Review: 2006-09-09 – Stratford, ON

Just back from the show… and am trying to shake the shivers.

Setlist – in order
Springtime In Vienna
NOIS
Gus
Lonely End Of The Rink
Grace, Too
Summer Is Killing Us
Ahead By A Century
The Ocean
50 Mission Cap
My Music At Work – intro on bass guitar; is that standard??
IAGLIYDW
In View – no keys, just guitars
Don’t Wake Daddy
Wheat Kings
Poets
At The 100th Meridian
Fire In The Hole

Encore
Heaven Is A Better Place Today
Pretend
Nautical Disaster

Not much to say about the show; it was good to hear In View live. The crowd was somewhat subdued from where I was standing in front of the soundboard. The sound was really bass heavy – perhaps a remnant from last nights Nelly Furtado performance? Hopefully that won’t ruin the recordings. There were five audio rigs present; most of which belong to friends of mine so I have a feeling they will be traded/torrented.

We had three cameras, but I gave up on taping as it was nearly impossible with the average height of the fans around eight foot four!!! I couldn’t see a thing, and if it weren’t for the giant video screens I wouldn’t have had a clue what was happening on stage.

In View sounded good live, but I think that I prefer the studio version. Pretend is a good song, but not suited to a live rock concert, let alone the encore.

Rink and Ocean are turning into new favourites of mine – I really can’t wait to hear them on CD.

Read Hugh’s Review for the rest of the details…

New video!!!

Gord on the run...Hipbaser ceebuler found this pic of Gord Downie during the filming of their newest video in New York City. Gord really looks like he’s givin’ it his all. And he looks younger than I remember. So, is this a scene from In View, or a video for one of the other new tracks? So far we’ve heard 6 new tracks:

  1. Pretend
  2. The Ocean
  3. Fly (or Try)
  4. Lonely End Of The Rink
  5. The Drop Off
  6. In View

Will all of these make World Container?