Re: Hiro

[fm <luciousmouth>]

Good review. 

I was at at the show and had a great time. I have to
say though that it dragged in spots for me. When they
played the slower, quieter songs, I was so bored. In
the first set that would include Helpless, Changing of
the Guards. But, Within You, Without You was
beautiful. Mid-tempo, Lenny played a 12-string guitar
giving it a great droney sound, reminiscent of the
sitar on the original. I have to say this show is the
best I've seen Lenny lately, he got off some tasty
solos. 

The show really took off when they played Gimme
Shelter. I thought the crowd was levitating, there was
so much energy coming off the tiny stage. Fantastic.
This and Are You Experienced were the best
performances from the new record. 

The second set started off quietly with Southern Cross
and built in intensity until Gloria, which closed. The
second set was about 40 minutes. The first set was
about 50 maybe. 

Someone taped it so look for it on the torrent sites.
This is one worth having. 

Fernando

--- Juan Cadadia <juancadadia> wrote:

> Didn't see anyone post so far about her show at Hiro
> (I'm on the  
> digest so I may be a bit behind).  So anyway, the
> band was fantastic  
> and I don't think I have ever (and that's a long
> ever) heard her  
> voice sound so good.  She barely missed a note all
> night, and her  
> voice was powerful and filled with emotion. Louis
> Resta played  
> keyboard during a good bit of the set, and Rich
> Robinson sat in for a  
> couple of songs.  Jackson is more and more
> comfortable as a band  
> member, and he played quite a few hot solos (wow,
> what a change from  
> the "Oliver" days where you could sense the tension
> on the  
> stage...EVERYBODY up there was hot, and was clearly
> enjoying  
> themselves).  Lenny and JD are as solid as ever,
> although Tony seems  
> to be emerging as the band leader more and more, and
> he is  
> contributing more and more harmonies.   She first
> did a set  
> consisting of nearly all the new album. Most of it
> sounds great.  She  
> made fun of the tear for fears song, saying that a
> British press  
> report that her record company made her do it so
> she'd have a hit was  
> true, and also referred to some press mention of it
> sounding like  
> she's singing Karaoke.  She was in great spirits and
> great voice, and  
> did a fair amount of talking about the songs in
> between.  She closed  
> the first set with Are You Experienced, sequeing
> into a line or two  
> from Elegie then a psychadelic type jam and coming
> out into White  
> Rabbit.  Great.  Then she took a great and then came
> out and did  
> another set, with some oldies...Blakean Year,
> Gloria, Peaceful  
> Garden, Southern Cross and maybe the best version of
> Because the  
> Night I've ever heard her do.  Resta's banging on
> the keys during  
> Gloria was reminiscent of the original.  She read
> Midnight Ride of  
> Paul Revere (Longfellow) and then launched into
> Midnight Rider.  She  
> closed with Teen Spirit....that contained a reading
> incorporated into  
> the end..loved it but wasn't sure which book it was
> from.
> 
> Oh, and early on during the show she also talked
> about how the record  
> company kept pestering her for "bonus tracks" ("if I
> knew they were  
> going to want bonus tracks I would have called the
> album Ten..."),  
> then she did one of them, a fantastic version of A
> Perfect Day.  I   
> hope I can find it...
> 
> I thought the sound a Hiro was better than at Bowery
> (her usual NY  
> venue) although the setup of the place is obnoxious.
>  There is a very  
> large VIP section  off to the left, with tables,
> comfy padded seats  
> and waitress service, and the paying crowd all stood
> and fought for  
> space at the bar for a drink (oh, and a tiny glass
> of crappy wine was  
> $10).  Bowery has a vip section, but it is somewhat
> hidden up on the  
> side balcony.  This one took up too much good space
> and I think at  
> least some of the seats should have gone to the
> paying customers who  
> waited on line out front to get in early, not to the
> artists friends  
> and the ever present obnoxious "industry" people
> getting freebies  
> (this is NY ...).  No big deal really, but the in
> your face class  
> distinction type thing was more Madonna than
> Patti...    Oh, and  
> during the long wait before the set and in between
> sets, they kept  
> playing the same Stones album over and over...I
> think I heard Beast  
> of Burden four times...haha. Great album but...Hiro
> seemed unprepared  
> for a rock audience.
> 
> I'm sure I missed something and my recollections
> were in no  
> particular order but .. anyway... great great show,
> so I'm sure any  
> of you who see her on the tour will be happy as she
> gets more and  
> more used to singing the new songs.
> 


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