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Apr. 11th, 2009 12:04 amThings I will never get tired of: Andrew Bird live. Phenomenal as always. My fifth row seats were just about perfection, except for the fact that the dude in front of me was, as usual, like 7 feet tall. Fortunately I had an aisle seat so I just spent most of the show leaning out into the aisle.
Manuel was a little underwhelmed; he said the concert reminded him of everything he hated about art school (for the uninitiated, while his degree is in business/management information systems, he was an art major for a couple of years). But, you know, whatever.
He ended up opening with "Why?" which was damn amazing and sexy and perfect, and it made me happy. While he did a lot of material off of the new album, he threw in plenty of older things, including Headsoak, which Nora O'Connor popped in for (she's sung on pretty much all of his records and is sort of a Chicago music staple; she did another song, too, which I can't recall by name right now). It was a pretty good mix of songs, and of course included Dr. Stringz, a song he did for a childrens' show where he sings about being able to magically fix any stringed instrument -- which is hilarious because last night he broke his violin during the next song (Fake Palindromes, which rocked just as much tonight as ever). It just sort of slipped out of his hands and the neck broke off from the body. Yikes. He got it all fixed up, of course, and it didn't stop him from flailing around with the thing anyway.
Anyhow, impressive show all around. Maybe I will have more coherent thoughts later. I have pictures and video that I need to upload.
The moral of the story: I want to squish him and hug him and give him a sandwich and then make out with him.
The end.
Manuel was a little underwhelmed; he said the concert reminded him of everything he hated about art school (for the uninitiated, while his degree is in business/management information systems, he was an art major for a couple of years). But, you know, whatever.
He ended up opening with "Why?" which was damn amazing and sexy and perfect, and it made me happy. While he did a lot of material off of the new album, he threw in plenty of older things, including Headsoak, which Nora O'Connor popped in for (she's sung on pretty much all of his records and is sort of a Chicago music staple; she did another song, too, which I can't recall by name right now). It was a pretty good mix of songs, and of course included Dr. Stringz, a song he did for a childrens' show where he sings about being able to magically fix any stringed instrument -- which is hilarious because last night he broke his violin during the next song (Fake Palindromes, which rocked just as much tonight as ever). It just sort of slipped out of his hands and the neck broke off from the body. Yikes. He got it all fixed up, of course, and it didn't stop him from flailing around with the thing anyway.
Anyhow, impressive show all around. Maybe I will have more coherent thoughts later. I have pictures and video that I need to upload.
The moral of the story: I want to squish him and hug him and give him a sandwich and then make out with him.
The end.
