The Good, The Bad and The Queen

[kosmo vinyl]

check the other tread... they are apparently a acrobatic burlesque act from Charm City... could be like watching a grown live action cartoon or not...

[kosmo vinyl]

Awesome show! I certainly hope they keep this project going as the two songs in the encore indicate this groups has more greatness in them.  Only wish they drawn out some more of the songs with more dub type jams and it seemed to me as there was plenty up rock lurking in the shadows..

[Mobius]

wow.  paul simonen is the fucking coolest.  
 
 nice mix of dub grooves from the right side and melody and songcraft from the left.  Felt like a band and not an all-star team.  Never wanted or expected to hear songs from their old bands (although guns of brixton wouldn't have sucked).  pretty restrained for the most part but very focused and well done.
 
 hey its paul simonen honey!  holy shit. i mean seriously, is that the coolest guy ever to grace the 9:30 stage?

[azaghal1981]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Awesome show! I certainly hope they keep this project going as the two songs in the encore indicate this groups has more greatness in them.  Only wish they drawn out some more of the songs with more dub type jams and it seemed to me as there was plenty up rock lurking in the shadows..

Agreed on all points.

[Brian_Wallace]

Originally posted by Mobius:
 
 Never wanted or expected to hear songs from their old bands (although guns of brixton wouldn't have sucked).  

Maybe they only did "Guns of Brixton" in England.  Damon did play a bit of Blur's "Intermission" on the piano.
 
 However, they did not launch into "Sunday, Sunday."
 
 I really liked the opening act.  Gymnasts are the most amazing athletes.  Very entertaining.
 
 Brian
 
 P.S.  And thanks for everyone's help.  I did get back onto the Metro in plenty of time to get back to Pennsylvania.

[renton007]

Man, I shouldn't have slept on tickets for this one.  It's on NPR's All Songs Considered so I'll catch it there.

[Vas Deferens]

They killed it! The songs are much, much better in a live setting...they really brought the songs to life. Possibly the best show so far this year!

[bearman🐻]

I didn't have a ticket and got one for face value without any problem. Very glad I caught this show. I have to admit I was starstruck by Paul, so much so that I hung out afterwards and got him to sign my ticket stub. There are some people who are legends, and seeing him on that stage made me appreciate him even more. He was the coolest. Boy were we lucky to get that show...thank you Seth.

[RustyOrgan]

...who was that fat dude who came out at the end?

[kosmo vinyl]

Will have to agree with what Mobius said about Paul, no one wears a pork pie hat with more style then him.  I was standing nearish the stage right in front of him and owed the stage like he's never been off it for all these many years.  He is in the words of Inspiral Carpets "Cool as Fuck"
 
 Watching Damon with his little shit eating grin over how much fun he was having performing.
 
 The band is playing cohesively and clearily well rehearsed considering the albums was recorded in 2005, in part due to the second keyboard player having to learn and in fill in for many of Damon's parts from the album.  I suspect as the band tours more they'll loose up a bit extend and or experiment with the songs.  The bit where Damon looped his recorder indicates to me that band is going to explore what they can do with them in a live setting and I would would think that Simon Togg is ready to do a little "shredding".
 
 Even if TGTBATQ doesn't last I hope that it prompts Simonon to pull his own dub oriented group together

[Brian_Wallace]

I can't find the quote right now but recently Damon said they plan on recording again in September.  I agree that the live shows will only make the new music they produce better.
 
 Albarn's working on an opera with Jamie Hewitt which I think will premiere soon.  
 
 If I had to guess, after the current "The Good, The Bad and The Queen" touring is over, he'll be working on a new Blur record this summer.  Possibly with Graham Coxon.  One can hope.
 
 Brian

[kosmo vinyl]

i dunno... that glimmer in Damon's eye last night indicates he's having a whole lot of fun playing with this band... me think Blur is a bit past their sell-by date for the time being.

[Brian_Wallace]

I just wish he'd use Tony Allen a lot more.  It's like having Ladainian Tomlinson and using him as a decoy.
 
 ...or keeping Kevin Durant on the bench (in honor of the start of NCAAs.)
 
 Brian

[kosmo vinyl]

no i agree on tony allen being a bit under used at this point... the band really caught on fire when he got to rock out

[kosmo vinyl]

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