Racheldiva
05-08-2006, 05:15 PM
What a night I have had!
Thank you so much to Janis for a fabulous gig.
Here’s the set list:
From Me To You
When I Lay Down
Danger Danger
Crocodile Song
Love is Blind
Society’s Child
Old English Folk Song (the new one)
Great Divide
Fly Too High
I Hear You Sing Again
Then..
Tea And Sympathy
Here Comes The Night
My Autobiography
The Last Train
All Those Promises
At 17
Between The Lines
Joy (encore)
So, the lights went down and there was expectant hush in the audience. We heard some guitar playing. Then Janis appears dressed in pale colours with that lovely white hair – iridescent! The sound was just beautiful - the sound guy knew what he was doing obviously and the guitar and equipment must be top of the range.
It was an emotional night generally, I would say. I don’t know if Janis’ gigs generally are so moving? This is my first. I’ve watched DVDs, but I think to be there is out of this world. There was a respectful silence throughout the gig which is very rare. I don’t think there was such a hush in an audience during any show I’ve ever seen. After I Hear You Sing Again there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Janis set the scene beautifully with the story of her Mother. There were several people in the interval dabbing tears!
There were funny moments too, where Janis did some funny poses for those with cameras and for her Disco hit (Fly Too High) the lighting man did some funny flashing lights on stage which made everyone laugh. Of course there were big laughs for My Autobiography too.
After the show I queued to speak to Janis which was a nerve wracking experience as I get star struck generally anyway. But Janis put me at my ease and we measured hands and believe it or not I lost the bet. Janis does have smaller hands than me, but only just. It was a first for me as I’ve never met an adult with smaller hands than me. I hope you can see by the picture that I will attempt to attach to a message. There is also a nice smiley one of us both too.
My regret is that I forgot to bring my copy of Between The Lines which is my favourite Janis album for her to sign. Oh well, I did remember FITNB.
She fell in love with my partner’s T-Shirt. It has a Samurai warrior brandishing a guitar in place of a sword and is very cool. We are going to get one and send it to her soon. She traded me a special Janis Ian thumb pick for it which I was very pleased with.
I think that’s it, if I think of anything else I’ll post soon.
Thanks again Janis, it was a brilliant night! I will always remember it.
Thank you so much to Janis for a fabulous gig.
Here’s the set list:
From Me To You
When I Lay Down
Danger Danger
Crocodile Song
Love is Blind
Society’s Child
Old English Folk Song (the new one)
Great Divide
Fly Too High
I Hear You Sing Again
Then..
Tea And Sympathy
Here Comes The Night
My Autobiography
The Last Train
All Those Promises
At 17
Between The Lines
Joy (encore)
So, the lights went down and there was expectant hush in the audience. We heard some guitar playing. Then Janis appears dressed in pale colours with that lovely white hair – iridescent! The sound was just beautiful - the sound guy knew what he was doing obviously and the guitar and equipment must be top of the range.
It was an emotional night generally, I would say. I don’t know if Janis’ gigs generally are so moving? This is my first. I’ve watched DVDs, but I think to be there is out of this world. There was a respectful silence throughout the gig which is very rare. I don’t think there was such a hush in an audience during any show I’ve ever seen. After I Hear You Sing Again there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Janis set the scene beautifully with the story of her Mother. There were several people in the interval dabbing tears!
There were funny moments too, where Janis did some funny poses for those with cameras and for her Disco hit (Fly Too High) the lighting man did some funny flashing lights on stage which made everyone laugh. Of course there were big laughs for My Autobiography too.
After the show I queued to speak to Janis which was a nerve wracking experience as I get star struck generally anyway. But Janis put me at my ease and we measured hands and believe it or not I lost the bet. Janis does have smaller hands than me, but only just. It was a first for me as I’ve never met an adult with smaller hands than me. I hope you can see by the picture that I will attempt to attach to a message. There is also a nice smiley one of us both too.
My regret is that I forgot to bring my copy of Between The Lines which is my favourite Janis album for her to sign. Oh well, I did remember FITNB.
She fell in love with my partner’s T-Shirt. It has a Samurai warrior brandishing a guitar in place of a sword and is very cool. We are going to get one and send it to her soon. She traded me a special Janis Ian thumb pick for it which I was very pleased with.
I think that’s it, if I think of anything else I’ll post soon.
Thanks again Janis, it was a brilliant night! I will always remember it.