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--- "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:59:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: "Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: (TV) NYC
> To: tv@obbard.com
> 
> --- Amandla1199@aol.com wrote:
> > Did anyone see the show in NYC last night?
> 
> Yes! And I had to eat my words. A much tigher, more concise
> show
> than I've seen them do in 2002 or 2003. Verlaine was much more
> engaged than usual, right from the beginning. All of the new
> songs (and there were 2 that were *completely* new to me this
> year, I think) were shorter, more riff-heavy, and tighter -
> and
> had more lyrics than before. They really sounded like *songs*,
> and not just riffs and moods like in previous years.
> 
> Mix had the guitars way out front, and much more garage-y than
> usual. Fred was a bit low, but otherwise I really liked it.
> 
> 1. The Dream's Dream <-- GREAT opener
> 2. 1880 or so <-- harder than usual
> 3. Venus
> 4. Call Mr. Lee
> 5. New song (?)
> 6. See No Evil
> 7. New song (?)
> 8. Little Johnny Jewel
> 9. Prove It
> 10. New song <-- close relative of the riff in "Sleep All
> Day",
> I think, but the whole thing is at a faster tempo with
> different
> lyrics - I might be confusing it, but I definitely think it's
> the same opening, angular riff as "Sleep All Day".
> 11. Persia <-- Still like 8+ minutes but not nearly as
> meandering as in previous years, when (heresy) I thought it
> was
> shapeless and too long. A real improvement.
> 12. Marquee Moon <-- false start, and then Verlaine said, "I'm
> sorry, it's just too f---in' dark to see the chords, can you
> bring up the lights a bit?" and they did, to audience
> laughter.
> 
> Encore:
> 13. Rocket, but instead of seguing into Rhyme they did... 
> 14. Psychotic Reaction <-- very slow, heavy, hard version
> 
> Really, a big change over the last two years I think. All of
> the
>   new material sounded drastically better, shorter, and
> better-arranged. 
> 
> Unlike previous TV shows I've seen (2001-2003), which were
> often
> ~2 hours or more, this was roughly 1 hr. 45 minutes. Less is
> more, it seems. I think this might be the best I've seen them
> yet. It helped that they had such a good overall breakdown of
> material, by which I mean:
> 
> - 4 from MARQUEE MOON
> - 1 from ADVENTURE
> - 3 from TELEVISION (1992)
> - 2 "classic" ("LJJ" and I'm counting "Psychotic Reaction")
> - 4 "new" songs
> 
> I am happily eating my words from yesterday.
> 
> Can't wait for tonight!
> 
> --Phil


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