[Pic from mid-90's]
I hope Chris is still sleeping off last night's show, because he fucking earned it. I'd be sleeping too if I didn't have to be at work--obviously not working very hard ;o)
I was at his Minneapolis show in April, which was amazing. This was amazing as well, maybe moreso because he performed at least two hours in incredible heat and humidity. Couldn't convince him to take his shirt off, though--something to do with his 43rd birthday coming up on Friday? (The rest of the band weren't so shy.) He was soaked through and through.
Very different set list from Mnpls, which was nice. He played a few songs for the first time ever, he said, such as "Wave Goodbye" and others I could remember if I weren't so damn tired. I loved finally hearing "Say Hello to Heaven" live. Drummer Jason had a relative in the crowd, so it was a very drum-centric performance which, as a shitty drummer, I really appreciated. Impressive drum solos, and great rendition of Slaves and Bulldozers right before the encore. It was pretty difficult to hear Chris when he talked on the mic, which was frustrating. He did a pretty entertaining "Public Service Announcement" in favor of the old SG song "Full on Kevin's Mom" which someone kept flashing a sign for. It would be interesting to see if he played that somewhere, eventually.
Despite the heat and cigarette smoke, the crowd energy was great--which Chris really got off on. Us 40-somethings risked broken hips as the young 'uns occasionally broke into crowd surfing or moshing. Chris kept a close eye on things when they started to get nuts but no one seemed to get hurt. Pretty tame compared to the good old days.
Surprise of the night (besides Slaves and Bulldozers) was the opening act, Juliette and the Licks. Apparently I wasn't the only one who didn't realize that Juliette is Juliette Lewis. Some know her as an actress (she was great in Kalifornia) but all I could think of was "She fucked Brad Pitt!" It was kind of distracting. Great show, and I hope for everyone's sake that they have central air at the Chicago venue tonight. The heat did take a toll on Chris, and he went low on a couple of parts, but he still blew us all away.
Thanks, Chris!
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