Meeting the Decemberists + Sons and Daughters
Yours truly met the Decemberists & Sons and Daughters on Thurs. night. It was a lot of fun.
setlist:
The Tain !!!
We Both Go Down Together
Leslie Ann Levine
Eli, The Barrow Boy
Of Angels and Angles
The Bachelor and the Bride
July July
The Engine Driver
The Sporting Life
16 Military Wives
The Bus Mall
The Mariner's Revenge Song
encore:
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I Was Meant for the Stage
I arrived at the Tabernacle a little late. The first band, Sons and Daugthers, were halfway through their set. They are a Domino records group from Scotland that sound a lot like the Pogues, the Pixies, and labelmates Franz Ferdinand. I liked them.
The Decemberists came on and played a solid set. 'The Mariner's Revenge Song' was even better than last time. I was disappointed in a few song choices, but hearing the Tain performed live was worth having to settle for 'I Was Meant for the Stage' as the show closer. Anti-climatic.
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After the show, my friend Jennifer went home and I was left to wander the streets of Atlanta alone. Realizing it was only 11:00 and after seeing a few people by the tour buses, I decided to stick around for a while.
Chris Funk, the Decemberists guitarist and multi-instrumentalist was the first individual i talked to, for about 2 minutes. i told him about how cool the show in athens was 2 years ago and how that was my first introduction to them. He said, "yeah, that show was so much fun to do."
Sons and Daugthers were talking to some other guy when Chris went back inside. when that guy left, i went up and started talking to the guitarist, a 25 year old named Scott. he's leaning against the railing, legs crossed, one hand in his pocket, the other one smoking a rolled-up cigarette. he's dressed like he's in a swing band; he's also got the young Johnny Cash hairstyle working. basically, he's a cool looking motherfucker. and i don't tell him this.
i introduce myself, and before i can ask him who his influences are, the drummer, Dave, 30, another slightly taller lad, turns to me from talking to one of the roadies and says: "love the shirt!" (i'm wearing my Pixies shirt.) so we all talk about the Pixies for about 10 minutes or so much to my delight.
the lead vocalist, Adele, 28, has joined us now as Scott tells me that she saw the original, unreformed Pixies when she was younger, on the Bossanova tour. (I quickly discern, to [perhaps] everyone else's oblivion, that this would put her at the age of about 13 at the time.) Scott tells me that I look like Tim from the band Ash. Adele says it's not true. I agree with her because I don't want to look like Tim from Ash. Scott says it's a compliment because he's a good-looking fellow. I smile reluctantly and accept it as such.
i tell them that i had not heard one note of their music before the show and that i'm going to czech out their entire discography. i say they should recommend some other Domino records bands besides the Notwist, Manitoba, and Four Tet. Scott enthusiastically suggests a few. I forget the names immediately but know that i will be able to recall them when i browse the Domino website.
Adele says that I should listen to a band called Smog, which she had to repeat the name of about eighteen times. It's not so much that I'm deaf (although I am) or that i couldn't understand her lovely, Scottish accent (because i could); i'm just slightly infatuated with her because she's an attractive, older chick with a passion for music and has one of the best smiles of recent memory. Anyway, she tells me that I would probably really like them because they're 'similar to the Decemberists'? i'm not sure if that's what she said or not
i thought about asking if they wanted to go to one of my favorite downtown cafes, but i quickly realized from the dilligent work of the road crew earlier that they were heading to Asheville (which we discussed) as soon as they got packed up.
Scott asks me for a light as he's about to leave; i tell him that i quit some time ago, mainly just to see adele smile again. Not 2 minutes after we say peace, Colin, the frontman from the Decemberists exits the building and sees that I'm the only one left standing after everyone else has given up on meeting them and left. (HA!) I introduce myself and start talking him up about the show and the ideas for some of the songs during the set. a few other guys who had obviously been lurking around come up and do the same. we talk for about 5 minutes or so until he goes back inside.
Petra, the violinst comes out about 5 minutes later and I talk to her for a couple of minutes. (She's about half as tall as i am.) anyway, i repeat most of the things that i said to chris and colin. all good things that she's pleased to hear.
after she leaves, i decide to not stick around to talk to the remaining three members due to various vague reasons including time and the fact that i'll feel redundant in what i tell them, so i turn and walk about 10 paces to my car. and leave.
THE END
in other news, i decided against moving to ny. too much stress. i'm almost finished paying off my credit debt and i'll be able to start saving up some serious cash and livivng more comfortably as soon as i've paid it off.
the last two days of work have been crazy! almost as constantly busy as mall of ga weekends. well, i have 34 paid vacation hours avaiable; i'm thinking about using some/all of them
setlist:
The Tain !!!
We Both Go Down Together
Leslie Ann Levine
Eli, The Barrow Boy
Of Angels and Angles
The Bachelor and the Bride
July July
The Engine Driver
The Sporting Life
16 Military Wives
The Bus Mall
The Mariner's Revenge Song
encore:
?
I Was Meant for the Stage
I arrived at the Tabernacle a little late. The first band, Sons and Daugthers, were halfway through their set. They are a Domino records group from Scotland that sound a lot like the Pogues, the Pixies, and labelmates Franz Ferdinand. I liked them.
The Decemberists came on and played a solid set. 'The Mariner's Revenge Song' was even better than last time. I was disappointed in a few song choices, but hearing the Tain performed live was worth having to settle for 'I Was Meant for the Stage' as the show closer. Anti-climatic.
~~~~~~~~
After the show, my friend Jennifer went home and I was left to wander the streets of Atlanta alone. Realizing it was only 11:00 and after seeing a few people by the tour buses, I decided to stick around for a while.
Chris Funk, the Decemberists guitarist and multi-instrumentalist was the first individual i talked to, for about 2 minutes. i told him about how cool the show in athens was 2 years ago and how that was my first introduction to them. He said, "yeah, that show was so much fun to do."
Sons and Daugthers were talking to some other guy when Chris went back inside. when that guy left, i went up and started talking to the guitarist, a 25 year old named Scott. he's leaning against the railing, legs crossed, one hand in his pocket, the other one smoking a rolled-up cigarette. he's dressed like he's in a swing band; he's also got the young Johnny Cash hairstyle working. basically, he's a cool looking motherfucker. and i don't tell him this.
i introduce myself, and before i can ask him who his influences are, the drummer, Dave, 30, another slightly taller lad, turns to me from talking to one of the roadies and says: "love the shirt!" (i'm wearing my Pixies shirt.) so we all talk about the Pixies for about 10 minutes or so much to my delight.
the lead vocalist, Adele, 28, has joined us now as Scott tells me that she saw the original, unreformed Pixies when she was younger, on the Bossanova tour. (I quickly discern, to [perhaps] everyone else's oblivion, that this would put her at the age of about 13 at the time.) Scott tells me that I look like Tim from the band Ash. Adele says it's not true. I agree with her because I don't want to look like Tim from Ash. Scott says it's a compliment because he's a good-looking fellow. I smile reluctantly and accept it as such.
i tell them that i had not heard one note of their music before the show and that i'm going to czech out their entire discography. i say they should recommend some other Domino records bands besides the Notwist, Manitoba, and Four Tet. Scott enthusiastically suggests a few. I forget the names immediately but know that i will be able to recall them when i browse the Domino website.
Adele says that I should listen to a band called Smog, which she had to repeat the name of about eighteen times. It's not so much that I'm deaf (although I am) or that i couldn't understand her lovely, Scottish accent (because i could); i'm just slightly infatuated with her because she's an attractive, older chick with a passion for music and has one of the best smiles of recent memory. Anyway, she tells me that I would probably really like them because they're 'similar to the Decemberists'? i'm not sure if that's what she said or not
i thought about asking if they wanted to go to one of my favorite downtown cafes, but i quickly realized from the dilligent work of the road crew earlier that they were heading to Asheville (which we discussed) as soon as they got packed up.
Scott asks me for a light as he's about to leave; i tell him that i quit some time ago, mainly just to see adele smile again. Not 2 minutes after we say peace, Colin, the frontman from the Decemberists exits the building and sees that I'm the only one left standing after everyone else has given up on meeting them and left. (HA!) I introduce myself and start talking him up about the show and the ideas for some of the songs during the set. a few other guys who had obviously been lurking around come up and do the same. we talk for about 5 minutes or so until he goes back inside.
Petra, the violinst comes out about 5 minutes later and I talk to her for a couple of minutes. (She's about half as tall as i am.) anyway, i repeat most of the things that i said to chris and colin. all good things that she's pleased to hear.
after she leaves, i decide to not stick around to talk to the remaining three members due to various vague reasons including time and the fact that i'll feel redundant in what i tell them, so i turn and walk about 10 paces to my car. and leave.
THE END
in other news, i decided against moving to ny. too much stress. i'm almost finished paying off my credit debt and i'll be able to start saving up some serious cash and livivng more comfortably as soon as i've paid it off.
the last two days of work have been crazy! almost as constantly busy as mall of ga weekends. well, i have 34 paid vacation hours avaiable; i'm thinking about using some/all of them