elliott seattle 2/28/00


Set List (from Christopher):
Son of Sam
Happiness
Southern Belle
Between the Bars
L.A.
Rose Parade
Division Day
Pretty Mary K
Angeles
Needle In the Hay
Say Yes
Waltz #2 (XO)
St. Ides Heaven
Independence Day
encore
ballad of big nothing (aborted)
color bars
the biggest lie
last call

From: Spentbullets@aol.com

Elliott came out about 30 minutes after Larry Yes' set....and played a 50 min
set to a packed, if somewhat less unenthusiastic crowd than I was expecting.
And it wasn't as packed as badly as was reported it would be recently in the
press.

His set was from the setlist he's been using for most of the tour:

Son of Sam / Happiness / Southern Belle /Between the Bars / L.A. / Rose
Parade / Division Day / Pretty Mary K / Angeles / Needle In the Hay / Say Yes
/ Waltz #2 (XO) / St. Ides Heaven / Independence Day

encore

ballad of big nothing (aborted) / color bars / the biggest lie / last call

The crowd spoke up many times to mention they couldn't see Elliott, and I can
relate because much of the show I had a good view of the back of the head of
a very tall man with curly hair up front. But I could see him most of the
time. The one crowd comment I heard that really stuck, is someone said to
their friend how serious he looked while playing, which was totally true.

Aside from this, the two main things that struck me were:

1) Little or no crowd interaction (no covers, no "do you want to hear a fast
song or a slow song", the only time he played something that was called out,
"Last Call" it was already on the written setlist)

2) only one encore for us, I assume that someone tagging opener Larry Yes in
the face with a piece of paper probably had something to do with this. He
made several mentions to this individual towards the end of his initial set,
and was NOT pleased.

christopher

http://hometown.aol.com/spentbullets/


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