Concert Review of the Moment: Los Angeles - 10/30/07 & 11/2/07

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At 11/06/2007 07:07:00 PM, LAK said...

I saw the 11/02 show at the nokia. It was nothing short of profoundly moving. The acoustic set was incredible. Ambulance blues? Are you kidding me. His harmonica solo made me cry, as did "Harvest." A man needs a maid was just sublime.

As for the second set, it too was fantastic, however, NOBODY DANCED, nobody stood up except for a few brave souls at the begining of the Loner, the opener. i mean I was dancing in my seat the best I could and tried to stay standing and dancing as long as possible, but the overwhelemeing pressure to sit was too great. It was a shame. I mean sitting down for "Everybody Knows?" Come on!

And I have to say that "No Hidden Path" was unbelieveable. Amazing! I mean I had no problems smoking in the show, so that helps a little, but I found teh "No Hidden Path" to be an extraordinary jam. It was mature and moving and psychedelic. I'm a Dead Phish person so I have plenty of love for improv, and I must say Neil just crushed it. It was a sheer delight becasue there is something more mature about "No Hidden Path" than there is about DBTR and Cortez, which are the only songs I've ever heard him do for 20 min or longer. Listening takes discipline you know. But How people weren't dancing is beyond me. I guess that's what you get for seeing a show with $260 face value tix in L.A. People stood up for the encore, but tehn they sat down again! I refused. I was the lone guy dancing to "Tonight's the night." Come on people age is just in your head.

All in all, it was one of the best live music experiences of my life, as I can shake and boogie pretty well in my seat.

Sha la la, la la la la! Everybody Everybody knows!

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