Tonya and PQBON's WebLog
Tonya and I just got back from the concert at shore line. This was my second time seeing Alanis and my second time seeing the Bare Naked Ladies.
The opening act was not that great. It was a woman with a keyboard and a bass player. Her singing wasn't great. Her songs were pretty weird.
The Bare Naked Ladies went next. The had a great show. As always they were joking around and making stuff up. I was a little disappointed they only did one totally free form song in their set. They had a great energy level. They had some funny stories and talks. During their whole set they flashed up pictures of Alanis performing as one of the band members. The final song of their main set was an dance number that was just awesome. The other thing of note was the final song in the last encore was Bare Naked Ladies with Alanis Morissette. The set consisted mostly new songs. I hadn't even heard they had a new album but they still hit most of the huge favorits. They played Pinch Me, Brian Wilson, Old Apartment, $1,000,000.00, Call and Answer, Its All Been Done, and One Week.
Alanis Morissette was next. He style is very different. The Ladies perform a very dynamic live show. Lyrics change, stories come out, they always have at least one free flow ryme/rap. Alanis is very different. Her songs are instrumented differently live then in the studio but other then that they are pretty much the same as recorded versions. Now this isn't a critasism. Its just an illustration of how different the two styles are. Alanis played a great set with two good encores. She did a good job selecting songs that flowed well and had great transitions from one song to anouther. Alanis hit most of her big songs, You Ought To Know, One Hand In My Pocket, Hands Clean, Ironic, Eight Easy Steps, etc.
It was interesting that some people were there to see the bare naked ladies only. So much so that they left half way through Alanis' set. I personally had a blast. It was harder to keep my personal energy level up through the middle of Alanis' set but that may just be because of the set order and the difference in music type. All in all I hope they tour together again, it was a lot of fun to see then together. It is also great to have two headliners at a show. It feels like more value for your time and money.
Posted by pqbon at July 29, 2004 11:34 AM | TrackBackHa, that's funny! Danno and I were there last night too. I have to say that I disagree about the first act being not that great. She was downright horrible. I made D check to see if my ears were bleeding halfway through. He got a free beer commiserating with the beer vendors because it was so bad.
I had never seen BNL before - that was awesome. The show was fun, upbeat, etc. and I was surprised that they sounded so good live (incredible harmonies/voices), and the fact that they were obviously having so much fun made it more fun for me.
We left part way through Alanis. Partly because he's on the early shift, but partly also because the lights during her set were giving him a headache (as they were directed toward the audience a lot). She did sound great and I enjoyed the songs we stayed through, but I wasn't unhappy to be leaving. Glad you guys had fun, and too bad we didn't know each other were going.
Posted by: cshell at July 29, 2004 10:57 PM