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Tom Servo

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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2008, 12:39:00 pm »
Good show.  Brendan Benson looked bored for most of it, but Jack White had enough energy for both.

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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2008, 12:41:00 pm »
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  Good show.  Brendan Benson looked bored for most of it, but Jack White had enough energy for both.
Brendan always looks bored - that's his shtick.

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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2008, 01:40:00 pm »
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  unfortunately, posters #3 through 7 are wrong.  although they were there and actually witnessed the performance, their opinions are null and void.  
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 Black Lips were wayyy better than the first time I saw them too, although they toned down the crazy about 98%.
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2008, 03:54:00 pm »
I was looking forward to some insanity when I saw them at the black cat when they were there last but none was to be found there either.  :(
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2008, 09:03:00 am »
uh, what everyone else said.
 
 what, i should say it myself?  okie: raconteurs rocked.  the intro/build-up to "level" was insane.  i think brandon sang lead more often then jack, which was generally a very good thing.  so many solid vocalists on stage last night... impressive.  the whole band just oozes talent.  i liked their opening set for dylan @ patriot center better, but this was a very solid second.  
 
 black lips = forgettable.  i'm not convinced anyone in the band actually knows how to play guitar.  no insanity, just a lot of noise and some occasional off-key singing.
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« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2008, 09:27:00 am »
I'm glad I went to this show- pure fun   :)  I was surprised more people weren't jamming out, but that's a standard complaint/observation I suppose.  I too saw them open for Dylan at the Patriot Center and given and inch they took a mile... given a full set they produced.  Extended a lot of their songs and generally just rocked the f out.  My fiancee who only knows them as the "Racoons" had fun too- so thats a bonus. I can't decide who I like better the Stripes or the Rac after this show I'm leaning toward the Rac.

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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2008, 09:39:00 am »
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 black lips = forgettable.  i'm not convinced anyone in the band actually knows how to play guitar.  no insanity, just a lot of noise and some occasional off-key singing.
so what you are saying is that black lips = fallout boy - guyliner
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2008, 10:35:00 am »
I agree with all of the positive comments already mentioned. I had already seen them at Coachella about a month ago, and it was great to see them in a smaller venue. As for the Black Lips, I though the first song or two sounded decent, but it went quickly downhill from there. I definitely have no desire to ever see them again.

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« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2008, 11:18:00 am »
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what you are saying is that black lips = fallout boy - guyliner [/b]
not for me anyway. i actually like fob but have no desire to hear black lips again.

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« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2008, 01:15:00 pm »
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what you are saying is that black lips = fallout boy - guyliner [/b]
not for me anyway. i actually like fob but have no desire to hear black lips again. [/b]
Black Lips > FOB
 
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2008, 02:23:00 pm »
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 so what you are saying is that black lips = fallout boy - guyliner
well, they are comparable in as much as i don't want to hear either band's music.  
 
 at least FOB know how to play their instruments.  what they choose to play is horrible, but they show some proficiency.  can't say i saw much of that on stage last night between 8:45 and 9:30.  one particularly memorable solo was a 8-bar repetition of a single note... that didn't fit.  so grating.
 
 but enough of the lips, let's concentrate on how good the raconteurs were.  i look forward to seeing them again at lolla.
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2008, 02:38:00 pm »
i thought one of the knocks on FOB was they were strictly amateur hour live, because as we well all know in this day and age almost anyone can play their "instruments" well in the studio...
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2008, 02:44:00 pm »
really?  didn't know this.  i haven't been keeping up on reviews of FOB's live performances.  by bad  :p
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2008, 04:35:00 pm »
I like studio Black Lips.
 
 
 Live is definitely a different story, though. I guess it was kinda fun at the black cat but that's about the extent of it.
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Re: Raconteurs last night
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2008, 11:10:00 pm »
i thought the show really came together towards the end, and especially the encore.  of course the whole night was fun, and jack white is the king, but a lot of their songs didn't seem to add up and early on i was thinking things like 'if the white stripes (at their best) are pharmaceutical grade c-c-c-c-ocaine, this would be a grande sumatra while reading the sunday times at starbucks.'  what excites me about the raconteurs is jack white playing in a more 'melodious' balanced environment.  but sometimes it seemed like they were in a similar space as the stripes - but watered down and unfocused.  but i thought they settled in, and jack white settled in punctuating songs rather than dominating (like #24 era Kobe) and it ended on a very high
 note - maybe i just liked the last 7 or songs best.
 
 i also thought there was a different spark when they opened for Dylan at Patriot Center - where they were pretty much on fire from start to finish (but maybe that was like Jack White as Kobe going for 81)