2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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Freezing slow time, away from the world
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01 - At Transformation
02 - Grace, Too
03 - In View
04 - Man Machine Poem
05 - Ahead By A Century
06 - Courage
07 - Streets Ahead
08 - Eldorado
09 - Poets
10 - Thugs
11 - We Want To Be It
12 - Fully Completely
13 - So Hard Done By
14 - New Orleans Is Sinking
15 - Bobcaygeon
16 - Nautical Disaster
17 - Fire In The Hole

18 - Wheat Kings
19 - At The Hundredth Meridian
20 - Springtime in Vienna
21 - Fiddler's Green
22 - My Music At Work
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Re: 2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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Great show tonight. Much better than seattle last night. Better crowd, better venue, better band. "Wait up, Washington!"

Transformation
Grace
In view
Man machine
Abac
Courage
Streets
Eldorado
poets
Thugs
Drip drip drip
Fully
So hard done by*
New Orleans is sinking*
Bobc*
Nautical 
Fire in the hole
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Wheat kings
100th meridian
Springtime in Vienna
Fiddler's
Music @ work*

*with Steve Berlin
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the crowd really did suck in seattle. so damn sedate. my wife and I were the only ones getting off on every song.....oh well.

glad portland was better for you....missed Fire In The Hole by a night....shucks...i hope i nail it in Kamploops.
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restlesssoul wrote:the crowd really did suck in seattle. so damn sedate. my wife and I were the only ones getting off on every song.....oh well.

glad portland was better for you....missed Fire In The Hole by a night....shucks...i hope i nail it in Kamploops.

So how was the show? I really wanted to do the Spokane/Seattle/Portland swing this year, but unfortunately it didn't work out due to a lack of vacation time, and an expired passport. So I have no choice but to live vicariously through the rest of you.
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Re: 2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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sullivand wrote:
So hard done by*
New Orleans is sinking*
Bobc*
Music @ work*

*with Steve Berlin
Very cool! Did anybody capture any of these? I'm assuming Steve broke out the sax for NOIS and So Hard Done By?
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direwolf74 wrote:
restlesssoul wrote:the crowd really did suck in seattle. so damn sedate. my wife and I were the only ones getting off on every song.....oh well.

glad portland was better for you....missed Fire In The Hole by a night....shucks...i hope i nail it in Kamploops.

So how was the show? I really wanted to do the Spokane/Seattle/Portland swing this year, but unfortunately it didn't work out due to a lack of vacation time, and an expired passport. So I have no choice but to live vicariously through the rest of you.
Seattle was pretty disappointing from the set list to lack of crowd enthusiasm. Seattleites are too cool to care. In contrast, Portland was a very solid effort. Great references from Gord about the 2009 Portland show and recent legalization of weed in WA. Rob seemed to be enjoying the legalization in particular. So Hard Done By, Thugs, and Fiddler's were the highlights.
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direwolf74 wrote:
sullivand wrote:
So hard done by*
New Orleans is sinking*
Bobc*
Music @ work*

*with Steve Berlin
Very cool! Did anybody capture any of these? I'm assuming Steve broke out the sax for NOIS and So Hard Done By?
Too busy enjoying Steve's work to shoot video. Yes, traditional sax on NOIS and Hard. He played some wacky electronic sax on Bobc. Very, very, good!
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No video, but here's a phone photo showing the band with Berlin. Got a little tight up there on the Wonder's small stage.

Didn't spot a taping rig in either Seattle or Portland. Hoping I just didn't look around enough, but not optimistic that a recording will surface.

Random highlights from Portland:

-- Downie ending "Fire in the Hole" by repeating "weird .... weird .... weird" -- like he usually does with "work .... work ... work" at the end of Music @ Work. An ode to "Keep Portland weird."
-- Rob failing to open his eyes for the entire show.
-- a couple of personal firsts: Eldorado and Fiddlers (along with Inch an Hour the previous night in Seattle)
-- "Welcome to Burma. We're conducting a social experiment tonight. And you passed!" -- Downie addressing the stifling heat.
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Lots of DFN love in this setlist. I like that.
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Re: 2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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This was probably the best Hip concert I've attended, out of 9. I was worried when In View started, but was blown away by the end of the show. Even Music @ Work, which I'm normally bored by, was fantastic with Berlin. Highlights for me were Fire in the Hole, So Hard Done By, Thugs, and Fully Completely. Berlin was playing a baritone sax for all songs except Bobcaygeon where he was using an electric soprano sax. He had a solo at the end of Bobcaygeon but I missed most of it because Gord was simultaneously ranting about a couple in the second row who were fighting like children.

Surprised there were only four songs from the new album, which seems low for a support tour. No complaints though, perfect show, perfect venue.
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Re: 2012-12-08 - Portland, Oregon

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Here's NOIS with Berlin (not my video, just found on youtube). Berlin's solo starts at 2:05 and is cut off by Gord for some reason at 2:30
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I love all of Berlin's work with the Hip, but he really shines on So Hard Done By. That song is made for mad sax. I haven't found a video of the Portland show. Anybody got one?
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