Comments on: Review: The Decemberists – Overture Hall, Madison

By: Gus

Gus — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:52:52 +0000

HEY TYLER ITS ME GUS I THINK YOU WROTE A GOOD REVIEW

By: coltrane

coltrane — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:11:42 +0000

Tyler, This is a great condensed little review. Much better than the one in the Madison newspaper. I pretty much agree with every word here. I loved the whole night. [I agree RE: Heartless Bastards.] The Decemberists were so good, so polished. Everyone on the ground floor stood, every second, from beginning to end, which helped counter the potential stuffiness of The Overture. The power of the big parts of The Hazards Of Love tore into the chests of everyone standing, dancing in place on the ground floor, blew us off our feet. If you looked around at the first 15 rows or so, you could see some of the best, most joyful, most abandoned dancing in place I’ve ever seen in a theater with rows of seats.(Seriously).

By: heather

heather — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:36:24 +0000

I LOVE the Decemberists. Full out passionate love. I caught the show in Milwaukee and have been lavishing in their sounds ever since. I have a documentary about them posted in my blog archive.

By: Steven S

Steven S — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:37:25 +0000

Really wish I couldv’e gone. I’m a long-time Decemberists fan and thought that Heartless Bastards put out one of the best recods (and songs – “The Mountain”) of 2009. I remember the High Noon spinning it before The Thermals show and was happy to hear it. Glad to hear they’re great live. I’ll probably check them out next time they pass through.

By: Eric308

Eric308 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:56:31 +0000

I thought it was a great show, including HB. I was afraid that the crowd would be rude and not even accept them…what a voice she has! A fantastic start to the show….I was blown away with the entire performance. So much better live and quite a spectacle. The madison.com review was way off….she said that the two females stole the show from Colin and he was “flat”. BS…he was performing in his usual demeanor. Also, Jenny, the keyboardist, et al needs to be recognized! What would they be without that B3 or whatever it is? Also, where in the heck can you go and hear a hurdy gurdy? A young guy next to me asked if it was an old vacuum cleaner! Chris Funk is an amazing multi-instrument performer. What? A 12 string electric mandolin? I could go on and on…..I loved the show!

By: cerca trova

cerca trova — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:01:27 +0000

Great show. I thoroughly enjoy Hazards of Love, so hearing it live, from start to finish was a treat.

I would have to say the highlight of the night was the cover of Heart’s “Crazy on You”, with Becky Stark and Shara Worden splitting vocals. It more or less set my pants ablaze.

By: dbj

dbj — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:09:20 +0000

Great review. I saw them outside in Portland and had a similar experience – coming in I was a little skeptical of the Decemberists, and much more excited to see Andrew Bird open for them. But they put on a great show, both the Hazards of Love set and the second set of older stuff. Wish they would have played Sons and Daughters for us, though…