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Live Shows / 11/18/2007: Park West - Chicago, IL (review)
« on: November 19, 2007, 04:15:21 pm »
The show was simply amazing! I was standing in the front row the whole time and didn't realize the crazy number of people that actually filled up the place until I turned around after the show.
Tons of little moments and things that made the show awesome. During one of the first songs stringy part of Skye's bow (sorry I don't know the right word) got all loose and it looked like he was struggling to keep it together, but he didn't miss a note and saved it completely. I know nothing about playing violin so I don't know if that happens a lot or is tough to deal w/ but it was impressive to me.
At least from where I was standing, the stage looked freaking sweet. They had the smoke machine going and there was a huge backdrop w/ all these lights that faded in and out slowly and it just looked awesome.
By far the most entertaining thing was how Vanessa described being on 4 hours of sleep over the past 2 days and why she was screwing up everything she was trying to say to introduce the songs but was "totally into" the musical vibe. It is more than a little impressive that she was playing soooo well. I love being there in person because the music just hits you in a whole different way. I closed my eyes during the opening of Home (my fave on H&T) and was just blown away at how freaking awesome it felt. People pretty much went nuts during the whole outro to Home, because it rocks that hard.
The whole night was just fantastic because she seemed to be pouring so much emotion into things and Skye was freaking stellar too. Especially songs like Who's To Say, White Houses, All Is Well and Home came off so strongly to me.
As for the DVD thing, I don't know of a date but it seems pretty darn certain. There was a camera crane that I believe was mostly getting shots of the stage but possibly also the audience. Then there was a second cameraguy on the stage getting the other angle and definitely some audience shots. And V mentioned several times how she was going to have to edit out all their mistakes (which I think are just cute and part of the show) and the people screaming crap out (which I think is really freaking annoying - one guy yelled "I love you Vanessa" at least twice and I wanted to slap the sh!t out of him). In case people are craving yet further DVD confirmation, they also did interviews w/ a few groups of people who were waiting out by the bus after the concert, and I confirmed it w/ V herself when I talked to her. I didn't ask for a date and honestly they probably don't even have one yet. I'm sure it'll be up on her site in the future.
Tons of little moments and things that made the show awesome. During one of the first songs stringy part of Skye's bow (sorry I don't know the right word) got all loose and it looked like he was struggling to keep it together, but he didn't miss a note and saved it completely. I know nothing about playing violin so I don't know if that happens a lot or is tough to deal w/ but it was impressive to me.
At least from where I was standing, the stage looked freaking sweet. They had the smoke machine going and there was a huge backdrop w/ all these lights that faded in and out slowly and it just looked awesome.
By far the most entertaining thing was how Vanessa described being on 4 hours of sleep over the past 2 days and why she was screwing up everything she was trying to say to introduce the songs but was "totally into" the musical vibe. It is more than a little impressive that she was playing soooo well. I love being there in person because the music just hits you in a whole different way. I closed my eyes during the opening of Home (my fave on H&T) and was just blown away at how freaking awesome it felt. People pretty much went nuts during the whole outro to Home, because it rocks that hard.
The whole night was just fantastic because she seemed to be pouring so much emotion into things and Skye was freaking stellar too. Especially songs like Who's To Say, White Houses, All Is Well and Home came off so strongly to me.
As for the DVD thing, I don't know of a date but it seems pretty darn certain. There was a camera crane that I believe was mostly getting shots of the stage but possibly also the audience. Then there was a second cameraguy on the stage getting the other angle and definitely some audience shots. And V mentioned several times how she was going to have to edit out all their mistakes (which I think are just cute and part of the show) and the people screaming crap out (which I think is really freaking annoying - one guy yelled "I love you Vanessa" at least twice and I wanted to slap the sh!t out of him). In case people are craving yet further DVD confirmation, they also did interviews w/ a few groups of people who were waiting out by the bus after the concert, and I confirmed it w/ V herself when I talked to her. I didn't ask for a date and honestly they probably don't even have one yet. I'm sure it'll be up on her site in the future.