LadyFunkSoldier said:

Lucky you! I'd love to see Van Hunt and Bilal .

thekidsgirl said:

exactly

9/9 - MUSE
9/20 - Flaming Lips
9/29 - Jon Auer / Sean Nelson / Circus Contraption / Awesome!
10/2 - The National (the most fun had)
10/4 - Greg Dulli (with Petra Haydn!)
10/4 - (later that night) The Trucks (favorite new band)
10/11 - The Gore Gore Girls / Electric Six (I made unashamed eye contact with the bassist for the GGG, *sigh*)
10/17 - John Vanderslice. (This guy is incredible)
10/25 - I was definitely at a show; I can't remember their names though. Sorry.

I have one more show tomorrow night. After it's over I'll post reviews for all the shows I've seen this month.

sextonseven said:

cool

CHIC0 said:

You are going to love Jennifers concert

The last concert I went to was Mavis Staples in September...what a show!!!

Miss Mavis was in fine voice and still beautiful, and her band is fantastic, particularly the lead guitar. Her sister Yvonne is the only family member still performing with her.

She performed for an hour and a half at free music festival and the city gave her a proclamation, (I assume they paid her as well... )



She did mostly material from her new album and also a lot of favorites like Respect Yourself and I'll Take You There, (finale). But the point I broke down and cried was when she sang Will The Circle Be Unbroken. Lordy, I tell ya, that song took me back to being a little girl again because every Sunday morning I used to wake up to the smell of my Grandmother's biscuits baking and Mavis Staples on the stereo while Mom dressed us for church. I was blown away!

After the show she was as sweet and gracious as could be. I had my little cd booklet from The Voice, hoping she would sign it. When the security told her what I'd said about waiting 30 years to see her she said, "come over here and shake my hand" I was gushing my thanks and handed her the booklet and pen. She looked at it and said "The Voice!", that was a good one!

I said, "yes ma'am, this is a nice surprise because I heard you were joining Prince in London?" She said, "yes, but he's going to be there a long time." I thanked her profusely, then she turned around to hug a woman who had worked on Jaguar with her and Prince. We chatted about him for a minute then I excused myself. That is one very sweet, very talented woman...wonderful night.

Next week we're going to see Mike Phillips and in December, the Lowrider Band.

babynoz said:

She was a delight to see last year.

GangstaFam said:

Hey you!

I was beyond thrilled to finally see her after all these years...definitely worth the wait.

Springsteen. Here. Two weeks ago.

babynoz said:

I got to see her for free in Detroit with Ivy, Supa and Applekisses. Her voice was fantastic and she was just so warm.

LadyFunkSoldier said:

Wait wait - when will Bilal be @ Yoshi's? I may check that out... I've seen Martin at least twice this year, but I love his shows - where's he gonna be?


As for the last one I've seen, it was... damn, it was Martin Luther @ the Independent Before that it was Macy @ the Fillmore



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[Edited 10/31/07 1:13am]

Crowded House concert in Paris, it was fantastic, I've had the opportunity to shake Neil Finn' hand and thank him.

Boys II Men, two weeks ago at BB Kings.

Stevie Wonder!!!
Last night at the Verizon Center in D.C.

PeteZarustica said:

wow I wish I went to enough shows to forget some!
and I like the Gore Gore Girls too!

sextonseven said:

well, where you at?

Christina Aquilera

dag said:

How long ago was that?

thekidsgirl said:

Tonight's show hasn't started yet!

This has been the slowest concert year for me ever. So far I’ve only seen Barra LIbre.

thekidsgirl said:

Before last Christmas. I haven´t been to a concert since. And I need to go to one. But not that many people that I am interested in come to Prague and I don´t have money to go and see them abroad.

sextonseven said:

Damn! my bad, it is only 11am

JackieBlue said:

you're saving up for an awesome '08

PJ HARVEY!!!!!




I caught one of only 2 US shows for White Chalk! The other show was in New York. The show was held at the Orpheum which is absolutely gorgeous. LA actually has quite a rich architectural history that tends to get lost in the shuffle. It's nice to be reminded that my city has such wonderfully beautiful artistic venues

The stage is sparsely decorated. On the left is a Piano, decorated in white holiday lights. In the center back is an amp. On the right is an electronic keyboard, with a cymbal to its right and a little black box on a stand off to the side. In the center front is a mic. The lights are dimmed and Polly comes out to the center of the stage. For the remainder of the night, she was the only participant on this stage, with exception of a stagehand, Roy I think his name was, who came out to hand her different guitars throughout the night. Well he comes out bearing a guitar and PJ wraps herself with her instrument and begins strumming.....

strum, strum, strum, strum, strum
strum, strum, strum, strum, strum
strum, strum, strum, strum, strum
strum, strum, strum, strum, strum

I was born in the desert
I been down for years
Jesus come closer
I think my time is near

And I've traveled over, dry earth and floods
Hell and highwater.....to bring you my love

STRUM STRUM.....

OK, I am already fainting She was spot on vocally on this song, including the tarzan vocals at the end (thanks anx) She then sang Send His Love to Me. She then went to her piano and sang When Under Ether, The Devil and White Chalk. I absolutely loved these songs. OK, I am a HUGE fan of Desire. It's my favorite PJ album, mostly because of how different it is from the rest of her work. It is so poetic She was rockin on her last 2 albums and now she is marmish with a non rock album. Already many fans are unhappy with the tone of this album and the departure it represents. Loving the departure of Desire, I have no problem believing I will be able to devour this album with no regret. She revealed to the crowd that she had written the lyrics to these new songs on her dress so say she needed help with "The Devil", she could look at her right sleeve or her left sleeve for "When Under Ether". Not only was she playing her art but she was cloaked in it as well

She then rocked out to Mansize and then into Angeline..... One of my favorite songs of hers ever. OMG, can't even say what it means to have heard this! She finishes and walks over to the keyboard with the cymbal set up and the little box on a stand, which turns out to be computer programmed beats and stuff like that. She begins her beat on the computer box and then launches into "Leah". Now she played this on the first concert I saw and during that performance it was a band effort. Matter of fact, there were 2 drummers. Like in that first concert, she clanged the cymbal in the middle of the song as it sounds on the album. But this time her lone presence on the stage made the song that much more desolate and haunted. Fabulous!!!

Next, she used the computer box and played Nina in Ecstacy. I only know this song because of a B-Side set that a friend made for me and she said that she has no idea why that song never made it on a proper album but that it was one of her favorite songs. Next she manipulated that computer box and played "Electric Light". Some of you might remember that I posted a thread about my favorite of her albums, "Is This Desire". It is said that most of the songs on that album are about literary characters. I don't think I will ever read any books those characters are in for fear of ruining what Desire has become to me. Well I explained that album and how I see it in that thread and it was with that thread in mind that I listened to "Electric Light" and I had a revelation on how to explain that song in context with the story I told about that album. That thread is here and I have updated my disertation to include my new found story about Electric Light:

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/211561

After that, she donned her guitar and sang Shame, Snake, Big Exit and Who The Fuck. Love, betrayal, devotion, and forcible separation Then her guitar was taken by the stagehand and she proceeded to sit down in a chair and remarked on how beautiful the theater was and she mentioned the chandeliers, which were absolutely gorgeous, and she said they were one of the most beautiful pair of eyes she has ever looked in She held something that at first glance I thought was an accordion but my friend said it was a mandalin but I don't think that is right either. It was probably about 18x18 and it had little strings and she strummed it like a guitar but it looked more like a miniature harp. Anyway, she played that thing and sang "Down By The Water".

Now a friend here at work said that his friend who went was disappointed that she didn't have a band. I told my friend that this concert lacked nothing because of it. He said his friend would have loved to hear a drummer backing her and that reminded me of her performance of "Down by The Water". During the song while she is strumming that little harp, she was using her high heel as percussion. My friend's friend was totally lost on the fact she was taking amazing artistic license and a drummer would have just watered it down and stolen that from her performance.

It was Fantastic to hear the contrast between the piano, the guitar, the keyboards and computer box, and back to the guitar and to the piano. Seriously, made for such richness and texture. After these songs, she played Grow Grow Grow, The Mountain and Silence on the piano. Again loved these new songs. LOVE THEM. With this she thanked the crowd and left the stage. The audience rose to its feet in standing ovation, which she clearly deserved. She came back on and did an encore of Rid of Me, Water, The Piano and Desperate Kingdom of Love, all on the guitar. DESPERATE. KINGDOM. OF. LOVE! OMFG! I absolutely adore that song and it was the song that sparked one of my music mixes in which 2 songs from that disc became the inspiration and the basis on which I wrote my domestic abuse thread.

Here is the full set list and a legend as to what she played during each song:

(g) = Guitar / (p) = Piano / (ck) = computerbox/keyboard

To Bring You My Love (g)
Send His Love To Me (g)
When Under Ether (p)
The Devil (p)
White Chalk (p)
Mansize (g)
Angelene (g)
My Beautiful Leah (ck)
Nina In Ecstasy (ck)
Electric Light (ck)
Shame (g)
Snake (g)
Big Exit (g)
Who The Fuck (g)
Down By The Water (g)
Grow Grow Grow (p)
The Mountain (p)
Silence (p)
-----
Rid Of Me (g)
Water (g)
The Piano (g)
The Desperate Kingdom Of Love (g)

Now look at these songs. They are the extreme nature of how she loves and hates, full of the pain of both. Ridiculously devoted, desperate, desolate, obsessed, wrapped in longing and suffering. Having only seen 2 shows, I would venture to say that this is probably going to rank as one of her most personal shows ever. The starkness and honesty of these songs is astounding and when taken as a collective, you get a real sense as to the person that Polly has been, and is becoming. Never failing to reach down to the bottom of the pit of her soul and giving expression to emotions that most of us barely dare to think about. Thank God there is someone in my life that can make me feel all these things. I am blessed to have such a remarkable musical hero as PJ Harvey.....

GangstaFam said:

OMG! Memories!!!

thekidsgirl said:

The GGG really won me over. Even beyond the accumulative hotness (leather go-go?). But I will say, the all-Gretsch guitar/bass onslaught at high volume left my ears buzzing for days. That hasn't happened to me in quite awhile.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

PJ envy...

That setlist looks very promising!

thekidsgirl said:

Okay, as promised, my October concerts reviewed one at a time:

October 10th: THE DONNAS at Highline Ballroom: There were three shows I wanted to see on this date and The Donnas won out over another Raveonettes/Nicole Atkins show in Brooklyn and PJ Harvey at The Beacon. Okay, the PJ show was announced after I had already bought my Donnas ticket so that's how they won (I'm not crazy). Anyway, The Donnas were back in New York for the first time in years during which they severed ties with their major label and self-released this year's 'Bitchin', their first LP since 2004 which is a humorous homage to 80s hair metal. Maybe that is why there seemed to be a larger percentage of frat boy-types in the audience tonight than in the past, but it was still close to a 50/50 male/female split. The girls--excuse me, women (Was 'The Donnas Turn 21' LP already SIX years ago???)--rocked like they always do, if not more so tonight. Torry's hair was a furious blond blur as she pounded away on the drums and Allison, clearly the most talented in the group, played guitar solos that would make Ace Frehley smile. Her lengthy solo at the end of "5 O'Clock In The Morning" to close the main set is now a live Donnas staple. Bassist Maya Ford again supplied the comic relief with her dated Michael Jackson jokes which weren't as funny as the spectacle of her screechy delivery. Lead singer Brett abused the crowd as usual questioning how awake we were when she didn't hear enough noise, but she knew we loved it amd the loud cheers she received in response actually shut her up after awhile. She apologized on behalf of the band for staying away for so long and dedicated the last oldie "Let's Go Mano!", to the diehards, but their cover of Ratt's "Round And Round" really grabbed the crowd by the jugular. It reminded me of the first time I heard them cover Judas Priest's "Livin' After Midnight" live before they released it on record. Moments like those that catch you off guard and simultaneously make you swoon are what live shows are all about.

Setlist:

Bitchin'
Don't Wait Up For Me
Who Invited You
Wasted
Fall Behind Me
Girl Talk
All Messed Up
Like An Animal
You Wanna Get Me High
What Do I Have To Do
Round And Round (Ratt)
5 O'Clock In The Morning

encore
You Make Me Hot
Take It Off
Let's Go Mano!

60 minutes