MSG - Oct 6

[juniper]

Originally Posted by jcalzaretta

Half of NYC sat for the whole show.

I have to agree with that sitting thing – for first half of show I was in 8th row, and everyone was standing and loving it, then had to go back to my (actual) 22nd row seat. From there, people were sitting a lot! I don’t think I’ve ever sat through ISA before!! What! And I was on the aisle – good grief I’ve never seen so many people heading to and fro to get drinks at the bar constantly. Would you people just turn around and watch the show already?! But it was just that kind of older, casual fan crowd (around me, anyway) that were more just ‘having a night out’ than being psyched about any particular song/performance, Christine or any of that. Too bad for them..Oh well, that wasn’t my trip – I had a great time!

It was so great to hear and see Christine and her songs live -She sounded strong, so much energy; in particular, Little Lies was really good. Once again, after a FM concert, I always want to replace all my studio recordings with live ones – their sound and energy always take their songs to a better place.

Christine got a big cheer when she first started with YMLF, and as others have said, her words about returning were sweet and seemed heartfelt.

Overall, Stevie and Lindsey both seemed to have a lightness/happiness about them – They all just ‘looked right’ up there as it used to be. That was cool. Stevie seemed genuinely happy to have Christine there, and Lindsey’s intro to IKINW was really positive – saying how it’s a new chapter that will bear fruit, new music, more tours, etc.

Random notes: (sorry if I repeat things others have said)

I think Lindsey was mouthing the words to part of Dreams at one point, which was amusing.

I don’t get the giant Lindsey head on IKINW. He looked like the great Oz scolding everyone for being doubters of his genius. (lol well, yeah, maybe I do get it! )

All of Christine’s songs, which are in general, to me, on the light and fluffy side, sounded AMAZING live – they really took on some weight in a good way and it was like hearing them for the first time – great experience- OMH got a nice crowd reaction, and LL was really great-

When Stevie accidently preempted Christine with Gypsy, she did it with such good humor – she said ‘we’re still getting used to this!’ which reminded us that it’s kind of all new, all over again for them too, so, I don’t know, it was kind of refreshing to see the highly routinized S&L setlist get shaken up! Good!

Big Love – Of course, pretty great, but I’ve heard it so often now that my favorite part is watching and listening to the reactions from casual fans – they are blown away every time. Having said that, it was not his best rendition. I actually felt like the sound was a little off or guitar not precisely tuned or something – did anyone else think this? I found it distracting, but overall of course, it got huge crowd reaction.

All 3 had a moment or two of raspiness, but otherwise sounded strong and clear, and together, the three voices blended really well as we knew they would!

GDW – Stevie’s vocals great, better than last tour. Love that ending – so theatrical, and she pulls it off so beautifully – in recent Rolling Stone piece, Stevie said that Christine remarked something like how that ending is eerie and reminiscent of when they were all over the top into drugs. I would be the first to say if it was corny, but she really delivers that mood – it sounded so good I expected Mick to come out with a sheet of glass and a hammer—

LB had great interaction with the first few rows. He looked over at Christine with smiles quite a bit. His appearance during Songbird gets a thumbs up from me.

What a different vibe than last tour! As another poster said, last tour was so about the tension and chemistry of S&L (as close to BN as we may ever get), and last night was completely different –more working as a team enjoying performing – kind of like The Dance, except they seemed HAPPY-

That’s my top of mind – sorry so long post!! Have fun to anyone going tonight!