04-26-2007, 09:39 AM
Just have a couple of minutes to put my thoughts down..
pre-show met Paul Langlois by the tour bus, said its tough to remeber venues but he will never forget Bill's Bar (right next to avalon)..
I alos put in a request for "fiddlers green" and he said he'd be sure to mention it to Gord S. (no such luck)
Then out walks Robby Baker with his body guard, walked over to an awesome "hole in the wall" mexican taco place two doors down..
So I need to eat too, right?
Its me , Robby and his body guard in this tiney little take -out section..
talked to him for over 30 minutes (they make the taco from scratch, amazing)
he told me:
1) Robby picks all the cover tunes, no repeats..
2) They will be coming back to Boston in the fall to play the Orpheum
Quick Review:
Band / Gord as tight as I have ever seen them.
someone had two external mike's on stands by the SBD so i know there is a bootleg to come..
In View (great)
My Music At Work (perfect)
Grace, Too (gordie's intro hilarious.. "i'm signing up, I'm going to help fight the war,...NO I'M NOT!)
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken(perfect, but i miss the light show they used to have..)
Family Band
Ahead By A Century (new extended electric guitar solo by Paul!)
Yer Not The Ocean (love this song)
Courage (more great Gordie Rants.. first time I've ever seen him give the entire "There's no simple explanantion" part to the crowd.."
Bobcaygeon (perfect)
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian (Holy god, no mid-song rant, just Gordie wrapping the microphone cord around him, attached "execution style" to the mike stand .. blindfolded.. this visual was th entire mid-set.. ran a little too long IMO)
Boots Or Hearts (first live performance I have ever thought worked without sounding hokey, really great)
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared (perfect)
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking (short version)
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Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (you gonna say I'm crazy but I HATE THIS SONG.. its like easy listening music)
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers) it just didn't sound right with a white canadian guy singing it..(just my opnion)
Blow At High Dough (exhaustingly good with Gord at the top of the stage stairs ending the song "same tragically Hip thing" I still miss the light show from 2004 though..
Over all I give the show a B/ B+..
the setlist really brought the grade down , almost identical to the previous show, and no real "gems".. I was worried this woukld happen with all the epic setlists you Canadians got (really some of the best setlists of ANY tour)..
The band's light show was vitrually non-existant but that may be the limitations of Avalon..
On the postive side.. this was one of the most animated Gord D. perofmances i have seen in some time.. and his voice was in fine shape.. not as "growly" as he can get after too many shows..
PS:
If it weren't for you canadian's , the crowd would have been very lame..
THANK YOU for kicking it up a notch..
The tour merchadise was really lame, most had designs on the front, none on the back and only one shirt had 2007 tour dates..
I LOVED the skull t-shirt but you could hardly tell it was a Hip t-shirt unless you looked at the words on the sleeve..
again, nothing on the back..
Look, the band can HAVE my money, no problem, just design some shirts that show:
1) it's a tragically hip shirt on the back
2) its the 2007 tour (dates man! dates!)
Hoping for better at the Orpheum in the fall..
locked out!
pre-show met Paul Langlois by the tour bus, said its tough to remeber venues but he will never forget Bill's Bar (right next to avalon)..
I alos put in a request for "fiddlers green" and he said he'd be sure to mention it to Gord S. (no such luck)
Then out walks Robby Baker with his body guard, walked over to an awesome "hole in the wall" mexican taco place two doors down..
So I need to eat too, right?
Its me , Robby and his body guard in this tiney little take -out section..
talked to him for over 30 minutes (they make the taco from scratch, amazing)
he told me:
1) Robby picks all the cover tunes, no repeats..
2) They will be coming back to Boston in the fall to play the Orpheum
Quick Review:
Band / Gord as tight as I have ever seen them.
someone had two external mike's on stands by the SBD so i know there is a bootleg to come..
In View (great)
My Music At Work (perfect)
Grace, Too (gordie's intro hilarious.. "i'm signing up, I'm going to help fight the war,...NO I'M NOT!)
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken(perfect, but i miss the light show they used to have..)
Family Band
Ahead By A Century (new extended electric guitar solo by Paul!)
Yer Not The Ocean (love this song)
Courage (more great Gordie Rants.. first time I've ever seen him give the entire "There's no simple explanantion" part to the crowd.."
Bobcaygeon (perfect)
World Container
At The Hundredth Meridian (Holy god, no mid-song rant, just Gordie wrapping the microphone cord around him, attached "execution style" to the mike stand .. blindfolded.. this visual was th entire mid-set.. ran a little too long IMO)
Boots Or Hearts (first live performance I have ever thought worked without sounding hokey, really great)
The Kids Don't Get It
Springtime In Vienna
Scared (perfect)
The Lonely End Of The Rink
New Orleans Is Sinking (short version)
----------------------
Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man (you gonna say I'm crazy but I HATE THIS SONG.. its like easy listening music)
Is This Love (Bob Marley & The Wailers) it just didn't sound right with a white canadian guy singing it..(just my opnion)
Blow At High Dough (exhaustingly good with Gord at the top of the stage stairs ending the song "same tragically Hip thing" I still miss the light show from 2004 though..
Over all I give the show a B/ B+..
the setlist really brought the grade down , almost identical to the previous show, and no real "gems".. I was worried this woukld happen with all the epic setlists you Canadians got (really some of the best setlists of ANY tour)..
The band's light show was vitrually non-existant but that may be the limitations of Avalon..
On the postive side.. this was one of the most animated Gord D. perofmances i have seen in some time.. and his voice was in fine shape.. not as "growly" as he can get after too many shows..
PS:
If it weren't for you canadian's , the crowd would have been very lame..
THANK YOU for kicking it up a notch..
The tour merchadise was really lame, most had designs on the front, none on the back and only one shirt had 2007 tour dates..
I LOVED the skull t-shirt but you could hardly tell it was a Hip t-shirt unless you looked at the words on the sleeve..
again, nothing on the back..
Look, the band can HAVE my money, no problem, just design some shirts that show:
1) it's a tragically hip shirt on the back
2) its the 2007 tour (dates man! dates!)
Hoping for better at the Orpheum in the fall..
locked out!