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Vanessa Carlton => General Vanessa Carlton Discussion => Topic started by: jessicaweiser on November 30, 2004, 07:55:38 pm
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Suprised Shades didn't post this yet ;) Probably on the o-board, but I don't go there.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/200566_vanessa22q.html
Carlton strongly displays her broad musical palette
Wall-to-wall crowd packs small venue
By BILL WHITE
SPECIAL TO THE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"This is going to be one of those real sweaty evenings," Vanessa Carlton apologized to the wall-to-wall audience shoe-horned onto the Crocodile Cafe for Saturday night's concert.
MUSIC REVIEW
VANESSA CARLTON
WHEN: Saturday night
WHERE: Crocodile Cafe
Among the disadvantages of such a popular artist playing an intimate venue was that the air inside was as scarce as tickets on the street. The second-to-last show of her current tour was taped by Rollingstone.com for an Internet broadcast for its "Original Concert" series.
Looking like a prom queen in her strapless gown, Carlton played all but two selections from her newly released "Harmonium" as well as five songs from her 2002 debut "Be Not Nobody."
Performing solo on a baby grand piano, the new songs came across much stronger than the overproduced recorded versions.
She opened with "Plastic Love" and "San Francisco," commenting on how much she loved the crowd's quiet attentiveness. Although frequently compared to young female rockers such as Michelle Branch, Carlton displays a broader musical palette and is reverenced more like a Tori Amos.
Her voice, blending baby-doll innocence with a mature self-assurance, was deftly supported by a classically powered piano style. After a masterful retooling of the early hit "Ordinary Day," she dedicated "Who's to Say," one of the best tunes from her new album, to "everyone who is in a relationship that may not be approved by their family or government."
"I am second only to Marilyn Manson in terms of ruffling feathers," she said in introduction to "White Houses," the first single from "Harmonium," which has been banned by MTV for its racy lyrics.
Although the overall impression of the song was somewhat decadent, there was nothing remotely offensive in the lyrics.
In addition to the songs from "Be Not Nobody" and "Harmonium," she performed the B-side "Swindler" and a track that didn't make the new album, "Morning Sting."
Toward the end of the show, Carlton had a bit of an accident with "Wreckage," the secret track on "Harmonium," which she stopped midsong because, having forgotten the words, she realized she was singing in a made-up language.
She recovered with the megahit "A Thousand Miles" and encored with a haunting "Twilight."
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I totally thing that Papa should be called "Plastic Love."
and WH was banned by MTV?
thanks for the article!
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I'm pretty sure this was posted before, though I believe it was put in the thread in the concert page and not here... because I clearly remember the plastic love mistake.
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Whaaaaaaaat? WH banned from MTV?! :roll:
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yeah, i like the title, "Plastic Love" too
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Yep... Mr. Shades already posted it on November 22 on the concerts section of VCMB! :)
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I think it's Ms. Shades... :? Not sure though.
I want to see this strapless gown! Don't they know that's the best part?!
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I KNOW I've read this before somewhere... maybe it was in the Vanessa Carlton message board on her official site... or maybe it was in The Wreckers message board... anyhow, I remember the Plastic Love comment. Hee. :D
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