Thursday, April 21, 2016
In Memoriam - Prince
It seems like every other post I put up this year is a tribute to someone who has passed away. Too many. Way too many.
Prince, like may that have died this year, wasn't just a great musician, but an innovator. Like David Bowie earlier this year, there will never be another person who comes close to what he was able to accomplish.
Rest in Peace
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Sunday, April 3, 2016
The Music of David Bowie-Carnegie Hall 3/31/2016
Carnegie Hall was the sight of the first night of two tributes to David Bowie.
After selling out, a second night was added at Radio City Music Hall the following night, with a similar artist roster.
The original show was part of the annual "Music Of" series that pays tribute to a different artist each year. Last year David Byrne was honored.
Sadly, Mr. Bowie passed away the same day tickets went on sale for this show.
This years show seemed to look better on paper than in its execution. I love David Bowie's music, love Carnegie Hall, and a fan of many of the artists who performed, but had a couple issues with the show overall.
The performance in all were very good, a few being pretty remarkable, but found the sound to be possibly the worst I have ever heard at Carnegie Hall. Possibly it was the section I was in, but found the sound very muffled. All of the artist introductions were very muffled. The best sounding performances were the ones with minimal instrumentation. I do know that acoustic performances tend to sound better there, but I have seen many shows where full bands have performed and the sound was better.
The highlights, for me, were Betty Lavette performing It Ain't Easy, Michael Stipe and Karen Nelson performing Ashes to Ashes, and The Flaming Lips doing Life on Mars?
Holy Holy were the back up band, when needed. The band included of Woody Woodmansey and Tony Visconti, both longtime Bowie collaborators, as well as vocalist Glenn Gregory from Heaven 17.
Here is the setlist:
Suffragette City - Cyndi Lauper
The Width of a Circle - Holy Holy
Soul Love - Robyn Hitchcock
Always Crashing in the Same Car - Laurie Anderson
Breaking Glass - Eugene Hutz & Sergey Ryabtsev of Gogol Bordello
Starman - Debbie Harry
The Man Who Sold the World - Joseph Arthur
Word on a Wing - The Mountain Goats w/Robyn Hitchcock
Ashes to Ashes - Michael Stipe & Karen Nelson
Quicksand - J Mascis w/Sean Lennon
It Ain't Easy - Betty Lavette
Rebel Rebel - Perry Farrell
Five Years - Cat Power
Let's Dance - Ann Wilson
Cactus - Pixies
All the Young Dudes - Rickie Lee Jones
Heroes - Jakob Dylan
Life on Mars? - The Flaming Lips
Space Oddity - Choir! Choir! Choir! & All Artists
After selling out, a second night was added at Radio City Music Hall the following night, with a similar artist roster.
The original show was part of the annual "Music Of" series that pays tribute to a different artist each year. Last year David Byrne was honored.
Sadly, Mr. Bowie passed away the same day tickets went on sale for this show.
This years show seemed to look better on paper than in its execution. I love David Bowie's music, love Carnegie Hall, and a fan of many of the artists who performed, but had a couple issues with the show overall.
The performance in all were very good, a few being pretty remarkable, but found the sound to be possibly the worst I have ever heard at Carnegie Hall. Possibly it was the section I was in, but found the sound very muffled. All of the artist introductions were very muffled. The best sounding performances were the ones with minimal instrumentation. I do know that acoustic performances tend to sound better there, but I have seen many shows where full bands have performed and the sound was better.
The highlights, for me, were Betty Lavette performing It Ain't Easy, Michael Stipe and Karen Nelson performing Ashes to Ashes, and The Flaming Lips doing Life on Mars?
Holy Holy were the back up band, when needed. The band included of Woody Woodmansey and Tony Visconti, both longtime Bowie collaborators, as well as vocalist Glenn Gregory from Heaven 17.
Here is the setlist:
Suffragette City - Cyndi Lauper
The Width of a Circle - Holy Holy
Soul Love - Robyn Hitchcock
Always Crashing in the Same Car - Laurie Anderson
Breaking Glass - Eugene Hutz & Sergey Ryabtsev of Gogol Bordello
Starman - Debbie Harry
The Man Who Sold the World - Joseph Arthur
Word on a Wing - The Mountain Goats w/Robyn Hitchcock
Ashes to Ashes - Michael Stipe & Karen Nelson
Quicksand - J Mascis w/Sean Lennon
It Ain't Easy - Betty Lavette
Rebel Rebel - Perry Farrell
Five Years - Cat Power
Let's Dance - Ann Wilson
Cactus - Pixies
All the Young Dudes - Rickie Lee Jones
Heroes - Jakob Dylan
Life on Mars? - The Flaming Lips
Space Oddity - Choir! Choir! Choir! & All Artists
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