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Steve –
I hear what you’re saying, dude. I, too, love the classics. Man, I ADORE old music. I’ll be 50 years old next May, and I love old music, music before even my time. I listen to Hank Williams (NOT Jr., not that I have anything against him), Etta James, Old Blues, Classic Rock (I LOVE The Who, BTW), etc., etc., etc. I won’t bore you with a list of old-time artists to try & establish some credentials or something – I think you get the point.
My only point here is this: IMHO, it’s not fair (or even realistic) to try and hold an artist, ANY artist, to a standard that dictates they play ‘X’ amount of old songs, ‘Y’ amount of new stuff and ‘Z’ amount of songs no one is expecting on any given night (like you can even quantify the latter, given the diverse & unknown perspectives of any given audience). I mean, it’s not like they’re selling chicken wings or something, and market research dictates that, for example, 30% of your customers like Buffalo style, while another 20% prefer lemon-pepper, another 10% like teriyaki, another x% like honey-mustard, etc.
Instead, you’re talking about an artist who lives and breathes their work – as opposed to a cook who just dishes out what the people want. Someone who grows and changes over time. Are any one of us the same as we were 30 years ago? Do we like the same music, the same literature, the same whatever as we did in 1978? I think not. That is the beauty of the human experience. We grow, we change, we evolve, a product of the sum of our experiences and relationships.
Now, to get my point back to music & Lu (instead of chicken wings and books!) – Lu has a different perspective than she did 30 years ago. She has a different life. Hell, she even has a different band (3 or 4 times over). How can we expect her to play a set formula from her vast body of work? I wouldn’t want to be held to such a rigid standard. So, therefore, I do not expect her to either. Would I like to hear “Side of the Road”, “Hot Blood”, “Crescent City”, “Maria”, “Like A Rose”, “Lake Charles”, “Jackson”, “Greenville”, “Bus To Baton Rouge”, etc., on any given night? HELL YES! I’d be in heaven!!! But, she needs to do what feels right in her soul, what makes her & her band happy, and what she thinks is appropriate at any given time to advance her art & her story. Like I said before, we are only around for the ride and, if you ask me, what a sweet, sweet ride it is. I’m just thankful to be a part of it.
OK, I’m done. I’ll get off of my soap box…
Tom
Did anyone else who listened to the Webcast from Minneapolis last night notice anything in particular about the second set last night? Concerning the type of songs Lu & the band selected from each album to play? 😉
They were all ROCKERS! Does anyone else think that might have been a little statement about some of the “controversy” about the “new direction” Lu and the band are supposedly taking (I say “supposedly”, because there are also country tunes, slow ballads, etc. on Little Honey)?
Sarah & I were just talking about it and we think it is great that Lu & the band are playing what they enjoy playing. If they aren’t happy & enjoying what they are doing, then what’s the point? We are just happy to be along for the ride…
Tom
*Yawn* *Blink blink*
*Sniff* Hmmm. Smells like stale beer & booze in here… 😉
Wow. How much fun was that! I kinda feel like I really was at a Lu show last night (maybe it’s all the beer I drank!). I have to second some of the others (and my own) comments about how cool it was for the fans to have that Webcast last night. And, to couple that with the innovative approach of a first set of Little Honey played straight through & then a second set of 2 “rockers” from each of the previous albums was like the whipped cream w/ a cherry on top! Thanks for thinking outside the box Lu, Tom & the guys of Buick 6. I hope y’all had as much fun putting it on as I did listening to it.
Tom
@clintonct wrote:
Lu, you are the best….
Absolutely. Mucho gracias go out to Lu, Tom & Buick 6 for putting this on the Web for us all to enjoy.
A 3 hour show – man, I AM soooooo jealous!
Tom
@Disco Stu wrote:
LOL…yeah, it is pretty bad if you can’t even tell what song it is. 😉
I said in the chatroom there, if this was going to happen, better now than earlier. No offense, but I’ve got enough live recordings of Righteously and Unsuffer Me to last a lifetime. 🙂
‘Tis true. It’s all good. Like I said, we heard the vast majority of it nearly flawlessly.
Mine just cut out completely…
Tom
@tonyg2756 wrote:
Heh. Rescue = Unsuffer me.
Dang! You’re right. It’s breaking up, but not that bad. I just jumped the gun on what I thought I was hearing between all the cut-outs… 😳 😳 😳
Tom
Well, it’s probably not our ISPs then – must be a problem from the source…
Oh well – at least it was great for the vast majority of the show! 😀 I’m happy!
Tom
@clintonct wrote:
Come on…. that was to die for…. really sexy! We’re dancing!
I don’t know if you meant it, but I do bet she plays “Come On” as one of the songs from West…
Tom
Regardless, all I know is, it’s 2 1/2 hours after they started, and they’re still going strong. I hope those folks in Minneapolis appreciate it! I know I’m jealous as HELL!!! 😈
Tom
