tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666659962343175645.post2798514056090025943..comments2023-12-09T05:32:19.282+01:00Comments on Metronomic Underground: Andrew Bird / Eugene Mirman - Live 2012.03.22 The Pageant, St. Louis, MissouriPattihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295562938792511228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666659962343175645.post-41477498592683313312012-03-27T03:27:20.219+02:002012-03-27T03:27:20.219+02:00@JDP,
I wholeheartedly agree with the live transl...@JDP,<br /><br />I wholeheartedly agree with the live translation of the new album and with the nonlinear songwriting ingenuity. I was extremely impressed with how well the new stuff came together on stage, which only makes sense if Bird is to be believed when he claims that most of the album was recorded live with the same band. But even seeing him build up a song solo is exhilerating. So exhilerating that I wish he'd done it a few more times on the stage, which I think is what you also thought.<br /><br />Also, thanks for the setlist help!Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295562938792511228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666659962343175645.post-65998140056370927962012-03-27T03:02:07.802+02:002012-03-27T03:02:07.802+02:00I think I agree with pretty much everything you...I think I agree with pretty much everything you've said here (though I might give Mirman the benefit of the doubt; I understood a lot of his humor to be high irony paired with tongue-in-cheek development, but like you said -- maybe he toed the line). <br /><br />Everything pre-encore was awesome. It's worth mentioning, I think, that there were only three repeated songs (from what I recall) from when we saw him on his last major tour just three years ago. How cool is that? I mean, seriously, how often do you see a band perform at a three-year interval and observe almost no overlap in the set list? <br /><br />I also think that his new material translated very well live. The new album is a subtler affair than usual. Fewer bells and whistles and, overall, less showmanship. I was worried about this translating into a boring performance, but I don't think that was the case at all. <br /><br />The encore, alas, was nothing impressive. <br /><br />But watching this dude build his loops in the live setting (especially when he's on stage by himself) has to be one of the more fascinating experiences in live music today. Bird turns our linear understanding of songwriting on its head.JDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340545485785235190noreply@blogger.com