Aimee Mann
Unsurprisingly[1], I am a big fan of Aimee Mann, and the girlfriend and I had a chance to see her live on the 14th of July.
She was a little rigid at the beginning, and didn't have the same stage presence as Suzanne Vega, but eventually she warmed up and it was fantastic. There was a lot of material from her new album (which I hadn't heard), but also a lot of her better known stuff. Once she'd gotten into her stride, she was very entertaining and also quite funny at times. Upon receiving an audience request for the song 'Susan', she first tried to ignore it until it became overwhelming, and then confessed that she didn't think she'd remember it.
Nonetheless, game little soldier that she was, she attempted it (and forgot the words at one point), much to the delight of the crowd. In another song, she fluffed a chord and then said 'Hey, give me a break - it needs four fingers for that one!'.
All of that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and bought her live DVD on the way out. Aimee Mann is one of the few artists who still release music on an independent label, so I can buy her stuff without having to worry about funding the RIAA monster. Good news all around!
[1] I've been told that I have a lesbian's taste in music.
She was a little rigid at the beginning, and didn't have the same stage presence as Suzanne Vega, but eventually she warmed up and it was fantastic. There was a lot of material from her new album (which I hadn't heard), but also a lot of her better known stuff. Once she'd gotten into her stride, she was very entertaining and also quite funny at times. Upon receiving an audience request for the song 'Susan', she first tried to ignore it until it became overwhelming, and then confessed that she didn't think she'd remember it.
Nonetheless, game little soldier that she was, she attempted it (and forgot the words at one point), much to the delight of the crowd. In another song, she fluffed a chord and then said 'Hey, give me a break - it needs four fingers for that one!'.
All of that aside, I thoroughly enjoyed the show and bought her live DVD on the way out. Aimee Mann is one of the few artists who still release music on an independent label, so I can buy her stuff without having to worry about funding the RIAA monster. Good news all around!
[1] I've been told that I have a lesbian's taste in music.
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