Thoman Dolby! Yay!

[przed]

We just had our first baby-free night out together (courtesy of our lovely friends, N and J who did fab babysitting duty) and used it to go and see Thomas Dolby. Yes, that Thomas Dolby, the She Blinded Me With Science dude. And man, it was a fabulous concert.

It didn't hurt that he opened with Airwaves, my all-time favourite song off The Golden Age of Wireless, which makes it a very special song indeed. (Wireless was one of the first albums I bought with the money from my very first part-time job in high school and it holds a special place in my heart.) It was just Dolby and his equipment and a totally jumped up audience, and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He then did a number of other songs (including a cool, stripped down One of Our Submarines) by himself, before bringing out a horns section. Specifically, the Jazz Mafia Horns. More specifically still, three members of the JMH. The concert without them was great. With them it went to a whole new level. They did a lot of numbers from Aliens Ate My Buick that were tailor-made for a horn sound, Hot Sauce and The Keys to Your Ferrarri, and the sound just took your head off. Even the finale, with a jazzed up Blinded Me With Science and the audience doing enthusiastic imitations of Magnus Pike's "Science!" was a revelation with the horns.

So now we've picked up Rosalind and put her to bed and I really have to put myself to bed before I crash.

Comments

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

He, sounds like you had one hell of a good time. Glad you enjoyed it so much.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was brilliant, not least because the Sweetie and I actually got to go TOGETHER!

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

Holy Cats! Sounds like a great concert. Wish I coulda been there to hear it.

[przed.livejournal.com]

It was indeed great. (Did I mention I was about 5 feet from the stage?) Wish you coulda been there too.

BTW, did you get my email about the stoopid hotel yesterday? There is stoopidity to be straightened out.

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

Got it. Have been trying to figure out which credit card got charged (have eliminated 2 suspects) so I can give them evidence when I call. More later.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Well, they say that my card is the only one that they see being charged to the room. But then since it took me twenty minutes to get the chick to whom I was talking to understand what the problem was, there is a sizable chance that she is, whaddaycallit, wrong.

[catalenamara.livejournal.com]

What fun! I'm glad you got to go to this concert.

[przed.livejournal.com]

Me too! It was a very cool experience.

So Jealous!

[sooguy.livejournal.com]

I am using my DOLBY icon for this special occasion.

I knew I would regret not bending time and space to be there this week.

I totally know what you mean about "hair on the back of my neck stand up" moment. I had that when I saw David Byrne play several years ago at the Phoenix and he played "Once in a Lifetime".

I am thankful I got to see Dolby in 1989 or whatever year he blew through Toronto promoting "Aliens Ate My Buick". I hope I get see him play live again one of these days.

I am glad Rosalind went along with the plans. Can't wait to hear more about the concert.

Re: So Jealous!

[przed.livejournal.com]

Cool icon.

I never got to see Dolby back in the day, so I'm glad I made the effort to see him now. I really loved the show. (Don will disagree about Airwaves being a "hair standing up" moment, though. His hatred of ballads is showing. *g*)

I'm sure you'll hear all about it on Sunday.