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Colin Meloy @ Town Hall, NYC | pics
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy played Town Hall in NYC Thursday night, January 26, 2006.
I almost made the mistake of not attending this show. The size of the venue (that Bob Dylan played in) didn't take away from the experience at all. It added to it. Colin sounded great playing a mix of 'old' & new Decemberists, Shirley Collins, Morrissey, Tarkio, and some completely new stuff. One new song is about the child he's expecting in one month. John Wesley Harding joined him on stage for two songs. Lou Reed and Sufjan Stevens (and possibly Bowie) joined us in the audience.
The funniest moment had to be when he'd just finished a 'monologue' which came after a Decemberists song (Shiny I think). He had played at least a few Decemberists songs before that too, but probably nothing off Picaresque. A girl yelled out from the balcony, "Can you play some Decemberists?!....Barrow Boy?" He seemed to miss the first part of her question (which was, pretentiously speaking, actually the funniest part of this), scolded her for interrupting his monologue, and said he'd consider playing "Barrow Boy" later - just one of many moments of the night that had most of the crowd laughing out loud. (note: he never played it)
Laura Veirs was great too, but I'll talk about that later.
Previously
Colin Meloy & Ben Gibbard @ Summerstage, NYC | Pics
Colin Meloy's 2nd Night @ Fez | Pics
Colin Meloy Solo @ Fez in a Blizzard | Pics
Posted on January 27, 2006 1:01 AM
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good show. i didn't like the first opener though. i'll have some pics up tomorrow.
Posted by jason | January 27, 2006 1:24 AM
yeah, Amy Annelle. She's Colin's friend. I think this is the 5th or 6th time I've seen her open one of his (Decemberists included) shows. Sometimes she plays with her band The Places. I didn't even know she was playing this show until she came on stage.
Posted by brooklynvegan | January 27, 2006 1:56 AM
haha yay I could be happy to say I attended a show mentioned on brooklynvegan (yes Im a bore). I really fuckin enjoyed it, it was the most ideal concert Ive been to. (not necessarily the best) but like a mix of humour and music and the songs, joyful or sad, were amazing.
I missed Laura Veirs, but I met her after the show and she seemed very nice. Kinda regret choosing Sbarros over her.
Setlist if anyone wants:
An old Tarkio song
We Both Go Down Together
The Engine Driver --> On the Bus Mall
New song about his baby
New song about the shanking (aka the one that was to scare us)
Los Angeles, Im Yours
Everything I Try to Do, Nothing Seems to Turn Out Right
Grace Cathedral Hill
Shiny
--two shirley collins covers with john wesley--
California One/Beauty Brigade (also something with shyness, Idk if that was part of beauty or not)
--Encore--:
The Apology Song
Red Right Ankle
The Bandit Queen
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 2:35 AM
such a fantastic concert! but amy annelle was a great excuse to take a cat nap. "please lower your force fields" and "some of us are like comets"?!!??! i was kicking myself for getting there so early, but running into suf in the box office at 7:45 (who graciously opened the door for me) made it all worth it.
Posted by amy | January 27, 2006 2:37 AM
haha wow, amy annelle is getting smacked left and right! haha I thought I'd be nice and only mention the nice things about her appearance in my own review. it ended up being a one-liner.
Posted by wes | January 27, 2006 8:37 AM
oh and who takes on the name john wesley harding?? that is just lame. it didn't help that he was kind of annoying as well. IMHO
Posted by wes | January 27, 2006 8:47 AM
Was he casting a lot of spells?
Posted by Hightower | January 27, 2006 10:00 AM
Was he casting a lot of spells?
Posted by Hightower | January 27, 2006 10:01 AM
he did ask??
ugh, jealous!
Posted by matt | January 27, 2006 10:07 AM
Lets not go overboard. I liked it, but it was far from amazing. He talked too much about nothing, and that baby song was awful. "that's how two become three" are you kidding me? I think I puked in my mouth after that lyric.
Posted by dre | January 27, 2006 10:15 AM
the "old tarkio song" is called "Devil's Elbow." And he started playing part of the Smiths' "Ask" at the end of California One/YABB.
Posted by Michael | January 27, 2006 11:23 AM
Did anyone catch on that Colin played Grace Cathedral Hill and then transitioned into Grace Cathedral Park by The Red House Painters? Amazing! Great show.
Posted by Kid Analog | January 27, 2006 11:36 AM
mic stand glory!
Posted by mk | January 27, 2006 12:08 PM
Dude is pretentious as hell and could use a nice locker room towel-snap or two.
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 12:17 PM
john wesley harding has been on the folk scene for a llooooooong time... be nice!
Posted by robert duffy | January 27, 2006 12:44 PM
I was thinking that John Wesley Harding might be the reason Lou Reed showed up.
Posted by brooklynvegan | January 27, 2006 12:47 PM
When I first spotted Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson (well in all fairness my girlfriend spotted them first), they were standing in the back of the orchestra section talking to John Wesley Harding, so you may be right BV.
Posted by Matt Berlyant | January 27, 2006 1:01 PM
anyone know of any link to mp3 postings of the butcher song?
Posted by cristina | January 27, 2006 1:46 PM
if you some of you have suxh a problem w/ colin, then why were you even at the show? he's amazing, you're not, deal with it.
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 1:56 PM
if you some of you have such a problem w/ colin, then why were you even at the show? he's amazing, you're not, deal with it.
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 1:56 PM
re: California One/Beauty Brigade (also something with shyness, Idk if that was part of beauty or not)
the something about shyness, was "ask" by the smiths. that song also featured several false starts of other songs. the meloy fake out, perhaps?
Posted by d | January 27, 2006 3:53 PM
why is no one saying how awesome it is that he played SHINY, which he rarely ever plays.
Posted by lauren | January 27, 2006 6:05 PM
Lauren! youre so fuckin right! I almost creamed my pants hearing that. I was like '......this cannot be' That's my favourite decemberists track without a doubt
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 6:57 PM
didn't he play it last year at fez??
in fact the setlist was very similar to last year, except this time in a much, much bigger venue.
and no blizzard.
Posted by Anonymous | January 27, 2006 7:07 PM
he definitely did play it at Fez last year. Seems to be a song he prefers to play solo
my favorite too!
Posted by cristina | January 27, 2006 7:53 PM
Colin's playing live on NPR right now. I think he's Alexandria, Virginia. Just go to the NPR website.
Posted by Bedhead | January 28, 2006 8:41 PM
last night's show http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5171264
Posted by yolotengo | January 29, 2006 8:36 PM
Colin Meloy and Laura Veirs were exceptional! I really liked the first opening act too. I thought Amy Annelle's songs were poetic and daring. And her voice was hauntingly beautiful.
Posted by jules | January 30, 2006 5:48 PM
Colin Meloy and Laura Veirs were exceptional! I'm so glad I made it to the show. I really enjoyed the opening act too. I thought Amy Annelle's songs were poetic, a bit daring. And her voice was hauntingly beautiful.
Posted by jules | January 30, 2006 5:51 PM
John Wesley Harding's guest spot was great - Colin made a very nice dedication of Trad Arr Collins to him (the tour EP) since Harding had a Trad arr Jones EP. And those two songs were great. I think Harding recorded a duet with Lou Reed. (He also played with him in Philly the next night - same songs, even better though.) Anyone get any pics?
Posted by mike | January 30, 2006 8:11 PM
Who was the first girl that played with colin at Town hall. She came on right before Laura Veirs.
I mean Laura Veirs blew her away, but the first girl was the most original/unique person I've seen in a long time. Who is she?!
Posted by Jillian | August 3, 2006 1:04 AM
Who was the first girl that played with colin at Town hall. She came on right before Laura Veirs.
I mean Laura Veirs blew her away, but the first girl was really different/quirky/entertaining. She was really fun to watch but who is she?!
Posted by Jillian | August 3, 2006 1:05 AM
Reading Colin's contribution to the 33 1/3 series was like an autobiography. Don't anyone say mean things about him.
Posted by Jillian | August 3, 2006 1:09 AM