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Saw him last night, completely turned my world upside down. New songs make about 8 billion times more sense live. His show is so completely insane that it makes total sense. He's definitely lost his fucking mind, but in the best, most artistically interesting way possible. He needs to be at Bonnaroo, and it needs to be a late night Which set or tent set (although I think he's too big a draw for a tent: he sold out Thomas Wolfe in Asheville a lot quicker than The Pixies did).
I feel like I should listen to him. All I hear is good things, and when I went to get my social d ticket at the tabernacle in atl, he was playing a sold out show there. Considering I haven't heard a single song of his, I hope it's not a let down like everyone telli g me to listen to arcade fire...
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Nov 8, 2010 23:14:48 GMT -5
87, You SHOULD check him out. He is a genius. Truly, musical bliss. May I suggest you start with the album (Come On Feel The) Illinoise. It was revered on multiple "Best of the Decade" lists, including Paste, NPR, and lovelucklaughter's (hehe) for sure, but I know that there were more as well.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Not sure what you count as a festival of note, but he has played ATP Fest, Big Ears Fest, and some of my friends in Australia are gearing up to see him at Sydney Fest.
I have literally listened to The Age of Adz twenty times since Sunday. And All Delighted People three times. And Seven Swans three times, Michigan twice, and Illinoise twice. Insane Sufjan binge since his show. One of my favorite shows of the year in a year that's been chock full of awesome shows.
Plus, The Age of Adz has grown on me tenfold the more I listen.
Yeah, picked it up. Packaging is slightly disappointing; there is no booklet, which is weird because the fact that it's Sufjan's homage to this folk artist lends itself to a lot of artwork in the packaging. The music, however, definitely does not disappoint.
A buddy of mine bought the All Delighted People LP at the show and he said side 4 of that has Sufjan playing classical piano pieces. Comes out early December, can't wait to hear that side. God I love Sufjan.
The only way I could see him at Bonnaroo, is if they had him headline the Other Tent. Because doesn't he have big stage fright? With the right bands, conflicts could lessen the size of the crowd at the smallest tent on the farm.
After seeing how extravagant his new show is and the many ridiculous costumes he changes into throughout the course of the performance, I feel pretty confident in saying that I think he's gotten over his stage fright.
Post by NotMitchelBade on Nov 12, 2010 15:49:53 GMT -5
I hadn't heard about his apparent stage fright, but excluding that he seems like such a natural fit for the farm. He's incredibly musically talented, very down-tempo music, and a great performer. I saw him with Clogs at Big Ears, and planned on seeing him again in Knoxville this Fall, but tickets sold out in under an hour, which blew me away. Hopefully he comes to Bonnaroo so I can see a full Sufjan set. I think he'd do great as a preheadliner on Which, but if he truly does hate playing in front of crowds, he could definitely do a tent during some conflicts. Great thought
Post by A$AP Rosko on Nov 12, 2010 15:54:09 GMT -5
I really think he is big enough to grab the Sunday Which closer slot if he's on the lineup.
As I said in the OP, he played the same venue in Asheville as the Pixies and sold it out a whole hell of a lot quicker than they did. I think he's sold out just about every date on his tour. He could hold down Phoenix's slot from this year, and I think that's the ideal place for him.
Post by NotMitchelBade on Nov 12, 2010 16:22:47 GMT -5
I agree completely. That would be a great show for a sunset slot. I can see the sun burning low in that hot summer sky while he plays, and I want it to be a reality so badly. The Which stage is definitely best for sunset shows as well (I'm thinking Death Cab '08, Phoenix '10)
Post by g a b f r a b on Nov 12, 2010 16:36:24 GMT -5
I saw him Tuesday and wow, that show was perfect. I had read about the stage fright thing which was perhaps something of a put on since he has already playing sold out shows to thousands of people for some time, but as someone else here said, with the charisma and costume changes on display, it appears that he's over it. He was completely comfortable with the audience. His voice is so beautiful live, I honestly thought most of the stuff sounded even better than on record. I'm a fan of bands who have a bunch of people up on stage and I counted at least twelve onstage during his show and they did choreographed dance moves that could perhaps in another context be construed as cheesy, but here were fun and gave the show energy. It's a visually and sonically wonderful experience. I almost never say this about a show or even things in general, but that show was beautiful. It brought me joy(and to clarify, I'm not a Christian and he didn't make any comments relating to such things, though a lot of the audience was composed of Christians based on the chatter I heard around me). He played for over two hours and I didn't think there was a bland song the entire time. His catalogue of music is so acclaimed and they translate it so well to a live performance, I understand why his shows literally sell out in hours sometimes (we had to drive eight hours to Virginia to see him because my girlfriend waited six days to buy tickets to his New York show and both dates were already sold out). He would absolutely destroy if given a good amount of time to play and allowed to bring all of his set-up which shouldn't be a problem since it's just a video screen, costumes, and small props. I would love to see him on Which in the early or late evening. Based on how much the show I saw was loved, and the reactions to his concerts in general, I can't imagine that this wouldn't be a Roo set that'd be talked about for a very long time. It was incredible!
On a side note, one thing I really enjoyed about his concert was that they started on time. The show was supposed to start at eight and it actually did. The downtime between the opener and Sufjan was minimal, which resulted in him getting to play for two hours and ten minutes. I know rock concerts never start on time, but some can get ridiculous in making you stand around for hours after the advertised start time (not door time) before even the opener comes on. I recently had a bad experience in NYC where the show started hours after it was advertised to and I was only able to catch two songs of the headliner since I had to run just to catch the last train out of Grand Central (I essentially wasted $30 on train fare and didn't get to see a show I was really excited for). It was refreshing to have a show be a little more responsible towards it's audience. I'm a young guy with little responsibility and generally don't care how long a show goes to, but lots of people have babysitters, jobs in the morning, rides to catch etc. I like the way they did his concert.
These were pics I posted on another forum to represent the goofier side of the concert and isn't really demonstrative of the show as a whole:
This makes him about 10x more likely for Bonnaroo IMO (but, he was only like 1% before, so his chances still aren't great). Primavera is in Spain, obviously, but it's in late May so he'd have PLENTY of time to get back over to the states for a Bonnaroo appearance. Let's hope!
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
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