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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: brennser on September 29, 2005, 10:03:00 am
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So who else is going? I am thinking alot of you guys will be there.
I haven't seen The Decemberists since that magical night when they played the Black Cat backbar and me and Markie consumated our love....
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Celeste and I will be going. We will consumate our love, for your viewing pleasure. For a small viewing fee.
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after seeing them at ACL, i have to say that i'm glad i'm going to be 2000 miles away when this show happens.
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me! haven't missed a decemberists show since the black cat backstage.
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Originally posted by brennser:
I haven't seen The Decemberists since that magical night when they played the Black Cat backbar
I was there, but back with the 'non-hecklers'.
I'll be there, but it's gonna be a crowded 9:30 Club and I won't be there in time to get up close...
What's the word on Sons & Daughters? I've read really mixed things.
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Where were you seated/standing at their Bumbershoot show?
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
me! haven't missed a decemberists show since the black cat backstage.
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funny, a friend of mine who was there (ACL) said they were great
Originally posted by distance:
after seeing them at ACL, i have to say that i'm glad i'm going to be 2000 miles away when this show happens.
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this will be the first show of theirs in dc i have not attended
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I have a ticket...thinking of dropping it..? I dunno, too many shows. Would I regret it?
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i'll be there.
Fortunas sooner than i thought...
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I thought of not going as well because I've seen them a lot over the last year and a half or so, and the last sold out show at 9:30 was the least inspiring of the lot. But what the hell. Friends are going, I'll go.
Sugartastic, you might want to cash that ticket in and pay for two other shows with the proceeds... Have you seen them in the last year? If so, you've seen this show. (If they do the cover of "Wuthering Heights," that's officially lame as they've been doing it since March). If you haven't seen them this year, I'd check them out. The songs from the last album add a lot to the set.
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Wish I was going. They didn't play The Tain last time I saw em. I think they're playing it more often on this tour.
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Originally posted by Bags:
Sugartastic, you might want to cash that ticket in and pay for two other shows with the proceeds... Have you seen them in the last year? If so, you've seen this show.
well said ... i've seen them a few times in the last couple of years and i've decided to take a break from them for a while ... i really don't want to burn out on them ...
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I'll be there. First time I saw them during the oppresive heat at the Intonation Festival in Chicago. Not conducive to checking out a band. Second time I saw them was at their last 930 appearance. That time the bartender was in a chatty mood and I missed about half the set talking to her. This time I'm going to pay attention. I swear!
Sugartastic - PM me if you think you want to get rid of your ticket(s).
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I haven't seen them. This is one of those shows I planned for long ago as one of those "to check out the fuss"...
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
Sugartastic - PM me
ping!
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I saw them twice in 3 days about 2 months ago out in Portland. 2 completly different shows.
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Okay -- so what about Sons & Daughters?
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Daughters are wonderful - I don't have a son yet so can't comment :D
Originally posted by Bags:
Okay -- so what about Sons & Daughters?
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Originally posted by Bags:
Okay -- so what about Sons & Daughters?
sons and daughters. . .who did they open up for once at 930. . .geez. interpol? did the delgados ever play 930?
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IGNORE -- I was listening to Southern Culture on the Skids on itunes and thought it was S&D from their website. Odd...
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Originally posted by brennser:
Daughters are wonderful
I'll remind my dad....
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My receipt from musictoday doesn't state the ticket price. Anyone?
xcanuck - you've been PM'd again.
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Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by Bags:
Okay -- so what about Sons & Daughters?
sons and daughters. . .who did they open up for once at 930. . .geez. interpol? did the delgados ever play 930? [/b]
i saw them open for franz ferdinand once
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Originally posted by eilo97:
Originally posted by Venerable Bede:
Originally posted by Bags:
Okay -- so what about Sons & Daughters?
sons and daughters. . .who did they open up for once at 930. . .geez. interpol? did the delgados ever play 930? [/b]
i saw them open for franz ferdinand once [/b]
that's who it was! thank you.
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I'll be there! I've been to all of the Decemberists shows in DC over the past two years. I agree pretty much with everything Bags wrote, but I have a feeling this show will be better than the last one at the 9:30.
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Great show! That was a lot of fun. I'm glad "The Tain" is back in the song list, even if it is relegated to the opening song slot. The show built on "The Tain" and just got consistently better throughout the night. Great encore! That was the best rendition I've heard of "I Was Meant for the Stage".
P.S. Happy birthday, Colin!
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What was that song they opened their encore with? I think it's a cover.
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ELO, "Mr. Blue Sky." Perfect song for this band to play. I loved it.
Very good show. Opening with "The Tain" was cool, if a bit of a slow start to things. I enjoyed that, but didn't really get personally into the show until "July July" a little before halfway through. Until that point, most of what they'd done had been of the "faithful reproduction of album songs" variety, which isn't really what I go for in my live shows. But once they started innovating a bit with the double-time drums on the aforementioned track, everything started hitting on multiple cylinders. The run of songs from there to the end was fantastic, and the very funny Hendrix-aping with the guitars on the ground was a great way to end.
Sons and Daughters blew, though. Yikes.
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good show - Colin and the rest of the band have turned into quite the entertainers since the last time I saw them
Seeing all the parents waiting outside the club waiting for their little darlings made me feel very very old!
Don't smoke those Fortunas all at once Sal!
Speaking of smoking, great to see that both the Fri and Sun night 9.30 shows this weekend were non-smoking...
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Sons and Daughters were great, especially since I love their album so much.
I was disappointed to see that the Decemberists played their worst set list in the 4 times I have seen them play in DC. It was almost as if they had a clearance sale and played all of the songs that were priced to go..
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Well we was there.
The best thing about this show was the numerous non-smoking signs around the 9:30 Club.
Ms. N. Bagster, looking rather irate, marched in and stood perhaps 20 feet away from us. Immediately, she jumped on the cell. I can only imagine the conversation. "Can you believe these fuckers, $6 for a Yuengling, and I can't even smoke a goddamn cigarette! Christ, next thing you know they're going to be telling me that 37 is pushing middle age!"
Then we noticed that none other than Ms. C. Sweep was standing right next to us. Looking tres chic in a green Wisconsin something or other t-shirt, Ms. Sweep seemed to find the show very satisfying. I was expecting to hear some witty banter about breaking her kickstand on a 50 mile Saturday bike ride, or perhaps a lecture on the evils of suburbia. But alas, Ms. Sweep treated us to a lengthy discourse about Brad and Jen.
A song or two into the show, I decided I was going to be Denny Terrio and have an imaginary dance contest between Ms. N. Bagster, and Ms. C. Sweep. Neither of them seemed to have that much gas in the tank (Sunday night?), but I'm going to have to award the prize to Ms. N. Bagster, who delivered several of her patented hand twirls.
There was also a guy with a fro who could have passed for ggw's younger brother. My wife dubbed him "Gimmy".
Two words about Sons and Daughters: "bad". Ok, I can only think of one. Wait, I thought of a second: "keyboard".
The Decemberists were solid. Judging by some of her expressions, I thought perhaps Schroeder had Down's Syndrome, but I can't imagine her playing that well if she did. I also couldn't help but think that everyone in the band and everyone in the audience, myself included, probably never got laid in high school. And at times I just wanted to yell, "Cut the prog rock and play a pop song." But they did that too. All in all, they played the same exact set (plus the two encore songs) that they did at Bumbershoot. No horn section for this show, which was a tad disappointing.
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decemberists sounds like some russian revolution reference is it?
there, that question justifies my student loan debt.
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yes, indeedy. and i was wearing a softball jersey from my madison, wi days of yore. yes, i think most folks know i'm a proud wisconsinite, 6 years removed. If you knew it was me, though, why didn't you say hi? I was quite sleepy, just off the chinatown bus from NYC, and didn't even *look* for people I knew. (You weren't wearing a light blue shirt were you? A friend was swooning after a light-blue-shirtguy that I never got a glimpse of).
I've always loved the song "mr blue sky." i think it's funny how few people in the crowd knew it. (I also think it's funny how few people knew the Tain, or how many people would scream in appreciation of the band playing even the crappiest song off the new album...)
I appreciated hearing "July,July" again- a song they skipped on their last swing through town- and I always love hearing 'The Tain". I still think their new album is a step backwords. But hell, the public gets what the public wants.
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Well, I didn't "know" it was you, having never been introduced. I just had a sneaking suspicion. Didn't notice you until the set has started, and then you slowly moved slightly leftward away from us...probably prompted by our lack of deoderant.
I think my wife was probably the only person swooning after me. I was wearing a brown Nada Surf t-shirt and brown glasses, and my wife, who was directly to my left (and probably closest to you) has shoulder length blonde hair, and at 5'9" was probably too tall an obstacle for y'all to see around..
Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
yes, indeedy. and i was wearing a softball jersey from my madison, wi days of yore. yes, i think most folks know i'm a proud wisconsinite, 6 years removed. If you knew it was me, though, why didn't you say hi? I was quite sleepy, just off the chinatown bus from NYC, and didn't even *look* for people I knew. (You weren't wearing a light blue shirt were you? A friend was swooning after a light-blue-shirtguy that I never got a glimpse of).
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The delgados used to cover Mr Blue Sky.
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Originally posted by muschi:
decemberists sounds like some russian revolution reference is it?
there, that question justifies my student loan debt.
Yes-
But it is spelled incorrectly. It was an uprising of some 3,000 members of the Russian army in the 1820's against the rule of Alexander. Happened in St. Petersberg. Foundation of the communist revolution.
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i went into this show having never heard a single tune of theirs..i picked up a copy of 'picaresque' on the way out (my apologies to the girl standing in front of me having to answer the "which album was that from?" after every 3rd song).
i was a little underwhelmed after the first song/medley?, but things quickly picked up (they really seemed to loosen up right after doing the impromptu vince guaraldi/charlie brown ditty while the singer tuned).
great show, really enjoyed it.
brenn, i owe you a beer.
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
Ms. N. Bagster, looking rather irate, marched in and stood perhaps 20 feet away from us. Immediately, she jumped on the cell. I can only imagine the conversation. "Can you believe these fuckers, $6 for a Yuengling, and I can't even smoke a goddamn cigarette! Christ, next thing you know they're going to be telling me that 37 is pushing middle age!"
Hmm, sounds like you must be referring to another middle aged hipster/scenester...I don't smoke on weeknights, so didn't even notice the signs until midway through the show I saw just one on the wall near the Food Food window. Was quite pleased and am more and more looking forward to a smoke-free D.C. (though I don't think it should be legislated; if it is, I'll dig it on a personal level though).
I enjoyed the show a lot -- it really helps to be closer. Last time at the club we were quite far back, and the energy just kind of dilutes the farther fromt the stage you get. Though Xavier's right -- Sunday just brings with it a slower energy build (if it happens at all).
Helps that I've been listening to "Picaresque" so much, so I was glad to hear so many songs from that album (at the expense of some great earlier songs that luckily I've heard live several times). "16 Military Wives" was my highlight, as I expected (and that's when the hand dancing/twirls got going, especially for the "la di-da di-da di-da di-da di-da" section...). Set list had changed enough from last winter, so good to go see them again.
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didn't go went to see Junebug instead... great movie if you don't need car crashes, aliens, and explosiions to be entertained.
not sure why so many people fault concerts for a setlist... unless the band has setup a method of specifically taking request in advance, talking with fans outside in the parking lot which eddie vedder did in canada, or deploying a spinning wheel on stage to randomly choose the next song which elvis costello did for one tour, it should be the band decides what they want to play... those people expecting to hear some b-side or rariet need to get a life and enjoy what the band has on offer.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
deploying a spinning wheel on stage to randomly choose the next song which elvis costello did for one tour, it should be the band decides what they want to play...
Ha, Mr. Manilow did that as well.
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Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
not sure why so many people fault concerts for a setlist... unless the band has setup a method of specifically taking request in advance, talking with fans outside in the parking lot which eddie vedder did in canada, or deploying a spinning wheel on stage to randomly choose the next song which elvis costello did for one tour, it should be the band decides what they want to play... those people expecting to hear some b-side or rariet need to get a life and enjoy what the band has on offer.
Especially with the advent of the internet which allows people to, almost always, see generally what the band is playing on that tour before they go to the concert.
What? A band playing mostly songs off their most recent release? Unheard of!! Inconceivable!!
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Originally posted by Bags:
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
deploying a spinning wheel on stage to randomly choose the next song which elvis costello did for one tour, it should be the band decides what they want to play...
Ha, Mr. Manilow did that as well. [/b]
personally i think it's a great idea, kinda wish more bands would get it a whirl ;) especially those with large catalogs.
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Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I've always loved the song "mr blue sky."
me too! that was a highlight
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lazily written review....
Sons & Daughters, Decemberists: Arrr Gang
Tuesday, October 4, 2005; Page C05
There was a seafaring theme at the sold-out 9:30 club on Sunday. With opening act Sons and Daughters, you had Scott Paterson singing like a pirate (and not as a joke, either), and the Decemberists, who headlined, seemed to feature a nautical reference in every song -- not to mention the cheap whale prop the band brought out during "The Mariner's Revenge Song."
The Scottish punkabilly quartet Sons and Daughters features two singers, but Adele Bethel left all the shiver-me-timbers stuff to guitarist Paterson, who was likely just affecting a gruff voice but ended up sounding like Captain Ahab after a long night of whiskey and whaling. The highlight of the band's lackluster set, which was decidedly unrocking due to a mix that buried the guitars, was when Bethel's keyboard collapsed just before the band could play its "Johnny Cash" single.
The Decemberists had no such malfunctions, and with six people onstage there was little chance that the sound would be underwhelming. Bandleader Colin Meloy has a voice that recalls the Violent Femmes' Gordon Gano -- all reedy and nasal -- but what he lacks as a singer he more than makes up for with his lyrics and layered arrangements. Like his hero Morrissey, another artist who makes the most of a limited vocal range, Meloy writes some of the smartest, most literate songs around.
A large part of the Decemberists' 17-song set was devoted to their strong new album, "Picaresque." That CD's melodically rich and lyrically captivating "16 Military Wives," "The Sporting Life," "Of Angels and Angles" and "On the Bus Mall" were all standouts, but at the conclusion of the main set came the big-finish audience participation number, "The Mariner's Revenge Song." Meloy told the crowd to watch for its cue and "scream like you're being swallowed by a whale." No problem, matey.
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Speaking of set lists, does anyone have the set list for The Decemberists? If you do, please post it. I try to collect the set lists for as many concerts as I attend as possible. Thanks!