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You beat me to the punch, Stu: well done on the report. I was one of the “annoyance
” among the fans who showed up relatively late and strolled frontward, but a sign in the foyer which read “Dancing is Allowed. For best view, please sit near back of theater” gave me license. I’d like to bottle that, and strongly considered ripping the sign off the wall for future posting at certain Lu venues. Let’s hope the many of us up front by 9:20 didn’t get you too riled. I do sympathize with your seat-claiming, which went south in some ways later. You’re absolutely right about the quality of the show. Merch guy Rob had told me Lu showed up for sound check in Madison and ran through both “Lafayette” and “The Night’s Too Long,” so it wasn’t surprising to get the latter, a wonderful treat. Aside from that, it was a similar list to Minneapolis set two, true. Lu called it a “special setlist” upon walk-on. In front of the AC-DC cover she dedicated it to “the next president of the United States,” and announced that next Tuesday would mark the release of the 4-song EP “Lu in ’08.” She paused during “Come On” to tell us “it could be a political song,” going on to compare unsatisfying sex with unsatisfying politics. Smooth sailing, great energy. As Lu said, they get a ten-day break, and Madison was the last show prior to the election. Rock the vote.Well, I just think splitting things up the way the Orpheum does is weird. You’re absolutely right, though, that once we got inside it was clear how it was going to work. I just prefer venues that are either all standing and it’s very clear that you need to stake out a spot early, or all seats and while you may end up standing during the show, at least you won’t have people crowding you and pushing past you all night. Oh well. I do prefer standing during a show, especially since Lu’s been rocking harder lately. And again, we still ended up with a good view. (I’m so used to Dylan shows where not only is there a rail in front of the stage, but he’s set up so far back that being 6 or 8 people back from the stage tonight, we were about the same distance from Lucinda as the very front row is from Dylan; so from that standpoint, we still had a great spot to watch the show).
Interesting to hear about the soundcheck; Lafayette is another oldie I’d love to hear. It’s great that after the last year and the LA and NY album sets, plus the reintroduction of Happy Woman Blues, it really feels like anything’s possible and Lucinda could break out songs that haven’t been played in a long time. As much as people here have bemoaned the emphasis on the last couple albums (and let’s be clear, I’m one of them), she really has been playing some great old ones, too. I didn’t mention Pineola specifically in my first post, in part because I’ve seen it several times, but it’s still a classic I’d be happy to get in any show. And the best part about The Night’s Too Long was that it was such a surprise; I kind of expected Crescent City to follow I Just Wanted To See You So Bad like it did in Minneapolis.
Glad to hear you had a good time and drew similar conclusions about the show.
@Disco Stu wrote:
it really feels like anything’s possible and Lucinda could break out songs that haven’t been played in a long time.
Wow. What a great setlist. I’d love to have been at this show (standing, of course 😮 ). The setlist is almost shocking — not even 2 weeks after the release of her new album, and Lu plays only 4 songs from that album — at the end of the show, no less! — and one at the end of the encore. Maybe there is nothing to read into this “special setlist,” but it is certainly interesting. Thanks for the reports and observations Stoger and Stu. You are lucky to have been there.
Nothing to read into -being the last show of long leg she just wanted to change it up and do the show like the second half of the Mpls set. She probably would’ve done a couple more from Little Honey, but being the last show before the election she wanted to do the protest songs. At one point she was going to do all four but after a month+ on the road and 6 shows in 7 nights she went as long and as hard as she could.
Thanks to Stu, Inside Job, and others for all this. I failed to mention that Lucinda compared Orpheum Madison to Fillmore SF and Minneapolis 1st Avenue during the height of the proceedings. Not too shabby praise, since she loves those clubs.
Disco Stu.
What a great writeup of the Concert in Madison. Sounds like an awesome show customized just for you, and your date. I’m glad to hear you turned around a bit in your opinion of the tour and the latest album. Thanks for adding the notes on Buick Six, we really enjoyed those last two songs as well. White Kitty? Hmmmm…… Next the need to do Cowgirl in the Sand.
Steve
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