Radiohead played Conan O’Brien last night… sorta.
They taped an exclusive, in-studio, performance in London rather than fly to NYC for a one-off gig and expend gratuitous amounts of carbon.
Check it out:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMB2gQI7WMc[/youtube]
Beyond the awesomeness of the above footage… no news to report.
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Yesterday, candidates hustled about the country to scrape up votes and one event, in particular, caught my attention: Deadheads For Obama.
Last night, three of the four remaining members of The Grateful Dead; Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bob Weir; got together with members of Lesh’s touring band and played a benefit for the Obama campaign. Continue reading
After all this buildup I make you wait until Monday for a review of the Wilco show? What a lot of nerve! Guilty as charged. But now, I’ll bring some of the goods…
Wilco was great. I won’t waste time trying to pepper this post with objectivity. I loved the show and so did my lovely wife, Amy (it was her first Wilco show.) They opened with a beautiful “Sunken Treasure” featuring Jeff on acoustic and then eased into “You Are My Face”. The double shot of “Handshake Drugs” and “Impossible Germany” very nearly stole my face and was followed by a perfect break in the form of “Sky Blue Sky” and John Stirratt’s recently resurfaced ballad, “It’s Just That Simple.” Of the latter, I’ll quote Jeff Tweedy and second his statement, “That was real pretty, John.”
For “Hummingbird,” Jeff invited to the stage eight-year-old Lilac, who has apparently joined them onstage four times previously. She sang the end of the song and dance with Jeff a bit. Quite charming.
This being the last full US show in 2007 (the Voodoo Fest in New Orleans remains but, as Jeff said, festivals don’t count,) They went out in style with three encores. The first included both the mega sing-along, “Misunderstood,” and the as-close-to-pop-as-Wilco-gets, “Heavy Metal Drummer.” The second finished with a hot reading of “Hoodoo Voodoo” from the Mermaid Avenue session. And the final encore was a ripping version of “Spiders (Kidsmoke)” that left the crowd ecstatic and, upon reflection, satisfied.
Nels Cline shined throughout the show as did the rest of the players. Bass Player, John Stirratt, displayed tremendous energy in his performance. Pat Sansone, who divides his time between guitar and keyboards, drew comment from my wife for his contributions as did Glen Kotche, who is a monster on the drums.
Read on for the setlist and a link to download the show!
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Yeah, I’m excited to see these guys. Today, I’m going to bring you a few videos of Wilco doing what they do live.
First up is a fan-shot video from 2007-10-13 in Kansas City. The video is probably about par for fan-shot youtube clips but well, I dig it. Watch for Jeff’s dancing near the end.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmPIeUcSlmw[/youtube]
Hummingbird
Here’s a clip from one of the encores in Kansas City. This was shot from the front row.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHoSeTr_RVU[/youtube]
Hesitating Beauty
Ok. So, that was a bit chatty but you can see that they’re having a great time. This last one is a promo clip from the new album release. Sort of a live in the rehearsal space kinda thing.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxUI7oj-UgU[/youtube]
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