First off I have been a fan since 2000. For a number of reasons this was my first show.
1. Alabama theatre is a beautiful venue.
2. How these guys do not get whiplash is beyond me.
3. the OBH opener was unexpected and had a very cool lead in.
4.the new songs except for one sounded more like traditional rock songs.
5. the crowd was very into as well as the band
6. no one sat down during the whole show.
the new songs - did they sound like old MMJ -- "it still moves" and "z" style rockers, or more like aluminum park/remnants from "evil urges"? please say the former...
It's funny, in another thread about songs people don't want to hear a lot of EU songs came up. Yesterday I watched the ACL performance from '08 (saved on my DVR) and i think some fans may have forgot how much the EU tracks rock live. The songs you mentioned from EU, although not the best on the album, have their place during a live show. Albeit they are not played with the same frequency as other EU songs and you may choose not to listen to them at home, they are not terrible songs by any means.
I just prefer the It Still Moves sound thats all.
The first new song they played I thought sounded pretty vanilla. I can't even compare it to anything MMJ really. More like a Big Star song or something. The second one, Friends Again (according to the set list), was about making amends, obviously. The cheezy lyrics and the song itself reminded me of Bread, kinda 70's soft rocky with just a little edge. It was by far the better of the two.
um. OMFG.
more details to follow once I'm able to rearrange my face after it was melted off last night.
:o
also this:
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Was Friends Again a cover of either of these songs?
http://lala.com/zAimI
http://lala.com/zanmI
So I'm 99% sure Carnival Time was a cover:
http://lala.com/zywFY
Did Mother In Law sound like this?
http://lala.com/zWG2
Because it almost sounds like Yim singing on that version
And was the end of Run Thru the holy thunder part with Clock Arms? I need to know!
Thanks a lot for the review, looking forward to more reviews :D
I think Carnival time might be the Al Johnson song. I wasn't at last nights show but it would make since. It would be cool if Al Johnson joined them for this song on Saturday at the fairgrounds.
Thanks Megalicious! Got my hopes up again...
:)
I'm with you wakeboard, I saw MMJ at Radio City Music Hall (4th MMJ show), and the reception to some of the EU songs was pretty lukewarm...that's not to say there aren't a few gems, but sandwiching a beautiful song like Phone Went West between Aluminum Park and Two Halves just ain't right.
Pretty sure there was just one new song ("Friends Again") and the rest were covers...there wasn't anything I didn't recognize before that.
chode, I can't listen to your links since I'm posting from my phone, but does either of those songs have a chorus that goes "let's be friends again"? I'm totally on the hunt to figure out if that was a new tune...I think it could be, especially since it was sandwiched in the middle of the main set.
Can't wait for someone to come drop some knowledge on us!
New OBH opener was very, very cool. :)
PHJB was absolutely amazing. I wanted to dance and dance and dance. DO NOT MISS THEM if you're going to any of these shows!
One of the best Dondantes I remember seeing in a long time.
I don't think the setlists will be all that similar from night to night, but what do I know.
Everyone looked excited to be back - Jim and Patrick in particular were wearing big grins all night.
You can listen again by going here. Entire show in mp3
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2010-04-20.mk4v.flac16
I gotta believe Let's Be Friends Again is a new song. On listening again this morning, I dig the doo wop beat and backing vocals.
Nice detective work chode. Keep working at this people. I want firm answers by the end of today. ;)
When I first saw the words "Carnival Time" I sooooo wanted that to be an MMJ original.
QuoteYou can listen again by going here. Entire show in mp3
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2010-04-20.mk4v.flac16
Holy crap, that's a new record!!!!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
QuoteYou can listen again by going here. Entire show in mp3
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2010-04-20.mk4v.flac16
I gotta believe Let's Be Friends Again is a new song. On listening again this morning, I dig the doo wop beat and backing vocals.
Holy shit that was quick! Thanks for the heads up. :D
I am in love with im2bob.
I just listened to "carnival time" on that recording and it is the Al Johnson song.
QuoteI am in love with im2bob.
Um. Yeah. Seriously. Hey, Toubab! Thanks!
ditto to the above. what a great way to make it through a wednesday at work.
Holy shit! That rendition of Dondante just melted my face off. :o
I am listening to the concert right now. I am stoked for the St Aug show. If they replaced Steam Engine for Highly Suspicious it would be my dream set list.
i hope the friends again song song sounds nothing like two halves (someone said doo wop beat). two halves is the only MMJ song ever i dont like.
i wonder how long they will play at jazzfest?
Quote If they replaced Steam Engine for Highly Suspicious it would be my dream set list.
Word to that! (actually for me, it'd be replace Thank You Too for Steam Engine, but close enough - just get steam engine in there).
They will play for about 1.5 hours at Jazzfest.
Quotetwo halves is the only MMJ song ever i dont like.
I often say Two Halves and Remnants are the only two MMJ songs I don't like !
QuotePretty sure there was just one new song ("Friends Again") and the rest were covers...there wasn't anything I didn't recognize before that.
chode, I can't listen to your links since I'm posting from my phone, but does either of those songs have a chorus that goes "let's be friends again"? I'm totally on the hunt to figure out if that was a new tune...I think it could be, especially since it was sandwiched in the middle of the main set.
Can't wait for someone to come drop some knowledge on us!
New OBH opener was very, very cool. :)
PHJB was absolutely amazing. I wanted to dance and dance and dance. DO NOT MISS THEM if you're going to any of these shows!
One of the best Dondantes I remember seeing in a long time.
I don't think the setlists will be all that similar from night to night, but what do I know.
Everyone looked excited to be back - Jim and Patrick in particular were wearing big grins all night.
I'll listen again in a few. I think Friends Again would be a stretch since I doubt they're covering Martin Sexton (unless they're huge fans of him, based on Lala that song just came out) and the Janis Ian song is old, and I can see the band doing it, but it's not really doo-woppy.
I'm gonna stream the archive too and do a comparison.
The other songs I'm sure are New Orleans traditionals, which is not a bad thing at all and I can't wait to hear them.
Also, though I would have loved to have Dancefloors, Steam Engine, or War Begun, complaining would be like saying I only got 7 slices of bacon on my bacon sandwhich, instead of 8.
WOW just listened to the MMJ version of Losin' Yo Head -- that song was meant to be a Jacket jam. I thought so from the first time I heard it. I hope I get it in St. Aug. They make is sound so much tighter than MOF.
Mother In Law was written and produced by Allen Touissaint.
So to summarize so far I have this...
Friends Again (????Original)
Move On Up (Curtis Mayfield)
Mother In Law (Allen Touissaint)
Carnival Time (Al Johnson)
wow, that is a ton of covers for them to play in one show. Sounds like it was fun night.
i usually leave every mmj show thinking "wow, dondante is an amazing song." but like someone mentioned, last night was probably the best of the several versions i've seen.
new song (something about friends), was about on par some of the more generic rock numbers on EU, certainly not bad but nothing mind blowing.
i'm still smiling at the thought of jim getting down on touch me pt 1 and wordless chorus with the nintendo pistol.
overall the guys seemed in great spirits and sounded great too. good times.
and the alabama theatre is a treat. jim told some story about "getting all fucked up" all night and going on the roof of somewhere, although i dont know if he was talking about that theatre or what he was actualy talking about.
For those that don't know Allen Toussaint. Seriously check out Southern Nights it is one of the best soul funk albums ever.
QuoteFor those that don't know Allen Toussaint. Seriously check out Southern Nights it is one of the best soul funk albums ever.
Did you see him on Austin City Limits a couple months ago? He's
still got it.
Oh man I wish I could listen to last night's show at work today :(
I agree with the comments about 2 Halves...although I have one other MMJ song I dont like, and that's Off The Record. I just don't dig that reggae beat...although I love Phone Went West, so what do I know?
I hope hope hope we get a Steam Engine at the Cary show. And a Where to Begin, and Oh! Sweet Nuthin would be nice. I don't know how I'm going to get any work done over the next week, I'm so excited! ;D
As far as I can tell, Friends Again is not a cover, meaning it's NEW
I'll still keep digging
Could these be the two songs Jim did with the PHFB?
-Louisiana Fairytale (Mitchell Parish, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots)
-Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (Bill Withers) (This a guess based on someone posting "She's Gone"
Quote
...PHJB was absolutely amazing. I wanted to dance and dance and dance. DO NOT MISS THEM if you're going to any of these shows!
One of the best Dondantes I remember seeing in a long time...
:) :) :)
Excellent...!!
QuoteCould these be the two songs Jim did with the PHFB?
-Louisiana Fairytale (Mitchell Parish, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots)
-Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (Bill Withers) (This a guess based on someone posting "She's Gone"
I'd say yes on LA Fairytale, but that was not Ain't No Sunshine.
I had a scare, I thought it might be this Springsteen Song (Friends Again (Skin to Skin)) (http://lala.com/zPIB), but it's not
QuoteQuoteFor those that don't know Allen Toussaint. Seriously check out Southern Nights it is one of the best soul funk albums ever.
Did you see him on Austin City Limits a couple months ago? He's still got it.
I went to the taping. That is the only taping I have been to. I had the opportunity to meet and talk to him at last years Jazzfest. He is a great guy!
QuoteQuoteCould these be the two songs Jim did with the PHFB?
-Louisiana Fairytale (Mitchell Parish, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots)
-Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (Bill Withers) (This a guess based on someone posting "She's Gone"
I'd say yes on LA Fairytale, but that was not Ain't No Sunshine.
I also think it is possible Jim sang on St. James Infirmary since that is one of the songs he sings on the Pres Hall album.
I'd say yes on LA Fairytale, but that was not Ain't No Sunshine.
Quotei usually leave every mmj show thinking "wow, dondante is an amazing song." but like someone mentioned, last night was probably the best of the several versions i've seen.
new song (something about friends), was about on par some of the more generic rock numbers on EU, certainly not bad but nothing mind blowing.
i'm still smiling at the thought of jim getting down on touch me pt 1 and wordless chorus with the nintendo pistol.
overall the guys seemed in great spirits and sounded great too. good times.
and the alabama theatre is a treat. jim told some story about "getting all fucked up" all night and going on the roof of somewhere, although i dont know if he was talking about that theatre or what he was actualy talking about.
He was talking about being up in the Vulcan statue linked below at 6am after a night of partying and seeing the sunrise.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/RomanEmpire/Mythology/VulcanBirmingham.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mlahanas.de/RomanEmpire/Mythology/VulcanStatue.html&usg=__8-FdvuzrtvsvbVWH-imdVBU7DqI=&h=700&w=502&sz=37&hl=en&start=40&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=4pxKJIiK0-Ly0M:&tbnh=140&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbirmingham%2Balabama%26start%3D21%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1
nintendo pistol :o
:D Thanks for the quick show upload!! Just started listening...
How'd the stage/lights look? I'm assuming the googly eyes were an EU thing and are no more...
Quote:D Thanks for the quick show upload!! Just started listening...
How'd the stage/lights look? I'm assuming the googly eyes were an EU thing and are no more...
They dusted off the EU lights and eyes. Looked like the exact same set up to me.
QuoteQuoteQuoteCould these be the two songs Jim did with the PHFB?
-Louisiana Fairytale (Mitchell Parish, Haven Gillespie and Fred Coots)
-Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone (Bill Withers) (This a guess based on someone posting "She's Gone"
I'd say yes on LA Fairytale, but that was not Ain't No Sunshine.
I also think it is possible Jim sang on St. James Infirmary since that is one of the songs he sings on the Pres Hall album.
I'd say yes on LA Fairytale, but that was not Ain't No Sunshine.
Cool, I'll keep digging. But you are saying that the phjb definately played st. james infirmary?
....same lighting as EU tour...googly eyes and circle lights still present
photos?
I'm on the ground in Nashvile and on my way to my buddy's. First order of business: listen to "Friends Again". ;D
BH, I believe it was St. James Infirmary.
BH I wasn't at the show so i don't know if that is what Jim sang or if PHJB played it but I kind of just assumed it would be one of the songs Jim would sing on since it does on the PHJB album.
Seriously, that intro gave me chills. I hope they keep it for the tour. I lost my shit just listening to it off my laptop speakers.
that cover of "move on up" made my life, btw.
Outside of the new song + the covers, are we looking at pretty much the same group of songs as the last go-round? I could never really complain about a MMJ setlist, but I hope/know they will switch things up.
In the history of perfect pairs, we have:
Chocolate and Marshmallow
Peanut butter and Jelly
Chocolate and Peanut butter
Bacon and Anything
An individual and a MMJ concert
Peanut butter pudding and surprises
and I've just added
Highly Suspicious and a horn section
QuoteOutside of the new song + the covers, are we looking at pretty much the same group of songs as the last go-round? I could never really complain about a MMJ setlist, but I hope/know they will switch things up.
That's pretty much right - the setlists varied last tour, but roughly speaking the additions you mention above are at the expense of a few EU songs (some combo of Aluminum Park, Look at You, Sec Walkin, Two Halves), Cobra, and Phone Went West.
Posted the show all zipped up
http://thesteamengine.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-morning-jacket-alabama-theatre-2010.html
That OBH intro is insane.
..I thought the show was outstanding, a continuation of the NYE '08 show (for me at least). As their catalog grows, the quality of the set lists will too. Opening with OBH was a bit of a shock, but they were able to follow it up.
I think the new songs sound like a few songs from every album: Just Because I do; Dancefloors; Gideon; I'm Amazed. More Rock. So, I think they played it safe with those songs, and I would expect their new album to have it's own sound, like the others.
Finally, the covers were commendable. Mother in law is one of the first songs I can remember as an 'oldie'. They continue to exhibit their vast musical influences.
I am envious of anyone attending any shows on this tour!
QuoteIn the history of perfect pairs, we have:
Chocolate and Marshmallow
Peanut butter and Jelly
Chocolate and Peanut butter
Bacon and Anything
An individual and a MMJ concert
Peanut butter pudding and surprises
and I've just added
Highly Suspicious and a horn section
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YES - sounded awesome, almost like thats what Jim meant to do the first time around with it when he laid it down on Evil Urges. Horns make everything better (see: The Band).
OMG I cant wait to see these guys again!! Its been since New Years at MSG and I need a fix badly!!!
QuoteYou can listen again by going here. Entire show in mp3
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2010-04-20.mk4v.flac16
I gotta believe Let's Be Friends Again is a new song. On listening again this morning, I dig the doo wop beat and backing vocals.
Wow, that was fast!! Thanks! :D
QuoteYou can listen again by going here. Entire show in mp3
http://www.archive.org/details/mmj2010-04-20.mk4v.flac16
I gotta believe Let's Be Friends Again is a new song. On listening again this morning, I dig the doo wop beat and backing vocals.
holy shit that was fast!!! I want to wait for MPP and not listen, but I dont think I can
um...do you know where I could find Chicago 2008?
Quote[highlight]Also, though I would have loved to have Dancefloors, Steam Engine, or War Begun, complaining would be like saying I only got 7 slices of bacon on my bacon sandwhich, instead of 8.
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Awesome! Well said, and you made me laugh my ass off!
Also just made it through the intro/OBH and all I can say is WOWZA!!
QuoteIn the history of perfect pairs, we have:
Chocolate and Marshmallow
Peanut butter and Jelly
Chocolate and Peanut butter
Bacon and Anything
An individual and a MMJ concert
Peanut butter pudding and surprises
and I've just added
Highly Suspicious and a horn section
Hahahaha, couldn't agree more :D
Review with some youtube videos included: http://blog.al.com/pow/2010/04/my_morning_jacket_alabama_thea.html
:D
"There's really little left to improve on if the Birmingham show was considered a "warm-up" for this weekend at Jazz Fest"
Thanks to everyone who posted set lists, etc. Now, I really can't fucking wait for Merriweather!! Thank the music gods that the boys are back on the road!!! :D :D :D
The intro was badass. It was from the song called "Eminence Front" by The Who. The lighting was awesome to go along with it. I wish I had a floor seat because it was really bassy in the balcony so I couldn't hear what he said sometimes. It was an amazing concert though, the first time I've seen them live and definitely not the last!
first show ive been to and i must say that the boys truly exceeded my expectations which were very high...this band is unreal, not much more i can say
so....just got back from bham
sweetness in totality
did anyone notice how off the chain the end of it beats 4 you was??? killed it. on every song actually. the crowd was pretty great too which is crucial for me to rock fully.
the only complaint i have is the b that sat in front of me. when jim came on with phjb in the beginning i stood up and cheered and pulled out my camera. it being 4/20 and all....i wasnt super coordinated so i dribbled a little brew on some girls shoulder in front of me. call it punishment if you will for not paying her respects, but even so, i forgave her and apologized profusely and told her i was going to get her napkins...still though, she wasn't a happy camper.
it's okay though...i whooooed extra loud in her ear during wordless chorus and screamed they ran so hard i'm surprised her head didn't explode.
freaking awesome show!!!! you could tell the guys were stoked to be back seeing as how they couldnt stop smiling. i think they were really amped by the crowd too!
can't wait to see you guys in atl and chucktown!