janie_tangerine | leonard cohen + paul simon concert reviews

And here we are with the reviews. Some videos, some pics, quite much blathering and the usual squeeing drill ;)

Setlist:

Dance Me to the End of Love
The Future
Ain't No Cure for Love
Bird on a Wire
Everybody Knows
In My Secret Life
Who by Fire
Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Anthem

Tower of Song
Suzanne
The Gypsy's Wife
Boogie Street
Hallelujah
Democracy
I'm Your Man
Take This Waltz

So Long, Marianne
First We Take Manhattan
Sisters of Mercy
If It Be Your Will
Closing Time

I Tried to Leave You
Wither Thou Goest

Basically: one of the most elegant performers I have ever seen my whole life. Apart from the songs which are all great but well, we're talking Leonard Cohen here, he just is so distinct. He puts up an incredible concert and he still has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. The setlist was amazing and he played sort of three hours with a break, but hey, it was three hours. I think I totally teared up on Bird on a Wire, Hallelujah, Sisters of Mercy, Suzanne, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye and I'm Your Man, at least. But they were all so good and his band was incredible. The choristers were all great, the musicians with him too, it was just an ethereal and amazing show. Too bad the seats were the worst places to take pictures or anything, but I have a couple of things here.

This one is That's No Way To Say Goodbye.

These two are Bird on A Wire.

And this is Hallelujah, but it was done with my friend's cellphone so you can't see a thing, but the audio is good.

Some pictures:

In the end, a show I wouldn't have wanted to miss. He's just incredible.

For this one the setlist will be with a couple of holes because I can't find it online, I wrote it longhand and I missed his new songs and the last one because I wasn't actually wanting to write so it's what it is, but better than nothing.

Gumboots
The Boy in the Bubble
Outrageous (I think so at least)
Mrs. Robinson
How Can You Live In The Northeast
Slip Slidin' Away
Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard
[two missing]
Train in the Distance
Sound of Silence
[one missing]
The Only Living Boy In New York
Graceland
[one missing]
Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes
Still Crazy After All These Years
You Can Call Me Al
[a couple missing]

Uhm, thing is, I didn't really miss Garfunkel. Maybe I should be ashamed but well, I thought he put up an amazing show even alone. It helped that he played half of Graceland which is my favorite solo record of his probably, but I didn't actually think about Garfunkel once. The Graceland songs were amazingly done and he had an awesome supporting band, too. Well, he's pretty lively I have to say, he looks great, his voice is always so good, he plays quite a lot and he jumps around quite much. It was just great to see him live and I loved his version of the classic Simon and Garfunkel stuff. The Sound of Silence was just perfect and such a great moment, even if I half went crazy during You Can Call Me Al, Still Crazy After All These Years and Graceland. Well, all the Graceland ones actually. Also, it was great having him singing The Boy In The Bubble when last year Patti Smith had sung exactly that same song at the same venue. Like, you can't go wrong ;)

Some videos:

This is Mrs Robinson ^

This is Diamonds On The Soles of her Shoes in two parts.

Still Crazy After All These Years ^

^ Graceland in two parts

And this one is The Sound of Silence, two parts because my camera only does three minutes videos. Like, whatever. And pics!