Re: July 24, 2014: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 4:39 pm
woulda loved to see "fight" and "licorice" but it sounds like i attended the better of the two nights.
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Sweetie wrote:The energy was very different. Jack was chatty. He talked about Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago blues and complained that he couldn't order lunch at 2 pm at his hotel. Mentioned driving to Chicago from Detroit in a Ford Escort with Meg.
They closed the curtain after one song and when it opened back up, Jack was putting on his shoes. He played a lot from Lazaretto. Fight for your love and Black bat licorice.
Closed the show with Goodnight Irene with Booker. There was a little tension between the bass player and keyboards at the end of the song.
I only have the epic Chicago Theatre show to compare this to, so I would love to hear what others think. But to me it seemed a little off. Both the audience and Jack.
I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.Bob_Roberts wrote: I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.
Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.
In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.
Some of the lyrics were from Fell in Love With a GirlSweetie wrote:I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.Bob_Roberts wrote: I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.
Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.
In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.
I really dug his rap about his brain being cut in two. Was he covering someone? Has he sung this before? That was one of my favorite parts of the show.
frankb_2 wrote:To all those people saying that the crowd at the Chicago Theater was amazing, the fans were wallflowers in comparison to the show in Milwaukee. I am confident that if the Milwaukee crowd was at the Chicago theater show it would have gone down as one of the greatest shows in music history.
I found a video of it is anyone is interested. It starts around the 2:25 mark. http://youtu.be/1tRxxWws-hAlittleacorn wrote:Some of the lyrics were from Fell in Love With a GirlSweetie wrote:I had the same response when the curtain opened and he ripped into Icky Thump. Good analogy about the two shows being like dates. Except for the odd bits that weren't expected, like the shoes and the extended chatting with Lillie Mae between songs towards the end. When my husband takes me out for a date, I usually know what he will order for dinner.Bob_Roberts wrote: I told someone it was like a torrid first date ending in mindblowing fashion vs a date with your spouse of ten years. Both good, just very different. The crowd the first night was amazing. Clapping, yelling, chanting, really one of the best crowds I have seen at a show in a long time. Last night was enthusiastic, but not as energetic. Opening with Icky Thump made me think, "Holy Crap, this is going to be EPIC", but then the curtains closed and Jack changed his shoes. Odd. Then the song selection was more even keeled. It kept a steady pace, vs. the manic energy of swerving all over the place the evening before. I will say that the new record comes across really well. Lazaretto (which may be the best of the bunch live and should be a staple moving forward...it is that strong), Black Bat Licorice and Will you Fight for my Love are really fantastic, although I don't love High Ball Stepper as much live.
Daru was mellower. No standing and smashing. Jack was chattier, and not in the best way, although his bit about is Bob Marley was standing here, would you want him to talk about Instragram? Facebook? MySpace? was pretty priceless.
In all, I am happy I went to both, but that first night will be one of "those" shows that I think about for years to come. It was magnificent to see and artist at the peak of their powers, an untouchable ball of fire, scorching everything around them.
I really dug his rap about his brain being cut in two. Was he covering someone? Has he sung this before? That was one of my favorite parts of the show.