christmas @ the zoo
[stolen from ryan. i was much closer than this, but with no camera]so i said before that this show was spiritual, & i meant it. those of you who know what has been going on with my family know why. the opening bands aren't worth mentioning except to say that deerhoof is screwed up![bunny bunny bunny]. anyway, the band descended from a ufo [which later tipped back to create an intense light show] amidst a swarm of santas, alien chicks, & superheroes. wayne climbed out on top of the ship & got inside a huge clear inflated ball, then proceeded to crowd walk like a giant hamster. canons fired confetti out above the crowd which remained aloft due to the heat generated by rabid fans while huge beach balls & inflatable killer whales danced at arms length over their heads. speaking of rabid fans, the show was being filmed for a live dvd & lots of people wore all kinds of great costumes.
at one point, much like our pastor does each sunday morning during prayer, wayne reminded the crowd that there were those among us that were dealing with incredible sadness & great tragedy in our lives & that this collective was an opportunity to show love, both to those who you came with, & to the 10,000 strangers all around! the song do you realize? followed... i'm not sure if i can do justice by attempting to further explain... listen
i can confidently say that [barring another lips show] i will never have another live show experience like that. they played for approx. 1.5 hours &, of course, 3 hours wouldn't have come close to being enough. they played all their best songs, mostly from the 3 most recent albums, but also resurrected she don't use jelly, & love yer brain. wayne alternately sang through a blow horn, with hand puppets, & at one of the evening's many perfect moments [during my cosmic autumn rebellion], walked out onto the audience catwalk with an electronic bird flapping its wings held above his head. i'll be honest, i got all choked up [no lie].
wayne commented @ the end of the show that they get to play to the best audiences in the world & it's because of love, the love they have for what they do, the love their fans have for them, & the humanistic service they do for all who listen via the thematic 'existential optimism' prevalent in their large body of work. he said 'you don't have to worry about violence breaking out at a flaming lips show'...'aerosmith can't say that!'...
[postscript] i didn't take my camera because i didn't want to be distracted by all of the amazing photos i could have been taking, so i'm reduced to stealing from my friends...
andy's review
ryan's review
at one point, much like our pastor does each sunday morning during prayer, wayne reminded the crowd that there were those among us that were dealing with incredible sadness & great tragedy in our lives & that this collective was an opportunity to show love, both to those who you came with, & to the 10,000 strangers all around! the song do you realize? followed... i'm not sure if i can do justice by attempting to further explain... listen
i can confidently say that [barring another lips show] i will never have another live show experience like that. they played for approx. 1.5 hours &, of course, 3 hours wouldn't have come close to being enough. they played all their best songs, mostly from the 3 most recent albums, but also resurrected she don't use jelly, & love yer brain. wayne alternately sang through a blow horn, with hand puppets, & at one of the evening's many perfect moments [during my cosmic autumn rebellion], walked out onto the audience catwalk with an electronic bird flapping its wings held above his head. i'll be honest, i got all choked up [no lie].
wayne commented @ the end of the show that they get to play to the best audiences in the world & it's because of love, the love they have for what they do, the love their fans have for them, & the humanistic service they do for all who listen via the thematic 'existential optimism' prevalent in their large body of work. he said 'you don't have to worry about violence breaking out at a flaming lips show'...'aerosmith can't say that!'...
[postscript] i didn't take my camera because i didn't want to be distracted by all of the amazing photos i could have been taking, so i'm reduced to stealing from my friends...
andy's review
ryan's review
posted by jöe at 7:13 PM
1 Comments:
ahhhh... that is really frightening. i hope you did not encounter any little children, they would be traumatized for life.
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