[kj] (OT) Love and Rockets Warm-Up Show Last Night

[Alexander Smith]

Cheers for the review -- that sounds excellent.

Alex in NYC


On Apr 25, 2008, at 1:19 PM, T.B. wrote:


> OK, so I went to the sold out San Diego warm-up show at Canes last  

> night.

>

> Canes is a very small club / bar right on the boardwalk of the beach  

> in San Diego.  Probably holds maybe 150 - 200 people tops.  The  

> floor and the stage are about the same size so being at the back of  

> the floor in front of the soundboard is being about 6 people deep in  

> the crowd.  The have a nice sound system although the band probably  

> could have gotten away with just the sound from the stage they were  

> so loud and the place so small.  Overall, great sound and it was  

> like being in their living room while they played.  The audience was  

> very well behaved and I'd say the asshole factor was a big zero.   

> Everyone knew who they were seeing, what to expect and wanted to be  

> there for the music and not to get fucked up and be obnoxious.

>

> Doors opened around 7:30 and by 8:30, the place had filled up and  

> right at 9:30, the patient crowd was rewarded when the band come out  

> and opened with a tight version "Ball of Confusion."  They played a  

> very compact, no nonsense 80 minute set of tracks almost all culled  

> from their first three Beggars Banquet era albums except for "No Big  

> Deal" and the slow, druggy "I Feel Speed" which frankly was the only  

> real dead spot in the show.  "Dog End....." early in the set got a  

> huge response and it was a storming, great version with Ash's guitar  

> mixed dry and upfront, not drenched in reverb like the studio  

> track.  I can't say that on paper, I'd really like this setlist much  

> as some major favorites like "Bound For Hell," "Motorcycle" and "So  

> Alive" aren't being played not to mentioned any tracks from the 90's  

> aren't included.  Still, as performed, especially with the band  

> being so tight already, it turned out to be excellent.

>

> As musicians, all three are still at the top of their game. Daniel  

> Ash as always sounds great on 12 string yet can rip out feedback and  

> effects laden solos and his long tour de force turn after switching  

> from 12 string to electric mid song on "Yin and Yang" was mind  

> blowing.  Haskins is an incredibly drummer as exemplified by the  

> speed and power he had running through "An America Dream."  David J  

> (who's birthday was late night) sounded fluid and great as always on  

> fretless bass and the often Beatlesesque harmonies between David and  

> Danny were spot on all night.

>

> The encore was a straightforward cover of The Clash's "Should I Stay  

> Or Should I Go" that got the tiny crowd jumping and afterwards, the  

> band looked very happy and pleased with the audience and their own  

> performance.

>

> Really glad I went.

>

> Setlist in order:

>

> Ball of Confusion

> No Big Deal

> It Could Be Sunshine

> Dog End of a Day Gone By

> Haunted When The Minutes Drag

> No New Tale To Tell

> I Feel Speed

> An American Dream

> Holiday On The Moon

> Kundalini Express

> Mirror People

> Yin And Yang

>

> *encore*

> Should I Stay Or Should I Go

>

> T.B.

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