The only other thing that I really noticed as far as this show being any different from past shows, was that the crowd was nowhere near as mixed as I usually remember, and definitely tended to skew older. The mix seemed to be part professional computer geek types (I'm pretty sure I spotted Paul Allen seated a few rows from us), and what my concert pal for the evening referred to as "old grey ponytail special." It was the sort of mix (or rather, the lack thereof) that I would one hundred percent attribute to the higher ticket price.
The opening set, by Neil's wife Pegi, was pleasant enough, even if wasn't anything particularly special. The good news is that Pegi has a nice voice, a few decent songs, and in general managed to escape the curse of rock star wives trying to share the stage that has plagued music going back at least as far as Yoko Ono (and boy do I smell some trouble coming for what I just said).
Still, there was no escaping the fact that there was indeed a "special" sort of feel about this show. Now if Neil would only consider sharing that "specialness" with some of his, shall we say, "lower rent" class of fans.
Setlist:
Acoustic:
1. From Hank To Hendrix
2. Ambulance Blues
3. Sad Movies
4. A Man Needs A Maid
5. No One Seems To Know
6. Harvest
7. After The Gold Rush
8. Mellow My Mind
9. Love Art Blues
10. Love Is A Rose
11. Heart Of Gold
Electric:
12. The Loner
13. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
14. Dirty Old Man
15. Spirit Road
16. Bad Fog Of Loneliness
17. Winterlong
18. Oh, Lonesome Me
19. The Believer
20. No Hidden Path
Encores:
21. Cinnamon Girl
22. Like A Hurricane
Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
i read a review in a seattle newspaper that said the show was spectacular, except for this one guy in the audience who kept yelling "hey, this fuckin' ticket cost me an arm and a leg!!!" during the quiet parts.
2 - Glen Boyd
I think that was Paul Allen.
-Glen
3 - thrasher
Glen,
Great review! I'm looking forward to Neil making back east. The setlist has been pretty unbelievable. I mean Ambulance Blues and Sad Movies?! Definitely a tour for fans with few of the "hits".
Linked back to your review at Neil Young News: Concert Reviews: Seattle, 10/22/07.
Thanks for the L-L!
Thrasher
4 - zingzing
so do you think you got your money's worth? how could you, really... short of a blow job from good ol' neil hisself? but whatever. i'm glad you enjoyed it.
i'm currently searching for "ordinary people."
wamu theater does suck. fuck it. fuck seattle. i just moved to nyc. fuck nyc. i'm just unhappy everywhere. i am an unhappy man. maybe paris. nah. gawd.
5 - El Bicho
I downloaded the Idaho show, so I am ahead $170. Same line-up except Campaigner and Journey Through The Past were played instead of Harvest and Tonight's the Night instead of Hurricane
6 - Glen Boyd
Yeah I think so Zing (got my moneys worth that is). I've seen Neil a dozen times or so, and the setlist was probably the wildest I've ever witnessed. The truth is I was pretty happy with it by the time of the second song, "Ambulance Blues."
I still haven't forgiven Neil for charging what I consider an outrageous price to see anybody. That said, I still enjoyed the show a lot. The best show Neil show I've ever seen still remains the night he debuted much of what became the "Freedom" album (at the time it was going be called "Eldorado") at Seattle's Paramount in 1989.
By the way Bicho, I've got a great recording of that show if yer interested in maybe trading some discs...
-Glen