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jangle-poets-digest      Wednesday, June 11 2008      Volume 09 : Number 179



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  [JP] TK 6/6/08 Club Helsinki - notes                  [MercyHouse1@aol.com]

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:15:25 EDT
From: MercyHouse1@aol.com
Subject: [JP] TK 6/6/08 Club Helsinki - notes

> >TK 6/6/08 Club Helsinki
> >
> >A Day in the  Life
>   

 
TK have a video of this online.  I'd never seen them do it live  before.  The 
form is ABA -- Maura sings the A lead vocals, and Pete  sings the B lead 
vocal in the middle part.  Just happens to be my favorite  Beatle song!
 

> >Speed of Soul
> >I Found a Road
> >Breathe
> >This  Moment
> >9th Street Billy
>   
 
This was just one great song after another.  One good thing about  time is 
that one has the opportunity to accumulate a repertoire, and that  repertoire 
can get better with time, through that process of  accumulation.
 

> >You Can't Catch Me
> >Alabama Rain
>   

> >The Devil's Boat
>   
 
These were the 3 songs in Pete's set.  I'd never heard Pete do either  "You 
Can't Catch Me" or "Alabama Rain."
 

> >Matty Groves
>   
 
This has become the show-stopper to conclude the first half of a lot of  
Kennedys shows.
 

> >A Bend in the River
> >Midnight Ghost
> >Life Is  Large
> >Half a Million Miles
>   
 
Four great songs in a row.  It was a little strange seeing "Life Is  Large" 
buried so far down in the set list, having seen countless shows where it  was 
the opening and closing song.
 

> >A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
>   
 
I'd seen TK do this before, but I can't imagine anyone (except maybe Bob  
Dylan) doing a better job on the really difficult lyrics, in so many verses,  
than Maura.
 

> >Chains
> >Patience
> >Freefall ("big debut" according to  Maura)
>   
 
Gasp!  Maura's solo set featured all songs that I'd never heard her  do 
before at a show.  All 3 were different from the others, and all 3 were  great in 
their own way.  


> >8 Miles High
> >Purple Haze
> >Rhapsody in Blue
> >Not  Fade Away
>   


They like to program that sequence, but "Not Fade Away" segued to another  
song with the Bo Diddley beat.
 

> >Who Do You Love (nod to Bo Diddley)
>   
 
This was fantastic, and I'd never heard TK do it before.  They just  kicked 
ass on "Who Do You Love" !
 

> >Stand (encore)
>   
 
(sigh)  Good as gold, a golden oldie from the album of the same  name.  A 
great song is great forever.  The sigh's because I didn't  want the last song to 
ever come.  Has to be one of the best Kennedys shows  I've seen.

 
More to follow.
 
Bruce

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