Re: (TV) Richard Lloyd's Village Underground Gig 03/16/01

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

in response to the dream syndicate question:
"days of wine & roses", the first full-length & the earlier
ep with "some kinda itch" are absolutely KILLER....from that
point on, it's a (not too steep) slide down, tho bright
points do pop up ("ghost stories" had its moments).

Henry17306@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Hi MM'ers,
> 
> Recovering from last night's show. It was great. Steve
> Wynn & The Miracle 3
> opened up for Richard and they were impressive. Good
> songwriting and pop
> hooks. Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Dream
> Syndicate or most of the
> West Coast
> alternative bands from the 80's. Steve got an excellent
> reception from the
> audience when his set was over. There will be a new album
> out next month.
> Anybody have any
> information on Steve or Dream Syndicate? How good are
> they?
> 
> Richard was backed with Chris Butler, Peter Stuart and
> Bibi Farber. Overall,
> Richard played very well and was impressive. A lot of
> guitar attack. I'm not
> a big fan of the "Covers" album as of yet, just had it a
> month, but the
> material live was better than
> what is on cd. The odd thing was that during and at the
> end of the show, the
> audience seemed to give Richard lukewarm applause. I know
> that New Yorker's
> have
> a reputation of being a tough audience, but this was the
> first time I've
> experience it
> in seeing probably 75 to 100 shows (not much, I grant
> you), but Richard did
> not deserve such a response. But I'm not criticizing how
> the audience should
> have applauded, it did seem to be an honest appreciation,
> just seemed odd
> that Steve was
> honored with the louder applause from my perspective.
> 
> Richard was very friendly on stage and off. He made jokes,
> had some
> mechanical problems at the beginning and even threw in
> "Misty Eyes" during
> the encore which
> was not included in the set list. So Richard must've felt
> happy with his
> performance
> and the audience's reaction, I assume.
> 
> The set list reads as follows:
> 
> Talking About Midnight
> Secret Words
> The Knockdown
> Fire Engine
> Ain't It Time
> Alchemy
> She Loves To Fly
> Murder Boogie
> Hey Joe
> Strangestrange
> Downline
> Raising The Serpent
> Submarine
> Torn Shirt
> 
> Encore:
> Carousel
> Sway
> (Misty Eyes)
> Good Times / Bad Times
> 
> I even got Richard to autograph my cd and asked him and
> the possible TV
> reunion
> show in NY. He said that it's a possibility that it may
> NOT happen. A source
> close
> to Verlaine told me yesterday that Tom says that a show
> will happen in NY,
> but not
> confirmed yet with date or venue yet. So who knows what
> will happen in NY. I
> hoping that it does!!
> 
> Bottom Line: If you get a change to see Richard then do
> so.
> 
> Anybody from the list also go to the show?????
> 
> Henry
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