Providence RI Show

@stoger wrote:

Hey, Lafayette, I’m new to this cyber age: how does one send or receive a “subliminal” text message as opposed to any other kind? Maybe I’m just the kind of guy who can’t pick up on subliminal communiques in face to face talks, but this notion of cybersubliminality has me scratching my head.

Subliminal in that I was receiving lyrics as she was singing “Joy” and then an “Oh, wow, an AC/DC song.”
My friend enjoyed the show, warts and all.

Thanks, TO, you’re the best!

stoger, you may be new to cyber age…however, major props to you on your texting initiatives.

Never heard Lu do a song called Hard Road. Can someone advise? Is this new?

I can’t say for certain that the song was performed last night, but Hard Road is track nine on Happy Woman Blues. I had to look it up, because I always thought the song was called Bill.

Nope – Hard Road wasn’t played – my mistake. the lyrics were jumping around my head for some reason (too much beer?)

We bought our tickets early, thrilled that Lucinda would be in a town near us, ‘cuz it was a week/worknight.Have been strong fans for about 10 years. Excellent seats by the stage. Got there at a few minutes past 8, asked “um, where is she?” and was told the bus was here. Waited for another hour and half(9:30) for her show that was listed on the ticket at 8, wishin we’d stopped for supper instead of boltin’ a sandwich…bought a t-shirt, checked out the venue, and crowd, settled in. We were tired but happy and excited to be there…
The intro at 8 by the band was wonderful. Don’t usually like long instrumentals (even old Led Zeppelin)but they were inspired and brought us to some unusual places.What a band. Finally, finally Lucinda wandered out, barely acknowleding the crowd except to growl”About f-time, eh?” and started up, peering at lyrics, and looking sorta dazed and confused. Some guy who came out and ministered to her after almost every song, was beginning to annoy me. Was this the new hubby? Why was he so in her face? What was her problem? Finally with some of her older materials she stepped away from the lyrics and began to rock. We were now truly enjoying the show-the band, her voice, the “sweet sad songs” and feisty ones (“I’m so over you, You don’t even have a clue..”) when suddenly she lashed out at a couple in the audience who got up to leave in the middle of the set. WTF? Who knows why they got up, maybe some sort of medical or personal emergency, maybe not…but who cares? It’s not her place to give an udience who waited till 9:30 a hard time. Her harsh response was totally out of line. An apology would have been more than appropriate, before or after the outburst, for whatever was making her so sullen and indifferent.This after all is her audience, her fan base, bread and butter. Maybe she was sick,maybe hungover, maybe blue…but it was shocking and sad too. I couldn’t help contrast this seeming passive AND agressive hostility to the L Cohen concert we attended at the Wang where L gave all sort of respect & thanks to his audience, over and over, verbally, non-verbally. After that concert we left on cloud nine. This one made the t-shirt “You took my joy, I want it back” kind of prophetic and symbolic. Lucinda-get a grip-lose the attitude- 😐 we don’t HAVE to pay to come see you. : (

@DavidinMaine wrote:

And the set-lists seem to mirror the last three or so years minus the occasional gem or two… …

Is this a joke? Seriously? You have been complaing on this forum about the lack of early career songs. You touted the 30/30/30 David Byrne model. Now Lucinda plays two or three songs from every one of her albums dating back to 1979, and you still complain? Her setlists are indeed different than they’ve been in the last three years.

And for the record, the complaints about this and the previous show seem to me to be more about Lu’s attitutude (i.e. couple leaving mid song) and the band being too loud, but I don’t recall anyone but you complaining about her song selection.

To each his own David, but the set lists are in fact very different. There’s no need for the “hind leg” reference. I don’t recall insulting you.

I am not seeing that much difference save a few newbie songs now and again. Same Buick 6 (opening/backing) and same vein of delivery. And this is by no means meant to be a blanket statement. I am just not seeing anything all that different.

I’ll concede the point about the band, as well as staying out of the debate about the Providence show except to say that based on her comments, she was pretty obviously in a bad mood that night – how that affected the quality of the songs is something I can’t judge. However, I would argue that the last couple years have seen quite a bit more of a setlist shake-up than “a few newbie songs now and again.” Off the top of my head, some of the rarer songs she’s played include I Just Wanted To See You So Bad, The Night’s Too Long, Sweet Old World, and pretty much everything she’s been playing from the Happy Woman Blues album. Up until recently, how long had it been since she’d played Happy Woman Blues, or Lafayette, or especially Sharp Cutting Wings? I’d wager it’s been decades since the latter.

I agree that a few songs have become almost constant in the setlist, such as Honey Bee. I don’t think it’s unusual for an artist to have a few songs that show up just about every night for a couple years; furthermore, even if I disliked Honey Bee (actually, I get a kick out of seeing it live, though the album version does less for me), from this fan’s perspective the inclusion of some real rarities and old gems more than makes up for it.