(Poster by Len)
Last Wednesday (April 2nd), Jonathan Coulton played a concert in Philadelphia for the very first time. Or perhaps I should say that he played a concert in Philadelphia proper for the very first time. He was joined once again by Paul and Storm for a show at the World Cafe Live. This a larger venue than the last few times I saw him. Jen hooked me up with a ticket (her ticket--she couldn't make it--thanks Jen!) at a table near the front and center with some friends Caroline, Arthur, Jeanne, Kathy that was absolutely fantastic. This may be the best show I've been to yet. Unlike past shows where I brought props related to JoCo songs, I decided to honor Paul and Storm at this show: I brought panties (you'll have to check out the video to see what I'm talking about.)
Speaking of Paul and Storm, they played (with full cathedral echo) their very fun song Nun Fight. I'm sorry that I wasn't recording at the time.
But I was able to get some footage of the concert. Below is the playlist of the songs I recorded. It's not the complete set they played, but it's a decent chunk of it.
- Opening Band Watch the panties fly.
- Nugget Man An homage to a great inventor indeed.
- IDEAL jingle If you're not a 30+er from the Philly area, you won't get this one.
- The Future Soon Hey popular girls! Remember to treat the nerds nicely or this is what they'll do to you.
- I'm Your Moon Love song to Pluto from its moon Charon.
- Flickr This is the first time I've heard this song with the proper accompanying video. It's AOK!
- Code Monkey Needs no introduction.
- Soft Rocked By Me Jonathan sings about what it's like to be a total pussy.
- Creepy Doll Paul and Storm really rock on the back up during this song.
- I Feel Fantastic The song is fantastic.
- Mr. Fancy Pants Watch a grown man have fun with a $1000+ toy.
- Dance Soterios Johnson, Dance (partial) Unfortunately, due to my camera running out of memory and an emergency refill, I was only able to get the last verse. Luckily (for JoCo), what was lost was mostly screw-ups since this song was a special request that he hadn't rehearsed or played in like forever. Still, I felt that the performance was important enough that it needed to be posted anyway.
- Still Alive I added some "TRON" FX to this song written for the video game Portal. JoCo couldn't help laughing during the song because most of the audience members were holding up their cell phones (lit up). I guess cell phones are the "lighters" of the twenty first century.
- Skullcrusher Mountain What's with all the screaming?
- Re: Your Brains Even someone like me who couldn't sing to save his life can be a zombie for this audience sing-along.
- First Of May The JoCo classic about the coming of Spring (adult themes).
- Sweet Caroline Since I recorded this from the audience, I must apologize for the loud, off-key singing from the crowd. Oh wait, that was me ...
(Note to self: sign up for singing lessons)
Here's the video (total playing time 58:52) Enjoy!
UPDATE: The Voice of Free Planet X has a podcast with some highlights from the show as well as interviews.
UPDATE #2: The three panties from our table have made it to The Gallery Of Thrown Panties.
2 comments:
Hey Javier it was great that you could come. Next time JoCo is in town perhaps jen can make it too and we can all make a night of it!
Caroline
Hey! That's me and my friends at that table! (I'm the guy on the right that shows up when eating.) The bald guy is Steve, my wife is the redhead, our friend Jen is the blonde, and the guy wearing a hat next to Steve is Jason.
But you turned off the camera and didn't record me getting my Tastykake!
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