BECK AT CAINS BALLROOM
Unbelievable. Beck brought the party.
Picture 2 big screens left & right of the stage. Back/center stage, a 5-foot tall replica of the stage with puppets- one for each member of the band, dressed exactly like the actual band member. A few cameras shooting the puppets playing the instruments & performing the actual song that is being played live. The "puppet show" is projected onto the 2 video screens. How cool & original is that?
Not to mention that it was one of the most energetic, bombastic, rock/funktified concerts I have ever attended. Oh, & the honorary band member was the best. A nerdy-looking guy with slacks, shirt & tie & glasses. (Actually, he kinda looked like Jared Hess) All he did the whole time was dance- except for a few instances where he sat down & played on a little drum kit on the front of the stage, pretended to play the banjo, or strutted around with a gigantic boombox.
Then, when the band walked offstage before the encore, they showed a video of the puppet "band" taking a tour of Tulsa including the Golden Driller, The Pie Hole & the Praying Hands (where they sang a high-energy version of "Livin' On A Prayer"). Then the tour ended back at Cains & backstage where they looked at all the signatures on the wall - finding Beck's from his last visit there in '96. Then as the crowd was chanting for an encore, they (the puppets) came back onstage & performed "New Pollution" (it sounded just directly off "Odelay"). Then, just as you thought the only encore would only be performed by the puppets, tha band came out & performed crazy, incredible versions of "Where It's At" & "E-Pro".
Unbelievable.
I tried to take some pictures, mostly of the puppets on the video screens, but they didn't turn out too well because we weren't close enough. Maybe I'll post them later anyways.
-Jonny-
*UPDATE- Here's some halfway-decent photos from the show:
Unbelievable. Beck brought the party.
Picture 2 big screens left & right of the stage. Back/center stage, a 5-foot tall replica of the stage with puppets- one for each member of the band, dressed exactly like the actual band member. A few cameras shooting the puppets playing the instruments & performing the actual song that is being played live. The "puppet show" is projected onto the 2 video screens. How cool & original is that?
Not to mention that it was one of the most energetic, bombastic, rock/funktified concerts I have ever attended. Oh, & the honorary band member was the best. A nerdy-looking guy with slacks, shirt & tie & glasses. (Actually, he kinda looked like Jared Hess) All he did the whole time was dance- except for a few instances where he sat down & played on a little drum kit on the front of the stage, pretended to play the banjo, or strutted around with a gigantic boombox.
Then, when the band walked offstage before the encore, they showed a video of the puppet "band" taking a tour of Tulsa including the Golden Driller, The Pie Hole & the Praying Hands (where they sang a high-energy version of "Livin' On A Prayer"). Then the tour ended back at Cains & backstage where they looked at all the signatures on the wall - finding Beck's from his last visit there in '96. Then as the crowd was chanting for an encore, they (the puppets) came back onstage & performed "New Pollution" (it sounded just directly off "Odelay"). Then, just as you thought the only encore would only be performed by the puppets, tha band came out & performed crazy, incredible versions of "Where It's At" & "E-Pro".
Unbelievable.
I tried to take some pictures, mostly of the puppets on the video screens, but they didn't turn out too well because we weren't close enough. Maybe I'll post them later anyways.
-Jonny-
*UPDATE- Here's some halfway-decent photos from the show:
posted by Angelene and Jonny at 2:47 PM
1 Comments:
Bombastic and funktified are two of my favorite words, Jonny. Sounds like a great time!
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