Thursday, August 1, 2013

January 2013

January 1, 2013 Tuesday

We close our eyes and the world has turned around again 
We close our eyes and dream and another year has come and gone 
We close our eyes and the world has turned around again 
We close our eyes and dream ... 
                           Oingo Boingo  (DE)


And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day
                     U2

Goodbye 2012.  Not a good year for us!

January 13, 2013

Keane last played in San Diego in September 2005.  They were touring in support of their first album Hopes and Fears.  Now over 7 years later they are returning.  We went up to Los Angeles last June to see them because they never came down. Got tickets for the show early at the House of Blues.  The concert sold out and was packed.

First up was Youngblood Hawke, a band based in Los Angeles.

http://www.youngbloodhawke.com/#!All

We come running
We come running
We come running
We come running

Under a pale blue sky
You never felt so cold
Another sleepless night
How could you ever let go
How do you recognize
The dirty face of gold
Behind that crooked line
Where you never knew you'd go

Headed for the open door
Tell me what you're waiting for
Look across the great divide
Soon they're gunna hear
The sound, the sound, the sound
When we come running
Never go where we belong
Echoes in the dead of dawn
Soon they're gunna know
The sound, the sound, the sound
When we come running
                           Youngblood Hawke

They were good and liked that Alice got to play a drum.  Bridget thought the male lead singer, Sam Martin danced weird.  Just looked like a white boy dancing to me.






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2FCTtDdhwY

Official video swimming with sharks.
http://vimeo.com/53678956




They were good and got some airplay on the radio and VH1 this spring

So when the sun is coming up and you go
And there's still so many things you don't know
Don't you look back, I've no doubt that I
Will see you on the road

When the world's laying you low
Why don't you let me carry your load?
When things get bad you know you have a friend
All along the road
All along the road
                  Keane

Keane is made up of singer Tom Chaplin, keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley, drummer Richard Hughes, and bassist Jesse Quin. Keane released Strangeland (Cherrytree/Interscope) in May and the album entered the U.K. charts at number one, marking their fifth consecutive number one album, a record only topped by The Beatles.

Keane's set list.  It was still the Strangeland tour so similar songs as June 2012.  Classics mixed with new songs.
You Are Young 
Bend and Break 
On the Road 
We Might as Well Be Strangers 
Nothing in My Way 
The Lovers Are Losing 
Silenced by the Night 
Everybody's Changing 
She Has No Time 
Neon River 
Spiralling 
A Bad Dream 
Hamburg Song 
My Shadow 
Disconnected 
Is It Any Wonder? 
This Is the Last Time 
Somewhere Only We Know 
Bedshaped 
Encore:
Sea Fog 
Sovereign Light CafĂ© 
Crystal Ball

Of all the things that you don't know
You've got time to realize you're shielded by the hands of love
Cause you are young
You've got time, you've got to try
To bring some good into this world
Cause you are young
Cause you are young
                     Keane


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoCRfr6A9Z8

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2013/jan/18/concert-keane-sing-alongs-house-blues/


It was a total songfest with the crowd singing along all night.  Everyone went home very happy and Keane promised to come back to San Diego because of the fantastic reception they received.  Phenomenal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vR-hFZ4Qzc

Listen to the crowd sing all through the song but take over the chorus at about the 2 minute mark.

Four days after we saw them we also watched this concert live.  If you are interested there is a link to watch the full concert from Austin great video and sound.

Keane to Perform “Stageside Live” Webcast Concert 1/17/13
STAGESIDE LIVE from Austin aims to bring global music fans access to some of the industry’s biggest stars and rising talent performing live from the world-famous Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater in Austin, TX. Fans can watch STAGESIDE LIVE webcasts live.

It is 1 hour 49 minutes.  Sometimes I put it on at work and just listen to the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImzuSU5kw1g


I, I always thought that I knew
I'd always have the right to
Be living in the kingdom of the good and true
And so on, but now I think I was wrong
And you were laughing along
And now I look a fool for thinking you were on, my side

Is it any wonder I'm tired?
Is it any wonder that I feel uptight?
Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?

Sometimes
It's hard to know where I stand
It's hard to know where I am
Well maybe it's a puzzle I don't understand
But sometimes
I get the feeling that I'm
Stranded in the wrong time
Where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme, a sound bite
                                                 Keane







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