Astoria - AFTER PARTY - Set list and Reviews

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Mr. T.

#61
Sep 29, 2006, 05:38 AM
What a great review! Thanks CC for delving this one up!

It gave me shivers down my spine just reading it.

Finally someone who sees MMJ is actually a very 'romantic' bunch! ;D
We are young despite the years,
we are concern,
we are hope despite the times

dragonboy

#62
Sep 29, 2006, 05:48 AM
Great review, cheers CC  :)
God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into Heaven.....I can't live with that.

LaurieBlue

#63
Sep 29, 2006, 09:26 AM
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1883831,00.html

My Morning Jacket

 Astoria, London

Tom Hughes
Friday September 29, 2006
The Guardian

It is two years since Kentucky rockers My Morning Jacket last played in London. Their last scheduled gig was called off when singer Jim James went down with pneumonia just as their fourth album, Z, was released. That album saw them embellishing their trademark country-rock squall with dashes of Flaming Lips-esque keyboard detailing and pushing their poppy side to the fore.
A clutch of those pretty, synth-led songs open tonight's show. Suddenly, things that sounded on record like a band deliberately avoiding what they do best start to make sense. Even the faintly ditzy cod-reggae single Off the Record somehow rings true.

James' extraordinary, arena-filling voice is a little more playful and whimsical with melody than before, but still pitch-perfect. All the while he's bouncing around the stage like a little kid, his 360-degree mop of hair barely giving even a glimpse of his features.
Rapture greets the arrival of old favourite One Big Holiday, and the all-out rock band is back, complete with sweetly cacophonous build-ups and glorious Allman Brothers-style guitar duelling. It's a sound My Morning Jacket have mastered beautifully, and it's good to hear that it's not entirely left behind in the new material. The monumental Lay Low hits new psychedelic heights and, best of all, Anytime combines their bright new pop twist and that pounding rock classicism pretty much seamlessly.

There's the occasional lull - some of the electronics just don't quite gel, and now and then the long instrumental workouts fail to take off. But that's not often, and the two-hour set flies by with the old thrills taken further than ever, and a few new ones marking a skilful broadening of style. Just how it should be, and well worth the wait.


CC

#64
Sep 29, 2006, 09:40 AM
pics are now in the gallery...

DuDess

#65
Sep 29, 2006, 09:59 AM
nice nice as always  :)

dragonboy

#66
Sep 29, 2006, 08:22 PM
Amazing pics! I love the one of Bo with the light behind him & the one of Patrick with the Mammoth in shot.
Cheers CC, great job as always!
God will forgive them. He'll forgive them and allow them into Heaven.....I can't live with that.

Bam_Bam

#67
Oct 03, 2006, 01:32 AM
QuoteJames's tender vocals evoked a poignancy Chris Martin would kill for.

Love that line.......chris martin blows.
[url="//www.myspace.com/wearemurals"]www.myspace.com/wearemurals[/url]

MMJ_fanatic

#68
Oct 03, 2006, 01:03 PM
holy crap!  they played Phone?  You guys really got it all! :D

P.S.--I love al the energy coming out of this thread--you guys were long overdue for an MMJ ass-kicking!  Bask in your afterglow!
Sittin' here with me and mine.  All wrapped up in a bottle of wine.

MMJ_fanatic

#69
Oct 03, 2006, 01:07 PM
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yeah, I'm the one from berlin, but me and my friend couldn't make it to the tottenham pub, didn't found it  :(.

so yeah, we drank somewhere else beer...

the show was so amazaing, unbelievable. and the encore was so long, it could have been a gig for itself  8)...



for me it was very emotional as well, I wiped some tears off my eyes ( I guess it was during the bear) :'......( ;)

and so cute, the little mammut...



drank a beer at JJ's BAR



and the absolut highlight was a meet and greet with the guys!!!
me and my friend waited some minutes at the backdoor. and then we saw them, came over to them and chatted it bit, made some pictures, got an autograph, pleased them to come back to germany, And my heart was jumping and jumping, I was sooo excited  :)



an unforgettable evening!

..and I bought my first MMj-T-shirt, very nice design  8) ;)
Hey DuDess--what is the book Jim is holding in the last pic?
Sittin' here with me and mine.  All wrapped up in a bottle of wine.

DuDess

#70
Oct 03, 2006, 06:24 PM
That's top secret :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

It's a book I made for a friend of mine. It contains every songtext of these dudes. but there are missing a lot of. mainly the early demos and b-sides. Jim James was very fascinated  :).

Perhaps someday, every fan will hold this book in one's hands like he does/did.

Currently I'm working on the second draft. Maybe you guys can help me out with the missing words:

Breathin'
Call Tyrone
Cobra
Death is the Easy Way
Downtown
Good Nights And Happy Trails!!!!!
I Just Wanted to Be Your Friend
I Just Wanted To Say
It's Been A Great 3 Or 4 Years
I Won't Cry!
Josha Dreams and Bitter Hands
Nothing 2 Me
R.I.P.V.G.
Somebody Cares About The Maestro
Sweetheart
That Someone Else Was You
The Year In Review
Time Never Gets
Tonite I Want To Celebrate With You
Weeks Go By Like Days
What Will I Do?
Why Don't U Love Me?
Xmas Time Is Here Again
 

I really would appreciate it if you can help me out!! :)

aMD

#71
Oct 03, 2006, 07:19 PM
you can find some of those lyrics at my tabs site here:
http://mmjtabs.50megs.com/

DuDess

#72
Oct 04, 2006, 11:50 AM
Quoteyou can find some of those lyrics at my tabs site here:
http://mmjtabs.50megs.com/


thx for the link, but still missing a couple of songs  :-/ and some of yours are incomplete  :'(  ;) ;)

CC

#73
Nov 10, 2006, 06:46 AM
fresh pics in the gallery.
5 from jenny and 5 from cc.
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