Watching Sean Lennon two nights ago at the Bowery Ballroom was... surreal I guess I would have to call it. It was like watching something that was and is at the same time. It felt almost invasive to be there and watch Sean sing to a crowd of his friends and his mom sitting in the balcony.
The opening act of the night, Jim Noir, cancelled just a few nights before the show due to problems at the Canadian border unfortunately. After his insanely catchy World Cup song worked it's way through my psyche earlier in the year, I was anxious to see him at last. The replacement openers were fine but not exciting enough to hold their name in my memory.
At a little past 10pm, Sean Lennon humbly took the stage and began one of the most beautiful sets I have seen in a long time. Playing songs mostly from the new Friendly Fire, he had me hooked on an album I hadn't even heard before after only a few songs. It is a rare musician who can do that. The songs are painfully beautiful and sing of the heartache of love and loss, 'Dead Meet' and 'Parachute' are tracks that particularly stand out.
For anybody contemplating seeing Sean in the near future (the only date he has for 2007 is December 22nd in London so far) I encourage you to go. His live show is gorgeous, he has the ability to bring the audience right there onstage with him in a way that I have seen few artists do.
I had a whole bunch of other little bits of commentary and observation lined up for this post (like the guy who should have been punched in the head for throwing a metal statue at Yuka Honda) but I think I'll leave it by saying that this was one of the best shows I have seen all year long.
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