St. Pete/Jannus Landing review
Posted: 12 Nov 2008, 04:12
We arrived @ 8pm and were afraid it had been cancelled. There was the tour bus out front but the place looked empty. It was about 1/3 full, maybe....joked it looked empty from outside because of all the black (of course I was just as guilty)
The first band was great, joy division-esque vocals, bauhaus-ish guitar riffs. Nice, Loud, Groovy.
Then my favorite band ever, whom I've seen on both sides of this continent, but never so close to my home in Tampa, strolled out in thick fog.
It's an outdoor venue so no worries like those in Richmond. Set list matched up pretty close as listed previously.
But the mic seemed to be off for our man Andrew. He was frustrated, calling the roadies over to fix it. It never got fixed. At times I thought maybe Andrew was sick,losing his voice, but I realized it was the crowds' singing along so badly out of tune. (Myself included) I tried to help out too, singing my very best karaoke but then they play everything so different than recorded 20 years ago, it's hard to keep up the tempo, and you couldn't hear him to keep yourself on track anyway. My husband kept asking "is he even singing?"
People were yelling "we still love you" and I was really afraid he would become angry with the ridiculous problems, but he just kept on trucking. Didn't really stop to let the guys fix it, though. Just seemed to want it to be over. I knew temple of love would be the last song, so I made my way over to get the t shirt just before it finished. Wouldnt you know it, Andrew must have been feeling bad or something cause he spent a bunch of time bowing to everyone in the front row, i don't recall him ever showing any interest in anyone in the crowd before.
He had the yellow shirt on someone also mentioned previously. Couldn't hear him but could see him! I don't think he smoked any cigarettes. Jannus Landing has this ridiculous pole center stage, which he stayed behind alot.
some people talked through the whole show..and it never really filled up. I think the Tampa/St. Pete area blew it as far as having much of hope of them returning...We always have to drive to Orlando!!
The first band was great, joy division-esque vocals, bauhaus-ish guitar riffs. Nice, Loud, Groovy.
Then my favorite band ever, whom I've seen on both sides of this continent, but never so close to my home in Tampa, strolled out in thick fog.
It's an outdoor venue so no worries like those in Richmond. Set list matched up pretty close as listed previously.
But the mic seemed to be off for our man Andrew. He was frustrated, calling the roadies over to fix it. It never got fixed. At times I thought maybe Andrew was sick,losing his voice, but I realized it was the crowds' singing along so badly out of tune. (Myself included) I tried to help out too, singing my very best karaoke but then they play everything so different than recorded 20 years ago, it's hard to keep up the tempo, and you couldn't hear him to keep yourself on track anyway. My husband kept asking "is he even singing?"
People were yelling "we still love you" and I was really afraid he would become angry with the ridiculous problems, but he just kept on trucking. Didn't really stop to let the guys fix it, though. Just seemed to want it to be over. I knew temple of love would be the last song, so I made my way over to get the t shirt just before it finished. Wouldnt you know it, Andrew must have been feeling bad or something cause he spent a bunch of time bowing to everyone in the front row, i don't recall him ever showing any interest in anyone in the crowd before.
He had the yellow shirt on someone also mentioned previously. Couldn't hear him but could see him! I don't think he smoked any cigarettes. Jannus Landing has this ridiculous pole center stage, which he stayed behind alot.
some people talked through the whole show..and it never really filled up. I think the Tampa/St. Pete area blew it as far as having much of hope of them returning...We always have to drive to Orlando!!
