So I’ve just turned 25! A quarter of a century. So far I’ve:
Nice.
When we took the train to Copenhagen on Thursday afternoon, my expectations were high. We were to see the artist who, as a 14 year old said:
“I started writing short stories when I was really into Edgar Allan Poe. Then later, when I was a teenager, I got really hard into cult fiction: Hubert Selby, Jr., Henry Miller, Jack Kerouac.” (via)
He has inspired the likes of Elton John, who credits Heartbreaker as an influence to his Songs from the West Coast album, not to mention the many who have covered his songs (including Bono).
We were excited as we ate Thai food in Fredricksberg, picked up some salty licorice, and joined a long queue that took us into the Falconer Hall.
And we weren’t disappointed.
From the moment Adams and his Cardinals entered the stage we were delighted with the skills of not only a great songwriter, but a band of skilled musicians. They are a band who, for me, redeem a genre (country), which is oft filled with hype, commercialism and a sickly glitz.
We marveled as Adams, who reported that he was going deaf, delivered some of his greatest songs (highlights included Nightbirds, When the Stars Go Blue, Goodnight Rose…the list goes on.) with everything he had.
Yes, I would have liked to have seen him in a smaller venue, but this was still one of the best gigs I have watched.
I recorded this on my phone. That’s why the quality sucks!
When choosing a ring tone be careful not to choose a track by a band you really like. For the past month I’ve had ‘The Well and The Lighthouse’ by Arcade Fire. Now I associate the track with stressful moments when time is demanded from me without prior warning.
Black Ox Orkestar are linked with so-called “New Jewish music”, resetting European Jewish folk ballads traditionally sung a cappella, by writing and performing new, political texts in Yiddish. ~Wikipedia
Their members also play in the amazing Godspeed You! Black Emperor Go listen!