Reply To: The Seattle Triple Door show.
Here is the continuation of my synopsis.
When Paul and Storm started, it was obvious that the sound at the Triple Door was far superior to the Portland show. They also had better lighting. There is a regular bit about bringing down the lighting (for Nun Fight, I believe) where they did nothing in Portland and that was sort of funny. In Seattle, they did this fancy star pattern background which seemed to impress P+S. They riffed back and forth with the lighting guy to much hilarity. P+S were great, even the second night in a row. Someone gave them a pirate hat that Storm wore for the “pirate song” at the end. I think they ran long because the intermission was very short. Many people were filing back from the bathroom during JoCo’s first number. Here is the first part of the set list.
The Future Soon
Ikea
Shop Vac
Mandlebrot Set
Then he called out P+S for Code Monkey. After that, he announced that there was a special guest for tonight, known as SweetAfton23! Most of the crowd (including me) went crazy yelling “Molly”. She came up all in all her adorableness with uke in hand and sang Tom Cruise Crazy with JoCo on guitar and P+S backing up. She really did a wonderful job. She asked for a show of hands of people who had no idea who she was and seemed relieved that there was a lot of people who didn’t know her. My friend got a video with her camera which we will try to get up, unless someone gets one up first.
She stayed as back up vocals and uke for a very special version of “My Monkey” with P+S and the Tenori-on. I believe it was the first time that song has been performed live (although you will correct me if I am wrong). I was especially amused because there was a very loud girl behind us in Portland that was requesting that song all night long. Sorry, Seattle got it, maybe next time. Still with Molly and P+S, JoCo went into a brief cover of Never Gonna Give You Up that morphed into Baby Got Back. JoCo forgot the words for a brief moment in the middle but it was still hilarious as usual. Then the guys left the stage and Molly performed her song, Road Trip, about the astronaut in diapers. She made one tiny mistake but the crowd totally loved her.
The guys came back out and allowed Molly to escape. They went into Tequila Sunrise, then Soft Rocked By Me, devolving into a 70’s soft rock medley. I know I didn’t jot at least one song down, but the ones I got were: Take It Easy, Hey Jude and Stairway To Heaven. There was the typical request for Freebird and JoCo countered with a threat of an hour and a half of Fodelberg, to which everyone egged him on. They went on to do Creepy Doll and I Feel Fantastic. P+S left the stage and JoCo got out the Zendrum and did Mr. Fancy Pants. (which we also have have a forthcoming video). The rest of the show was as follows:
Skullcrusher Mountain
Still Alive
You Ruined Everything
Re: Your Brains
For the encore, the guys came out to do First of May but we all started chanting for Molly. JoCo declared Seattle as “Mollytown”. She came out and did some backup on First of May. No other encore song on this show but I didn’t feel cheated at all.
Afterwards, we walked right up to JoCo drinking a beer and had him sign our posters and I also had him sign my Ipod, which is heavily loaded with his music. He was incredibly nice and just such a regular guy. We told him about the comparison between the two shows. He seemed genuinely impressed and flattered that we came to both shows and said “You can see what a difference the venue makes.” It was obvious that he really likes to play Seattle.
Anyone going tonight, I will be curious to see if Molly will be there. I’m guessing not because it is a 21+ show and I believe she has school tomorrow. I’m sure it will be a wonderful show regardless.
Whew, sorry so long. There are so many little funny details that I left out but I’m starting to get writers cramp. Can’t wait for the next one.