02.06.2010 Do Make Say Think / Charles Spearin's Happiness Project / Years
The opener for this night was Years, which in Ohad's words is a previous incarnation of Do Make Say Think. I actually thought they were really good, as they were for the most part a stripped down version of Do Make Say Think. The first couple of songs were either Ohad solo or Ohad and someone else doing accompaniment. The solo songs were mostly Ohad with a guitar and looper. Ohad dedicated one of the solo songs to his daughter, as it was her guitar she was using. The last couple of songs were pretty much Do Make Say Think, the whole ensemble.
Charles Spearin's Happiness Project followed. It was self described by Charles as a science experiment exploring the idea of happiness and putting music to it. Basically what he did was record interviews with his neighbours. Afterwards he would play them back with instruments. So if you recall in the "Peanuts" cartoons when the kids would talk to the adults you'd have a saxophone playing instead of the voice. Well same sort of thing but you'd hear the voice as well. The most interesting interview was from a girl who was deaf for all her life up until a few years ago. I don't think I'd pay to see a headlining set, but as a opener it was fairly entertaining. Obviously with a project like this, some things worked, others, not so much.
Since this was an early show, it seems like Do Make Say Think put an extra emphasis on giving the near sold out crowd as much bang for their buck before curfew. They played the entire Do, Make, Say, Think in it's entirety, though not in order. I think the saxophonist from the Happiness project was a new addition because I don't remember her from last time. Highlight of the night was definitely "The Universe!" which had both the band and the crowd rocking out. Throughout the set, Justin kept apologizing for the shortened set because of the curfew, though I didn't think it was that short, maybe short for a DMST set. They still managed to squeeze in about 90 min set. The funniest part of the show was when Justin exclaimed "We're going for gold! Bitches!". At the end of the day, I suppose if you like Do Make Say Think, then I guess this was a pretty good show.
$20/14
Charles Spearin's Happiness Project followed. It was self described by Charles as a science experiment exploring the idea of happiness and putting music to it. Basically what he did was record interviews with his neighbours. Afterwards he would play them back with instruments. So if you recall in the "Peanuts" cartoons when the kids would talk to the adults you'd have a saxophone playing instead of the voice. Well same sort of thing but you'd hear the voice as well. The most interesting interview was from a girl who was deaf for all her life up until a few years ago. I don't think I'd pay to see a headlining set, but as a opener it was fairly entertaining. Obviously with a project like this, some things worked, others, not so much.
Since this was an early show, it seems like Do Make Say Think put an extra emphasis on giving the near sold out crowd as much bang for their buck before curfew. They played the entire Do, Make, Say, Think in it's entirety, though not in order. I think the saxophonist from the Happiness project was a new addition because I don't remember her from last time. Highlight of the night was definitely "The Universe!" which had both the band and the crowd rocking out. Throughout the set, Justin kept apologizing for the shortened set because of the curfew, though I didn't think it was that short, maybe short for a DMST set. They still managed to squeeze in about 90 min set. The funniest part of the show was when Justin exclaimed "We're going for gold! Bitches!". At the end of the day, I suppose if you like Do Make Say Think, then I guess this was a pretty good show.
$20/14
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