07-20-2003, 11:28 AM
Hey all! I made it to the show! 
And what a show it was. The short Detroit show was certainly made up for last night as they played longer than they were supposed to. I'm not a great concert reviewer (Hugh "EXCELLENT!!" will help me out no doubt when he comes rolling back into town :thumb: ). The venue was amazing - House of Blues is a really good place to see a band. But again poor turnout - I would guess maybe 200 people attended. SO, ok, Gord was in his levis, white shirt and a white sweater-kinda thing and his white cowboyish-type hat. HE looked :thumb: to me *sigh*. I had a very good view as I was front row right about 8 seats over, right in front of Dale who gave another stellar performance. He returned my smile after the first song :thumb: . Before starting into Yer Obsessed Gord told the audience that the tune was about an argument that took place several years ago in Boston - an argument that is still not resolved, and he said the song didn't help (ya, no guff) and then added there were a lot of "fuck yous" said (teehee - I love hearing the stories behind the songs). The setlist was similar to others for the most part. The highlight of the show for me was Canada Geese - they fucking rawked the roof off the joint 8) - and by end Gord and Dale were raining sweat. It was SO sweet :mrgreen: I briefly considered trying to get some Gordie sweat to bottle and keep as a souvenir (just kidding :wink: !). Steeplechase was another particularly well done song of the night. They all had their funky sound effect instruments for the intro and it sounded really cool! Well Done :thumb: Near the end Gord started playing a song that he couldn't remember the words to (it looked like he was mouthing "FIVE" or something that rhymed with "five" to Dale...I dunno know) - and ended up abandoning it. That's when I think Gord said they were already going over (running late -after the encore). They played one more song and then they played Chancellor. I love Chancellor so it made my night that they played it. They played one or two more and that was it - the House of Blues had to shut them down but Gord wanted to keep playing (was that beer and whiskey he was drinking?). Near the end of the show a few of us were standing up and then when the show ended we went up to the stage and leaned over to try and get a handshake from Gord. He got all the guys to my left and missed me 
. I was bummed, but then he came back and shook my hand last before he left the stage *sigh* :thumb: I totally dig him *sigh* :mrgreen: So like IS he or ISN'T he married!?! 
cratch:
:wink:
Ok, so back to reality now. I'm so glad Joe and I went!
Hugh and gang, hope you all made it back safely. I can't wait to see your pictures! I wanna hear more about the gifts you gave the band too so make sure you post the details.
You guys should come over for beer sometime!
Sabina
And what a show it was. The short Detroit show was certainly made up for last night as they played longer than they were supposed to. I'm not a great concert reviewer (Hugh "EXCELLENT!!" will help me out no doubt when he comes rolling back into town :thumb: ). The venue was amazing - House of Blues is a really good place to see a band. But again poor turnout - I would guess maybe 200 people attended. SO, ok, Gord was in his levis, white shirt and a white sweater-kinda thing and his white cowboyish-type hat. HE looked :thumb: to me *sigh*. I had a very good view as I was front row right about 8 seats over, right in front of Dale who gave another stellar performance. He returned my smile after the first song :thumb: . Before starting into Yer Obsessed Gord told the audience that the tune was about an argument that took place several years ago in Boston - an argument that is still not resolved, and he said the song didn't help (ya, no guff) and then added there were a lot of "fuck yous" said (teehee - I love hearing the stories behind the songs). The setlist was similar to others for the most part. The highlight of the show for me was Canada Geese - they fucking rawked the roof off the joint 8) - and by end Gord and Dale were raining sweat. It was SO sweet :mrgreen: I briefly considered trying to get some Gordie sweat to bottle and keep as a souvenir (just kidding :wink: !). Steeplechase was another particularly well done song of the night. They all had their funky sound effect instruments for the intro and it sounded really cool! Well Done :thumb: Near the end Gord started playing a song that he couldn't remember the words to (it looked like he was mouthing "FIVE" or something that rhymed with "five" to Dale...I dunno know) - and ended up abandoning it. That's when I think Gord said they were already going over (running late -after the encore). They played one more song and then they played Chancellor. I love Chancellor so it made my night that they played it. They played one or two more and that was it - the House of Blues had to shut them down but Gord wanted to keep playing (was that beer and whiskey he was drinking?). Near the end of the show a few of us were standing up and then when the show ended we went up to the stage and leaned over to try and get a handshake from Gord. He got all the guys to my left and missed me . I was bummed, but then he came back and shook my hand last before he left the stage *sigh* :thumb: I totally dig him *sigh* :mrgreen: So like IS he or ISN'T he married!?! cratch: :wink:
Ok, so back to reality now. I'm so glad Joe and I went!
Hugh and gang, hope you all made it back safely. I can't wait to see your pictures! I wanna hear more about the gifts you gave the band too so make sure you post the details.
You guys should come over for beer sometime!
Sabina