Then of course, there was the major April Fools in the form of Elvis Costello joining in for Taken For a Fool, after already doing a 3-song opening set which everyone thought was the big surprise of the night. It was a definite shocker, and is the only thing that saved playing that song on April 1st from being exceedingly corny. Instead, it was sadly literal because we all got played.
Other highlights:
- opening with "Is This It," directly into "Reptilia" (felt like "these are the songs that say the names of our first albums!")
- "Under Control" was done really well - strikingly beautiful performance
- Julian referring to "I Can't Win" as the opposite of Charlie Sheen.
Here are some (horrible quality) photos and a couple videos that I think capture it all:
Elvis Costello's 3-song opening set
and in case you haven't seen the Taken for a Fool clip anywhere (I didn't get a good one):
So I was trying to figure out what form of "wear" to use in the phrase "wear out," and I stumbled across your blog. Then I saw a Hold Steady lyric as the title of your most recent post, and I knew I had to check it out. Hopefully I adequately explained my creepiness.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm really glad I got to see these guys at Lollapalooza last year. They had the same (awesome) stage set-up, and they played a ton off their first two records. It was awesome.