Boston Night of Supreme Awesomeness Part Deux

EC · Jun 22, 2006, 06:47 PM

You know what to do.

whothrewthecake and ms. mantooth, i expect essays. you knowz it.

SpacedCowboy · Jun 23, 2006, 03:03 AM

The correct setlist... in order this time :)

At Dawn
Gideon
I will Sing you Songs
Just One Thing
Golden
The Way that He Sings
Wordless Chorus
Steam Engine
Run Thru
Bermuda Highway (just Jim and orchestra)
Extended Standing Ovation

I will post a thorough review of both nights tomorrow after I've gotten some sleep. In the meanwhile let me just say that tonight was Amazing, Magical, Surreal, Unbelievable, and Damn Good!! Thank you Jim, Carl, Tommy, Bo, and Patrick. Thank you Boston Pops. Goodnight!

MyLifeISought · Jun 23, 2006, 04:50 AM

Can't wait to hear the recordings :)
Setlists and stats updated in the setlist thread

midwesterner · Jun 23, 2006, 08:41 AM

Did some one record it? I went last night and it was awesome. I got At Dawn, Run Thru and I will sing. On video on my digital camera. They look and sound o.k. I will post them over the weekend.

midwesterner · Jun 23, 2006, 08:42 AM

Also here are the 3 photos I took

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfun/

lilkin · Jun 23, 2006, 03:10 PM

sick show last night....Here's a vid of I Will Sing You Songs my friend made...Decent sound....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsp8c978FcQ

Mr. T. · Jun 23, 2006, 03:14 PM

Quotesick show last night....Here's a vid of I Will Sing You Songs my friend made...Decent sound....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tsp8c978FcQ

Majestic!

The scenery reminds me alot of the At Dawn Cover. This is by no means a coincidence. Jim has been planning this from day one.

Majestic I say

:o

MMJ_fanatic · Jun 23, 2006, 03:48 PM

I was cracking up when they played Run Thru' like I had wistfully joked about in the other Boston Pops thread. "Oh Shit Run!" in the middle of 'proper old symphony halll' and a bunch of little old ladies out for a night at th symphony :D

EC · Jun 23, 2006, 05:41 PM

QuoteI was cracking up when they played Run Thru' like I had wistfully joked about in the other Boston Pops thread. "Oh Shit Run!" in the middle of 'proper old symphony halll' and a bunch of little old ladies out for a night at th symphony :D

maybe they thought what i used to think, which was "don't sit, run!"

;)

mjsawyer309 · Jun 24, 2006, 10:39 AM

What an unbelievable place to see the band. They seemed to fit right in with the Pops. Keith Lockhart was rocking out.
Some of the old blue hairs "out for an evening with the pops" even seemed to enjoy it. I'll bet MMJ sells some records to a different demographic after those 2 great shows.

I can't say enough how amazing that was!

Anyone stay afterwards for The Slip?

TheSpaceman · Jun 24, 2006, 11:30 AM

We had a woman who was probably closer to 80 than 70 sitting 3 seats down - it was great to watch.

You could tell she had a really open mind and probably had never, EVER seen a proper "rock concert". It just made my wife and I smile when at the beginning of "Wordless Chorus" she was tapping the program on her knee.

All in all it was the most beautidul presentation of MMJ's music that you could have imagined. I know it was recorded and I'm sure they won't pass up the chance to release it.

In the meantime - whoever out there taped it...please set it free on archive.org! Or send me a message ;D

We loved her!

MMJ_fanatic · Jun 24, 2006, 02:00 PM

Jim made "Wordles Chorus" a beautiful theatrical piece and it was mesmerizing to watch the symphony singing the chorus right along with him.

When Jim came out for "Bermuda Highway" at the end of the show I wept it was so fuckin' sweet.

Gawd I wish you all could have been there...maybe they will get a chance to do this with other orchestras around North America if word of this performance gets around

whothrewthecake · Jun 25, 2006, 12:22 AM

we just got back to our casa and we are tired. but i will post deetz soon and i'm sure dot will too.......BUT IT WAS AWESOME

Dorothy_Mantooth · Jun 25, 2006, 02:39 AM

hey i didn't realize there were two boston threads. i'm so very lost.

dude everyone was into run thru. the entire symph hall was clapping it out big time.

i had big issues, and by that, i mean i had an issue with staying in my seat. i mean we stepped it up... we had on fancy dresses and heels. there were old folks and class everywhere, but dammit i wanted to get out of my seat and dance and punch people or ANYTHING. when wordless chorus is being played live in front of you, how do you keep your ass in a chair? the conductor for the Pops was screaming along during wordless. he was lovin' it.

p.s. we heard a bit of The Slip but didn't stay because we were super exhausted and running on fumes. they sounded delightful. the room they were in was bizarre. i felt like i was at a 1999 senior prom hosted in a Ramada ballroom. it kind of ruled.

whothrewthecake · Jun 25, 2006, 01:43 PM

staying in our seats was really hard, esp. with those A+++ horns during run thru that blew everyone's minds. hearing i will sing you songs with the orchestra just took it to another level.
we set up shop at our table with a bottle of america's finest, korbel champagne, and proceeded to begin drinking. the first half of the show was really cool, i loved hearing the pops do american in paris. it was cool to see the mix of the crowd between young kids in t-shirts and older folks who were probably members and just there because they had tickets anyway. interesting jumble.
basically, you know how when something sounds so good you want to punch something? that's how it was when at dawn started. it was just an amazing feeling to be sitting there hearing that guitar start and knowing we were experiencing this sound in symphony hall. wordless chorus had some xtreme bear dancing and james brown moves which definitely delighed our section of the floor. i think i blacked out during steam engine because i couldn't believe i was hearing it. i've always wanted to hear it live.
one of my favorite things was run thru, just all of it. and i loved the dude standing across from us that just stood the whole time with this fist in the air. he didn't move, just stood, saluting. he ruled. we had to get up on that one and clap and move around, it was just too awesome sounding. staying seated was pretty imposs.
the extended standing ovations ruled, i think they really enjoyed themselves and i know we had a ton of fun. and we greatly enjoyed our champagne. it wasted me mentally and physically, although we did check out the slip for a while and they sounded good. that ballroom they played in felt like it was made for a 7th grade dance, which made it even better in a way.
good times in boston. the city treated us well, too, and we liked all we did there. i even got a crab hat at the aquarium which i will wear proudly on the streets of austin.

corey · Jun 25, 2006, 01:52 PM

I have a new signature thanks to your post.

whothrewthecake · Jun 25, 2006, 02:03 PM

you rule, corey.

Dorothy_Mantooth · Jun 25, 2006, 06:21 PM

also, on our way home, we got into a cab and the driver was blaring The Eagles. It was the scene straight out of Lebowski. It ruled.

corey · Jun 25, 2006, 06:32 PM

Can you change it? I hate the fucking eagles.

EC · Jun 25, 2006, 11:37 PM

this is my new favourite thread. the only thing that could make it better are pictures.

especially pictures of a crab hat. that needs to go in the memberpicz stat.

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