MMJ GO UNDER THE SEA FOR A 2 NIGHT PROM IN ATHENS!

[ms. yvon]

saturday i was on line at the pharmacy--feeling sick, and wiped out--when "Wonderful Tonight" came on the muzak.   ;D ;D it was all i could do to keep from laughing out loud.

[Dee.]

I'm late to this party but had to stop by to say...

ALL CAPS THANKS FOR SHARING, EVERYONE.

[harpua51]

saturday i was on line at the pharmacy--feeling sick, and wiped out--when "Wonderful Tonight" came on the muzak.   ;D ;D it was all i could do to keep from laughing out loud.

yon I just listened to the tapes from both nights and to be honest I will never be able to hear "wonderful tonight" the same way again  ;D ;D ;D

[ms. yvon]

"I put on your make-uuuuuup
and your beautiful bra..."
:-*

[ms. yvon]

still incredibly high from these shows, and returning to this thread over and over to feel the glow...

DAMN!  [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

[dragonboy]

Apologies if this already got posted: http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/



This is such a fantastic idea that I wonder why no one thought of it sooner: A 2-night-stand concert series at the famed 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia -- high school prom style.

As My Morning Jacket wrote about the event when it was announced, "The first time we walked thru those hallowed 40 Watt doors we said to ourselves, 'this place looks perfect for a prom!' And now the dream will be a reality. The theme is a futuristic/retro under the sea vibe - costumes (tuxes, suits, robots, mermaid and lobster costumes, anything prom/ocean related) are not only encouraged - they are MANDATORY!!! NO ONE will be admitted without proper attire!** There will be cake, balloons, fishnets, classic cars, chaperones, spankings, and a whole lotta shakin goin on - 2007 style upin this bitch ya'll."

Think of all the wonderful garb you could bust out of the closet for a night like this, and surely have waaay more fun than your own prom, with a fraction of the heavy petting.

My Morning Jacket's Rock 'n' Roll High School
From Paste Magazine:



For the first night of its March 6-7 "Prom" at Athens' 40 Watt Club, My Morning Jacket donned some new evening jackets—pastel-colored ones, with matching pants, ruffled shirts and, in keyboardist Bo Koster's case, a top hat. Oh, and at least for the first few songs, silver plastic pompadour wigs.

Opening with a note-perfect cover of The Dells' 1956 doo-wop hit "Oh, What A Night"—basically the title track for the two-night stand, dubbed Oh What A Night Under The Sea—the Jacket performed a set heavy on tracks from their latest studio recording Z before a tightly packed room, most dressed in either prom kitsch (poofy-shouldered dresses, '70s-style tux T-shirts) or nautical attire (two spot-on Captains sans Tennilles, one behind the bar).

Everything about the unusual show screamed "event," from the boisterous, capacity weeknight crowd to the faces in it: Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, Boston band Apollo Sunshine, which had just visited Paste's offices earlier in the day, and R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Peter Buck and touring member/Minus 5 frontman Scott McCaughey. (McCaughey explained that R.E.M. had convened in Athens to rehearse for the upcoming Rock Hall of Fame induction.)

At the encore, Jacket frontman Jim James crowned a prom king and queen and had them dance onstage to a deadpan reading of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight," with lyrics altered to sound more like a high school backseat fumble. Then the band uncorked King Harvest's obscure (but spot-on) 1973 hit "Dancing In The Moonlight" before powering through three more originals and calling it a night just past 1:30 a.m.

If only our actual prom night had been this wonderful, we might actually have signed up for a Classmates.com account.

[ms. yvon]

listenend to the top of the 2nd night encore on the way to work this morning:  WOO!
HOLY SMOKE!  it was just as amazing as i'd remembered it.  i love hearing the audience respond to the opening licks of johnny b. goode.  and all the singing along!  YES!

i made it to work a little faster today than yesterday.   science fact.   8-)

[Kory]

Apologies if this already got posted: http://fuelfriends.blogspot.com/



This is such a fantastic idea that I wonder why no one thought of it sooner: A 2-night-stand concert series at the famed 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia -- high school prom style.

As My Morning Jacket wrote about the event when it was announced, "The first time we walked thru those hallowed 40 Watt doors we said to ourselves, 'this place looks perfect for a prom!' And now the dream will be a reality. The theme is a futuristic/retro under the sea vibe - costumes (tuxes, suits, robots, mermaid and lobster costumes, anything prom/ocean related) are not only encouraged - they are MANDATORY!!! NO ONE will be admitted without proper attire!** There will be cake, balloons, fishnets, classic cars, chaperones, spankings, and a whole lotta shakin goin on - 2007 style upin this bitch ya'll."

Think of all the wonderful garb you could bust out of the closet for a night like this, and surely have waaay more fun than your own prom, with a fraction of the heavy petting.

My Morning Jacket's Rock 'n' Roll High School
From Paste Magazine:



For the first night of its March 6-7 "Prom" at Athens' 40 Watt Club, My Morning Jacket donned some new evening jackets—pastel-colored ones, with matching pants, ruffled shirts and, in keyboardist Bo Koster's case, a top hat. Oh, and at least for the first few songs, silver plastic pompadour wigs.

Opening with a note-perfect cover of The Dells' 1956 doo-wop hit "Oh, What A Night"—basically the title track for the two-night stand, dubbed Oh What A Night Under The Sea—the Jacket performed a set heavy on tracks from their latest studio recording Z before a tightly packed room, most dressed in either prom kitsch (poofy-shouldered dresses, '70s-style tux T-shirts) or nautical attire (two spot-on Captains sans Tennilles, one behind the bar).

Everything about the unusual show screamed "event," from the boisterous, capacity weeknight crowd to the faces in it: Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers, Boston band Apollo Sunshine, which had just visited Paste's offices earlier in the day, and R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Peter Buck and touring member/Minus 5 frontman Scott McCaughey. (McCaughey explained that R.E.M. had convened in Athens to rehearse for the upcoming Rock Hall of Fame induction.)

At the encore, Jacket frontman Jim James crowned a prom king and queen and had them dance onstage to a deadpan reading of Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight," with lyrics altered to sound more like a high school backseat fumble. Then the band uncorked King Harvest's obscure (but spot-on) 1973 hit "Dancing In The Moonlight" before powering through three more originals and calling it a night just past 1:30 a.m.

If only our actual prom night had been this wonderful, we might actually have signed up for a Classmates.com account.

This girl used two of my pictures without credit and copy and pasted her entire blog, she suck brown stars in my book.  I'm not a credit hog but come on, she's just duplicating things on the internet and seemingly taking credit, or worse yet, eluding that my photographs belong to someone else.

[dragonboy]

Shit that's not cool! Have you contacted her Kory?

[Kory]

Yea, I made a comment on her blog and she edited it and tried to play it off. It turned out to be quite fun, haha!

[red]

"Fine photos (duly noted) by Kory Johnson and Daniel Peiken, from the MMJ site linked above."


Looks like you were victorious!

[ms. yvon]

during those denver shows i saw some direct lifts from my show review/notes in another person's blog.  i was a little cheesed that someone was taking credit for my (pretty distinct) phrasing, but, whatareyougonnado?  ::)

[ManNamedTruth]

Anyone listen to the tapings yet? I listened to all the covers, Crimson & Clover is my fave. I would've been in such disbelief and amazement if i was there for that.

[TheBigChicken]

Been listening to both nights ....ALLOFEMM'...feeling so lucky to have been there for both shows ;DDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D Major props for the recordings...Everyone have a safe and happy St Patricks Day :)

[CC]

Prom 2007 T-Shirt and Cup Combo
http://mymorningjacket.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=1224_10354&pc=7M05COMBO

[ellisintransit]

7 years ago yesterday and today!

I've kept every concert ticket and assorted ephemera from every show I've ever been to in a scrapbook.  I'm up to like 5 books now and they've all been scanned so I've been posting my concert history a day at a time on Facebook this year. 

Yesterday and today were devoted to re-living the Prom shows (I only made it to night one, but wow!), so I thought I'd bump this topic and see who's here now that made it to either of these shows.

The dream of seeing them in a place this small again seems unattainable at this point, ut this one I'll never forget.

[ms. yvon]

ellis, thank you for bumping this!  hard to believe it was seven years ago.  i just read a bunch of posts that brought these shows right back.  somehow i lost track of the recordings of these shows.  for years i've been pining to hear that King Harvest cover again.
at the end of my set-list post from night 2 i commented that i had to drive straight to the airport.  i remember that so well.  after the show packing, showering and driving overnight to Atlanta to catch an early flight.  the whole drive i listened to CDs of the Salt Lake City show given to me during the 40 Watt show by Steely B. 

i'd forgotten how lovely and decorated the venue was. 

kory and i were just reminiscing that we met at these shows.

nice gift, this thread.  thanks again, ellis 

[Fully]

I may have the recordings for this show Ms Y, and I know Kory does. I'll check this weekend.

[ms. yvon]

thanks fully!  you're a pal! 

[johnnYYac]

I have the two shows, with each show comprised of 2 mp3 files, one for each set, so 2 files per show.  Didn't have time to check quality. 

http://www.mediafire.com/download/9t345t5419jc45t/MMJ_Prom_Athens,_GA_Mar_6-7,_2007.zip