FRIENDS AND ALIBI’SBattle Of The Bands 5 - First Heat
Sunday, 1st May 2011 - The Roxy Theatre, Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
As the lights fade around the venue, the stage lights suddenly move into action and the announcer’s voice comes over the Soundsystem, “Ladies And Gentlemen, please welcome for your pleasure tonight, Friends And Alibi’s.” The band walk out onto the stage and lead singer Matthew Fallon steps up to the microphone located at the centre of the stage, “Hey, How’s everyone doing tonight” the crowd cheers as the band begin setting up behind him, “We’re called Friends And Alibi’s, here we go.”
The lead guitarist Adam Romano steps forward and begins the intro to the bands song as Matthew leans on his shoulder, as the drums, bass and keyboards begin playing Matthew moves to the edge of the stage with the microphone in his hand and begins singing the first line of the song, Some Kinda Wonderful.
“You Left Me Lying In The Bed
We Once Made Together
I Wake Up Alone Once More
And I Just Can’t See Things Getting Better
I Fear Nothing Will Ever Change
And Your Beauty Is To Blame
Your Smell Is On The Sheets
And I Dream Of When Our Hands Meet
Once More.”A brief instrumental break begins as Matthew starts playing his guitar, providing a short solo before the band continue playing the song, as the drums start beating regularly in time with the bass the vocals begin again as Matthew starts singing.
“I’m Here, For You
I Didn’t Mean To Lose You
I’m Lonely, I’m Lonely
To Be Back In Your Arms
Is Where I Long To Be.”As the music continue’s playing Matthew continue’s to sing as he steps down from the stage and reaches out to high five some of the front row, he makes his way back onstage just as the band are close to the chorus.
“When You Return To Me
Is When I See, My Life Turning Around Again
I’ll Sing Once More
To You My Friend
You Are …
Some Kinda Wonderful To Me
Some Kinda Wonderful To Me
You Came Back Home To Me
Some Kinda Wonderful To Me.”The song continue’s with an extended Keyboard solo and Matthew walks back and forth across the stage along with lead guitarist Adam Romano. The song comes to an end with the drummer Joel Scott playing the song out. Matthew hands his guitar over to a tech at the side of the stage and is handed an acoustic guitar in place of it, he steps up to the microphone to introduce the next song.
“This is called, Make You Feel My Love.” as he announces the name of the song, the crowd cheer at the recent favourite as Matthew sits on a stool at the centre of the stage and begins to play his acoustic guitar and begins to sing the opening line of the song with a slightly softer bluesy tone.
“When The Rain Is Blowin In Your Face
And The Whole World Is On Your Case
I Could Offer You A Warm Embrace
To Make You Feel My Love
When The Evening Shadows And The Stars Appear
And There’s No One There To Dry Your Tears
I Could Hold You For A Million Years
To Make You Feel My Love.”As the music begins to increase in both volume and pace Matthew stands from his stool and stops playing his guitar, he then encourages the crowd to sing along with him as he moves to the very edge of the stage and holds out his microphone close enough for himself to be heard but also close enough for the crowd to be heard.
“I Know You Haven’t Made Your Mind Up Yet
But I Would Never Do You Wrong
I’ve Known It From The Moment That We Met
No Doubt In My Mind Where You Belong
I’d Go Hungry, I’d Go Black And Blue
I’d Go Crawling Down The Avenue
No There’s Nothing That I Wouldn’t Do
To Make You Feel My Love.”Matthew then sits back down onto the stool and pushes his microphone back into the stand, he begins playing an extremely quick acoustic solo before returning back to where he left the song, he waves his arm back and forth encouraging the crowd to do so and begins singing the final verse.
“Though Storms Are Raging On The Rolling Sea
And On The Highway Of Regrets
Though Winds Of Change Are Throwing Wild And Free
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Like Me Yet (Shouts)
“I Could Make You Happy Make Your Dreams Come True
Nothing That I Wouldn’t Do
Go To The Ends Of The Earth For You
To Make You Feel My Love.”As the song finishes the crowd begin frantically applauding and cheering for the band, Matthew stands and he joins the rest of the band as they all raise one hand in the air to acknowledge the crowd’s support. Matthew sit’s back down with his acoustic guitar and introduces the next song, “This next song is called Fields Of Gold.” The band begin to adjust their instruments slightly and then they begin playing the intro to the song as Matthew begins to sing in a similar soft bluesy tone as the previous song.
“You’ll Remember Me When The West Wind Moves
Upon The Fields Of Barley
You’ll Forget The Sun In His Jealous Sky
As We Walk In Fields Of Gold
So She Took Her Love For To Gaze Awhile
Upon The Fields Of Barley
In His Arms She Fell As Her Hair Came Down
Among The Fields Of Gold.”A very brief break in the song gives Matthew the chance to encourage the crowd to join in again, “If you know the words, please sing along, this is our cathedral right now. So begin to pray.” he then continue’s to play his acoustic guitar and continue’s to sing the song.
“Will You Stay With Me, Will You Be My Love
Among The Fields Of Barley
We’ll Forget The Sun In His Jealous Sky
As We Lie In Fields Of Gold
See The West Wind Move Like A Lover So
Upon The Fields Of Barley
Feel Her Body Rise When You Kiss Her Mouth
Among The Fields Of Gold
I Never Made Promises Lightly
And There Have Been Some That I’ve Broken
But I Swear In The Days Still Left
We’ll Walk In Fields Of Gold
We’ll Walk In Fields Of Gold.”He starts to play his acoustic guitar pretty rapidly, picking up the pace of the song for the final verse. And as the next line comes close he stops playing the guitar and steps from his stool holding the microphone and singing.
“Many Years Have Passed Since Those Summer Days
Among The Fields Of Barley
See The Children Run As The Sun Goes Down
Among The Fields Of Gold
You’ll Remember Me When The West Wind Moves
Upon The Fields Of Barley
You Can Tell The Sun In His Jealous Sky
When We Walked In Fields Of Gold
When We Walked In Fields Of Gold.”Matthew steps up from the stool and the crowd cheers and applauds the band, he hands his acoustic guitar to the sound tech and walks back to the centre of the stage as the rest of the band join him, Matthew takes the microphone, “Thank you guys for an incredible evening, you’ve been amazing.” The band then take a quick bow and leave the stage with the crowd continuing to cheer and applaud.
Setlist
Some Kinda Wonderful
Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan Cover)
Fields Of Gold (Sting Cover) 