| 11/23/02 | Ryan Adams | Reported Set List: | Previous |
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| Manchester, UK | Oh My Sweet Carolina | ||
| Tomorrow | |||
| Prison Letter (a/k/a Oh, Charles) | |||
| To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) | |||
| Damn, Sam (I Love A Woman That Rains) | |||
| SYLVIA PLATH | |||
| Call Me On Your Way Back Home | |||
| Bartering Lines | |||
| My Winding Wheel | |||
| La Cienega Just Smiled | |||
| Like A Virgin (partial) | |||
| Last Nite (partial) | |||
| Dear Chicago | |||
| You Will Always Be The Same | |||
| Sweetest Decline (on piano) | |||
| Brown Sugar | |||
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Encore: |
When The Stars Go Blue | ||
| The Rescue Blues | |||
| Firecracker | |||
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| Fan Review: | |||
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Well before Ryan appeared support Jesse Malin turned in a much stronger performance than at the London show, maybe it was because it was more of a rock'n'roll venue, it was definitely a more rock'n'roll audience, but Jesse went for it and got a good response from the lively crowd. He did a signing after his set so I stood in line to talk to him, soon as I got to him he spotted my Paul Westerberg T shirt, said he loved the Replacements and his song 'Riding On The Subway' was inspired by the Replacements classic 'Skyway', so he signed a flyer for me, when I looked at what he wrote it was 'Here Comes a Regular - Jesse Malin', I loved that! Jesse had done such a good job of warming up the audience that when the Ramones Blitzkreig Bop came on as Ryan's introduction everyone joined in with the chants of 'Hey Ho Lets Go'! Now that didn't happen at the Royal Festival Hall! Ryan started with Sweet Lil Gal, and was clearly afflicted with sniffles of some sort, tissues were flung from the crowd to help him out, needless to say this didn't stop the endless flow of the Marlboros. Both in this show and the London show, Ryan has been mumbling between songs 'Why am I doing this? What the fuck am I doing here?' etc. and at one point he said 'If this tour has told me something, it's that I should stop', all this negativity however doesn't translate into the performances of the songs though which are clearer, more powerful and focused than ever. The strings were a little better mixed in with Ryan's guitar here, not as dominant as they were in London, and few little effects like echoes on certain vocals have crept in (the word 'train' in the line 'waiting on a train' in 'Winding Wheel' for example). Tonight we were treated to the unreleased 'Prison Letter', although Ryan introduced the song by saying he didn't like it, it was a stunning rendition. The other standout was Beth Orton's 'Sweetest Decline' done solo on piano, with the repeated line 'Like catching snow on your tongue' which Ryan recently declared was a line he wished he'd written. This was the most talkative Ive seen Ryan in a while, we were treated to whole diatribes on Star Wars, how it would be if directed by Quentin Tarantino, and starred Joe Pesci and Tony Soprano, (for the encore Ryan actually came out with a toy light sabre!). He also joked that would be on for the lunch time session at The Comedy Hut, flipping burgers between sets. He then talked us through some of the nightmare venues he had been booked into on this tour, including a church and a city hall. During these long rambles there was one heckler who shouted 'Get On With It!' a little too much and annoyed both the audience around him and Ryan, who just showed a little edge in his voice when after about the fifth heckle Ryan said 'Wow that guy has a really loud voice', we didn't hear the heckler again. This was another show where there was no 'Summer of 69' or equivalent shout, (sorry Mr. Fulks). 'Like a Virgin' and 'Last Nite' were played for laughs rather than seriously, partly to confirm what extra guitarist Chief had said that they were in fact the same song! Below is the set list, no 'Come Pick Me Up' or surprisingly, considering it was in Manchester, 'Wonderwall'. Patrick |
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