by wallofboingo » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:15 pm
GREAT GREAT show last night in Seattle. The ONLY thing that wasn't so cool were the 3 sloshed folks who were drunkenly yelling "SCIENCE!" a lot, but I suppose that is kind of to be expected and it didn't hurt the show once Dolby got into it.
The setlist was....
Leipzig
I Live In A Suitcase
Flying North
The Flat Earth (instrumental synth demonstration building the song layer by layer)
Budapest By Blimp
Windpower
Europa and the Pirate Twins
Hyperactive
She Blinded Me With Science
Encore:
One Of Our Submarines
Airhead
I was scared that he wasn't going to do Submarines after he skipped it at the beginning due to technical diffculties, and very glad when he played it at the encore.
Highlights? I would say Budapest By Blimp (very beautiful, more sparse rendition of the track), Windpower (excellent beats, great visuals on screen added to music) Science (very cool how the audience participation helped this song) and Airhead as the final number.
Let me just say that the new rendition of Airhead is LEAPS AND BOUNDS better than the original version. You MUST hear the new intro and how beefed up and cool the bassline is to this new version. I seriously wanted to freak out and dance like a madman once the bassline kicked in after the synthesized scat lines. I didn't want to step on too many peoples feet, though. So I just bobbed my head manically during the duration of the ditty.
It was TONS o' fun and I got to yell and shout "DOLBY, YOU'RE A GOD!" and truly mean it. I came with a friend who only knew a few songs and she came out saying she was very impressed and that Dolby seemed like an extremely nice, polite performer and that she would most definitely come to see him again if he came back. It was such a fun time!
Oh! And before the show as I was coming up to the front entrance, Dolby walked right past me and I shook his hand, it was indeed a great night. If you have a chance, go check out one of his shows, you will be very pleased.