Originally Posted By MissCandice I am grinning just reading your report, Dave. I am so glad you got to see him!!
Originally Posted By Mr X Thanks SD and MC...twas great. That is such an awsome story...I love Bird of Beauty. In fact Bird of Beauty definitely crossed my mind as one I wouldn't have minded for an encore (along with Saturn, Love's in Need of Love Today, you haven't done nothing, Smile Please, it ain't no use, Never in your Sun, All I Do, All in Love is Fair, and everything else from Talking Book and Songs in the Key of Life that he didn't do. ). Yeah, a 4 hour concert would've been necessary for my complete fulfilment. lol.
Originally Posted By Mr X Oh, and Please Don't Go, that'd have been cool too. And, I Believe (when I fall in love it will last forever).
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Pretty much anything from Stevie's prime! 1. Talking Book 2. Innervisions 3. Fullfilliness First Finale or 4. Songs In The Keys Of Life Back when you played a WHOLE album not a couple songs! Those four are one car ride down to DL!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 X, I'm SO glad that this was such a good experience for you! I'm not SURPRISED at all that your trip to Mecca was so wonderful, mind you... just thrilled that you got to go and thrilled that it was so good for you! Sounds like a wonderful show! I'd never thought about the contrast between the "respectfulness" of a Japanese audience and the expectations of an American -- especially African-American -- performer. What a weird dynamic! "louder, louder" and "clap!" LOL! And while you didn't apparently feel you quite expressed how cool it was that he changed keys, etc., I quite enjoyed reading your perspective on that. FWIW, I don't know Thing One about keys or chords or progressions. I've always wondered whether having that knowledge would add or detract from the magic I experience when I listen to music. I'm not sure that your stories convince me either way, but it's really nice to hear accounts from the "other" side. Aspects of the show I would never have picked up on. <<I was way in the back screaming my head off>> LOL! Even TDLFAN didn't "scream his head off" when we saw *THE* *DIVA* herself! LOL! I love how good this was for you!
Originally Posted By Mr X I'll say this about having a lot of "musical knowledge"...in general I'd say it makes the bad stuff worse and the good stuff better. In other words, it's harder to suffer through so-so performances for me these days, compared to when I was younger. I'm much more critical, and it's hard to let things slide when they suck (so, I enjoy less). In the case of Stevie or other genius level musicians, it's just that much better to catch something that's REALLY difficult and sounds super cool and you KNOW that they are just on such a high level that the enjoyment of being there is even greater. Make sense? I mean, you would have enjoyed the key change I think (without noticing the particulars) cause it sounded neat. But for me, realizing that the musicians were suddenly performing (flawlessly) in a total different key than they were expecting to, and that they'd likely never rehearsed before, just made my respect level go up that much higher. You hear a lot of stuff like that in jazz (the masters can do just about ANYTHING and still play perfectly together and make great music), but for a pop/arena show it was quite surprising and cool (but I already knew Stevie was an improv kinda guy so I sort of expected SOMETHING along those lines).
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< You hear a lot of stuff like that in jazz (the masters can do just about ANYTHING and still play perfectly together and make great music), >>> I learned recently that it's not unheard of for jazz musicians to not be able to read sheet music, which of course would indicate a completely different way they must have learned music. <<< I'll say this about having a lot of "musical knowledge"...in general I'd say it makes the bad stuff worse and the good stuff better. >>> So, you must really like the popular jpop stuff then, right? (SuperDry ducks!)
Originally Posted By Mr X Some of the old school jazz guys, sure. But it's also a little different with jazz, usually you just have a "lead sheet" which indicates the basic melody and when the changes and solos should take place...but it's a lot less detailed than regular "classical" music with every detail written out (obviously...since jazz is about improv...there's no point in writing down "exact notes"). So, I'd say that some jazz guys don't read that well but most can probably read down a lead sheet pretty easily (or else they have a very large repitoire memorized!). You know who was a poor sheet music reader, believe it or not? George Gershwin. Also Buddy Rich from what I've heard (strict drummers don't really "need" to read music too well though, only complex rhythms). JPop...don't get me started!
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 X, I just tried to send you an email, but I'm not sure I have your address right. Would you send me one, please? mark_erichson@[the same hot provider you have listed]
Originally Posted By chickendumpling This sounds just amazing!!!! Thanks so much for sharing the details with us. Very, very cool. And I loved hearing about Lisann22's experiences and others. Great thread.
