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 Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:38 am Post subject: Phoenix Newspaper Review of LMO Reunion Concert |
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This is a SPOILER ALERT!!!!
For all those who intend to go to the concert, this in NOT for you!!
However, for those like me who won't be in the area of any of the
"Lead Me On" Reunion concert stops, then this one's for you! :-)
Risky show pays off for Amy Grant
The Arizona Republic
By Randy Cordova
The concept of Amy Grant’s new show is a risky one. Essentially, she
is recreating her 1988 Lead Me On tour, down to regrouping the
original band and sticking to the original arrangements. It also means
skipping material that she has created in the past two decades,
including such crowd-pleasing favorites as “Baby Baby” and “Takes a
Little Time.”
“I don’t know if this is a hideous idea,” Grant confessed during the
opening night of the tour at the Celebrity Theatre on Thursday. But
if the point was to rekindle some memories and to leave the crowd
feeling energized and uplifted, she achieved all she set out to do.
Grant joked about the nostalgic nature of the evening. “I’m going to
be 48 next month,” she announced. “What am I doing?” And while the
show did proudly revel in the trappings of the era, with arena-rock
guitars, pounding drum solos and even some dreaded audience
participation, it also felt remarkably vital.
Much of that was due to the power of Grant’s music. The best of her
early material is timeless, including the stirring “El Shaddai” and
“Sing Your Praise to the Lord,” a classic written by the late Rich
Mullins. The songs from the Lead Me On album are often darker, but
equally effective. The self-penned “Shadows” addresses the subject of
temptation, while Janis Ian’s “What About the Love” is stark and
chilling in Grant’s hands. There’s a reason the disc was named the No.
1 Christian-music album of all time by industry publication CCM
Magazine; the material is mostly wonderful.
The arrangements were pretty much unchanged from the original tour.
“Shadows” boasted a hypnotic keyboard hook that lodges in your brain
permanently. The gospel rocker “All Right” featured some screaming
guitar work from Jerry McPherson and Chris Rodriguez; the latter looks
like he hasn’t aged a day in 20 years.
In recent years, Grant has mellowed into a folksy performer who songs
have an almost Lilith Fair quality to them. However, she seemed
completely revitalized by the night’s theme, singing with a ferocious
intensity. During the reggae tinged “Everywhere I Go,” she even swayed
her hips like a teenager. “This was about as much as a Church of
Christ girl could do,” she cracked. Even better was the cautionary
“Wise Up,” which sported a bass-heavy Paisley Park vibe that was
completely infectious. Grant flubbed the lyric at one point, but who
cared? It was simply fun, and the entire crowd was on its feet.
One of Grant’s gifts is the ability to make people in a crowd feel
like they’re in an intimate, one-on-one situation with the singer.
She achieved that several times during the night, but particularly on
a lovely and understated reading of “Say Once More” that she used to
close the show. Even fans who have followed her career for decades
probably walked away feeling that they knew her a little better.
Set list
My Father’s Eyes
Love of Another Kind
Wait For the Healing
Shadows
1974
Everywhere I Go
Saved By Love
What About the Love
All Right
El Shaddai
Sing Your Praise to the Lord
All I Ever Have To Be
Lead Me On
Find a Way
Wise Up
Angels
Fight
(encore)
Stay For Awhile
What Would They Think
Say Once More
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:39 PM
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Robby Rob
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| Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:14 am Post subject: Re: Phoenix Newspaper Review of LMO Reunion Concert |
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On Oct 17, 3:38 am, "SRobin6...@aol.com" <SRobin6...@aol.com> wrote:
| Quote: | This is a SPOILER ALERT!!!!
For all those who intend to go to the concert, this in NOT for you!!
However, for those like me who won't be in the area of any of the
"Lead Me On" Reunion concert stops, then this one's for you! :-)
Risky show pays off for Amy Grant
The Arizona Republic
By Randy Cordova
The concept of Amy Grant’s new show is a risky one. Essentially, she
is recreating her 1988 Lead Me On tour, down to regrouping the
original band and sticking to the original arrangements. It also means
skipping material that she has created in the past two decades,
including such crowd-pleasing favorites as “Baby Baby” and “Takes a
Little Time.”
“I don’t know if this is a hideous idea,” Grant confessed during the
opening night of the tour at the Celebrity Theatre on Thursday. But
if the point was to rekindle some memories and to leave the crowd
feeling energized and uplifted, she achieved all she set out to do.
Grant joked about the nostalgic nature of the evening. “I’m going to
be 48 next month,” she announced. “What am I doing?” And while the
show did proudly revel in the trappings of the era, with arena-rock
guitars, pounding drum solos and even some dreaded audience
participation, it also felt remarkably vital.
Much of that was due to the power of Grant’s music. The best of her
early material is timeless, including the stirring “El Shaddai” and
“Sing Your Praise to the Lord,” a classic written by the late Rich
Mullins. The songs from the Lead Me On album are often darker, but
equally effective. The self-penned “Shadows” addresses the subject of
temptation, while Janis Ian’s “What About the Love” is stark and
chilling in Grant’s hands. There’s a reason the disc was named the No..
1 Christian-music album of all time by industry publication CCM
Magazine; the material is mostly wonderful.
The arrangements were pretty much unchanged from the original tour.
“Shadows” boasted a hypnotic keyboard hook that lodges in your brain
permanently. The gospel rocker “All Right” featured some screaming
guitar work from Jerry McPherson and Chris Rodriguez; the latter looks
like he hasn’t aged a day in 20 years.
In recent years, Grant has mellowed into a folksy performer who songs
have an almost Lilith Fair quality to them. However, she seemed
completely revitalized by the night’s theme, singing with a ferocious
intensity. During the reggae tinged “Everywhere I Go,” she even swayed
her hips like a teenager. “This was about as much as a Church of
Christ girl could do,” she cracked. Even better was the cautionary
“Wise Up,” which sported a bass-heavy Paisley Park vibe that was
completely infectious. Grant flubbed the lyric at one point, but who
cared? It was simply fun, and the entire crowd was on its feet.
One of Grant’s gifts is the ability to make people in a crowd feel
like they’re in an intimate, one-on-one situation with the singer.
She achieved that several times during the night, but particularly on
a lovely and understated reading of “Say Once More” that she used to
close the show. Even fans who have followed her career for decades
probably walked away feeling that they knew her a little better.
Set list
My Father’s Eyes
Love of Another Kind
Wait For the Healing
Shadows
1974
Everywhere I Go
Saved By Love
What About the Love
All Right
El Shaddai
Sing Your Praise to the Lord
All I Ever Have To Be
Lead Me On
Find a Way
Wise Up
Angels
Fight
(encore)
Stay For Awhile
What Would They Think
Say Once More
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:39 PM
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Topics: ENTERTAINMENT, music, concert, Amy Grant
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WOW! Absolutely amazing. I am so sad she gave up on the Chicago, IL
night. Want to see this SO bad. |
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:03 am Post subject: Re: Phoenix Newspaper Review of LMO Reunion Concert |
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<SRobin6053@aol.com> wrote in message
news:8e7321b8-e0b8-4546-8616-59f0107e0a9e@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
This is a SPOILER ALERT!!!!
For all those who intend to go to the concert, this in NOT for you!!
However, for those like me who won't be in the area of any of the
"Lead Me On" Reunion concert stops, then this one's for you! :-)
Risky show pays off for Amy Grant
The Arizona Republic
By Randy Cordova
The concept of Amy Grant’s new show is a risky one. Essentially, she
is recreating her 1988 Lead Me On tour, down to regrouping the
original band and sticking to the original arrangements. It also means
skipping material that she has created in the past two decades,
including such crowd-pleasing favorites as “Baby Baby” and “Takes a
Little Time.”
Surely this MUST be getting professionally recorded, audio AND video ???
(And.. was her former husband not a part of the original shows??)
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Covenant
A Man Who MIGHT Be Stirring It... ;' ) |
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