dodojojo wrote:The Ohio festival must be financially worth it as I assume they will have to fly everyone and gear over to the US for a one-off.
allthatjazz wrote:Tomorrow is the end of the Echo & The Bunnymen Violent Femmes Tour 2.0...Wonder what they plan to do between July 25 and their next scheduled event in Ohio, Bellwether Festival on August 11. Just vacation?
fat cherry wrote:allthatjazz wrote:Tomorrow is the end of the Echo & The Bunnymen Violent Femmes Tour 2.0...Wonder what they plan to do between July 25 and their next scheduled event in Ohio, Bellwether Festival on August 11. Just vacation?
well if mojo's anything to go by the sarge will be heading to california for a bit of 'romantic involvement'.
dodojojo wrote:Last night of the tour...plan is go and buy at the box office. No chance of it being sold out since the place apparently goes up to 6K in capacity. See how work goes and what kind of mood I'm in.
dodojojo wrote:I waffled up to the very end. There were heavy thunderstorms last night so I was loathed to go outside. Finally by 8pm, checking the train schedule, I wasn't going to make the 9pm box office closing time. So I requested a Lyft car and at that point, I had no choice but to go
What can I say about the show? I think nothing that would surprise anyone here. You know the setlist. I was not impressed with an hour performance. Lazy blobs. On the other hand, it meant I could run off and catch the last or one of the last trains home. So there's the positive. But yeah, it was one reason I was hesitant to go--would have much rather gone to a dedicated headliner show and squeezed another 1/2 hour of songs. With the one hour--it was all greatest hits and aside from NLF, nothing from post-reformation and neither of the two new songs. And of course, it would have been better with a dedicated Bunnymen crowd. When the Bunnymen kicked off with LLS, one woman screamed, "Oh my god, I know this song!" Just as I couldn't have cared less about the Violent Femmes set, there others who felt the same about the Bunnymen and leaving before their set or during it. Again, not optimal.
Overall, I'm glad I went. The songs are the songs, you know? And Ian sounded good for what he can sing nowadays. It's still a unique, compelling voice but he's never singing "A Promise" ever again, is he? Perhaps that's one reason why the setlist is so limited. Maybe there are just too many songs he can't sing. During Never Stop, I was thinking this song live may not be long for this world. He's singing the chorus differently and who knows if that's going to work much longer. And I would have loved to have heard Heads Will Roll but hearing it in my head--I'm not sure current Ian can pull it off.
And yeah, aside from 'thanks' 'cheers' and 'cigarette' (after someone threw one on-stage), I understood nothing else from Ian. And honestly, I do think it impacts audience engagement. I don't love their songs but the Femmes worked the crowd a lot better.
Last thing is the cacophony of talking. My god, why do people go to a concert to have discussions and debates? I can see why Ian gets peeved even if I don't think he should curse people off mid-song (he didn't last night). But unless you're entirely focused on the show, it's hard to not notice the din of chatter. And it's especially annoying during a song like Ocean Rain. I wish the venue had pumped up a volume a bit more. Maybe my aging ears aren't just as sensitive but they should have pushed it a little closer to "ooh, my ears are tingling."
Oh, Ian still does his praying mantis dance, doesn't he? It's just now the rest of his body doesn't move and he just slaps his hands on his hips. The praying mantis dance was odd, but this looks like he's has Tourettes.
dodojojo wrote:Yes, well aware the Bunnymen have never been known for long setlists. But if they're playing 80-90 minutes normally and then it drops to 60 minutes--that's up to a 33% dropoff. It's noticeable. In any case, it's not a huge deal, just an observation. But if there's a next time--I'll make sure to go to headlining show so I get the full Bunnymen set.
I really wanted to hear Rust as it's my favorite post-reformation song. And one of the new songs because it's hard to gauge from the videos online how good the songs are.
I saw the Cure when I was young and had the stamina. I'm not sure I have the patience and constitution for 3 hour shows anymore. I think 90-120 minutes is perfect.
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