Sinister: montreal show

[peggy]

Hello listers,

I'm a long-time lurker on this list but thought that I'd de-lurk for a 
moment to give my two-cents about the show in Montreal last night.   This 
is just a little post I made to my blog about the show.

The show last night at the Metropolis in Montreal was terrific. It was my 
second time seeing the band, the first time was last fall at the Across the 
Narrows festival in New York.

The New Pornographers were great too. They primarily stuck to songs from 
Twin Cinema, which was fine by me. Unfortunately, there were some sound 
issues during their set. Mark always jokes that for an opening band, the 
sound guy keeps the button "that makes you sound good" locked up until the 
headliner comes on. In all seriousness, it was almost as if, when they 
first started, the PA was too small for the room and the sound guy was 
trying to find a balance between what sounded okay and what would be way 
too loud.

Another thing I noticed about this particular crowd, at least in the part 
of the club where we stood, was how rude everyone was. I'm not sure if this 
a typical Montreal thing or just this show but people never shut the hell 
up. Talk, talk, talk...all through the New Pornographers set. It was 
actually distracting at times. We also noticed that many of the people 
there didn't seem to know why they were there in the first place. They seem 
to have little or no interest in either band (not to mention no familiarity 
with the music) and rather pranced around a bit, "seeing and being seen." 
It was odd. On the other hand, there was no smoking in the venue so, I 
guess if the trade off for not smelling like an ashtray and not being able 
to breathe was putting up with some chatty kids, that's fair.

The really great thing about the show, that I appreciated, was the 
punctuality of it all. Belle and Sebastian took the stage around 9:30 p.m., 
just as scheduled. It was refreshing because I have to tell you, one of the 
things I dislike about Kingston or Toronto shows is how late they start.

Anyway, they sounded terrific. Everyone in the band seemed really into the 
show, really happy and genuinely excited to be there. I don't know if this 
just how they normally are on a tour or if this is a "second day of the 
tour" euphoria but I for one, appreciated it greatly.

 From what I can remember, here is what they played (in no particular order):

The State I am In
Another Sunny Day
Seeing Other People
To Be Myself Completely
The Blues are Still Blue
Piazza, New York Catcher
String Bean Jean
Dog on Wheels
Mayfly
Sukie In The Graveyard
Electronic Renaissance
Funny Little Frog
White Collar Boy
I'm a Cuckoo
Judy And The Dream Of Horses
Your Cover's Blown (YAY!!!)
Jonathan David

I know I've missed a couple but that's what I recall just now. I was really 
thrilled that they did Your Cover's Blown!

One sort of amusing but really sad thing I overheard last night:

girl standing to my left to her male friend, "is that guy out front, like, 
the main guy?"

male friend to girl standing to my left, "um, yeah."

I'd love to hear about the Toronto show if anyone on the list was there.

   peggy






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