| Identifier | 3371631 |
| Created At | Tue May 23 2023 23:54:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Reference Number | 4119570 |
| Status | 1 |
| Media Type | SHN |
| Note | "Greendale"
Disc 1 01-Falling From Above 02-Double E 03-Devil's Sidewalk 04-Leave The Driving 05-Carmichael 06-Tecnical problems w/ Neil's mic 07-Bandit [solo acoustic guitar] Disc 2 01-Grandpa's Interview 02-Bringin' Down Dinner [pump organ] 03-Sun Green 04-Be The Rain First Encore 05-Like A Hurricane 06-Hey Hey My My Second Encore 07-Powderfinger |
| Source Info | CSB > M1- 12th row center, Row R DAT >CD > SHN:Tascam DA-30 mkII > HHB-850 CD recorder > eac > CD Wave > MKW Shn |
| J-Card Comment | Coral Sky West Palm Beach, Florida, June 8, 2003 odds & ends by RE*AC*TOR Damn! Electric staged Greendale actually worked great! Hard to believe there were any doubts... Show was a full 2 1/2 hours, despite the low "song count". Extended jams within Carmichael and Grandpa's Interview and other long Greendale songs took the show past the two hour point, and the encores took it right up to the venue curfew. All songs were electric except Bandit, which was solo accoustic guitar, and Bringin' Down Dinner on pump organ (with bass & drum accompaniment). All of the Greendale songs (other than Bandit, which was done solo) sounded totally natural with the Horse. Come to think of it, Greendale will probably be Neil's only album where he's publicly performed virtually every song both electric and solo accoustic (in Europe). The bluesy nature of many of the songs really stands out in the electric version. Give Larry Cragg an Oscar for his role as Grandpa! The extended Carmichael is done similar in style to Change Your Mind. Has extended guitar jams with occasional stops for a verse. Grandpa's Interview is done similarly. On the later, Neil obviously got a bit carried away during his jams, causing him to arrive a little late at a couple of the action cues: When Edith (Pegi Young) was taking Grandpa his coffee, she started to walk up to him and realized Neil wasn't going to sing that line yet. So she kinda wandered around a bit, look at the art on the "wall" (on the big screen backdrop for the scene), and when Neil was ready, she walked back over to Larry/Grandpa and did the "Grandpa, here's your coffee..." mime. Later in the same song Sun marches across the stage and up to the jail set-up where Jed has been sitting. She's ready to do the "Jed, you really screwed up..." line, when she realizes Neil's still jamming. She, too fiddles about until Neil steps back up to the mic. Of course those are things that only Rusties who are already familiar with the story would notice... Regarding the stage, here's how it was set up: The Horse is just stage-right of center with Neil's fancy new super mic/harp/megaphone stand about stage center. Stage left is the front of the house on the Double-E Rancho, where Grandpa & Jed start out "sitin' on the porch" (Falling From Above). It's used regularly for other scenes, of course. The "house" sits a couple of feet higher than the stage, to make the porch really a porch. Stage Right is a Jail set-up, basically just a few benches and a few bars to suggest a jail cell. It too is a couple of feet above the stage level. The key to the show is a dynamic stage BEHIND the Horse at stage center, just higher than Ralph's head. It's about half of the width of the stage (the Jail & Double-E house framing it on each side). It's got a hydraulic lift under it, to allow various scenes to rise up and drop down as needed. Behind that stage is a big video screen to give the backdrops for the scenes on that stage. And when nothing in particular is happening up there, the screen is used for story augmentation (pictures, mood art, video clips, etc). The actors rove all over the stage. Sun green walks right through the Horse from the Double E to the Jail. A "paper boy" (actually girl) walks through the band, throws a copy out into the audience, then tosses one onto the Double E porch. The Devil dances through from time to time. Just like Broadway... :-) The big screen also sometimes highlights action going on on the stage. When Larry/Grandpa has his heart attack and falls on the porch, you can't really see him behind the porch railing, but a camera puts Larry up there on the big screen doing Grandpa's "That guy just keeps singin'..." lines. It all worked VERY well, IMHO. Sure there are a few slight flubs, but it's amazing that they were still finalizing some of the staging and effects as recently as Saturday night. Regarding the "short set list", this WAS a 2 1/2 hour show, which is longer than the "Year Of The Horse" shows I saw in '96, and much longer than the HORDE sets in '97. I didn't feel cheated at all. But I'm sure that some of the folks there just to hear the hits will claim to be. I think that those who understood the "story" nature of this show had a lot of fun. Those who thought it was just a bunch of crazy song and dance keeping them from hearing "the hits", and couldn't (or didn't want to) focus on the story being told or the messages contained there-in, certainly would have trouble understanding why it was played the way it was. But anybody who has paid any attention at all to Neil's overall career knows that he needs to keep moving, creating, challenging his fans to keep up. Those ready to accept the challenge have been thrilled with what he's doing during this year's shows. It's a real trip to be there for this. . . . RE*AC*TOR |
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Performance
| Neil Young & Crazy Horse 2003-06-08 Coral Sky, West Palm Beach, FL | |
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| Set 1 | Falling From Above
Double E Devil's Sidewalk Leave The Driving Carmichael Bandit Grandpa's Interview Bring'in Down Dinner Sun Green Be The Rain Like A Hurricane Hey Hey My My Powerfinger |
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