Oh, so many things October 20, 2004 ~ 3:41 pm
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , trackbackBusy at work the past few days…trying to cram a whole day’s work into a half day means not as much time for blog surfing. Dammit. So here’s a wrap-up of the past two days.
Yankees vs. Red Sox: I’m not going to say much for fear of jinxing, but the last few nights have been nice. I almost got lynched at the Sting concert last night when I forgot I was surrounded by probable Yankee fans and said “Yes! 4-0, Sox!” I disappeared from the snack bar really quickly (the snack bar’s TVs were all tuned to the game).
Sting and Annie Lennox: Okay, this concert was amazing. Sting’s guitar player did the first set, about a half hour in length, and finished with “Shape of My Heart,” a song from Ten Summoner’s Tales. Of course Sting came out and sang it. A slight pause to reset the stage, and Annie Lennox was on. She’s got an amazing voice, and did all of her big hits, including “Sweet Dreams”. Then there was a longer period of time to set up for Sting’s portion of the show. He was the headliner, (thus the title “Sacred Love Tour” - his latest album), and played a good two hours. Everything that I ever wanted to hear, he played. And it was a much different experience than when I saw him play the Beacon this past spring. That show was small and intimate, this one was raucous and huge. Annie returned to sing “We’ll Be Together” with him (random tidbit, I know the lyrics to that song in Spanish), he sang quite a few Police songs and worked riffs of other Police songs into his solo hits. Rick was amazed when several of the songs turned into jazz impro-fests - he didn’t know Sting did that. It’s just one of the things I love about Sting’s music. He draws from so many different sources of inspiration that in the course of two hours we heard jazz, country, reggae, techno, rai, and pop. How many artists can do that and be successful? Not many. And during all of this, we kept using our binoculars to watch the ball game in the snack bar.
Review: And today I got my very first credit in a review. Normally the dramaturg is relegated to the sidebar, but in this review it actually credited me for helping the director cut the play to 100 minutes “with nary a seam showing”. Yay!
Okay, have to head out to rehearsal. Catch you all later.
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