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C4AJoh wrote:May 7, 2011
Festival For JapanRIOT! IN THE BOULEVARD As the lights fade all around, the stadium turns into almost complete silence and as four pounding drum beats begin the whole band is centre stage with exception for lead singer Amy Meyer who as we noticed at the recent IMA’s likes to wait until the music begins playing before she makes her lively entrance onto the stage. As the guitars begin playing from Jason Greenberg and Justin Mullen, suddenly the stage erupts with pyrotechnics and front woman Amy Meyer comes running out from the left of the stage and makes her way to the microphone stand at the very centre of the stage.
“HOW’S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT!!!!.” she screams out to the audience, “JAPAN!!!! I WANNA HEAR YOUR GO WILD.” and with that, the stadium erupts into huge cheers and Amy begins the vocals to the bands number two hit, Sweet Little Fantasy’s
“She Wears Her Hair Down Low
She Walks The Streets Once More
She Writes Up Fairytales In Her Head
It’s Tragic, Because They Always End Up Dead.”
And as the song moves towards the chorus, Amy decides to bring the crowd into the performance by holding out the microphone stand for the crowd to sing along to the highly recognizable chorus. She screams at the top of her voice.
“She’s Got …
Sweet Little Fantasy’s
Coming Away With Me
Sweet Little Fantasy’s
Coming Away With Me
It’s All Just A Game They Play
They’ll Play It Until, Your Old And Grey
They’ll Mess With Your Head Tonight
They’ll Scream Louder, “HOLD ON TIGHT!!!”
And when the song comes towards it end, Amy adds an extra lyric which conveniently sets up the next song. She raises her arm in the air and waves it from side to side, encouraging the crowd to do the same. And she kicks into the final lyric of the song.
“It’s All Just A Game They Play
They’ll Play It Until, Your Old And Grey
They’ll Mess With Your Head Tonight
They’ll Scream Louder, “HOLD ON TIGHT!!!
We‘ll Whisper Hallelujah And Then We Start A Fight.”
Amy stops briefly and encourages the crowd to sing along with her again for a sing-along chorus of Leonard Cohen’s timeless Hallelujah. She steps as close to the edge of the stage as possible and stretches her arm out for the crowd to reach out for her hand and begins singing.
“I've Heard There Was A Secret Chord
That David Played And It Pleased The Lord
But You don't really care for music, do you?
It Goes Like This, The Fourth, The Fifth, The Minor Fall, The Major Lift
The Baffled King Composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
Your Faith Was Strong But You Needed Proof
You Saw Her Bathing On The Roof
Her Beauty And The Moonlight Overthrew You
She Tied You To A Kitchen Chair
She Broke Your Throne And She Cut Your Hair
And From Your Lips She Drew The Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.”
The crowd seem to be revelling in the song choice and sing along with every single part of the song, waving their arms and jumping up and down in unison.
The band quickly switch instruments, preferring to use the acoustic guitars for the rest of the performance and it sets up a more sombre mood onstage, Amy takes the microphone once more and introduces the next song, “This is called Mona Lisa Smile.” and they begin playing the soft acoustic song with Amy’s lively vocals being replaced with a softer side.
“She Puts Her Make-up On
Like She’s Creating Some Kinda Art
She Looks Around For Clothes
But She Just Don’t Know Where To Start
She Throws On A Skirt And An Old Yankee’s Sweater
Guys Will Fall In Love … Before They Even Met Her
She’s The Envy Of Her Peers
Because After All These Years …
There Ain’t Been No One Like Her Before”
As the song picks up pace, Amy starts walking around the stage rather quickly before jumping up and down for the sing-along chorus with the enthusiasm of a very small child.
“The Girls Wanna Be Her
The Guys Wanna See Her
If Only For A Little While
Just To See Her Mona Lisa Smile
The Girls Wanna Be Her
The Guys Wanna See Her
If Only For A Little While
Just To See Her Mona Lisa Smile”
The song ends with one final drum beat and Amy drops to her knees as the lights dim into almost total darkness, she starts breathing heavily into the microphone before shouting, “TOKYO, NAGOYA, CHIBA, HIROSHIMA, SAPPORO, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN!!!” she stops briefly before shouting, “WE FUCKING LOVE YOU!!!!.” and the band thunder their way into the next song, Assassination In A Subway Station.
“Stand Alone In The Underground
Heading Home To That Familiar Sound
Screaming And Shouting, It’s So Loud
This Is Your Life, Don’t … It … Make … You … Proud
No, No, No
No, No, No
Throwing Bottles And Empty Glasses
Fucked Up On Coke And High On Acid
As The Darkness Descends And The Doors Fling Open
Here’s To You … Kid, Here’s To Hoping.”
And the song moves onto the chorus with Amy standing on one of the stage amplifiers shouting the chorus at the top of her voice and continuing to swing her arms back and forth, again encouraging the crowd to do the same as she sings.
“It’s An Assassination On A Subway Station
Fear And Panic Across The Nation
Run Along And Don’t Look Back
As The Teardrops Hit The Track
Teardrops Hit The Track
Teardrops Hit The Track
Run Along Kid, Don’t Look Back
Teardrops Hit The Track”
As the song finishes, Amy steps up to the edge of the stage. “This has been an incredible event, I want to thank you all for coming out today and enjoy the rest of the show because right now we’ve gotta go. Don’t forget Japan, We fucking love you.” And with that the band leave the stage. Setlist
Sweet Little Fantasy’s
Hallelujah
Mona Lisa Smile
Assassination In A Subway Station Edited by user 08 May 2011 05:42:10(UTC)
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