The Decemberists @ Hollywood Palladium 5/19/09
Andrew Youssef
When the Decemberists (and Shara Worden) played "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" on Leno, it felt a bit fragmented. There was no such problem last night in Hollywood when the band launched their A Short Fazed Hovel Tour. Over the course of the 2-hour set, they tackled Hazards Of Love in its entirety and performed a slew of other songs from their oeuvre ("A lot of dead people songs," Colin Meloy quipped). They did Hazards without taking a break or addressing the crowd, maximizing the collection's rock-to-orchestral transitions. The group was joined by Shara Worden and Becky Stark, who both sang their respective Hazards parts. After a 20-minute intermission, they hit an additional nine songs, culminating in "I Was Meant For The Stage," which found the band sprawled all over the... stage. Take a look at Andrew Youssef's photos and pretend you were there, singing along to "Sons And Daughters."
Posted at 3:23 PM by brandon in Concert, Photo
Tags: Becky Stark | Lavender Diamond | My Brightest Diamond | The Decemberists
Any word on a complete second-half set list? Sounds like they're at least bringing the heavy stuff.
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The second half was:
Los Angeles, I'm Yours
July July
Eli the Barrow Boy
We Both Go Down Together
If I Could Only Win Your Love (Emmylou Harris cover where Becky Stark also sang on vocals)
Yankee Bayonnet (with Shara Worden also on vocals)
Dracula's Daughter
O Valencia
Sons and Daughters
----Encore Break-----
Raincoat Song
I Was Meant For The Stage
Score = 3
Can't wait to see them in Columbus.
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me too! June 1, baby!!!
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Same here. I'm still holding out for a Mariner's Revenge revival.
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I saw them at Brandeis University last month and they closed out the show with Mariner's Revenge (the overall set was actually pretty nice, essentially a greatest hits collection). I think they just want to take a general break from it so it doesn't get too old. Could Mariner's ever get old? Of course not, but that's the only possible reason why they aren't playing it three times a day.
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Great show! Hazards of love was perfect live except for hazards of love (revenge!) because of the vocals but that was expected. I really wanted to hear the mariner's revenge song but I was meant for the stage was a cool track. Overall, awesome show! Worth the drive from Vegas to Hollywood.
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I'm a long-time Decemberists' fan, but "Hazards" is an even bigger disaster than "Skeletal Lamping." I certainly would take my sweet time getting to their show if I were to see them on this tour (about 58:36 from their announced set time--give or take).
Score = -3
wow. SO wrong. you need to go see this live. i just saw them at sasquatch and it was amazing.
you get becky stark and shara worden in on their feature songs and its just fucking fantastic. on of my favorites of the weekend.
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Awesome "Shankill Butchers" cover by Sarah Jarosz:
http://www.imeem.com/sarahjarosz/music/px2kL08q/sarah-jarosz-shankill-butchers/
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Oh, this band sounds cool!
it´s always fun to discover new music!
Here in Sweden there is a new guy that all of you in America should be aware of. His name is Erik Hassle, feel free to look him up!
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