Comments on: Concert Review – Sufjan Stevens, Lees Palace, Oct 2 http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/10/02/concert-review-sufjan-stevens-lees-palace-oct-2/ We are a collective of individuals bringing you the latest in concert reviews, indie, britpop, Canadian, twee and all sorts of other music, movies, tv and everything else you like. Follow the manual to live a pleasant and fulfilling life. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Concert Review: Sufjan Stevens, Oct 13, Massey Hall | The Panic Manual http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/10/02/concert-review-sufjan-stevens-lees-palace-oct-2/comment-page-1/#comment-37357 Concert Review: Sufjan Stevens, Oct 13, Massey Hall | The Panic Manual Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:46:49 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2931#comment-37357 [...] Hall concert was decidedly different from his last visit to Toronto just over a year ago (review here). That was an informal affair at Lee’s Palace, with Sufjan wearing some kind of toque and [...] [...] Hall concert was decidedly different from his last visit to Toronto just over a year ago (review here). That was an informal affair at Lee’s Palace, with Sufjan wearing some kind of toque and [...]

]]> By: Matt & Kim tour again! | The Panic Manual http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/10/02/concert-review-sufjan-stevens-lees-palace-oct-2/comment-page-1/#comment-36219 Matt & Kim tour again! | The Panic Manual Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:15:26 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2931#comment-36219 [...] to hear that they are coming again. I had missed their October show last year because I was at Sufjan Steven’s show. What I failed to realize is that Matt & Kim are pretty big now – they are [...] [...] to hear that they are coming again. I had missed their October show last year because I was at Sufjan Steven’s show. What I failed to realize is that Matt & Kim are pretty big now – they are [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/10/02/concert-review-sufjan-stevens-lees-palace-oct-2/comment-page-1/#comment-32846 Mark Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:08:54 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2931#comment-32846 Yeah, that was definitely a great show. I enjoyed the fact that they did a really good job with the sound mixing and volume. The volume was perfect which is such a rarity for live rock shows, and the actual mixing was great. You could hear everything well. And that was done without Sufjan's regular sound guy, who got held up at the border (for some, ahem, reason?) and they had to rely on the local sound guy. The females in the crowd (and probably many males?) were definitely coo'ing over Sufjan the entire show. The banter was funny: Some guy in crowd: "What was the name of that last song?" Sufjan: "Delighted people" Some guy in crowd: "What's it about?" Sufjan: "I don't know" I also wondered how Sufjan could possibly keep all those lyrics in his head. His songs have complex lyrics and don't follow the standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus formula. It was charming when he was singing a new song and had to look to Nedelle because he forgot his own lyrics. Yeah, that was definitely a great show. I enjoyed the fact that they did a really good job with the sound mixing and volume. The volume was perfect which is such a rarity for live rock shows, and the actual mixing was great. You could hear everything well. And that was done without Sufjan’s regular sound guy, who got held up at the border (for some, ahem, reason?) and they had to rely on the local sound guy.

The females in the crowd (and probably many males?) were definitely coo’ing over Sufjan the entire show.

The banter was funny:
Some guy in crowd: “What was the name of that last song?”
Sufjan: “Delighted people”
Some guy in crowd: “What’s it about?”
Sufjan: “I don’t know”

I also wondered how Sufjan could possibly keep all those lyrics in his head. His songs have complex lyrics and don’t follow the standard verse-chorus-verse-chorus formula. It was charming when he was singing a new song and had to look to Nedelle because he forgot his own lyrics.

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