The songs from Friday

Julian


The Friday setlist:

Dear John - The perfect beginning of an album and a concert. The song wastes no time in establishing the album, story, and concert.

Goodbye Caroline - Sounds better live! And its a fantastic song already!

Going Through the Motions - Aimee has previously performed this on Leno and her recent Live CD. Its a great song for most artists, but not one of her best. She rocks it though.

Humpty Dumpty - From Aimee's Lost in Space CD. One of the best live moments ever. John Sands pounds the drums as Julian's guitar solos last longer than ever. Aimee said this was being recorded for a radio broadcast. Your narrator is being treated to the concert of a lifetime.

Save Me - Gorgeous. Aimee's grammy nominated song from Magnolia. Unfortunately a very average Phil Collins song beat her. It makes you realize how much of a popularity contest awards shows are instead of them being awarded objectively to the best song. Aimee jokes about Phil's songs from Tarzan 2 going straight to video. Julian plays some kind of instrument that you blow that has keys. I asked him later what it was called but, I forgot. It has a Lady and the Tramp sound to it.

Wise Up - Nothing but pure emotion from Aimee as she sings this tune from Jerry Maguire and Magnolia.

Video - back to the new album. This is one of my wife's favorites. I sure wish I could hear this performance again.

Little Bombs - This is one of my favorites from the new album. It has a bassy, Duane Eddy sounding guitar. The lyrics are so beautiful as they express the trees Aimee saw outside her Atlanta Lennox Square hotel window. She wrote it after her Atlanta concert last year that my wife and I attended. (This was such a great show and atmosphere at the Variety Playhouse. I would go to a show there as opposed to the botanical gardens that Aimee played at on Thursday.) The song has a dark side as well.

Amateur - From Whatever and used in so many films. Perfect live with Jebin playing beautiful keys and Aimee on bass.

Driving Sideways - Second bass with Aimee nothing could be better. Great harmonies here and all of the concert.

She Really Wants You - Wow Wow Wow. This and Video were my wife's favorites that Aimee performed from the new album.

Can't My Head Around It - This one grows and grows and grows. Better than the album. The crowd gasped at this version. The climax of the concert and it was a long one.

Encore

Aimee asks for requests and about 25 wadded up sheets of paper are tossed to the stage during K of J.
King of the Jailhouse - Not the best I have heard it. It was a little sloppy. I really think that the last song was a magical moment that may never be topped and that everyone knew it including the band. It is great to see Aimee at the piano, a great look for her.

Ray - Aimee says she may mess it up because she hasn't performed it in a while. It was so great to hear this live. Aimee was perfect, and the music was great. It was different than the album version because it did not have harmonies.

Deathly - The best song anyone could close with. The band jams on it as it builds and builds. I think Julian did the guitar solo from Junk on this track. It was a super concert.


Oh yeah, I left out Sugarcoated which always rocks. Thanks Aimee!