Snow Patrol @ Gibson Ampitheater
Snow Patrol with Ok Go! and Silversun Pickups. Afterwards Pearl and I went to Hodori for a midnight snack. Mmmmm Hodori.
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- how to be dead (7.9MB)
- how to be dead (continued) (58MB)
- chasing cars (115MB, complete)
- somewhere a clock is ticking (11MB)
- run (140MB, complete)
- you're all i have (28MB)
- open your eyes (154MB, complete)
Snow Patrol's show was quite good. Not as polished as I was expecting for a group that's been around for more than 7 years with four albums under their belt; they still do the usual modest walking around on stage with some strobe light arrays that explifiy most bands that have yet to have real inspiration strike. (or maybe they're just too focused on music to figure out a good show) Keep your expectations modest and you'll be pleased.
Once they got the sound board figured out about four songs in, things got much better than the "meh" start. Chasing Cars worked out much better than it did on the album; kind of like Muse, hearing the live version changes some of the elements that felt under-produced and works out for the better. Run was very good, as was Open Your Eyes, which was part of the four song encore.
And after the first few songs, the band woke up and started talking to the audience. Irreverent Irish though they may be, it was pretty amusing, and their claims of having never met anyone who was ACTUALLY from Los Angeles til this show, where they met a whole room full of people from Los Angeles (except Pearl and I, of course!) was pretty funny. The usual one-fan-on-stage-to-help-sing-one-song was slightly more interesting than usual, and it actually brought a slight spark of life to the classically dead Los Angeles crowds who just stand there and do nothing. I felt like Pearl and I should have warning signs next to us saying "arms and bodies and legs flailing, approach at your own risk!" compared to the statues we were next to. =D
Not a bad show. Pretty good, actually. Accept the Irish humor and don't expect too much aside from the excellent addition of live flavoring that befits a good live show!
Apologies-- haven't been able to verify the setlist yet, although it probably looks like this one from the Portland show on February 26:
Spitting Games
Wow
Chocolate
It's Beginning to Get to Me
Headlights On Dark Roads
How to Be Dead
Grazed Knees
Chasing Cars
Shut Your Eyes
Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Somewhere a Clock Is Ticking
Make This Go On Forever
Ways & Means
Run
You're All I have
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The Finish Line
Open Your Eyes
Hands Open
Tiny Little Fractures
