Lily Allen Live: Meh.
Lily Allen - Truth [Demo] [mp3]
I must dissent from my esteemed friend Brooklyn Vegan.
"This show was supposed to be mediocre." Yes, it was [supposed to be] and yes, it mostly was.
"The blogosphere should be full of nasty comments today." I whispered last night that I felt like I just made a terribly regrettable purchase, like buying an Ace of Base album or something. Afterwards the nearly unianimous consensus I witnessed was disappointment. Maybe all my friends are curmudgeons.
Every minute I felt pressured that I should be getting Value. I rarely pay $25 for a show, but alas I made an exception because I really love Lily Allen's music. It's fantastic. I also thought that over the summer her band would learn a song or two more. Nope. So the kitchen timer was set and at $0.80/minute the show raced onward like a lost cab driver.
Don't get me wrong, I still love the songs. But the live show didn't bring me anywhere new. It didn't help that two of the seven were my least favorite of all: Friday Night and Little Things. This regretabley pushed my more favorite songs off the set.
Some good: The band was tight, if a little young and amazingly Average Joe-looking [and wearing Lily Allen merch]. And a lot of what I expected to be samples were actually played on the keyboard. Lily Allen herself was cute but without charisma.
What the show needed was some craziness. Some Motherfucker-injected trannies and Redbull pumping through our veins. Some were dancing and singing, and I saw a lot of smiles. Yeti Don't Smile.
Heartonastick has his fair review up.
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Totally unrelated, but speaking of Ace of Base: they are #15 at Google Trends for classical music, right around Beethoven and Vivaldi. What the fuck? [thx dg]
Written from jerry yeti's cave at 10:42 AM
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i'm a total curmudgeon (formerly of manicmess) and i thought the show was fantastic. wrote all about it here (nymag.com/daily/intel/2006/10/lily_allen_hero_at_hiro_1.html
That wasnt 'lily allen merch' they were wearing - those were crew only tshirts and sweatshirts designed by DJ aaron lacrate - so no, they werent hawking her merch.
dude, i remember getting the ace of base "sign" single from this girl on my 13th birthday and i continued to spin it on repeat until my 14th. that was the best year to date
"merch"
/joke.
[Hi Sara! Feel free to hyperlink. For those who are too lazy to cut and paste: NY MAG on Lily Allen]
I just saw the Lily Allen concert last night and it was AMAZING. She was adorable and danced around and really worked with the crowd to get everyone bouncing. It added a whole new dimension to the CD and therefor, not meh, but waawaaaweewa!!!
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