From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V2 #135 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttour.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com/road/index.html * and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V2 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Sunday, May 17 1998 Volume 02 : Number 135 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: Mercury Lounge Show notes (sort of)... [Mike Acerbo Subject: Re: MM: Mercury Lounge Show notes (sort of)... Hey guys, I was at the Mercury Lounge also with 4 other friends and was very disappointed. The first time I had seen Patty was at the Fez in NYC a few months back and was blown away by the intensity, power and emotion this woman was able to convey through her voice and guitar. It was absolutely the best live performance I have ever seen. When I heard she was playing the lounge, I was excited yet apprehensive after hearing a poor review from a friend who saw her for the first time in Virginia a few weeks ago. Guys, this band thing is just not working. The sound was absolutely horrible and loud. The beauty and emotion of Patty acoustic is completely lost. The 2 "virgins" I brought to the show bailed midway through because of the noise level. Me and my other 2 Patty fan friends were all very disappointed. I honestly have no interest in seeeing her perform live with that band ever again. That is how bad it was. There were many people who actually left the show. In contrast, she left the people at the Fez clamoring for more. I'm really not totally against the band idea, but she needs to find talented musicians who compliment and accent her style rather than drown her out with boring music. My friends felt that Patty came across as a very week female lead singer as well. It was painful to watch her sing without her guitar, she looked like another record company "pin up" singer. I'm beginning to wonder how much influence the record company has on this whole image change. Anyway, we ended up leaving after a horrible version of Every Little Bit and the now super synthesized Mary, a pretty song that was once stunning. I hope she will continue to do completely acoustic sets in the future!! Mike C. Swartout & S. Culmer wrote: > Last night's show at Mercury Lounge was a very interesting "Experiment" (to > use Patty's own words on several occasions during the all too short set). > I'm afraid I did not write down the set list but I will mention the > personal highlights. > > 1. Thoughts on the band. I am not opposed to seeing PG with a band, so > I had no built in bias toward them. However, just hearing the first two > songs (Sweet Lorraine, Poor Man's House, just PG & her Guitar) regret > amplification. She sounded great, even though the sound man was annoying > the hell out of me trying to find the right level of vocal reverb (I felt > it was too much in the end, sort of dissapating her voice slightly). When > the band came out, it was clear to me that this was a group of very good > musicians who had not played together as a unit for terribly long. The > other poster was right when she said they were too loud, especially the > keyboardist. It is my understanding that this group is merely for this > mini-tour and Lillith Fair and then who knows. With that in mind, I > enjoyed the evening very much. As far as the players go, I am more of a > traditionalist and would like to have seen PG play with a more rootsy > backing group (think Jayhawks and you get the drift). The sound owed more > to the Edge's style of guitar, very processed, not at all what I was > expecting or hoping for. > > 2. The songs. The acoustic numbers (Lorriane, Poor man, Let Him Fly) > were of course, amazing. The band tunes were a mixed bag. "Tony" was the > best tune of the evening with the full group by far and "Flaming Red" was > an especially intense number. "Mary" was straight out of Tunnel of Love > era Springsteen, reminded me of Walk like a Man. Also enjoyed" One Big > Love" & "Go Now." I also very much enjoyed the full band treatment of > "Every Little Bit" as that was more of the sound I was expecting from the > band. > > 3. In summation. Like she said herself, an experiment. As I said, the > concept of a band is not an evil thing. She put one together for this > little period with some success and some missteps. Do you lose the intimacy > with the group? Without a doubt. I have not had the pleasure of hearing > the new record yet, so I don't know what the sound is supposed to be. I > say give the girl some time to work things out with this group and assuming > she isn't totally railroaded by the label, she'll figure it out just fine. > I just wish the set was longer than one measly hour and she would have > played MM. I went away hungry. > > On the CD: > Teenage Fanclub: Songs from Northern Britain > Billy Pilgrim: Billy Pilgrim > > Regards, > Chris > > Come see LOADED at: > Dark Star Lounge > 158 W. 72nd St. (betw. Broadway & Columbus) > June 10th (Wed.) > 10PM > Pure Pop for Now (and then) People ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V2 #135 *********************************