hey guys, i was there! i was early and caught vanessa arriving. i was too shy to say hi to her, though, but i got to pet lord victor! what a cutie, he came right up to my shoes and was snuffling around my feet.
anyway, the spring 2011 date was mentioned again (not by vanessa, but not contradicted by vanessa either) and it was really really lovely. vanessa's fine-tuned a lot of her new songs, lots of little lyrical and musical changes. she sounded great - her voice was less crackly tonight - and i don't know, somehow her voice is sweeter. like, the angrier notes in "fair weather friends" sound more wistful now to me. her new songs sound more finished, too; can't wait for studio versions.
short setlist, and here's what i can remember (basically all new songs + "a thousand miles"). accompanied by a guitarist - her friend arry abrams, i think she said?
1. fair weather friends
2. tall tales for spring ("this song is for stephen hawking")
3. london
4. i don't want to be a bride (this song is so beautiful live, current recordings don't do it justice at all)
5. a thousand miles
i've recorded the whole thing, but the quality is not great because the crowd was SO NOISY. incredibly noisy, vanessa even gently remarked on it. it's also in WAV format and i have to cut it. but if anyone wants it, i'll upload it!
