold.
I'll likely wind up going to a handful of the shows this tour but it was a treat to see the rehearsals and the new songs live for the first time.
| ="Edgy DC"]I'm not sure there is a deep cut on Born to Run. |
Ok, fair point -- but "Night" and "She's the One" are some interesting choices, instead of long time Springsteen concert staples (Thunder Road, Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out, etc.)
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Edgy DC
Sep 25 2007 02:56 PM
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I'll give you "Night." But "She's the One" is as iconic a Springsteen song as there is in my head. Somebody says, "What's the big deal with fucking Springsteen?" and I ask them to sit alone in the dark and listen to "She's the One."
Even with "Night," can you sum up Springsteen (at least young BS) in a single couplet any better than
<blockquote>And you know she will be waiting there
And you'll find her somehow, you swear!</blockquote>?
No, you cannot.
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Edgy DC
Sep 28 2007 08:55 PM
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What's up <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/28/people.ryanadams.ap/index.html" target="blank">Ryan's ass</a>?
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TransMonk
Sep 28 2007 09:25 PM
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Ryan Adams is a whiny mama's boy who couldn't hold Paul Westerberg's First Act signature guitar (complete with flannel pick-up).
I've heard stories that he would storm off stages when crowds would heckle him to play "Summer of '69".
Back in my day, we would insult the heckler and then play the most kick-ass cover of "Summer of 69" that you, Ryan, Bryan Adams or the heckler had ever heard.
That's what rock 'n' roll is all about.
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A Boy Named Seo
Sep 29 2007 11:40 AM
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="TransMonk":3m7nspk4]="OlerudOwned":3m7nspk4]
Today, it's Ted Leo+Pharmacists and The Thermals.[/quote:3m7nspk4]
Let me know how good Ted Leo is live. I like most of his recorded stuff and have heard that he is a great live show.[/quote:3m7nspk4]
How was it? I really really liked that last Thermals album.
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OlerudOwned
Sep 29 2007 01:31 PM
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="A Boy Named Seo":3arg6bvz]="TransMonk":3arg6bvz]="OlerudOwned":3arg6bvz]
Today, it's Ted Leo+Pharmacists and The Thermals.[/quote:3arg6bvz]
Let me know how good Ted Leo is live. I like most of his recorded stuff and have heard that he is a great live show.[/quote:3arg6bvz]
How was it? I really really liked that last Thermals album.[/quote:3arg6bvz]
Both bands were excellent. The Thermals played like they sound like they should play: fast and fun. And Kathy Foster is cute.
TL/Rx were a blast. High energy for the whole set, even though it was the last stop on a long tour. They ended it with a champagne shower for the bassist, who was playing his last show with them.
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A Boy Named Seo
Sep 29 2007 02:04 PM
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I vote yes.
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Edgy DC
Sep 29 2007 07:09 PM
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Look at that crowd interaction by young Prince, when he wasn't as aloof.
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A Boy Named Seo
Oct 24 2007 01:30 PM
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Jesus and Mary Chain Monday night. Was supposed to be a card of solo evan Dando opening, Mark Lanegan's new band (?) SuperSouls or something like that, and then J&MC. Not sure who the first band was, but there was no Lanegan amongst them.
Dando, they say, is off the junk, but he was completely fucked up and quite wobbly on stage. He had another guy with him, both playing mostly the same parts to all the songs, both of them playing electric, distorted guitars. It didn't sound very good overall, it was too loud and muddled, and it screamed for a full band if they were going to do it that way. At exactly 9:30, he finished his set and stumbled offstage without a word. I saw Lemonheads last year and they were great and have tix for them again in December, so this was kinda weird and sad, but everyone else has seen this guy fucked up, so now I guess I have, too.
Jesus and Mary Chain were very good. They sounded amazing even though they looked like they were unhappy and brooding, but I would be too if I was booked at the House of Blues - Anaheim. I was for all the same reasons.
They brought this chick Miranda to sing the female vocal on "Just Like Honey" and she stuck around for a second song. My friend ID'd her as the girl who started with Brian Jonestown Massacre and she sounded (and looked) great. I think that's the tune Scarlet Johansen sung on at Coachella this year. They played my fav ("Happy When it Rains") and hit on their bigger ones "Some Candy Talking", "Darklands", and after a quick encore, ended with "Reverance". Very cool stuff.
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Edgy DC
Oct 24 2007 01:33 PM
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Did she sing the Hope Sandoval part in "Sometimes Always"?
Two chords and the truth, that one. Three is for suckers.
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A Boy Named Seo
Oct 24 2007 01:43 PM
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I'm almost positive it was. I think I got the order out-of-order. They did "Sometimes Always" first and she stuck around for "Just like Honey".
Side note- I'm going to my first opera tonight. I hope Evan Dando's opening.
Edit: The interwebs is all over it.
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soupcan
Nov 05 2007 10:33 AM
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I saw Van Halen at the IZOD Center at the Meadowlands on Saturday night.
The show was B-A-D, bad.
David Lee Roth should be on stage in Vegas with tigers. He looked like he was auditioning to replace Sigfreid (or is it Roy?). Perma-smile, what looked to be a lipo-suctioned torso and sequine enstudded nehru jackets and top hats only added to the grand illusion. It took about 45 minutes for him to get warmed up enough for his trademark leg kicks to rise above his hips.
He told one good story before playing a very nice version of 'Ice Cream Man'. That was the highlight of the show for me.
Eddie appears to just be a mess. He got pissed off at a pice of equipment, dragged it to the edge of the stage and and kicked it down a staircase. He really needs to figure out what planet he lives on because the people on this one have no idea what he thinks he is doing with his guitar. I can appreciate that he can do things with the instrument that no one else probably can, but when it boils down to it, I can make loud annoying noises with a guitar too.
Alex should be eating early-bird dinner specials in a Florida retirement community. He seriously looks as old as Larry David's dad on Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Wolfgang is only 16 and he's touring with these idiots? He's good but looks like a fat, male version of Valerie Bertinelli. At times he looked and seemed uncomfortable performing in front of so many people. It could have been that or maybe he was as embarassed watching his father as everybody else was.
On top of all of this the sound system was just horrible. Distortion, feedback and it just being so loud that some songs were barely discernible.
Could it be that I and the band are just too old to be transported back to high school? Maybe I was expecting too much?
I dont think so.
The Police were fantastic when I saw them in July. Absolutely fantastic.
When I saw The Who (The Two) they looked really old but still rocked pretty good.
America also sounded great when I saw them this year.
Van Halen had nothing working.
I left when thay started their encore with 'Jump'.
"I might as well.....LEAVE!"
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metirish
Nov 05 2007 10:48 AM
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He seriously looks as old as Larry David's dad on Curb Your Enthusiasm. |
Ouch .
Most scathing concert review ever
I saw them with Hager at Jones Beach around 95/96 and it was a great show, Hager is a pretty good live singer.
Not intended for a Roth/ Hager discussion.
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cooby
Nov 05 2007 04:58 PM
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If you had a couple of glasses of wine with your supper, as I did, this line is absolutely hilarious:
| ]David Lee Roth should be on stage in Vegas with tigers |
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 05 2007 05:26 PM
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That show sounds like a nightmare. Why couldn't Valerie Bertinelli have a 16-year-old daughter?
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Kid Carsey
Nov 05 2007 05:41 PM
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Funny review. What was the story that preceded Ice Cream Man?
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Edgy DC
Nov 05 2007 07:49 PM
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No matter how many times I play that J&MC clip, they sound awful. Are you sure they had a good show?
I'll also add that asking Scarlett Johannson to come on stage and sing on "Just Like Honey," the song that ended the movie that made her a star, is sadly cheap.
"We're going to play 'Sound of Silence' now. Let's bring Dustin Hoffman out here now. Come on, Dustin!"
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Fman99
Nov 05 2007 08:52 PM
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="Edgy DC":1vxp9lz5]No matter how many times I play that J&MC clip, they sound awful. Are you sure they had a good show?
I'll also add that asking Scarlett Johannson to come on stage and sing on "Just Like Honey," the song that ended the movie that made her a star, is sadly cheap.
"We're going to play 'Sound of Silence' now. Let's bring Dustin Hoffman out here now. Come on, Dustin!"[/quote:1vxp9lz5]
That could be its own thread...
I'd like to see Tom Hanks, dressed as Forrest Gump, singing 'Against the Wind' with the fake beard on. (I know it's not from the end of the movie but it's close).
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Kid Carsey
Nov 06 2007 06:55 AM
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soupcan
Nov 06 2007 07:19 AM
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HAIL!
| ="Kid Carsey"]Funny review. What was the story that preceded Ice Cream Man? |
It was him alone on stage with what I can only describe as an acoustic/electric guitar (I don't know what else you call a guitar that looks like an acoustic guitar but has a cord attached to it). He started talking about being a teenager and hanging out with his friends passing joints around a circle (which of course got a HUGE roar from the crowd). He was strumming a bit while talking and putting the place into a mellow mood. He talked about a friend that had bought an old ice cream truck and they used to keep their beer in the cooler in the truck whenever they went to the beach or wherever.
One night while he and his compadres were hanging out, a girl that he had met for the first time that night flipped a bottle cap at him that hit him in the shoulder. When he said 'ow', she called him a girl. And from that night on they were together for the next three years.
He talked about her a little bit and then said that whenever the two of them went out, before he would drop her off back at home she would ask him to sing 'the ice cream song'.
Then he started the song. I'm biased I guess because Ice Cream Man is my favorite VH song.
P.S. Case - what the hell is your avatar? I've been staring at it and trying to figure it out for days and all I can come up with is liquified ear wax.
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 06 2007 07:51 AM
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Soup - <i>"P.S. Case - what the hell is your avatar? I've been staring at it and trying to figure it out for days and all I can come up with is liquified ear wax."</i>
I believe it was part of his dinner. KC, had previously informed us that it was an octopuss from a buffett line, that his wife took a picture of him holding.
It is pretty hard to make out if you don't know what it is. Doesn't look the least bit appetising to me.
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soupcan
Nov 06 2007 08:00 AM
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Thanks Doc - now that you tell me that I can sort of make that out. Looks like it has a face on it.
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Valadius
Nov 06 2007 08:47 AM
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Hail!
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Kid Carsey
Nov 06 2007 11:02 AM
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Yeah that's one of those marinated octopuses I held it upto goof on her to
get her to eat it or say hello or something and it had a face of sorts so she
took a phone-pic.
(we're not well, but we make each other laugh)
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Kid Carsey
Nov 06 2007 11:06 AM
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It occurs to me that one could start a caveat emptor list of tired rock acts:
Van Halen
Guns 'n Roses
Any version of Ozzy (seeing him solo a couple of day before xmas at MSG)
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A Boy Named Seo
Nov 06 2007 11:38 AM
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="Edgy DC":jfulxkjj]No matter how many times I play that J&MC clip, they sound awful. Are you sure they had a good show?
I'll also add that asking Scarlett Johannson to come on stage and sing on "Just Like Honey," the song that ended the movie that made her a star, is sadly cheap.
"We're going to play 'Sound of Silence' now. Let's bring Dustin Hoffman out here now. Come on, Dustin!"[/quote:jfulxkjj]
Yeah, the House of Blues may be kind of a generic venue, but they rocked it and the sound was really awesome. Don't let some Verizon cell phone videographer let you think otherwise.
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cooby
Nov 06 2007 05:35 PM
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="Kid Carsey":1fkcvb4y]Yeah that's one of those marinated octopuses I held it upto goof on her to
get her to eat it or say hello or something and it had a face of sorts so she
took a phone-pic.
[/quote:1fkcvb4y]
Jeez-suss. I was better off not knowing
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SI Metman
Nov 08 2007 10:12 AM
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Checked out Bon Jovi and Daughtry at the new Prudential Center last night.
The Devils have a gem of an arena out there in Newark. Parking wasn't that bad, I found a 14 buck lot by the train station and walked 2 blocks. The bathrooms were clean and plentiful, the concourse was wide open on the lower level with a variety of concessions. Plenty of luxury boxes as well. My only complaint is the thin video advertisements that go arond the arena between the lower levels and upper levels. Some of them were too bright, but that had to deal with concert lighting. I was going blind whenever a PNC advertisement came up, because it was a ring of white coming out of nowhere.
Both groups played great set lists and brought the house down, although Bon Jovi played one to many songs off their new album, but still managed to go old school with stuff like Runaway, Born to Be My Baby, Raise Your Hands and Lay Your Hands On Me, along with their concert staples (It's My Life, Livin on a Prayer, You Give Love a Bad Name and Wanted Dead or Alive).
The only song they didn't play that I really wanted to hear was Blaze of Glory.
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metirish
Nov 08 2007 10:15 AM
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I hear it's a beautiful arena but you gotta watch your wallet once you step outside.
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SI Metman
Nov 08 2007 10:20 AM
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A lot of people took mass transit, so walking back to the car at 11:30 last night wasn't like walking down a dark alley alone.
Plus there was a heavy police presence directing traffic.
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metsguyinmichigan
Nov 23 2007 09:33 AM
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I'm big into what my wife mockingly calls "God rock." I co-lead the high school youth group at my church, and we took the kids to a great show this weekend -- Newsboys, with Kutless and Newworldson.
We got there early and discovered that we had general admission seats and rushed the kids on to the floor. We were in the seventh row -- the first five were reserved for people with some radio station promo.
The kids were thrilled because they have never been so close to the stage. I noticed that the radio station types monitoring who got closer left as soon as Kutless started playing, so I brought some of the kids right to the foot of the stage. They loved it!
Afterwards, the guys in Kutless hung out near their merch table, signing autographs and posing. The kids thought that was great, too. We were able to get a set list from the stage, and the band signed that for the kids, too.
If you are into that type of music, Newsboys put on an amazing show. The drums riser rises about 10 feet, spins and turns sideways while still spinning with the drummer still on it. Good stuff!
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Methead
Nov 28 2007 12:46 PM
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I'm seeing Ween this Friday and Saturday at a new venue on the West Side called Terminal 5.
I really wanted to see Neil Young on this tour but I couldn't make it happen.
And I missed the Zappa Plays Zappa concert last week.
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seawolf17
Nov 28 2007 01:52 PM
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| ="metsguyinmichigan"]If you are into that type of music, Newsboys put on an amazing show. The drums riser rises about 10 feet, spins and turns sideways while still spinning with the drummer still on it. Good stuff! |
"Welcome to 1989, dude. Been there, done that. I am the King of Rock."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Nov 28 2007 02:17 PM
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Dude I saw Willie Wilcox of Utopia do that in 1985.
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seawolf17
Nov 28 2007 02:19 PM
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"Yeah, well, I taught him to do that. Do you know who I am? I'm Tommy Fucking Lee."
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metsguyinmichigan
Nov 28 2007 02:30 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2tm2bdvl]Dude I saw Willie Wilcox of Utopia do that in 1985.[/quote:2tm2bdvl]
Well, yeah, the Newsboys themselves have been doing it for a decade.
But it's still fun to see. The kids in my youth group had never seen anything like it and had a great time.
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Kid Carsey
Nov 28 2007 04:12 PM
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I cut off his middle left finger in '81 which he now sports as a stub?
(don't mean to help pile on, but that guy is funny)
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 28 2007 08:12 PM
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MGIM, I first started listening to "christian rock" about 12 years ago. At the time, one of the local rock stations started playing "Flood" by Jars of Clay. I liked the song and decided to find out who played it. When I tracked down Jars of Clay's debut CD, it opened up an entirely new world of artists to me.
I have not been to nearly as many concerts as many members of the CPf, but one of the best shows I have ever seen was put on by Third Day during their "Conspiracy no. 5" tour. It was a truly amazing show with elaborate lighting, lasers, videos, changing stage backdrops, and tremendous sound, all packed into an intimate auditorium on a local college campus. For roughly $10 dollars a ticket, it was simply unbelievable.
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Gwreck
Nov 29 2007 12:18 AM
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="Methead":fmgzsyr0]I really wanted to see Neil Young on this tour but I couldn't make it happen.[/quote:fmgzsyr0]
Yeah, so did I, but the $$$ price really turned me off.
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metsguyinmichigan
Nov 29 2007 08:56 AM
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="Rockin' Doc":30op42y5]MGIM, I first started listening to "christian rock" about 12 years ago. At the time, one of the local rock stations started playing "Flood" by Jars of Clay. I liked the song and decided to find out who played it. When I tracked down Jars of Clay's debut CD, it opened up an entirely new world of artists to me.
I have not been to nearly as many concerts as many members of the CPf, but one of the best shows I have ever seen was put on by Third Day during their "Conspiracy no. 5" tour. It was a truly amazing show with elaborate lighting, lasers, videos, changing stage backdrops, and tremendous sound, all packed into an intimate auditorium on a local college campus. For roughly $10 dollars a ticket, it was simply unbelievable.[/quote:30op42y5]
Great stuff, Doc! I saw Jars last year, and Third Day on the Wire tour.
I like taking the kids to the shows. The bands -- especially the opening acts -- usually hangout at their merch tables after the shows, and the kids are thrilled to meet them and snap photos.
We saw Switchfoot and Relient K in October, and that was a great show, too.
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Methead
Dec 02 2007 08:17 PM
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"I'm seeing Ween this Friday and Saturday at a new venue on the West Side called Terminal 5"
And they were incredible.
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themetfairy
Dec 07 2007 10:09 AM
Re: Concerts Redux
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="ScarletKnight41":1933oths]D-Dad and I are braving the winter weather and heading into the City to see Dave Koz tonight at the Beacon Theater. This is going to be one of his first concerts featuring his new At The Movies CD. I'm looking forward to the show, although not so much to the commute.[/quote:1933oths]
I'll continue this thread the way I started it. We're seeing Koz at the Beacon tonight. The big differences are that it's the Christmas concert, and we're taking the kids this time.
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themetfairy
Dec 08 2007 10:47 AM
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The concert last night was a great deal of fun. I know that many of you dismiss smooth jazz out of hand, but when it's done right, it's like Motown, heavy on the instrumentation. Koz always does it right.
Touring with Koz for the Christmas concerts are Jonathan Butler, Kimberly Locke (of American Idol), and former NBA star Wayman Tisdale, whose post-sports career is as a jazz bass guitarist (Tisdale, btw, had surgery last spring for cancer in his leg, and he apparently now has a titanium bone in his leg! But you'd never know that by the way he looked on stage last night). It was a good show and the whole family enjoyed it.
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Kong76
Jan 13 2008 10:15 AM
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Anyone ever see Jeff Beck live?
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metirish
Feb 08 2008 07:27 AM
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Never saw him KC.......
Going to see The Cure at MSG in June.
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A Boy Named Seo
Feb 08 2008 08:28 AM
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I saw the Cure once around '95. Longest show I've ever been to in my life. I remember liking it a lot, but wanting it to finally end just a little more.
Getting tickets for X this Saturday.
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AG/DC
Feb 08 2008 08:47 AM
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X is still cool.
When I saw the Knitters, Exene wore a gingham dress with striped hose. Ms. Edgy said she was half Dorothy and half Wicked Witch. I don't kow if that was her intent, but it was perfect.
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sharpie
Feb 08 2008 08:56 AM
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Saw X a couple of times. Once in, I think, 1982, at a small club in Arcata, California and once at the Beacon in about 1985. John Doe does a cool version of Dylan's "Pressing On" (originally from the born-again album "Saved") on the "I'm Not There" soundtrack album.
Never saw the Cure.
Never saw Jeff Beck.
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soupcan
Feb 08 2008 09:12 AM
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My only knowledge of X is one song - Burning House Of Love - that I have on an old MTV compilation CD called 'Never Mind The Mainstream' which was a by-product of the old '120 Minutes' show which I used to love.
Good song.
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metirish
Feb 08 2008 09:20 AM
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'120 Minutes' was brilliant, got introduced to a lot of great music from that show.
Downtown Julie Brown, Matt Pinfield, Dave Kendall...it's all coming back.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Feb 08 2008 09:23 AM
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I can't get enough of this X Classick. This is one of those songs that they invented "11" for.
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AG/DC
Feb 08 2008 09:31 AM
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X is the shizzle. Southwestern. Country. Punk. Romantic. Heartbroken. Disfunctional. Pure.
X ix the bus station to nowhere. X is your third fucking job this year, the vet on the street corner, the money you stole from your momma's purse sixteen years ago and still swear you'll put back. They're the bike you've just got to get back on the road.
X is a mother crying for her baby that grew up too fast, got into trouble, is lost, presumed dead by many, but Momma can't let go. That baby is America.
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metirish
Feb 13 2008 07:44 AM
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Going to see The Pogues at Roseland March 16th.
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AG/DC
Feb 13 2008 07:58 AM
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I was hoping the Pogues wouldn't become another Irish-themed act that just rounded up the cattle and toured every March for the big drunken cash-in.
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metirish
Feb 13 2008 08:09 AM
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I would say they probably did several years ago, it's not like they make any new music so I suppose a short tour here in mid March followed every Christmas with dates in Ireland and England keeps them in money.
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AG/DC
Feb 13 2008 08:15 AM
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Which sucks.
If they have the "If I Should Fall from Grace" lineup, they should be making new music.
And saving Shane.
And themselves. Andy Ranken is a great drummer, and he should be in some real band if the Pogues want to be an oldies act.
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themetfairy
Feb 16 2008 03:10 PM
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I'm going to a concert at Shea in July!
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SteveJRogers
Feb 16 2008 05:03 PM
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="themetfairy":2gd8h4r0]I'm going to a concert at Shea in July![/quote:2gd8h4r0]
My cousin is badgering me to go to the same one, though certain influences have caused me to sour on the artist, as well as seeing any concert at a place as huge as Shea.
Have fun though!
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SteveJRogers
Feb 24 2008 06:36 AM
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Saw these guys yesterday at B.B. Kings' (West 42nd Street between 7th and 8th) Street for their weekly "Beatles Brunch" show
[url]http://strawberryfieldsthetribute.com/[/url]
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sharpie
Apr 11 2008 03:21 PM
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Saw Ray Davies at the Beacon Tuesday night. Plays with a band about 35 years younger than him. They turn their amps up to 11, however.
He was in fine form and was having a good time. Talked about what a great bandmember Dave Davies was, I guess forgetting that they fought all the time. The setlist:
I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?
Well Respected Man
Til the End of the Day
After the Fall
Dead End Street
The Tourist
20th Century Man
Working Man's Cafe
Intermission.
After the interval, Ray started solo with some songs from the new album:
In a Moment
One More Time
Vietnam Cowboys
The Real World
No One Listens
Then he tossed in the rarely performed Fancy, followed by
Sunny Afternoon
Come Dancing
So Tired
Set Me Free
All Day and All of the Night
And then all these as encores:
Low Budget
Waterloo Sunset
Lola
Days
Imaginary Man
You Really Got Me
Victoria
After You Really Got Me the band left the stage, Davies collected some roses, the post-show music came on, everybody starts putting on their coats and then Davies came up to the mike and asked that the music be turned off, that he wanted to play one more song. He asked for requests and there was a jumble of them. I guess someone wanted to hear "Victoria" so he did that. It was one of the highlights for me along with "20th Century Man" and "Low Budget" (a song I've never really cared for but it killed in concert).
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OlerudOwned
Apr 11 2008 03:23 PM
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Sonic Youth is playing the free River to River show on the 4th of July in Battery Park. Outstanding. I saw the New Pornographers at the same dealie last summer and it was great.
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Gwreck
Apr 11 2008 10:16 PM
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Not much lately (another run of Bruce shows at the end of this month in NC/VA) but I'm looking forward to a great week at the Garden in June: Petty, REM and Pearl Jam all in a week's span.
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The Davies setlist looks good -- hope you enjoyed it.
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bmfc1
Apr 28 2008 09:40 AM
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I saw The Proclaimers last night at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA (just outside of DC). Jeremy Fisher opened. It was a great show. The new Proclaimers album, "Life With You", is really good.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 28 2008 12:11 PM
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Seems like I just missed 'em in NYC. Was/is a big Proclaimers fan.
I know we've discussed Marshall Crenshaw here often before. You may remember he had a guitarist tour with him for many years, Jason Crigler, who was kinda spastic but a good player -- then suffered a stroke while on stage (not w/ MC, I don't think).
Now he's back and the subject of an inspirational film:
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Gwreck
May 25 2008 09:35 PM
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X.
Saturday night at Irving Plaza.
Had seen John Doe solo before but never X. Fantastic show and the quality of all 3 players on the instruments was fantastic. Highlights included In This House that I Call Home and a stunning version of See How We Are (just John and Exene) to open the second encore.
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AG/DC
May 25 2008 11:04 PM
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I too recommend X, and certainly the Knitters as well. Both are superior to seeing Doe alone, if only because so much of his music is about relationships.
Has anybody ever taken off-keyness as far as Excene?
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Gwreck
Jun 18 2008 10:44 PM
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Tom Petty at MSG last night. Solid show with a surprising set of rarities tossed in to go with the standard Petty hit-fest. They missed a few of my favorites but got several others in too so it was fairly satisfying.
Steve Winwood opened and was impossibly boring during his set but enigmatic when backed by the Heartbreakers. Made me that much sadder that I never go to see them on their tour backing Dylan, 'cause they might be the world's best backing band. Was trying to think of who could go out with them for another pairing like that. Maybe Eddie Vedder (solo).
Highlights included the acoustic version of "Learning to Fly," "Don't Come Around Here No More," "A Face in the Crowd" and "End of the Line." A small but knowing cheer went up when Tom sang the "I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive" line -- what with half that band no longer around. (Having not seen the Heartbreakers since 2001, I also noted myself missing Howie, particularly on the harmonies).
Setlist:
You Wreck Me
Mary Jane's Last Dance
I Won't Back Down
Even the Losers
Free Fallin'
Cabin Down Below
Sweet William
End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys)
Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith) (w/ Steve Winwood)
Gimme Some Lovin' (Spencer Davis Group) (w/ Winwood)
Saving Grace
Face in the Crowd
Honey Bee
You Don't Know How it Feels
Learning to Fly
Don't Come Around Here No More
Refugee
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Runnin' Down a Dream
Mystic Eyes (Them)
American Girl
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sharpie
Jun 19 2008 07:09 AM
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I saw Dylan with Petty. Worst Dylan show I've ever seen, and I've seen him 9 or 10 times. It didn't help that it was during Dylan's most fallow period. After that Dylan had a terrible tour with the Grateful Dead and then finally got his own band together and he's basically been on tour ever since.
Seeing Dylan in Prospect Park this August. His first ever appearance in Brooklyn other than appearing at a Cole Porter tribute at BAM in the early '90's. Other times he's been in Brooklyn: visiting Woody Guthrie's house in Coney Island in '62 in order to get a suitcase full of lyrics (he didn't get them but he met the teenage Arlo and later that suitcase of lyrics became the basis of the two Wilco/Billy Bragg "Neptune Avenue" albums); allegedly he spent some time in Crown Heights with members of the Lubavitcher sect during his periodic religious immersions.
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Gwreck
Jun 20 2008 11:32 AM
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R.E.M. at Madison Square Garden last night. Excellent show that was a ton of *fun,* with the band leaving out much of the sad and/or slower tempo songs. The new album, which I loved half of and disliked half of, was played almost in its entirety, but given that the songs are all 3 minutes it still left plenty of room in the set for a generous supply of classics.
Great variety from throughout their career, with deep cut highlights like "Ignoreland," "Harborcoat," "Pretty Persuasion," and "Let Me In." They did at least one song from just about every album (even getting 3 each from Automatic for the People, Life's Rich Pageant and Reckoning); plenty of favorites to boot, including "Rockville" and "Orange Crush." Johnny Marr (who was playing with opening act Modest Mouse) guested on Fall on Me and Man on the Moon.
Also: I never knew before that Jill Hennessey (Claire Kincaid from Law & Order, and the title charcter on Crossing Jordan) was such a big R.E.M. fan.
Setlist:
Living Well Is the Best Revenge
These Days
What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Bad Day
Drive
Hollow Man
Ignoreland
Man-Sized Wreath
Leaving New York
Disturbance At The Heron House
Houston
Electrolite
Don’t Go Back To Rockville
Driver 8
Harborcoat
The One I Love
Until The Day Is Done
Let Me In
Horse To Water
Pretty Persuasion
Orange Crush
I'm Gonna DJ
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Supernatural Superserious
Losing My Religion
Begin The Begin
Fall On Me
Man On The Moon
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AG/DC
Jun 20 2008 11:35 AM
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Don’t Go Back To Rockville
Driver 8
Harborcoat
This was the part of the setlist which they dub "The AG/DC-targeted portion of the evening."
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jun 20 2008 12:19 PM
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Gwreck goes to a concert I'd like to have seen every night there's not a Met game to go to that I probably would've liked. He's Mr. Audience.
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Willets Point
Jun 20 2008 12:44 PM
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I haven't been to an R.E.M concert but I listened to <a href="http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2008/06/mp3s-rem-live-in-mansfield-ma.htm">these mp3s</a> from a recent show and they sound pretty good.
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Number 6
Jun 20 2008 03:25 PM
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Went to the REM show at Jones Beach last Saturday. Sat in the rain through the whole thing. The lady and I were very uncomfortable, but the show rocked, definitely worth the full saturation.
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Gwreck
Jun 20 2008 06:43 PM
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I heard about that -- the Have You Ever Seen the Rain/So. Central Rain opening must've been great.
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OlerudOwned
Jun 21 2008 05:12 PM
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I saw Gogol Bordello at McCarren Park Pool last night and got elbowed in the face. It was thoroughly enjoyable.
About 40 minutes into the encore one of the stage guys was practically begging Eugene Hutz to wrap things up and leave. And this was after he announced the after-party back at the Bulgarian Bar. The man just doesn't stop.
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Number 6
Jun 22 2008 12:06 AM
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="Gwreck":317zv273]I heard about that -- the Have You Ever Seen the Rain/So. Central Rain opening must've been great.[/quote:317zv273]
Yeah, that was pretty special. The storm had passed right over the venue; at one point they evacuated the top section due to lightning striking only a few hundred yards away. The show was delayed an hour (with opener Modest Mouse having an abbreviated set), and while the worst of the storm ended, it continued to rain at a steady pace throughout. The band needed to address it, and that was just a great way to do it.
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Number 6
Jun 22 2008 12:07 AM
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="OlerudOwned":9xm0t3al]I saw Gogol Bordello at McCarren Park Pool last night and got elbowed in the face. It was thoroughly enjoyable.[/quote:9xm0t3al]
How was the venue? I am going there to see Ween in July.
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OlerudOwned
Jun 22 2008 08:32 AM
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="Number 6":t471s923]="OlerudOwned":t471s923]I saw Gogol Bordello at McCarren Park Pool last night and got elbowed in the face. It was thoroughly enjoyable.[/quote:t471s923]
How was the venue? I am going there to see Ween in July.[/quote:t471s923]
It's really not much. Standing on the concrete is actually pretty uncomfortable and sitting on it is worse. If you don't get there early or fight your way up to the front, it seems like it'd be a pain in the ass to see. (But why wouldn't you?). It does have that sort of derelict, reclamation-project charm about it though.
The real fun is in the free Sunday Pool Party shows, one which I saw last year. (Ted Leo & the Pharmacists and The Thermals). They set up a giant slip-n-slide and a dodgeball court, free for anyone to use.
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themetfairy
Jun 25 2008 10:15 AM
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Last night MK and I saw Ringo Starr in concert. This year's All Starr Band included Billy Squier, Edgar Winter, Haimish Stuart (Average White Band), Colin Hay (Men At Work), Gary Wright, and Greg Bissonette on the drums (sometimes Ringo drummed as well). The highlight, as always, was the Yellow Submarine sing-a-long. It was MK's first trip to Radio City Music Hall, and he enjoyed it immensely :)
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seawolf17
Jun 25 2008 10:17 AM
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Ringo's a fun show. Saw him a few summers ago with Colin Hay, the guy from Squeeze, Sheila E, and John Waite. Very enjoyable. Ringo's a lot smaller in person than you think.
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themetfairy
Jun 25 2008 10:34 AM
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="seawolf17":1ndv0mym]Ringo's a lot smaller in person than you think.[/quote:1ndv0mym]
Well yeah, especially from Row YY.
But he's also very active on the stage, bopping around and dancing, etc.
What's nice is that he looks like he's genuinely enjoying himself on stage, and that he is basking in the fan base that he's developed over 40+ years. It's nice seeing someone who seems so relaxed and pleased while he's performing.
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AG/DC
Jun 25 2008 11:31 AM
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The thing about Ringo is that he seems constitutionally incapable of not being a ham.
When they did the Concert for George, rather than give Ringo actual George Harrison material, he did "Photograph" and "Honey, Don't." Now the both have arguments for their appropriateness --- the first was co-written by George and the second was by his original idol Carl Perkins --- but you'd think he could have hacked some silly George songs like "All Together Now" or "Got My Mind Set on You." But I guess Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynn couldn't stomache the thought of allowing Ringo outside of his comfort zone.
Anyhow, it's not a stretch to listen to "Photograph" and hear it as a song to a deceased friend, rather than an ex-lover. At least it wouldn't be such a stretch if Ringo wasn't swinging around the stage in a velvet jacket flashing Hollywood peace signs at the audience. What a goof.
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It's impossible to watch a clip from that show and not see young George in every movement Dhani makes. It's scary. It's like his ghost is on stage.
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Frayed Knot
Jun 25 2008 11:36 AM
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At one point during that show Olivia Harrison says that it's like George/(Dhani) stayed the same age while everyone else aged several decades.
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seawolf17
Jun 25 2008 11:37 AM
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Isn't it great that Ringo doesn't take himself too seriously, though? It'd be real easy for A BEATLE to rest on your laurels and just be a superstar, but Ringo is out there, doing children's shows and playing little amphitheaters (I saw him at Westbury) with his friends. That's just great.
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themetfairy
Jun 25 2008 12:12 PM
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="AG/DC":1zb451rh]It's impossible to watch a clip from that show and not see young George in every movement Dhani makes. It's scary. It's like his ghost is on stage.[/quote:1zb451rh]
I see that - wow!
Yeah, Ringo's a goof. But he's the same goof he's been since the beginning. I like the fact that he hasn't aged into a crotchety old guy - he's still "The Nice One" after all these years.
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SteveJRogers
Jul 13 2008 07:35 AM
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Cheesy New Jersey cousin of mine went to see this show last night
[url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article_entertainment.jsp?ymd=20080713&content_id=3126567&vkey=entertainment&fext=.jsp:1rrxkvlw]Bon Jovi in Central Park[/url:1rrxkvlw]
You could say "I'm sure he was invited by someone," well he was as he went to a VIP party apparently afterward, but sadly he thinks Bon Jovi belongs in the pantheon of great acts from The Garden State.
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themetfairy
Jul 13 2008 08:45 AM
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MK and I are going to see Bon Jovi and the All-American Rejects at MSG tomorrow. Not because Bon Jovi is a great act. But A), we like the All-American Rejects; and B) we see it as a NJ Residential Concert Requirement. You live here long enough, it's something that you have to do.
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SteveJRogers
Jul 13 2008 09:29 AM
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Got into a fight with someone because he thought
A) Bon Jovi is one of the greatest acts of all time
B) Blaze of Glory is one of the greatest albums of all time and
C) Young Guns II is one of the greatest Westerns of all time.
What the hell do you say to someone THAT delusional?
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Frayed Knot
Jul 13 2008 10:15 AM
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| ]What the hell do you say to someone THAT delusional? |
Party on Garth!
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OlerudOwned
Jul 14 2008 10:48 AM
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While everyone else in Jersey was getting on the North Jersey Coast Line to see Bon Jovi in Central Park, I was walking to Grand Central, transferring to the Metro North, and heading to Poughkeepsie to squeeze into a tiny bar/theater for some good old fashioned ska/synth-pop inspired punk rock.
Technically it was a Less Than Jake show, but I don't care for them and left before their set. It was all about the openers: Bomb the Music Industry!, Suburban Legends, and Big D and the Kids Table.
BtMI is my favorite of the bunch, and one of the more interesting groups out there. DIY to all possible extremes, they record and produce all their own stuff and founder Jeff Rosenstock puts all their music, for free, on his "donation-based" record label, [url=http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/index.htm:36tsq5dz]Quote Unquote[/url:36tsq5dz]. Not only that, but they bring stencils and spraypaint with them to shows so that anyone who brings a blank T can get their own free shirt. They're a really approachable, kind, and funny bunch of people, and they put on a damn good show when they're not entirely blitzed.
[url=http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/qur004/008.mp3:36tsq5dz]"Syke! Life is Awesome![/url:36tsq5dz]
[url=http://www.quoteunquoterecords.com/qur002/03.mp3:36tsq5dz]"Even Winning Feels Bad"[/url:36tsq5dz]
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metsguyinmichigan
Jul 14 2008 03:06 PM
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="SteveJRogers":36msve5d]Got into a fight with someone because he thought
A) Bon Jovi is one of the greatest acts of all time
B) Blaze of Glory is one of the greatest albums of all time and
C) Young Guns II is one of the greatest Westerns of all time.
What the hell do you say to someone THAT delusional?[/quote:36msve5d]
You tell him his Jeter jersey is ugly.
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SI Metman
Jul 14 2008 04:06 PM
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I was at that concert in the park and it was a pretty damn good show.
Since it was MLB sponsored, they had giant inflatable baseballs that lit up once it got dark. They aired This Week in Baseball clips and a preview of ESPN's Wednesday night Yankee suckoff that is coming up while we were waiting for the start.
The setlist was pretty good too. No problems with the crowd, I was off to the side and didn't get killed.
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Kong76
Jul 14 2008 04:46 PM
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WOULD GINA'S DAUGHTER PLEASE RAISE HER HAND!
Jeets: What the hell do you say to someone THAT delusional?<<<
Excuse me while I go dig out the King Cobra Deep Face 1 wood.
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themetfairy
Jul 17 2008 07:03 AM
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Billy Joel rocked Shea last night, with cameo appearances by Tony Bennett, John Mayer, Don Henley and John Mellencamp. There were Mets montages in the background, Beatles songs, and some fabulous orchestration. The night started with the National Anthem and towards the end Billy threw in Take Me Out To The Ballgame. The complete set list can be found [url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2008/07/set_list_for_billy_joel_at_she.html:t0pymw9y]here[/url:t0pymw9y].
I had never previously felt the upper deck of Shea shaking before. But shake it did last night - it was Amazin'!
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 07:19 AM
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Is there anybody over 50 that doesn't want John Freakin' Mayer on stage to borrow authority from?
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soupcan
Jul 17 2008 07:49 AM
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="AG/DC":fp1tt7k5]Is there anybody over 50 that doesn't want John Freakin' Mayer on stage to borrow authority from?[/quote:fp1tt7k5]
Really? I don't get that at all.
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themetfairy
Jul 17 2008 08:18 AM
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Edgy's just being an ageist.
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 08:30 AM
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Billly Jucketts, Elton John, the Police --- they all have John Mayer guesting on stage.
I guess I realize he's pretty, and not so offensive as Christina Aguilera singing with the Stones, but come on. Bleh.
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soupcan
Jul 17 2008 08:31 AM
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Oh, I thought you were talking about the crowd not the artists.
Gotcha.
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themetfairy
Jul 17 2008 08:40 AM
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I don't think Mayer's pretty. I do think he's a damn good guitar player and songwriter.
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 08:56 AM
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="themetfairy":mvob5s2j]Edgy's just being an ageist.[/quote:mvob5s2j]
No, I'm quite certain I'd dislike him actively --- rather than just disregard him passively --- if I was younger.
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themetfairy
Jul 17 2008 09:01 AM
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To each his own.
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OlerudOwned
Jul 17 2008 09:27 AM
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="AG/DC":1gs7mzmz]="themetfairy":1gs7mzmz]Edgy's just being an ageist.[/quote:1gs7mzmz]
No, I'm quite certain I'd dislike him actively --- rather than just disregard him passively --- if I was younger.[/quote:1gs7mzmz]
I am young and I actively dislike him, so I'll vouch for you.
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 09:46 AM
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<table align="right"><tr><td> The Star-Spangled Banner
- Miami 2017
- Angry Young Man
- My Life
- Everybody Loves You Now
- The Entertainer
- Zanzibar
- Allentown
- Ballad of Billy the Kid
- New York State of Mind (with Tony Bennett)
- Big Man on Mulberry Street
- Root Beer Rag
- Movin' Out
- Goodnight Saigon
- Don't Ask Me Why
- This Is the Time (with John Mayer)
- Keepin' the Faith
- Downeaster
- Alexa
- An Innocent Man
- Boys of Summer (with Don Henley)
- She's Always a Woman
- Captain Jack
- Lullabye
- Hard Day's Night/River of Dreams
- Pink Houses (with John Mellencamp)
- We Didn't Start the Fire
- It's Still Rock'n'Roll to Me
- Please Please Me
- You May Be Right
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- Only the Good Die Young
- She Loves You
- Piano Man
- Souvenir</td></tr></table>Ten good positive things to say:
1) This is an impressively long set list for an old guy coming out of retirement --- 10-12 songs longer than the Stones might bring.
2) He avoids most of his retro rock & roll period to good ends.
3) He recognizes that his seventies were richer from his eighties, but dammint, he's going to draw what he still belives in from his eighites catalog.
4) Tony Bennett for "New York State of Mind," was, I'm sure, as classy as Bennett himself, but he didn't pull the poor guy out at encore time because he believed in himself enough to carry the back end of the show.
5) Mellancamp was a gutsy choice, as the guy is a thousand pound gorilla and "Pink Houses" isn't a piano song. Very few of Mellancamp's hits feature piano or even keyboards. "I Need a Lover" has a crude piano part. I hope the challenge to work a piano into the arrangement produced good results.
6) I'm intrigued about how they broke "Downeaster Alexa" into two songs.
7) He resisted the urge to work Alexa into his set and attempt to symbolically turn his legacy over to her, as a lesser man would have done.
8) Two Beatle songs beats one. One medleyed into his own song, and one left alone. Poifect.
9) Don Henley stole the title of "Boys of Summer" from baseball. For one night, baseball stole it back a little.
10) "Piano Man" is too easy a choice as closer. Always good to play something surprising after "Piano Man."
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themetfairy
Jul 17 2008 10:19 AM
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There was a third Beatles song earlier in the set that didn't make it onto that playlist.
OE - the third one was Please, Please Me
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 10:31 AM
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Three beats two.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 17 2008 10:49 AM
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No piano still, but Mellancamp has now morphed into a full-blown folk artist who channels the BoDeans on his new single, out this week:
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 10:55 AM
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That's funny. I woke up last week and said, "The world needs a new Everly Brothers song."
I worked one out, and liked it, but Mellancamp beat me to the punch.
He's always doing that shit to me.
Really. I'll upload later if I can convince somebody to do a lo-fi harmony line for me.
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A Boy Named Seo
Jul 17 2008 11:18 AM
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Screw the harmonies. Upload it NOW!!!
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 11:29 AM
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There's a reason Don Everly didn't have a successful solo career.
Actually, I don't have a recording of it here. I'll try to throw something together at home tonight.
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G-Fafif
Jul 17 2008 12:12 PM
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Pithy review:
Concert kicked ass.
Slightly less pithy review [url=http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2008/7/17/3797144.html:ddjo0z71]here[/url:ddjo0z71].
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A Boy Named Seo
Jul 17 2008 12:13 PM
Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jul 19 2008 10:12 PM
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Actually, I don't have a recording of it here. I'll try to throw something together at home tonight.
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Nice, baby, nice. Gettin' the CPF band back together.
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soupcan
Jul 17 2008 12:42 PM
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Say what you want about Billy Joel - his fans are way hotter than Bon Jovi's...
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metirish
Jul 17 2008 12:50 PM
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An unidentified male is arrested for unknown reasons at the Billy Joel show. (Newsday / Bruce Gilbert / July 16, 2008)
Brian Cashman?
Saw a sign posted here at work , two field tickets for $70 each , below face value it says.
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AG/DC
Jul 17 2008 12:54 PM
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I'm pretty sure that I went to college with Professor Chinbeard in Soup's bottom picture.
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metirish
Jul 17 2008 12:55 PM
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With a chin that long he shouldn't have the beard , I'm sure Clinton and Kelly would tell him that.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 17 2008 01:03 PM
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="metirish":11fenwxq]With a chin that long he shouldn't have the beard , I'm sure Clinton and Kelly would tell him that.[/quote:11fenwxq]
You mean Nick Arroyo.
How gay are we?
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metirish
Jul 17 2008 01:21 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3i4n9chu]="metirish":3i4n9chu]With a chin that long he shouldn't have the beard , I'm sure Clinton and Kelly would tell him that.[/quote:3i4n9chu]
You mean Nick Arroyo.
How gay are we?[/quote:3i4n9chu]
Very gay , the trade off for watching so many Mets games. I like Nick and his Manchester accent.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Jul 17 2008 01:28 PM
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I got sick of that show eventually, just like Queer Eye. Same plot every week!
I did see Carmondy walking around Union Square once -- hot!
Oh, a new season of Project Runway started last night...
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metirish
Jul 17 2008 01:33 PM
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My mistake , it's Clinton and Stacy . Not that it makes a difference.
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Rockin' Doc
Jul 17 2008 06:23 PM
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Understandable mistake, it's Clinton Kelly and Stacy London.
How gay do I feel now?
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Kong76
Jul 17 2008 06:31 PM
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Someone start a sexual orientation poll NOW!!!
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themetfairy
Jul 19 2008 04:14 AM
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I'm going to the Dave Matthews Band [url=http://www.cancercommentary.com/2008/05/10/dave-matthews-band-stand-up-for-a-cure-concert-series/:2w2a9p4q]Stand Up For A Cure concert[/url:2w2a9p4q] at Madison Square Garden in September. Proceeds from the show will benefit lung cancer research.
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metirish
Jul 19 2008 09:27 AM
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Paul McCartney joined Joel on stage last night as did Garth Brooks , Roger Daltry and Steven Tyler.
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Paul McCartney Joins Billy Joel at Shea Stadium
By BEN SISARIO
Published: July 19, 2008
It takes a lot to upstage Billy Joel at Shea Stadium.
But late on Friday night, nearly three hours into a career-spanning performance advertised as the last concert at Shea before it was to be demolished, Mr. Joel seemed happy to turn over the spotlight to Paul McCartney, who, he said, had just flown in from London.
The sold-out crowd of 55,000 people let out an ear-splitting roar as Mr. McCartney sang the Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There,” with Mr. Joel singing backup and, fitting his reputation as a self-deprecating rock star, looking on from his piano as if he were just another fan himself.
Before beginning “Let It Be,” Mr. McCartney alluded to the Beatles’ first concert at Shea in 1965, the year after the stadium opened.
“It’s so cool to be back here on the last night,” he said. “Been here a long time ago — we had a blast that night, and we’re having another one tonight.”
The concert was the second of two farewell shows by Mr. Joel, who told the crowd earlier in the night: “They’re tearing this house down. I want to thank you for letting me do the job and keep doing it — the best job in the world.”
Mr. McCartney wasn’t the only big guest. The country star Garth Brooks, dressed in a Mets T-shirt, sang Mr. Joel’s “Shameless,” which was a big hit for Mr. Brooks; Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performed “Walk This Way;” and Roger Daltrey of the Who — which played at Shea in 1982 — sang “My Generation” as Mr. Joel smashed a guitar on the center-field stage.
Before the show, fans praised Mr. Joel, Long Island’s favorite son, as an approachable superstar whose songs chronicle everyday New York lives and struggles. “Only New Yorkers have a true sense of what he talks about,” said Lauren Marchiano, 26. As an avowed follower of both Mr. Joel and the Mets, she said, the night was doubly poignant for her.
But the most popular topic of conversation seemed to be how much everyone had paid to get in. Ronnie Glowacki, an administrative assistant from Brooklyn, had been frozen out when tickets went on sale in February; she would say only that she paid “somewhere between zero and $500” to get in on Friday. A Yankees fan, she was there to catch what could be a last glimpse — not of Shea Stadium, but of Mr. Joel.
“I don’t know how much longer he’s going to be doing concerts, so I want to get every one I can get in,” she said. “For me it’s all Billy.”
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Valadius
Jul 19 2008 11:13 AM
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My mom got really excited when she heard about that.
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SteveJRogers
Jul 19 2008 04:30 PM
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[url=http://www.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?contractUrl=1&language=en-US&family=editorial&p=Paul%20McCartney&ebd=2008-07-18&src=quick:1027ovt8]Getty Images of Macca at Shea for one last time.[/url:1027ovt8]
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A Boy Named Seo
Jul 19 2008 10:12 PM
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="AG/DC":avod9grn]There's a reason Don Everly didn't have a successful solo career.
Actually, I don't have a recording of it here. I'll try to throw something together at home tonight.[/quote:avod9grn]
Still waitin. Rock me AG/DC.
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AG/DC
Jul 28 2008 10:53 AM
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<a href="http://www.showbizspy.com/07282008/paul-mccartney-shea-stadium-gig-was-a-blast" target="_blank"><b>SHOWBIZ<sup>spy</sup></b></a>
<blockquote>Paul McCartney: 'Shea Stadium Gig Was a Blast'
July 28 2008
<img src="http://www.showbizspy.com/files/imagecache/small/files/Paul%20McCartney_7.jpg" align="left">Sir Paul McCartney says returning to Shea Stadium for its final gig on July 18 was a "blast".
Paul, 66, first played the baseball stadium with The Beatles -- one of the band's most iconic gigs on August 15, 1965 -- and was invited to play again to bid farewell to the New York Mets home, which is due to be demolished.
"Shea was a blast!" explained McCartney. "I can't tell you what it felt like to be back there onstage after all these years -- and to think I nearly didn't make it."
The legendary musician had to dash from a gig of his own in Quebec, Canada, to play the show alongside Billy Joel.
"I really wanted to do it as Billy is a mate and I have such special memories of Shea," said McCartney.
"I had to fly to New York city to get to Quebec and it kind of dawned on me that as I was flying (back) Friday evening I might just be able to make it to Shea by the end of the show. So I made a few calls and the rest was to be left to fate. I knew it was going to be close though."
In order to make the gig, Paul had to rush from the airport to the venue with a police escort. It took just 11 minutes to make the journey.
"It was crazy. I'd been on a plane for hours and had no idea how far into the show Billy was," Paul said. "The pilot had been keeping us informed of how we were doing time-wise and we found out later that air traffic control had worked hard to ensure we landed on time, but then there was still going to be the traffic to negotiate in order to make it for the show.
"When the plane doors opened I was met by the police and airport security, who rushed me straight through all the arrival procedures and then got me out as quickly as possible."
The star added playing the show reminded him of the fab four's legendary gig.
"Standing out there on stage and hearing the crowd, all the memories came flooding back of being there all that time ago with the band when we first toured the US," he said.
"It was mad the first time round because we didn't really know what to expect, as no-one had ever played a stadium show before. Like a lot of things we did, it was going into the unknown. The technology was so different. We couldn't really hear ourselves when we played there as the crowd were so loud. Vox had specially designed us 100-watt amplifiers but they were nowhere near loud enough.
"The crowd were just as loud this time round but technology has moved on now so we can hear what we are playing. This stadium is such a special place to us. We’ll never forget it and its memory will live on."</blockquote>
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themetfairy
Jul 29 2008 07:32 AM
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I saw Springsteen and the E Street Band at Giants Stadium last night. As Jon Stewart said at the start of last night's The Daily Show, it's like seeing a panda in China. Bruce in his indigenous environment was energetic and he interacted heavily with the audience. The E Street Band was in good form, and it was an energetic show.
Prior to this, my only Springsteen concert was an acoustic show a few years ago, and that was a snoozefest. I'm glad that show wasn't my only Bruce concert experience - seeing him with the band was an entirely different kind of show.
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soupcan
Aug 01 2008 10:31 AM
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Going to see Elvis Costello and The Police on Monday 8/4 at Jones Beach.
You have to be at least 42 to get in the door I think.
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metirish
Aug 01 2008 10:35 AM
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="soupcan":nf3ze3uz]Going to see Elvis Costello and The Police on Monday 8/4 at Jones Beach.
You have to be at least 42 to get in the door I think.[/quote:nf3ze3uz]
It's 1983 and The Police and Elvis Costello are playing NYC , what venue?
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AG/DC
Aug 01 2008 10:37 AM
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The Polide at Shea, of course. Elvis might play the Pier.
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HahnSolo
Aug 01 2008 11:36 AM
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Never knew Sir Paul was a southpaw bassist.
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AG/DC
Aug 01 2008 11:37 AM
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Southpaw everything.
And, like Hendrix, he can somehow play a righhanded guitar upside down without re-stringing it.
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cooby
Aug 03 2008 08:34 PM
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="soupcan":w87jht7a]Going to see Elvis Costello and The Police on Monday 8/4 at Jones Beach.
You have to be at least 42 to get in the door I think.[/quote:w87jht7a]
King of Pain! Yell at them to play King of Pain!
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Gwreck
Aug 04 2008 01:16 PM
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="themetfairy":1t9xsvqp]I saw Springsteen and the E Street Band at Giants Stadium last night. As Jon Stewart said at the start of last night's The Daily Show, it's like seeing a panda in China. Bruce in his indigenous environment was energetic and he interacted heavily with the audience. The E Street Band was in good form, and it was an energetic show.
Prior to this, my only Springsteen concert was an acoustic show a few years ago, and that was a snoozefest. I'm glad that show wasn't my only Bruce concert experience - seeing him with the band was an entirely different kind of show.[/quote:1t9xsvqp]
I'd take a lot of issue with Stewart -- Bruce's indigenous environment is the arena or theater (and certainly not a stadium); the peak experience isn't seeing him in East Rutherford, New Jersey, but rather in other cities on the East coast (Boston, Philadelphia).
That being said, you got to see a good show, TMF. Bruce's setlists have become a little less adventurous of late but the Monday night show did a good job of combining well-known crowd pleasers with a few nuggets for the diehards while still playing half of the new album. Very much a "party" type of show for summer.
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soupcan
Aug 05 2008 08:11 AM
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="cooby":2zi2k2e2]="soupcan":2zi2k2e2]Going to see Elvis Costello and The Police on Monday 8/4 at Jones Beach.
You have to be at least 42 to get in the door I think.[/quote:2zi2k2e2]
King of Pain! Yell at them to play King of Pain![/quote:2zi2k2e2]
They did.
Excellent show. As good as when I saw them last summer at Fenway. They sounded tight and the acoustics were exceptional. I'd never seen a show at Jones Beach before and was told that the wind plays havoc with the sound. Not last night. Maybe we got lucky.
And...it was just the three of them onstage through the whole show. No back-up singers, no horns, no nothing. Just Gordon, Andy and Stu. It was lots of fun. I'm glad I saw them twice on this tour. Thursday at MSG is the final show and the B-52s are opening. The show is a fundraiser for Public Television. I'm sure you can still get good seats through a broker if you are so inclined but I'm thinking since its a PBS fundraiser that there will be a concert DVD available soon for a small donation ($250?) to PBS.
Didn't see much of Elvis, but as we were walking in, heard Sting singing 'Allison' with him on stage. That would've been nice to see but at least I heard it.
Just a great band. Set list as I remember it...
Message in a Bottle
Walking On the Moon
Demolition Man
Voices Inside My Head
When the World is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven to Tears
Hole in My Life
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Can't Stand Losing You
[u:2zi2k2e2]Encore I[/u:2zi2k2e2]
Roxanne
King Of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
[u:2zi2k2e2]Encore II[/u:2zi2k2e2]
Next to You
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cooby
Aug 05 2008 04:03 PM
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It's a damn good thing you yelled at them for an encore or they wouldn't have sung it.
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AG/DC
Aug 05 2008 05:17 PM
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Seems like a brief enough set, but I'm sure Elvis made up for it.
Any show with only three Synchronicity selections is my kind of set.
Now if they can just scuttle "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle."
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soupcan
Aug 05 2008 08:35 PM
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Didja hear Gary Cohen say he was there last night?
I'd gladly take 'Roxanne' and 'Message in A Bottle' if they didn't play 'Every Breath You Take'
I'd loved to have heard 'Peanuts' and 'Born In The 50's'. Wife wanted 'Man In A Suitcase'.
'Demolition Man' and 'Invisible Sun' were nice touches
While waiting for the second encore, a couple behind me was trying to figure out which song(s) it would be. The guy was certain it would be 'Synchronicity I'. Having checked previous set lists online I was 99% certain I knew.
So I turned around and said 'It'll be 'Next To You'.
Guy turns to his wife and says 'I don't know that one...'
*sigh*
Did you see them at all Edgy?
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AG/DC
Aug 05 2008 08:59 PM
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Nope.
Woudn't it have been the awesomest way to return if, on the Grammies or at the Hall of Fame induction, they sang four bars of "Roxanne" or "Every Breath...," stopped, counted to four, and blasted into "ICAN'TSTANDITFORANOTHERDAY!"?
Let it be known that that guy knows the song now.
I saw them in 1983 at Shea. I'm OK with that. If they do a new record along the lines of "Peanuts" and "It's All Right for You," I'm all over it.
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cooby
Aug 06 2008 04:01 AM
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I'd gladly take 'Roxanne' and 'Message in A Bottle' if they didn't play 'Every Breath You Take'
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What, you don't think the three of them go well together?
I think you should send them your new lyrics to Murder by Numbers, then next time, yell at them to sing that.
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metsguyinmichigan
Aug 06 2008 08:02 AM
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I saw them at the Coliseum on the last night of the Ghost in the Machine tour, and it was fun because there were all kinds of hi-jinx going on. We were in behind-the-stage seats, where were better than I thought they'd be.
They came through Grand Rapids this summer, and people here were surprised they were playing a city this size -- and only played to a two-thirds-full arena. Tickets were just too expensive.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Aug 06 2008 08:07 AM
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That's the tour I saw 'em on too, tho at the Garden. Did the Go-Gos open?
They were horrible, the Go-Gos. Cops were pretty good, though I never liked GITM or anything after as much as the first 3.
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AG/DC
Aug 06 2008 08:08 AM
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Documentary footage from the era has the Police teaching the Go-Gos how to play backstage. The Go-Gos were managed by Stewart's brother.
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metsguyinmichigan
Aug 06 2008 08:13 AM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":2rmeg1em]That's the tour I saw 'em on too, tho at the Garden. Did the Go-Gos open?
They were horrible, the Go-Gos. Cops were pretty good, though I never liked GITM or anything after as much as the first 3.[/quote:2rmeg1em]
Wow. I don't remember. I think I would have remembered if it had been the Go-Gos, because bad as they are, I kinda like them. I keep copies of sets lists and things like that. Let me pull it out and see who it was.
I've seen some horrible opening acts over the years. It's fun to see one actually make it big. I saw Def Leppard open for Ozzie once, with Joe Perry Project also being on the bill. Leppard's first album had just come out.
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sharpie
Aug 06 2008 08:26 AM
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Opening acts I've seen who went on to bigger and better things (excluding opening acts who already had a hit or had fans in their own right at the time):
Roxy Music (first US tour, still had Eno in the band)
Journey
Peter Frampton (discussed in the desert island thread, tho' then going as Frampton's Camel)
Dead Kennedys (knew someone who was in the band)
The Tubes
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sharpie
Aug 12 2008 09:01 PM
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So I come back from seeing Bob Dylan at the bandshell in Prospect Park to find out the Mets have won and Frayed Knot and AG/DC's "Blowin In the Wind" parody, which was Bob's final song.
Setlist:
Rainy Day Women #12 & #35
Lay Lady Lay
Lonesome Day Blues
Girl of the North Country
The Levee's Gonna Break
Spirit On the Water
Honest With Me
John Brown
Highway 61 Revisited
Beyond the Horizon
It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Nettie Moore
Summer Days
Masters of War
encore:
Like a Rolling Stone
Thunder On the Mountain
Blowin' In the Wind
He was in good voice, the weather was lovely, a fine time was had. I wouldn't have picked him to do 5 songs from his most recent album but overall I can't complain.
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metirish
Aug 13 2008 06:46 AM
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Jim Fraber in the daily News today gave a favorable review , he did day that Dylan and his band reworked a number of songs which he thought was a good thing. Do you agree?
[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/2008/08/13/2008-08-13_bob_dylan_does_classics_in_brooklyn.html:3onas8e0]Dylan[/url:3onas8e0]
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sharpie
Aug 13 2008 06:55 AM
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Dylan always reworks his older material. I generally agreed with the Daily News review. This isn't his best band (that was the one in the late '90's-early 00's) but the arrangements were consistently interesting. Considering half of the songs were from the last two albums and many (though not all) of the older ones were radically revised you can't accuse him of doing a nostalgia act, though I'm sure much of the audience would have wanted that.
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2008 07:14 AM
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Saw the Knitters yesterday at Lincoln Center, the start of ther set at least since Jr. Lunchbox by then had gotten through the blues band opening for them and become a complete maniac needing to eat pizza.
If I could do it all over again I'd have paid a babysitter big buxx. They sounded great, the setting was perfect, etc etc. The Music Makers Blues Revue that opened were good. Patti Smith was the hilite of this show but we were long gone by then.
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Methead
Aug 25 2008 08:01 AM
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Going to see Zappa Plays Zappa in Bridgeport, CT on November 1. They are the "officially sanctioned" Zappa tribute band led by Dweezil.
They are performing in NYC on Halloween, but the tickets for that show are very expensive since the venue is tiny. Tix for the Bridgeport show in a theater seating 1400 are much more reasonable.
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AG/DC
Aug 25 2008 08:23 AM
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That (being forced to cut out early on the Knitters) is tragic.
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SteveJRogers
Aug 25 2008 05:01 PM
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Ehhh, nothing spectaular from Southside Johnny at Bar-A Friday
Did get some good photos.
Did see a decent local band called [url=http://www.rorydaniels.com/main.html]Rory Daniels Band[/url] at the Boat House in Belmar that night.
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Frayed Knot
Aug 25 2008 07:22 PM
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Southside is getting ready to put out an album of all Tom Waits songs.
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themetfairy
Sep 06 2008 09:42 PM
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D-Dad and I drove through Hurricane Hannah in order to see Ben Folds and the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in concert at the Mann Center. It was a great show - the music is great in its own right, and it sounded incredible with the orchestra. It was worth driving through a storm in order to see!
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themetfairy
Sep 11 2008 05:55 AM
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Saw the Dave Matthews Band's [url=http://www.cancercommentary.com/2008/05/10/dave-matthews-band-stand-up-for-a-cure-concert-series/:24jkpdc9]Stand Up for a Cure concert[/url:24jkpdc9] at MSG last night. It was a good set, and a great evening.
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AG/DC
Sep 11 2008 06:49 AM
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I didn't see Freedy Johnston at the 9:30 Club last night.
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sharpie
Sep 22 2008 08:38 AM
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Saw Randy Newman at Carnegie Hall on Friday night. Hadn't listened to him much in 20 years or so. Of course he's spent much of that time on movie soundtracks but his show was good. He's a great songwriter who writes on subjects both big and small and, of course, he's very funny. Did pretty much everything you could want him to do and only did one of those songs from the Pixar movies ("You've Got a Friend In Me") which I was grateful for.
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themetfairy
Oct 11 2008 08:52 AM
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Saw Jason Mraz at Radio City last night. It was a great set. Mraz is better live than in studio, and his voice is worthy of the venue's acoustics. Fun stuff.
He started the show with Make it Mine, which is my favorite song from his newest album. This isn't from the concert, but it's for everyone who is shaking his head and asking, "Who's Jason Mraz?"
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soupcan
Oct 12 2008 08:39 AM
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Went to see Madonna at MSG last night.
Before you all ridicule me - it wasn't my idea. My 9 year-old begged me to take him so it was more being a nice dad than needing to get my Madge on.
What a crap-tastic event. I guess though if you like that stuff it was fine. The crowd seemed to really dig it.
First of all though, she was scheduled to go on at 8:00. No opening act and she didn't hit the stage until about 9:35. She'd 'play' a song and then disappear for a good 3-5 minutes while dancers performed onstage with what I can only describe as a music video playing on the big screens.
She'd come back out, play/perform another song or two and disappear again while the dancers filled the time.
She played mostly new crap that I'd never heard of but she did play a souped-up, sort of rock 'n' roll version of 'Borderline' which worked, and I liked it, and a few other earlier hits that she gave a new twist to. Some worked, some didn't. She did not play 'Like a Virgin' which surprised me.
She left the stage for good at 11:30. Lights came up - no encore. Less than two hours, booo.
My son had a great time so I suppose the evening was a success.
He said he enjoyed his first concert very much. Me? Eh.
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Frayed Knot
Oct 12 2008 08:52 AM
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First reaction to reading that line: You mean on purpose?
I was just reading something on her concert tour the other day.
First of all the newspaper ad had her posing with a guitar which reminded me of the thread we had here about being wary of lead singers strapping em on. For a singer who's at least even money to be lip-synching I figure the guitar is as much fashion accessory as anything and probably not even plugged in if one were present.
The other thing I read told me all I needed to know: 18 songs, 8 costume changes.
The part about coming on an hour-and-a-half late is borderline criminal.
I had no idea 9 y/o boys were into Madonna, not that I spent too much time thinking about it.
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soupcan
Oct 12 2008 10:11 AM
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="Frayed Knot":242ztw5y]First reaction to reading that line: You mean on purpose?[/quote:242ztw5y]
Exactly
="Frayed Knot":242ztw5y] I was just reading something on her concert tour the other day. First of all the newspaper ad had her posing with a guitar which reminded me of the thread we had here about being wary of lead singers strapping em on. For a singer who's at least even money to be lip-synching I figure the guitar is as much fashion accessory as anything and probably not even plugged in if one were present.[/quote:242ztw5y]
That was funny because they'd show close-ups of her playing but all she was doing was changing chords (slowly) and strumming. I've taken maybe 5 guitar lessons in my life and I could do the exact same thing that she was doing.
="Frayed Knot":242ztw5y]The other thing I read told me all I needed to know: 18 songs, 8 costume changes.[/quote:242ztw5y]
As I said - that was just too much and there was one segment where she had a gypsy band out there playing acoustic folk music for at least 5 minutes while she sat on a pillow on stage and watched. Just fucking odd.
="Frayed Knot":242ztw5y]The part about coming on an hour-and-a-half late is borderline criminal.[/quote:242ztw5y]
It seemed that she did the same thing the night before and word got out so the place didn't really even start to fill up until 9:00 or so. The issue with us was that my son was so excited to see her but by the time she finally went on he was really tired.
="Frayed Knot":242ztw5y]I had no idea 9 y/o boys were into Madonna, not that I spent too much time thinking about it.[/quote:242ztw5y]
As a general rule I don't think they are. My boy is a bit out there. Great kid, love him to death, wouldn't change a thing about him, but he's definitely one-of-a-kind.
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Oct 12 2008 11:35 AM
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I went to see Relient K (with Ludo, This Providence and House of Heroes) in Grand Rapids at a place called the Orbit Room on Friday.
I took my 16-year-old son, his buddy and my 11-year-old daughter. Orbit room is an old venue/bar, with standing room on the floor and seats in a balcony. Not sure what capacity is, but it's probably several thousand.
I figured I'd let the boys hang out on the floor, and my daughter and I would sit in the balcony so she could see better.
But the balcony was closed, and a bouncer said they need a crowd of at leat 1,100 to open it, and that they expected 800 for that show. I bet they drew twice that when they came to the same place two years ago.
I was stunned, since Relient K is really popular, especially with youth groups. Tickets were relatively cheap, too, at $20. But he said that the Michigan economy is so bad that even bands that tend to draw well have problems selling tickets.
But they let us drag two bar stools behind the soundboards so my daughter could see.
It was a good show, Relient K never disappoints.
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AG/DC
Oct 12 2008 02:11 PM
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Isn't that a Pontiac model?
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 12 2008 04:04 PM
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They're named after the Dodge, but spelled differently. Kind of a power-pop with Christian leanings. Good stuff!
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AG/DC
Oct 14 2008 08:25 AM
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Celebrating my one-month anniversary with a trip to see Alison Moyet tonight.
<img src="http://www.seatwave.es/FileStore/SEASON/IMAGE/alison-moyet_001771_1_MainPicture.jpg">
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metsguyinmichigan
Oct 14 2008 09:42 AM
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="AG/DC":25thh62l]Celebrating my one-month anniversary with a trip to see Alison Moyet tonight.
<img src="http://www.seatwave.es/FileStore/SEASON/IMAGE/alison-moyet_001771_1_MainPicture.jpg">[/quote:25thh62l]
Cool! I liked "Invisible."
Does she perform any Yaz songs?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 14 2008 09:46 AM
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="metsguyinmichigan":3sppoik8]
Does she perform any Yaz songs?[/quote:3sppoik8]
She f-ing better, for my $$!
Oh wait, I'm not going. But if I was...
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AG/DC
Oct 14 2008 10:02 AM
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For my money, too. I imagine she'll pull at least a few out. Certainly "Only You."
My sister was a meanie, and she would crack about "Invisible," noticing Moyet's size and saying, "Believe me honey, you're visible." But there was really something profound about an overweight chick singing about feeling invisible. In a way, they're some of the most invisible people in society.
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cooby
Oct 14 2008 01:32 PM
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Holy smokes, a month already?
I would have to say "borderline" is my favorite Madonna song, but wow that sounds a little eccentric. Maybe she is trying out some new personas and hasn't settled on one yet.
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Rockin' Doc
Oct 14 2008 06:58 PM
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metsguyinmichigan - <i>"Does she perform any Yaz songs?"</i>
Yastrzemski was in a band?
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AG/DC
Oct 14 2008 09:09 PM
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About five Yazzers. She did a Yaz tour of the US a few months back so she didn't seem to feel particularly obliged. This was her first US tour in 14 years as a solo act, so she tried to cover her whole career.
Turns out, the plug was mysteriously pulled and this was the last date. She said to check the website to find out why, but it didn't say nuttin'.
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A Boy Named Seo
Oct 14 2008 09:55 PM
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I'm Jim J. Bullock gay for Hayes Carll and I'm psyched to see him this Thursday. He's from south Texas and he's country all the way and I love him. He got picked up on Lost Highway Records (Ryan Adams, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, the Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams) and this song just won a country music award for best song.
He kicks all kinds of ass.
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AG/DC
Oct 15 2008 07:38 AM
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Oh, and no costume changes for Moyet.
I think I saw Hayes Caryll once.
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Gwreck
Oct 15 2008 08:37 AM
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="AG/DC":1gg60whp]Turns out, the plug was mysteriously pulled and this was the last date. She said to check the website to find out why, but it didn't say nuttin'.[/quote:1gg60whp]
Your answer [url=http://www.alisonmoyet.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=6713:1gg60whp]here[/url:1gg60whp].
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AG/DC
Oct 15 2008 08:49 AM
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She wants to re-connect with America after all these years, she needs to get an opening slot or play smaller venues.
The band was six pieces including her and it wasn't close to a full house for our show. It was the first time I've been to the 9:30 club where they set out chairs instead of letting us pack the floor. Cha and I noted that the last time we were there was the Pogues and peeps were drinking 14 times as much.
I liked her soul and blues much more than her torchy jazz --- and, of course, loved the dips into the Yaz catalogue --- but she had some devoted fans among gay males and well overweight wimmens who gave her standing O's after every song. You'da thought it was Donna Summer show. Plus there was a group of out-of-place anachronisticaly coiffed sticksy middle-agers who must've been the enrire chapter of her Winchester, VA fan club.
I think my new dream job is to be a promoter finding audiences for neglected 80s supertalents.
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A Boy Named Seo
Oct 15 2008 08:49 AM
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="AG/DC":16px73ss]
I think I saw Hayes Caryll once.[/quote:16px73ss]
Not so memorable, though, huh?
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Oct 15 2008 08:52 AM
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="AG/DC":3tv3jqzh]I think my new dream job is to be a promoter finding audiences for neglected 80s supertalents.[/quote:3tv3jqzh]
Can I like, work for you?
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AG/DC
Oct 15 2008 08:59 AM
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="A Boy Named Seo":1mt0c9cl]="AG/DC":1mt0c9cl]
I think I saw Hayes Caryll once.[/quote:1mt0c9cl]
Not so memorable, though, huh?[/quote:1mt0c9cl]
The performer was memorable, but not the name, so I'm not sure it was the same cat. He might have been the opener <a href="http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/500/f2_t528.shtml" target="_blank">the night I saw Dale Watson</a>. He sang in old-timey dialect with a hillbilly beard, and at the end of the night stood up and moaned an a capella version of "Children, Go Where I Send Thee" that stilled the crowd until they were quiet as mice --- Dale included. It wasn't just the song, but respecct for how vulnerable the guy made himself, yodeling out this traditional African-American Christimas song as a closer.
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A Boy Named Seo
Oct 15 2008 10:38 AM
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Don't know if that was Hayes Carll or not, but re-reading that Dale Watson post was cool. You recommend anything in particular by him?
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soupcan
Oct 15 2008 11:00 AM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":mzgmta9r]="AG/DC":mzgmta9r]I think my new dream job is to be a promoter finding audiences for neglected 80s supertalents.[/quote:mzgmta9r]
Can I like, work for you?[/quote:mzgmta9r]
If you are going to start his mailing list, feel free to put me on it.
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smg58
Oct 15 2008 12:15 PM
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="John Cougar Lunchbucket":15r0bfmm]="AG/DC":15r0bfmm]I think my new dream job is to be a promoter finding audiences for neglected 80s supertalents.[/quote:15r0bfmm]
Can I like, work for you?[/quote:15r0bfmm]
Your first client should be Howard Jones. My wife and I saw him give a free concert at Tanner Park in Copiague in July. Good show but geez, he should be able to do better than that.
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AG/DC
Oct 16 2008 01:05 PM
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="smg58"]="John Cougar Lunchbucket"]| ="AG/DC"]I think my new dream job is to be a promoter finding audiences for neglected 80s supertalents. |
Can I like, work for you? |
Your first client should be Howard Jones. My wife and I saw him give a free concert at Tanner Park in Copiague in July. Good show but geez, he should be able to do better than that. |
I saw him do a show around 1992 at CBGB's gallery. Afterwards we visited the merchandise table --- staffed by his parents.
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soupcan
Oct 16 2008 01:10 PM
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Last time I thought about Howard Jones was like 20 years ago when I was in his vegan restaurant near the NYU campus.
Yes I was trying to impress a girl.
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themetfairy
Oct 24 2008 03:46 PM
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Ben Folds Five, reunited -
<a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=44986141">Ben Folds Five - MySpace Front To Back concert</a><br><object width="425px" height="360px"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="movie" value="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=44986141,t=1,mt=video"><embed src="http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=44986141,t=1,mt=video" width="425" height="360" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object>
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 09 2008 06:25 PM
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Took the family to the Raleigh Auditorium for an afternoon show of <a href="http://www.raintribute.com/home.php">Rain - A Beatles Tribute.</a> The band is top notch and put on a tremendous show of live music, that is as close to seeing the Beatles as one will ever get. The band tears through 5 chronologically arranged sets of the Beatles music catalog. They dress, look, act and most importantly sound like the Beatles. It was a great show, enjoyed by our entire family.
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Rockin' Doc
Nov 25 2008 07:33 AM
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Saturday night the family went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's holiday concert at the RBC Center in Raleigh. They played 2 sets during the show. The first 75-80 minutes was a musical Christmas story; a Christmas concept album live if you will. Then after a brief intermission with an introduction of the band members, they played another 75-80 minutes of rocked out classical music. They give the term classic rock an entirely new meaning. They put on an amazing live show.
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Edgy DC
Dec 05 2008 11:13 PM
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Saw Hayes Carll tonight. He and his slide guitarist each looked like they've been crying for weeks, while his 24-y-o bassman looked like a 133-lb elven extra from Lord of the Rings. He kind of filled the psychic space between Steve Earle and Ryan Adams, but he had an occasional outburst of Dan Baird blues humor to him and I think he was at his best there and it brought out the best in his band. (His drummer, by the way, with his chunky frame, knotted brow, and overblown rock-n-roll facemaking looked like a Jack Black character.)
<img src="http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/80979061.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF193CE41B024AE96D64DFF988BABE8CDC69E5A5397277B4DC33E">
Anyhow, I was too close to the stage and the sound was all muddy. Take it from me and stay back.
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A Boy Named Seo
Dec 06 2008 08:47 PM
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Did his voice sound kinda worked? Like he's been on tour every night for 3 years straight all the while chain smoking Lucky Strikes?
He was great when I saw him, but it hurt my throat listening to him sing.
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Edgy DC
Dec 06 2008 09:06 PM
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That's part of it.
I worry about people who hit it big being miserable. Where do you go from there?
His band was so precious looking, and the Onion is sponsoring the tour.
I dug it but I dug the openers more (<a href="http://www.johnevansband.net/jebland/index.html" target="_blank">John Evans Band</a>). More engaged, harder working.
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Gwreck
Dec 14 2008 08:14 PM
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="AG/DC":36wzx5yr]I too recommend X, and certainly the Knitters as well. Both are superior to seeing Doe alone, if only because so much of his music is about relationships.
Has anybody ever taken off-keyness as far as Excene?[/quote:36wzx5yr]
Just recently announced were two Doe/Exene acoustic shows in NY. Got tickets for one of 'em. No other cities announced yet but hope they make it your way.
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Edgy DC
Dec 14 2008 08:42 PM
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Yeah. What the devil?
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metsguyinmichigan
Dec 14 2008 09:17 PM
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Went to a great show Saturday night. Jars of Clay was the headliner, with Sixpence None the Richer, Sara Groves and Leeland on the bill.
Almost all Christmas songs, and the musicians kept popping into each others' sets for a song or two.
Had a chance to meet both Leigh Nash and Sara Groves. Seemed like nice folks.
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Gwreck
Dec 16 2008 08:58 AM
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Went to the Neil Young / Wilco / Everest triple bill at Madison Square Garden last night.
I haven't seen Neil do a "greatest hits" tour like this before so seeing several of the classic songs that I've never seen before was a treat. He mixed in a fair amount of new material -- which I want to like -- but it just wasn't good. He had some interesting musical ideas but several of the songs came across as formulaic and forced. Lyrically most of the new material was empty. Kinda sad, but Neil is a prodigious writer and if I don't like this project, I know there'll be another, completely different one in a year or two.
I'm still not sure I get Wilco but they're superior musicians. Opening act Everest was fantastic.
Ran into and said hello to Ron Darling on the floor before the show.
Neil Young setlist:
Love And Only Love
Hey Hey, My My
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Powderfinger
Spirit Road
Cortez The Killer
Cinnamon Girl
Oh, Lonesome Me
Mother Earth
The Needle And The Damage Done
Light A Candle
Cough Up The Bucks
Fuel Line
Hit The Road And Go To Town
Unknown Legend
Heart Of Gold
Old Man
Get Back To The Country
Off The Road
Just Singing A Song
When Worlds Collide
Cowgirl In The Sand
Rockin' In The Free World
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Get Behind The Wheel
A Day In The Life (Beatles)
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sharpie
Dec 16 2008 10:45 AM
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I was also at that show.
Wilco was terrific. I was impressed that they could pull off the "noise" stuff from "A Ghost Is Born" or "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" material. Unfortunately, too many in the crowd didn't know or care about them.
Neil had a great band with him. Yeah, some of the new songs weren't terrific but I liked some of them (all of them seemed to be about driving).
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Gwreck
Jan 19 2009 07:09 PM
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I went to the We are One: Obama Inaugural Celebration concert on Sunday.
Felt like the right thing to do -- there is no way I can be there for the swearing-in tomorrow, but I wanted to be a part of what was going on. Didn't hurt that several of my favorite artists were performing. 2:45 wakeup call paid off with a great spot on the edge of the reflecting pool, maybe 75 yards back. Proper layering and the cold wasn't an issue.
Seemed as just about everybody performed with some sort of choir or chorus, often to fantastic effect (Springsteen solo acoustic on "The Rising"); Brooks with a children's choir on "Shout."
U2 performing Pride on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (the day before MLK day to boot) was magnificent. Chills when Bono was calling out "Let Freedom Ring" at the end. During their second song (a specific request from B.H.O.) Bono even interjected some of his usual Bono-ness, goofing with the podium and playing with the camera.
Brooks was a revelation. I have little interest in country music but he was a fantastic showman and turned in a great performance.
Amazing event. They had many well-written introductions from A-list celebrities (Hanks, Denzel, etc) between the musical performances as well. Biden and Obama both spoke briefly as well.
Setlist:
Bruce Springsteen- The Rising
Mary J. Blige- Lean on Me
Betty Lavette and Jon Bon Jovi- A Change Is Gonna Come
James Taylor, John Legend and Jennifer Nettles- Shower the People
John Mellencamp - Pink Houses
Josh Groban and Heather Headley - My Country 'Tis of Thee
Sheryl Crow, Herbie Hancock and Will.i.am - One Love
Renee Fleming and US Naval Academy Glee Club - You'll Never Walk Alone
Garth Brooks - American Pie/Shout/We Shall Be Free
Stevie Wonder, Usher and Shakira - Higher Ground
U2- Pride (In the Name of Love), City of Blinding Lights
Bruce Springsteen and Pete Seeger - This Land Is Your Land
Beyonce (with all) - America the Beautiful
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soupcan
Jan 19 2009 07:18 PM
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Watched it live on HBO - everybody sounded great.
U2 was great and I also liked the Stevie Wonder-Usher-Shakira performance.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 20 2009 06:15 AM
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Sharika had her stomach covered up so I didn't recognize her.
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sharpie
Jan 20 2009 07:06 AM
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Why did Garth Brooks get three freakin' songs (and why did he do "American Pie"?) and Stevie Wonder get only one-third of one?
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Edgy DC
Jan 20 2009 07:43 AM
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American Pie is three songs by itself.
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Frayed Knot
Jan 20 2009 07:46 AM
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="sharpie":3gfk2ue5]Why did Garth Brooks get three freakin' songs (and why did he do "American Pie"?) and Stevie Wonder get only one-third of one?[/quote:3gfk2ue5]
Racism, pure and simple.
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Gwreck
Jan 20 2009 09:02 AM
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="sharpie":2cko3ge1]Why did Garth Brooks get three freakin' songs (and why did he do "American Pie"?) and Stevie Wonder get only one-third of one?[/quote:2cko3ge1]
It was a medley -- they were abbreviated versions of each songs. He did one verse and two choruses of American Pie.
Why American Pie? Why not? His section of the show made a little more sense after hearing the introduction of him by Jack Black -- it was ostensibly about the American music one can hear on the radio in this country.
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Edgy DC
Jan 20 2009 09:11 AM
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Here's a paranoid theory. Because he represents, to the programmers, the 'Mericans that aren't on board the train yet.
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themetfairy
Jan 20 2009 09:18 AM
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="Edgy DC":1qv5ehtj]Here's a paranoid theory. Because he represents, to the programmers, the 'Mericans that aren't on board the train yet.[/quote:1qv5ehtj]
I don't think that's paranoid.
I think that Obama is reaching out to all segments of society - those who voted for him and those who didn't.
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Gwreck
Feb 01 2009 02:29 PM
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Went to see the Pretenders on Friday night at Roseland.
Chrissie looks great, same as always. Martin, not so much, although his performance seemed fine. They played a healthy portion of the new songs, many of which I thought were really quite good, particularly "Boots of Chinese Plastic" (which has gotten some radio play here) and "Break up the Concrete." Of a quality that makes me want to go out and buy the new album.
Interesting selection of the old material but I was disappointed to not get "Middle of the Road." "My City was Gone" was the big one the crowd was unhappy to have missed. Solid show nonetheless.
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