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09-21-2007, 07:05 AM
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Eskimo Friend
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Greek Theatre - LA! Let's talk about it!
Ok, so this show really REALLY blew me away. He was so great, he told so many stories, and his repertoire was spot on - (insane, older chests, i remember / bang bang, cross eyed bear, acoustic cannonball, as well as all the necessary ones). but what really, truly impressed me was the different way he played these songs.
he opened with this eerie piano noise, that transitioned perfectly into rootless tree. some other highlights included volcano, with a jungle-like drum beat, and a normal piano-based 9 crimes that transitioned into a rockin one (kind of like the one played at the orpheum, last year), and amie (complete with spaceship story and whirring spaceship like effects at the end.) This was my third Damien show, so i guess you could say i'm a relatively seasoned veteran of his concerts. The first one being the infamous El Rey show, which completely changed the way I look at live music. But this one was so professional, and the stage was overflowing with talent (no offense to tomo, but brendan can definately hold his own). anyway, i just wanted to start this one off. if there's anything specific anyone wants to know, i'm sure that myself or someone else can field your question. I would try to write the setlist out, but i can't really remember the order of everything. |
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09-21-2007, 07:09 AM
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Eskimo Regular
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: United States
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had the exact opposite impression. i felt the show well, kinda sucked for a damien show. first time i've left feeling disappointed and like he mailed it in for about the first half of the show. brendan needs to leave now IMO. regardless, as i said in the other thread, expect the full recording to be out tomorrow night sometime or saturday at the latest i think.
setlist included (not all in correct order) Rootless Tree Older Chests Cross-Eyed Bear Insane Elephant Accidental Babies (aborted) Me, My Yoke, And I I Remember (Bang, Bang) Delicate Volcano Childish The Professor & La Fillie Danse Amie Coconut Skins Woman Like A Man Cannonball (unplugged) _______________________ 9 Crimes The Blower's Daughter Cheers Darlin' Last edited by AllThatLies; 09-21-2007 at 07:14 AM. |
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09-21-2007, 07:56 AM
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didactic destiny schemer
Join Date: Dec 2006
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I was there and I, too, was blown away. Fantastic show!!! I felt SO lucky to be there!!!
I'm too tired to talk about it tonight, though... how about tomorrow??? Cheers!! 
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09-21-2007, 12:47 PM
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Eskimo Regular
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Varese, Italy
Posts: 179
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You got Insane!
 I'm very happy for marti! Waiting to read more impressions on the show... thank you for sharing!
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09-21-2007, 02:22 PM
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Eskimo Friend
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 48
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Wow that is pretty much my perfect show.... If i said i wasn't jealous i would be lying. Set looked a lot longer then other shows this mini tour.... Insane!!! that is my all time favorite song, he refused to play it no matter how many times i was yelling for it from the second row in Boston. You people who were there are so very lucky...
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09-22-2007, 03:33 AM
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Jellyfishsting
Join Date: Mar 2004
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great review marti!!! glad you had such a good time. sound check? insane?? *jealous*
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09-22-2007, 04:02 AM
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Eskimo Regular
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Location: United States
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09-22-2007, 04:16 AM
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Jellyfishsting
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Is this heaven?
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i was hoping you would be there in LA, lack of lisa notwithstanding
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09-22-2007, 04:43 AM
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Eskimo Regular
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: United States
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little behind schedule but within the hour
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09-21-2007, 03:45 PM
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The girl from Venezuela
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Madrid
Posts: 2,118
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Oh my!!! ... I think the campaigning for Insane finally payed off!!!!!!!!!!!
Wooo hoooo!!!!!!!  This makes me sooo happy!!!! ANd you got Cross eyed bear too!!!!!!!! .... wowwwwwwwww!!!!!! AllThatLies... i'm sorry you didn't have that great of a time!!!... but you recorded the show!!??!!?.... you're amazing!!!  Ps... *impatiently awaits for MArti to come back!!!!!!!*
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09-21-2007, 05:09 PM
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Eskimo Regular
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 178
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WOW this was actually my first Damien show and I was completely blown away! Well worth the trip from Mexico, we had an amazing time!
I think the setlist posted was very accurate, only missing was Vyv's song I think. There were so many highlights: Insane (!), The Professor in a longer version than the one featured on the B-sides CD, Volcano with the drums, Cross-eyed bear, Childish, Cannonball unplugged (we were right in front of him so the effect was extra special), the whole Cheers Darling closing, and well, if I went on I'd probably point-out every single song so I'll just stop here. I was really hoping somebody recorded the audio of the show, a BIG BIG THANK YOU to you AllThatLies for doing it, it was really a dream come true for me and I'm extremely happy that I will be able to re-live it. |
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09-21-2007, 05:57 PM
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didactic destiny schemer
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 40
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This was my fifth show and probably my favorite. (seeing him in Ireland was a lifetime highlight for me, but the show itself this time was so perfect).
I brought my friend who, before last week, didn't know any of his music. I made her a mix CD with songs I was sure she would hear... I was surprised (and delighted) that the first five songs he played were not on her CD! That was the second time I'd heard Cross-Eyed Bear, but was stoked to hear it again. Insane was such a treat... even though I was kind of expecting it (Borneoman had heard it at the sound check, along with What This Night Is For, which I would've flipped over, but he ended up not playing it) The Professor/La Fille Danse was a highlight for me, too. He had a nice extension to it I hadn't heard before. First time I ever saw him live, that was the first song he played... I'll never forget it!! Childish was fun to hear, too... and I had actually never heard Amie live, which was great (LOVED the "spaceship")... and I believe it was in Amie (or was it Me, My Yoke and I?) that he bent over and started messing with his pedal effects to the point of reverb brilliance... very cool moment. Of course, The Cannonball unplugged moment was unforgettable... and probably my favorite song of the night was Elephant... it was what I wanted to hear the most at the last show and he didn't play it, and he NAILED it last night!! In the beginning of the show, probably the first six or seven songs, he didn't say a word to the audience, so I thought it was going to be one of "those" shows... it turned out to be quite the opposite. He was FULL of stories in the second half!! I feel like I could go on and on with positives.... I was SHOCKED that the audience didn't sing along to Blower's Daughter! I thought that was pretty much a standard nowadays! I guess LA is a bit more calloused...  This was my third time seeing his Cheers Darlin' routine: it was very different this time, though. He was much more into the "acting" end of it... like he was writing the lyrics as he sung it... it was precious!!! Oh yeah, and the last thing he said as he exited the stage was "F*** THAT BITCH!!" Hahahaha.... good times. One more thing... the moment where he aborted Accidental Babies and decided to jump into Me, My Yoke and I was so awesome... and when he stopped in the beginning of Coconut Skins to tune his guitar?? I live for that kind of stuff!! All in all, it was just a great night.... I am so grateful that I could be there and bring one of my best friends to enjoy it with me..... great to meet more Eskimo Friends, too!!! Have a great weekend, everyone! I'm going to see Muse tonight!! 
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09-21-2007, 07:46 PM
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Accidental Baby
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Teresa!! It's Brenda--I'm going to see Muse tonight too!!!! CALL ME!!
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09-21-2007, 06:18 PM
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Eskimå
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 30
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A Wee Bit Disappointing
I agree with AllThatLies (and as always thanks for taping the show) - this was my 14th show and it was disappointing for a Damo show (which is hard to believe with that set list and the fact that we stood just a couple of yards from Damo front row center in the Pit).
It wasn't a bad show, but I guess I'm spoiled by all the great shows he's played in LA the last few years. The show last night was a far cry from the good old days (the shows at the Troubadur, Fonda, Wiltern or even last years show at the El Rey come to mind) - the enthusiasm and energy he used to have are gone, replaced by a mechanical - going through the motions - kind of performance. Maybe he just needs to recharge? I never thought I'd say this, but last months Swell Season show was way better than last nights show - Glen and Marketa had all that magic that Damo was lacking last night. Enthusiasm, energy, fun, an amazing connection with the crowd, improvised moments, and that feeling that anything could happen at any moment (Damien standing next to us in the crowd that night and performing elephant wasn't even close to the highlight of the night). I have a feeling that the combined weight of commitments business and everything that made Damien want to quit the business in the first place is catching up with him and dragging him down - Catch 22! Lets hope Damo recharges - finds his enthusiasm - and starts enjoying himself again. In the meantime don't miss the swell season's mini tour (Sat Nov 10 if you're in LA) Glen and Marketa are so good and adorable it'll blow you away. Never the less, great set list and Damo on an off night is better than most bands at their best. Cheers. |
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09-21-2007, 06:52 PM
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Eskimo Friend
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Orange/Ventura County, CA
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i agree about the swell season. they are amazing these days. their el rey show was one of my favorites. i have really mixed feelings about last night's show. i've seen damien twice before, and i was probably a little spoiled by those shows (and i had better seats in the past). does anyone know why damien stopped accidental babies? maybe too emotional? or was that planned? because he went very quickly into MMY&I and the whole band acted like nothing happened. it seemed like there were a lot of really heavy songs last night. did anyone else think that coconut skins was kind of lacking?? i didn't care too much for the reggae style drumming. i like the album version (half-time) it was definatley a mixed show, but like others have said, it still beats concerts by most other artists out there. |
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09-21-2007, 06:59 PM
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Eskimo Friend
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Nor Cal
Posts: 55
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im so jealous he did insane, thats like the only song i havent heard him do live, that i love.
im still pissed he didnt schedule a bay area show! but hat being said cat power wednesay and arcade fire tonight will just have to do
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09-21-2007, 07:01 PM
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Insane Eskimo
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 6,151
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Just have 1 minute to comment. I'm still in shock that he played INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He must have been reading the forum
And some of us managed to hear it not once but THREE TIMES, cos we were there during the soundcheck and he did it twice!! I've been to the Greek before and it's worth going early in order to hear the soundcheck. It's an open venue with amazing acoustics so you can hear it all perfect from outside, and you can even see if you climb to the hill. Those neighbours must be lucky!!When he soundchecked I almost died!!!! When I heard those first chord and 'Should I speak' I think I started shaking And it was the best version of Insane ever, started with Damien solo, then Vyv joined in, then the full band, and then it had an amazing outro in which the cello was the main instrument with all the other instrument playing around it!!!!! The soundcheck was: Volcano Yoke What this night is for (which he later did not play  but I think I can count it)Elephant bridge x2 Insane x2 The setlist: 1 Rootless tree (first half rhodes/second half piano) 2 Older chests 3 Cross eyed bear (so so so beautiful, goosebumps) 4 Insane (beyond words) 5 Elephant 6 Accidental babies (aborted) 7 Yoke 8 Never leave you (Vyv) 9 I remember/bang bang 10 Delicate 11 Volcano 12 Childish 13 The professor (with 3rd verse Ouvrir les seines!!!) 14 Amie 15 Coconut skins>Jam 16 Woman like a man 17 Cannonball (unplugged) ------ encore 18 9 crimes 19 The blower's daughter 20 Cheers darlin I think the show was amazing, the setlist was great, Insane-biased of course, but also got Childish, Cross eyed bear, Amie, I remember/bang bang, Elephant... Damien was a bit weird, like someone with double personality. During the first part of the show he was like down, and not there at all, like zero into it, he even aborted Acc babies, but still very very professional. But he didn't say a single word during the first 11 songs, not even thank you, nada... It's not that he was angry or intense, jut not into it, but still the sequence of Cross eyed bear>Insane>Elephant was beyond words!!!!!! and then suddenly after Volcano he changed completely and started to tell the craziest stories, well, the usual ones but with lots of added details and for Childish, The professor, Amie, Coconuts and Cheers D we got like 5 minute-long stories and brilliant kinda-cheerful performances. Must have drunk/taken something during Vyv's break me thinks... the change of moods was a bit weird but I thought it was an amazing amazing show. Maybe not the best but getting Insane does it really for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had to go to 10 shows to finally get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lindsay, told you you had to fly to LA to get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Three Times in a day is even crazier!!!!!!!!!!! We'll come back later with more details
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09-21-2007, 07:32 PM
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Eskimo Ghost
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I think the reason why he seems less zealous these days is because he has gotten to the point where he views this as work and not play.
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09-21-2007, 08:28 PM
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The girl from Venezuela
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Madrid
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Oh my .... seriously this sounds like a great show!!!!
you got Insane!!!... cross eyed bear ... childish... and elephant!! ... which i think he's only played once before in this leg of the tour!!!!!!! Insane 3 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^ that says it all!!  Quote:
... I luv Stories!!!! 
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