London Show - November 7th?

[EasyRyder]

gideon > circuital ! I bet that transitioned more than nicely...these set lists are making my mouth all watery

[e_wind]

Damn they're changing things up a bit. Also, why are european shows always 7 or so songs shorter

[MarkW]

If we get either one of At Dawn or What A Wonderful Man (or both) I will die.

Good to see you got AD. 

[Beat Poet]

If we get either one of At Dawn or What A Wonderful Man (or both) I will die.

Good to see you got AD. 

Yeah, though I seemed to be the only person in seventh heaven ;) It was spoilt for me a little bit though as it was the first song after the restart and the people around were just chatting, on their phones or doing that annoying "twisting and turning" thing that people do when they're frantically looking for their mates.

I loved the gig, much better than Somerset House. Slowly I'm getting more into the introspective side of MMJ. Excellent all round. The sound was first class and how they can go from a pindrop hush to blowing off the roof is outstanding.

It was frustrating with the fire delay and no communication or organisation by the venue staff. If a fire had broken out in the main auditorium, alot of people could have been hurt. No one knew what was going on and we were all just shepherded out into the loading dock. No one knew if the gig would continue or if it would be rescheduled. A fire truck had to get through the bodies in the loading dock as well, again there could have been an accident. All in all a very botched job. One funny point though was that the house lights came on half way through I'm Amazed and it seemed like it was part of the show - you know how bands sometimes do to involve the crowd. With about a minute of the song left, the power to the PA was killed. It was funny to see the band still rocking out, totally oblivious, with just the stage sound coming out.

[coldnebraskablue]

I figured something was up when the house lights came on AND the PA packed up. Just wish they could've actually anounced something.

Anyway, some piccies from last night here if anyones interested:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150344138091741.345015.712326740&type=1&l=4e26731c08

[parkervb]

Pat and Jim seemed to have a great time last night despite the issues

https://twitter.com/#!/patrickhallahan/status/133931422066024449



https://twitter.com/#!/yimyames/status/133920712581840896

[headhunter]

I figured something was up when the house lights came on AND the PA packed up. Just wish they could've actually anounced something.

Anyway, some piccies from last night here if anyones interested:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150344138091741.345015.712326740&type=1&l=4e26731c08

Nice pictures!  Thanks for posting.

[IHL]

If you were at the back you could hear the alarm going and sound people going crazy before they called it to a halt. Although the lead sound went I guess Jim was still getting feedback in the monitors, hence he carried on.

Thought they were gonna come back with a nine minute version of 'Tyrone'........

[getchoo]

Well, it was almost my first MMJ show. I saw them 3 years ago in a festival, but the setlist was so short and the audience wasn´t very involved in the gig.

I went to The Roundhouse on my own from Spain (when are this dudes going to set some dates in decent venues in my country?) so i had plenty of time of thinking about how it could be. Obviously, i get so nervous and excited as i was walking to the venue through Camden Town.

The delay was a shame. I managed to get in front of the set of Jim James. I could almost touch him, and watching his facial expressions during the 4 first songs was amazing. Unfortunately, i couldn´t get the same place when the gig was resumed, but i still was in a good position.

I´m glad the gig was worthy of the travel i´ve done, and where ever they play across Europe, i´ll do the effort to attend as many gigs as i could. I´m afraid that would be the only way to listen the so many songs i would like the have played and they didn´t.

Now it´s time to get some rest and watch Okonokos, it´s been a long trip today.

[MarkW]

I went to The Roundhouse on my own from Spain

Where are you from in Spain, getchoo?  I live in Malaga (for weekends) - if you're in Andalusia it would be great to meet up for Jacket chat and beers...

[thefish_uk]

It was frustrating with the fire delay and no communication or organisation by the venue staff. If a fire had broken out in the main auditorium, alot of people could have been hurt. No one knew what was going on and we were all just shepherded out into the loading dock. No one knew if the gig would continue or if it would be rescheduled. A fire truck had to get through the bodies in the loading dock as well, again there could have been an accident. All in all a very botched job. One funny point though was that the house lights came on half way through I'm Amazed and it seemed like it was part of the show - you know how bands sometimes do to involve the crowd. With about a minute of the song left, the power to the PA was killed. It was funny to see the band still rocking out, totally oblivious, with just the stage sound coming out.

I think they did a pretty good job. It was clear that the audience was in no immediate danger otherwise they could have killed power to the band's amps and sent somebody on stage to tell them to stop. As it was they switched on the houselights and waited a while before turning off the PA and letting the band reach the end of the song. No need to risk causing panic if you don't need to.

I don't think the security staff themselves were that great though. They were hired in from outside and I'm guessing didn't know the venue well enough - they didn't know where the correct assembly point was and they didn't know that the back driveway had to be kept clear for emergency vehicles. I expect that an evacuation is very rare so the management will be using the opportunity to think about what could be done better next time.

The only bit that sucked a bit was that my friend (who has a disability) needed to sit in the warm after 20mins standing outside so we went to a pub. We were convinced at this stage that the show wouldn't restart and that they'd offer us a refund. Then when we headed out and towards the bus stop we were a bit gutted to hear music coming from the Roundhouse as we'd missed 20 minutes! You can blame the venue staff for not keeping us more informed when we were standing outside but really their priority would have been making sure everyone was safely out of the building (and rightly so!)

This aside, really good gig. Particularly I thought it sounded beautiful - both due to the band and because they bothered to bring a decent PA (why can't all bands do this!?).

[Fully]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

[getchoo]

I went to The Roundhouse on my own from Spain

Where are you from in Spain, getchoo?  I live in Malaga (for weekends) - if you're in Andalusia it would be great to meet up for Jacket chat and beers...

I live close to Andalusia. I´m from Murcia, but i go frecuently to Malaga, i´ll tell you next time 

Sadly, there ain´t many Jacket fans in the south of Spain. Or at least, they hide themselves very well.

[coldnebraskablue]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

They had mic's on the audience, and a large mic suspended above Patrick. I'm thinking the band may have recorded it themselves.

[SaraBananaBear]

OH MY GOD, I will return with a few more words than that soonish, but OH MY GOD!  :D :D :D

[mahg33ta]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/08/my-morning-jacket-review?newsfeed=true

[MarkW]

OH MY GOD, I will return with a few more words than that soonish, but OH MY GOD!  :D :D :D

back safe SBB?  Great to see you and Kajsa again.  Mrs W sends her love.  See you in Gothenburg.

[johnnYYac]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/08/my-morning-jacket-review?newsfeed=true

Great write up!

[Luna Moth]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/08/my-morning-jacket-review?newsfeed=true

Great write up!

makes me real happy the band is blowing minds over there. there's some good youtube of the show as well.

[Penny Lane]

I suppose that it's too much to hope that someone taped the show? I looked at the review from The Guardian and it sounded like it would have been a great show to hear.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/08/my-morning-jacket-review?newsfeed=true

Great write up!

so the modern MMJ are an unpredictable evolution of psychedelic Americana whose wildly winding journey you would be best to blindly follow