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‘whiner’ here…actually, just someone not willing to slobber over any and every little thing Lu does…
if you think Essence is an oldie, you are very much a newbie….
I’ve been there and heard that, Disco Stu – the urgency and joy in that song, especially live – ahhhhh – that’s why I am just not very happy with the way LW sets up her sets these days……
Had a long post about lack of older material played live before. Lu seems content to let her past lie, playing ‘Changed The Locks’ as her only pre-Car Wheels tracks, except for the exceptional shows where she played full versions of her older albums. Not to harp on this, it’s her perogative after all, but I’m staying home in silent protest. From the number of posts I’ve seen about shows being downgraded to smaller venues (how often has this happened so far? There’s still lots of tickets for Toronto at this point…), it seems I may not be the only one. Looking forward to the new album, but still playing those older ones too. Enjoy the shows!
Glad to see some like minded opinions and counterpoint. So, to clarify somewhat…
Lu shouldn’t care about David Byrne, I only pointed out his approach to live material to show how a bit of balance between old and new material might make everyone happy.
I first saw Lu around 1990 at an outdoor festival. I’ve seen her in small and big bars, intimate theatre and proper concert halls, about 10x. Before Car Wheels, she obviously played lots of *eponymous* and Sweet Old World. However, in the last 5-7 years, she has almost totally neglected these (except Changed The Locks, which she has played EVERY time I’ve seen her in the last 5-7 years). Why neglect these great and much loved albums?
I saw some playlists from last year where she played multiple same-city shows on the East and West coasts and on each night she played a different older album complete and in track order. Not sure why she did that, but it shows she can play it with her current band – so why not toss a few in each night to make us older (and newer) fans happy?
Finall, I do like her newer stuff – don’t get me wrong. Her current tour takes her to our city before it’s even released, so it will be a lot of unfamiliar material. I also see in her news postings that a show at the start of the tour had to be moved from a 2500 seater to a much smaller hall – perhaps symptomatic of what others are feeling about her performance preferences?
For those just seeing Lu for the first time, enjoy – you are in for a real treat. In my humble opinion, it could be just that much better. Thanks for the civil discourse – is the artist or her management listening?
