Wow, this show sounds like it's going to be badass! Options

[edstipe]

Eddie Kowalczyk of LIVE
February 9, 2009
Hotel Cafe
Los Angeles, CA

I did a little research and discovered the following:

Citysearch:
Winner for best live music venue in L.A., 2006 http://losangeles.citysearch.com/bestof/wi...ive_music_venue

Paste Magazine:
Voted one of America's Top 40 best music venues.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007...sic-venues.html

And finally:
Location(s) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active 2000–present
Capacity 165
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Caf%C3%A9


Capacity 165? Talk about intimate!

[edstipe]

Just got back from the show. After seeing Live as a band over a dozen times since the late 1990's, and seeing pretty much the same exact setlist at the last few shows, I have to admit I had begun to lose a bit of the excitement the band used to bring out in me during their shows.

But Ed brought it back! He only played for about 50 minutes, but hearing an all-acoustic solo show really made the songs fresh for me again. Ed did A LOT of talking and was in a very happy, playful, joking mood -- by far the best attitude I have seen from him at any show to date. The crowd adored him and he really fed off of it.

The setlist wasn't anything at all unique, but it was solid and Ed's voice sounded fantastic. As best I can remember, he played (some of the songs in the middle are probably out of order):

1. Sophia
2. I Alone
3. Mirror Song
4. The Dolphin's Cry
5. Forever
6. Selling the Drama
7. Turn My Head
8. Heaven
9. Lightning Crashes

Encore:
10. Overcome

There were a handful of audience members with cameras filming the entire show, so I wouldn't be surprised if an audio and/or video torrent came out soon...

This post has been edited by edstipe: Feb 10 2009, 7:51 pm

[SecretInsomnia]

But Ed brought it back! He only played for about 50 minutes, but hearing an all-acoustic solo show really made the songs fresh for me again. Ed did A LOT of talking and was in a very happy, playful, joking mood -- by far the best attitude I have seen from him at any show to date. The crowd adored him and he really fed off of it.

that sounds good cool to hear you had a great time. Maybe there will be more solo shows in the future.

The setlist wasn't anything at all unique, but it was solid and Ed's voice sounded fantastic. As best I can remember, he played (some of the songs in the middle are probably out of order):

1. Sophia

well if I remember correctly we never got to hear Sofia acoustic before? How did it sound?

[edstipe]

that sounds good cool to hear you had a great time. Maybe there will be more solo shows in the future.

Ed mentioned something about how the solo-acoustic format of the shows really benefitted his ears, and how he wanted to be able to actually hear his kids when they get older. He then commented that as a result these types of gigs would become more prevalent in the future. (I'm pretty sure he was just being playful, though.)

well if I remember correctly we never got to hear Sofia acoustic before? How did it sound?

I think you're right on that. And it sounded good. It might just be the fact that I was thirsting so much for something different, but all of the songs sounded awesome to me last night.

I had hoped to be able to record the show, but my buddy had my recorder and I couldn't get it back from him on time. I did record it on my cell phone, but as you can guess the sound quality isn't wonderful.

Anyhow, if nobody else comes forward with something in the next week or so, I'll upload what I did get and let you be the judge.

This post has been edited by edstipe: Feb 10 2009, 4:17 pm