I Am Trying To Review Wilco
So, Wilco live at The Tivoli is the next show I attended. I only decided at the last minute to go to this one. It was overpriced ($80) so I resigned that if there were tickets available at the door I would make the effort to go. As is always the case, I didn't regret it (a tip for young players-you wont ever regret going to a concert, even if it sux; you'll only ever regret NOT going to a concert).
There was about 1000 punters inside the Tivoli, which is a nice, comfortable number for that venue. A schedluing conflict denied me seeing the support act, but there's something to be said for walking into a room with only 5 minutes to spare before the headliner comes on.
Wilco were exsquisite. One of the best F.O.H. mixes I've ever heard, and each member of the 6 man group played with absolute conviction and all their heart. Frontman Jeff Tweedy was in a positively jovial mood, and jokingly berated one audience member for shouting out that they were from the States, telling him they came to Australia to get away from people like him, and that it might be a good idea to keep the fact they he was American to himself. Somewhere during proceedings the night took on a pirate theme, which stayed right 'til the end, but I won't go into details on that one, you just had to be there.
They played 2 of the 4 songs that I desperately wanted to hear ("I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" and "I'm The Man Who Loves You"), and turned me on to a swag of new tunes that I'm currently hunting down. I bloody love it when that happens.
I don't have any pics from this show. It's not that I didn't have a camera with me, it was due to the simple fact that not one person there was taking pictures. You didn't even see any mobiles being held up in the crowd, so I didn't want to be the one asshole who spoils it for everyone. It was so nice to be part of a genuinely respectful, downright awestruck crowd-I've not seen anything like it for a long while.
So, in conclusion, Wilco live = Total Awesomeness.
Coming up next, Slayer + Mastodon @ The Riverstage.
There was about 1000 punters inside the Tivoli, which is a nice, comfortable number for that venue. A schedluing conflict denied me seeing the support act, but there's something to be said for walking into a room with only 5 minutes to spare before the headliner comes on.
Wilco were exsquisite. One of the best F.O.H. mixes I've ever heard, and each member of the 6 man group played with absolute conviction and all their heart. Frontman Jeff Tweedy was in a positively jovial mood, and jokingly berated one audience member for shouting out that they were from the States, telling him they came to Australia to get away from people like him, and that it might be a good idea to keep the fact they he was American to himself. Somewhere during proceedings the night took on a pirate theme, which stayed right 'til the end, but I won't go into details on that one, you just had to be there.
They played 2 of the 4 songs that I desperately wanted to hear ("I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" and "I'm The Man Who Loves You"), and turned me on to a swag of new tunes that I'm currently hunting down. I bloody love it when that happens.
I don't have any pics from this show. It's not that I didn't have a camera with me, it was due to the simple fact that not one person there was taking pictures. You didn't even see any mobiles being held up in the crowd, so I didn't want to be the one asshole who spoils it for everyone. It was so nice to be part of a genuinely respectful, downright awestruck crowd-I've not seen anything like it for a long while.
So, in conclusion, Wilco live = Total Awesomeness.
Coming up next, Slayer + Mastodon @ The Riverstage.
posted by I Am Man I Am You. at 9:21 AM
4 Comments:
You going to Peeping Tom?
ugh, you're so right about the relationship between regret and rock and roll shows. three shows i've missed due to undiligent ticket-monitoring, tightness, and laziness [respectively]:
a] the shins
b] wilco
c] martha wainwright
...regrets, i've had a few.
sid-i would very much like to go but am unsure at this stage.
mskp-too few to mention?
I don't want you to think I am ignoring your posts. I am so quiet as I only vaguely know Fishbone (I think I had them on a VHS of MTV Japan that we taped in about 1987) and I have never heard of Wilco... you are educating me!
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