They played a show near Baltimore tonight backed by the motherfucking Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. It was quite possibly the best show I have been to, and they should release orchestral versions of their songs post haste.


And the chick in the band is the ugliest female I have ever seen.

[Edited on July 14, 2007 at 10:43 PM. Reason : (holding an accordion)]

7/14/2007 10:40:43 PM

If you want a hot chick playing accordian, you should check out Bus from Chapel Hill.
http://www.myspace.com/busband



[Edited on July 14, 2007 at 10:56 PM. Reason : .]

7/14/2007 10:56:27 PM

^ i saw them a few weeks ago and threw up in my mouth a little.

7/14/2007 11:01:49 PM

^^No linking mediocre bands in my thread

7/14/2007 11:03:54 PM

The decemberists aren't exactly a supergroup.

7/14/2007 11:05:54 PM

at bonnaroo this year mavis staples played a few songs with decemberists.

that was sorta cool.


they played the weight by the band.. that was hot


their set didnt translate to the 2nd largest stage int he middle of the afternoon there very well however

[Edited on July 14, 2007 at 11:08 PM. Reason : omg]

7/14/2007 11:07:47 PM

Is there a live recording?

I bet it sounds awesome with that orchestra in there.

7/14/2007 11:16:05 PM

I saw them last night in Atlanta. It was awesome... beautiful with the orchestra... but WAY too short. It lasted seriously an hour and some change... 90 minutes max. "I Was Meant for the Stage" and "The Tain" were the highlights.

Lowjack, did they play the same setlist as they've been doing for the other orchestra shows?

7/14/2007 11:16:53 PM

The orchestra gave them a very grandiose sound that was good for this outdoor venue. This show was 2 hours, but there was an intermission.

^I don't know about the set list.

Yeah, it was similar to:

The Crane Wife
The Infanta
We Both Go Down Together
Bagman’s Gambit
Odalisque
Perfect Crime #2*
Los Angeles I’m Yours
The Tain
O Valencia*
I Was Meant for the Stage

They played Mariner's Revenge for the encore. Our O Valencia was w/ orchestra

[Edited on July 14, 2007 at 11:24 PM. Reason : dfs]

7/14/2007 11:17:04 PM

The Atlanta one had those plus 16 military wives (w/o orchestra).

7/14/2007 11:27:32 PM

Also, the show was by no means a sellout. Capacity was 16000, but a large swath of the middle seats were empty because they were expensive as hell. The cheap indie kids sat on the lawn. The few of us who had seats in the back were able to move up to the baller middle seats no problem.

7/14/2007 11:35:25 PM

I'm hoping to go to the Central Park show on Monday

7/15/2007 12:09:07 AM

^^ yeah, I was amazed at how empty the atlanta show was also. My girlfriend and I had the whole row to ourselves, and we could've easily moved up to empty closer seats

7/15/2007 12:43:07 AM

$50+ tickets cut into the budget for black-rimmed glasses, canvas shoes, and tight ass dickies.

7/15/2007 12:58:20 AM

Haha

7/15/2007 5:37:01 AM

^^ my ticket was actually only 21 bucks

7/15/2007 10:13:57 AM

I saw em at bonnaroo, hadn't really listened to their set but i enjoyed it.

and I was really close to the stage as i'd been waiting there since 1:00 for the White Stripes and Wolfmother. so i can't really comment on the whole "didn't fill the 2nd biggest stage" comments

7/15/2007 11:39:04 AM

what i meant by that is that the show they put on translates better in an indoor theater as opposed to an outdoor venue in the middle of the afternoon.

it's much better in a more intimate environment

7/15/2007 11:59:16 AM

ahhh yeah i can see that

7/15/2007 11:40:53 PM

fuck, how'd i miss that they played here last night with orchestra?

balls

[Edited on July 16, 2007 at 9:58 AM. Reason : e]

7/16/2007 9:51:29 AM

Quote :

"Perfect Crime #2*"

If there is anyone out there that isn't familiar with this song, let me hum a few chords.

The perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect, crime.

That's one of my fav's. It's like they couldn't figure out what to put next and just kept repeating the same thing. Very talented...

7/16/2007 10:23:01 PM

^i actually really love that song. i agree that the "perfects" are a little out of hand, though. but the rest of the song is bitchin'.

7/16/2007 10:34:52 PM