Fri 13 Aug – Molson Canal Concert Series: Tears for Fears
This was a really good show.
I came for Tears for Fears. I hadn't heard of any of the openers, and I didn't watch them play. We arrived around 6:40, me carrying a backpack, and were immediately told to remove it. So I had to go back to the car, conveniently parked right in front of the venue. I came back with a camera bag which I never used.
We walked around, I bought some merch (several peculiarities: (1) they seem to pretend that Elemental and Raoul never happened. seriously, there's nothing post-split related to be found. ELAHE picks up after the Seeds of Love and (2) they sell signed albums and posters. i've never seen a band sell signed stuff before. it seems kind of presumptuous to me. i bought both anyway.), we ate a bit, and finally 8:30 came and Tears for Fears took the stage.
Roland looked friggin' euphoric. I don't know if he always looks this happy, but he just seemed really happy to be there. It was infectious actually. He even winked at a guy in the audience who waved at him. It made me laugh.
The setlist had a lot of their singles, a surprising amount from the Seeds of Love era, a few from their new album, and a low-tempo cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, oddly enough.
I think the highlight, personally, was
Break It Down Again, seeing as it was the ONLY. ROLAND-ERA. SONG. they played. Raoul and the Kings of Spain has been exiled for whatever reason, which is disappointing. Second-place highlight? Maybe Quiet Ones.
They came back for an encore, playingAdvice For The Young At Heart (for the first time in twenty years) and Shout, which the crowd seemed to be waiting for. Then they left again, feeling cheated out of my Year Of The Knife.
If you were wondering what kind of person I was there, I was the one who knew every lyric to every song and yelling along to it all. I can't help it. I love these shows.
All in all, TFF puts on a really good live show. I guess after A Flock of Seagulls I was expecting some old guys who were past their prime, but Roland and Curt seem to be playing just as well as they did twenty years ago. Neither look very old.
This was a really good show.
I came for Tears for Fears. I hadn't heard of any of the openers, and I didn't watch them play. We arrived around 6:40, me carrying a backpack, and were immediately told to remove it. So I had to go back to the car, conveniently parked right in front of the venue. I came back with a camera bag which I never used.
We walked around, I bought some merch (several peculiarities: (1) they seem to pretend that Elemental and Raoul never happened. seriously, there's nothing post-split related to be found. ELAHE picks up after the Seeds of Love and (2) they sell signed albums and posters. i've never seen a band sell signed stuff before. it seems kind of presumptuous to me. i bought both anyway.), we ate a bit, and finally 8:30 came and Tears for Fears took the stage.
Roland looked friggin' euphoric. I don't know if he always looks this happy, but he just seemed really happy to be there. It was infectious actually. He even winked at a guy in the audience who waved at him. It made me laugh.
The setlist had a lot of their singles, a surprising amount from the Seeds of Love era, a few from their new album, and a low-tempo cover of Michael Jackson's Billie Jean, oddly enough.
I think the highlight, personally, was
Break It Down Again, seeing as it was the ONLY. ROLAND-ERA. SONG. they played. Raoul and the Kings of Spain has been exiled for whatever reason, which is disappointing. Second-place highlight? Maybe Quiet Ones.They came back for an encore, playing
Advice For The Young At Heart (for the first time in twenty years) and Shout, which the crowd seemed to be waiting for. Then they left again, feeling cheated out of my Year Of The Knife.If you were wondering what kind of person I was there, I was the one who knew every lyric to every song and yelling along to it all. I can't help it. I love these shows.
All in all, TFF puts on a really good live show. I guess after A Flock of Seagulls I was expecting some old guys who were past their prime, but Roland and Curt seem to be playing just as well as they did twenty years ago. Neither look very old.
