Hey, everyone...
My sister and I just returned from lilith fair here in vancouver
(July 8th, 1999) which was the first show on the tour which is
apperently the last lilith for awhile. Other than getting a nasty
sunburn I had a pretty awesome time - I've seen better LILITH's,
but this one had it's moments... first of all, here are the setlists
for the bands I knew the songs of then I'll get into the details...
SARAH MCLACHLAN:
Possesion
Black & White
Hold On
Adia
I will remember You
Ice Cream
Building A Mystery
Sweet Surrender
Fumbling Towards Ecstacy
-encore-
Angel
SHERYL CROW:
A Change
My Favorite Mistake
Anything But Down
Every day is a winding road
Am I getting through (parts one and two)
If it Makes you Happy
The Difficult Kind
Sweet Child O mine
There Goes the Neighborhood
DEBORAH COX:
Sentimental
Who do you Love
Where do we go from Here
Things just ain't the Same
September
It's over now
Nobody's Supposed to be here
BIF NAKED:
Lucky
Anything
I need you (?)
My Daddy's Getting Married
Moment of Weakness
Spaceman
Chotee
It was a beautiful Day for an all day concert - very hot and
sunny, but there was a breeze and all so it was cool... we started
off by watching SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER on the
second stage... they played 4 songs - the lead singer is very short
and cute. The second song they played was their big hit KISS ME
(which is played on the radio WAY too much - but it was still
quite fun). They also did a cover of THERE SHE GOES by "the
la's" which is a song I know vaguely, but it was well done.
After sixpence was BETH ORTON. a very tall lady in a bright red
cowboy hat. She did a nice set of about 6 songs, but her music
was all simalar, and she sang it all loudly with a heavy british accent -
I honestly don't think she was a very good singer, but she played
the guitar quite well. She had a big band with her too. We were
right up front for these two bands, and we wanted to stay there and
wait for BIF NAKED (the main reason we had come to lilith) but we
wanted to see LUSCIOUS JACKSON first so we left our spot and
headed over to the main stage.
LUSCIOUS JACKSON seemed very cool, but I am not at all familiar
with their music. They played their new single LADYFINGERS which
was fun, and they also played NAKED EYE the one song I know. I
liked them cause they were a little different - the 4 females in the band
played all the live instruments - guitar's, bass, drums - they sort of
rotated between them, and the lead singer also played some guitars
and bass. They also had a guy on synthesizers, and a DJ spinning.
We left halfway through them to go back to second stage to get
up close for BIF.
We were suprised to realize that we would NOT be able to get up
front for bif cause second stage was packed! there were a LOT of
bif naked fans there, it was quite suprising. For those of you who
don't know, bif is quite hardcore, and I was suprised to see her on
the lilith second stage. I expected her to come out and tear into a
really loud fast song like moment of weakness... but instead she
came on just with her guitarist and said "I'm gonna sing you a
love song" and she started with her recent hit single "lucky".
This was weird cause it was the only slow song she did in her set
and it was first, but she pulled it off cause the audiance went
absolutely wild!!! Bif was very loud and she has an amazing voice
and an awesome stage presence! Her ranting in between songs was
quite humerous cause she'd put on funny voice or try to talk like
she was rapping or something. it was cool! After the first song the
band came in and they were LOUD! She had a small but effective
band! One drummer, one guitarist, and one bass player - every
other band there at lilith today had at least 6 people in it...
this was refreshing to see a small band. And bif just rocked for
an hour and a half. She was BY FAR the hilight of the day! There
was a mosh pit for her (something I've never seen at lilith before)
and people started crowd surfing durring "Spaceman". The hilight
of her set was "moment of weakness" this song is just so infectious
and fun and it had everyone bouncing and singing along. It reminds
me a little of no doubt, but that's ok it was great. She chose a
wicked song to close with too - "chotee" this was the first song
that really got me into her music and it kicked ass. I screamed so
much durring her set that I lost my voice, and my stomach hurt,
so I was quite calm for the next few acts. Back at the main stage
and MYA was next. She came out to the beat of a HUGE band with
about 8 members (guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion -
plus 4 dancers - 2 male and 2 female) and she started with "Ghetto
Superstar". I really didn't care for her music, and I honestly
thought she had a bad voice. She is only 19 though, and I have
to admit she put on a really fun show! Despite the music, she
herself was very entertaining! She did some really cool dancing,
including a segment where they brought in a platform with pickups
on it and she tap danced to the beat of her drummer playing the
bongos. It was very cool! At the end of her set she played "Take
Me There" and she brought out about 15 kids from the audiance and
danced with them on stage which I found very cool of her. After
quite a LONG wait DEBORAH COX came out. I was not really looking
forward to her, cause I'm not into R&B, but I tell you - she was
INCREDIBLE! She came out with two dancers/backupsingers, and she
was wearing all white - tight tight white plastic pants, and a
tight white tank top, along with a white neckpiece, she looked
gorgeous! She started out with three older singles of hers
(Sentimental, Who do you Love, and Where do we go from Here)
which really got the audiance going. I noticed that she has a very
dynamic voice, and she is a great live performer! She is also
extremely sweet on stage! She was so nice in between songs, talking
to the audiance, waving and blowing kisses, and smiling the whole
way through. She seemed very down to earth. Before each song she
would introduce it and tell a small story about it (I appreciated
this cause I was able to write down a setlist) at one point she
asked how we enjoyed the artists we'd seen so far, and then went
on to say how excited she was to hear SHERYL CROW and SARAH
MCLACHLAN cause they were her favorites! I don't belive it, but
it was sweet. Her band was slightly smaller than Mya's, but much
better. They really jammed a lot of the songs. The hilight of her
set was her closing song which she introduced as "the longest
running #1 R&B single ever!" and played "nobody's supposed to be
here" which worked well as a last song. She did the jazzy slow
original version NOT the remix, and it was fantastic! She really
got wailing at the end and it sent shivers down my spine! She
waved and left stage, then returned again (while the band was
still doing their big finish) and sang a bit more improv. It was
superb. She was a great performer, and I was very suprised that
I enjoyed her so much. She did an awesome job.
At 7:45 SHERYL CROW came out. This was the biggest dissapointment
of the day. For months I have been listening to the new album and
getting ready and I was SO excited about seeing Sheryl Crow perform!
Well, she was good, but she did only hit singles (other than two
songs) and played for only 40 minutes. I didn't find her setlist
very effective either. She came out wearing black pants and a
black tank top and opened with A CHANGE - a good song, but she
could have done something a little darker for an opening song -
oh well.... I really was hoping to hear "I Shall Belive" (I thought
she did this at every show) and "Crash and Burn" and other ones
from the new album, as well as some from her older album - but
instead we heard a mess of hit singles. I was really dissapointed.
Her singing was good, but the songs stayed very much the way they
are on the albums. She also didn't have good interplay with the
audiance. She just kind of swore at us and stuff in between songs
"Hair grows back for fucks sake!" she yelled when she was talking
about her new (hideous) haircut. The hilight of her set was
"There goes the neighborhood" which was not a good closer (it was
too upbeat and too hit singleish) but it was well performed
nonetheless, and a very fun song. Oh yes, and one final note -
I'm sorry but I just have to include this - she has the UGLIEST
guitar player I have ever seen. I have never seen a man so ugly
in my entire life. God was he ugly. My sister and I tried not to
look at him he was so ugly. To make a long story short we got up
as close as we could (about 4 people away from the stage - pretty
damn close, but we were squished and uncomfortable) to see Sarah.
Ok... my one complaint and this is to the AUDIANCE. There is
NOTHING more annoying than when an audiance is singing along SO
loud that all you can hear is them. It just spoils the show! This
always happens durring sarah mclachlan at lilith, and it really
ruins her set. I want to hear her sing, not the whining 15 year
old girls behind me. It kind of sucks having the show end at
10:00, because it was still bright outside when sarah played. It
just started to get dark as her set was nearing the end - this
depleated some of the lighting effects. My other complaint about
sarah is that she always does the songs EXACTLY the same every
time she does them live. She has nice arrangments that are
different from the album, but every time I hear angel live it's
the same. Every time I hear possesion live it's the same ect ect
ect. I wish she would spice things up a bit. I get bored quickly -
this is why I'm such a big Tori Amos fan, cause she is never the
same in concert. Oh I first must say, the three songs I REALLY
REALLY wanted to hear were: I will remember you (I don't know
why, I just like this one lately!) Hold on (I love this ever since
I heard the one on MIRRORBALL) and FEAR. She came out in the most
INTERESTING get-up, but it was really fun! Blue sequenced pants,
a white tank top, and a big brown COWBOY hat which she kept on
through the entire show! I was SO SUPRISED! I thought it was
actually a very cool move! She opened with "Posession" which was
so weird cause I'm used to it as a climactic piece, but it was
cool at the very beginning! and I knew we had a different last
song for her main set, and that made me wonder! After that she
started talking, and I must say she was very cheerful and nice up
on stage. Usually when I see her in vancouver it is the last
lilith and she gets so sappy, but she was really good this time
around! After this she sat at the piano and started "Black & White"
solo. Then the band came in and she stood and sang it. It was
very good, I sort of expected her to play this one. Next she
started "Hold On" and I went wild cause one of my wishes was
answered! This was awesome! I love the way she sings this live.
It's a comprimise between the original, and the solo piano one on
freedom sessions. It was really nice! It was weird as a third song
too, cause she opened with it at lilith 97. Adia was next - very
nice. THEN she did "I will remember you" and I was so happy to
hear it! It was beautiful! She DIDN'T play piano on this! She
played guitar - I was suprised. Either way, it sounded just as
good. After this they went into "Ice Cream" WITH the band (every
time I've seen her do this before it's just her and her husband) -
but it still sounded the same. Building a Mystery and Sweet Surrender
followed - nothing too special. THEN came the hilight of the night!
She did "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" under the mirrorball. It was
incredible. The loud drums add so much to this live, and I was
really happy to hear it cause I've never seen her do it before.
She came out for a very predictable encore of Angel which was nice,
but the audiance seemed more interested in the bouncers kicking
someone out for pointing a laser pen than they did for sarah.
They finished the whole show off after this by inviting all the
artists on stage for a big huge jam of "Put A Little Love in Your
Heart". A nice closing, but it doesn't beat '97 when they did
"big yellow taxi"
Overall, an awesome show, a fun day, but not as good as lilith '97
or lilith '98. Hilight of the day was BIF NAKED. What an awesome
performer she is. But overall this lilith seemed to be lacking a
bit. what was missing? in two simple words: PAULA COLE.
matt
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