Smackette and I caught the Frames at the Fillmore on Saturday and we both agreed that they are incredible live. They played for over 2 hours, and, while I don??t have a setlist, they played most of The Cost and then a lot of what I feel I can confidently call the ??usual suspects? based on the fact that they appeared on their Live LP ??Setlist.? They started off a bit slow and artsy, and we were worried. Then Glen said ??Okay, that ends part one of our show, now we??ll move on to part two? and just started tearing it up. Most of The Cost sounds brilliant live, my favorite being ??People Get Ready? and Smackette??s being ??Sad Songs.? There??s still a tremendous amount of interaction with the crowd (the stories about the songs are great), including sing along and cover songs throughout. It was just a good time for everybody, except for the one Irish guy who wanted to hear ??Lay Me Down? and was upset they didn??t play it. I actually think they didn??t play it because he kept yelling for it. The place was about ½ - ¾ sold out so it was nice spacing for all to enjoy.
I was a Frames virgin up until Saturday night, so thanks to Lily, Brennser and everybody else who convinced me to not only buy their records a few years ago, but to actually go see the show.
And Hoya ?? I saw the Submarines as an opener again and it still didn??t work for me, although the Frames had them come out and do one of their songs and it wasn??t bad. I just can??t get into a couple on stage with a Mac laptop singing songs about each other too each other. It always feels like I??m invading their space. The album might be better, but to be there is just weird to me. And she??s way too happy for me, despite being very hot.
