![]() ![]() The Live and In Person Tour continues tonight! #mellencamptour /ykhMO2元BY It’s something he’s done at previous tour stops, so it came as no surprise to those who’ve read the reviews.Ĥ0+ years in the game and still got it. The big hit from 1982 became a singalong, of course, but only after Mellencamp stopped the little ditty to give a tutorial about where to sing the verse, chorus and bridge, and how fans need to get it right. He talked about his grandma and getting old in “Longest Days,” then introduced “Jack and Diane” as a song he wrote as a young man who knew absolutely everything, or thought he did. “We don’t want you in here with your dumb-ass screaming,” he warned with a few F-bombs for emphasis.īefore “Eyes of Portland,” Mellencamp told the sad story of meeting a woman who was thankful to have some help without the burden of sex for money. Tour sponsored by so makes sense? /FOubRRMiCdĪfter a run of songs, ending with a spine-tingling “Check It Out,” Mellencamp strapped on an acoustic guitar for the start of the night’s most engaging section.īut first, a “public service announcement” from the stage that he doesn’t tolerate people who scream during the quiet parts of songs, and that those who do should exit to the lobby bar. James Dean and other classic movie clips to start concert at Orpheum Theatre #Vancouver, with commentary by JM. “We’re going to be doing some songs that you know, some songs you don’t know, some songs you can dance to, and songs you can sing along with,” he told the crowd early on. It was the first of 21 songs for Mellencamp and band, and the set list hasn’t changed much since the tour’s first show Feb. In voice-over, Mellencamp talked about how he’d lift song lyrics from his favourites, like the “lonely ol’ night” line from the movie “Hud,” starring Paul Newman.Īs a scene from “A Streetcar Named Desire” played, the screen lifted to reveal the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-r and his six-musician band playing “John Cockers.” ![]() The former Johnny Cougar loves his movies, so it makes sense that TCM (Turner Classic Movies) is a tour sponsor and why clips of some classics played as a sort of an opening act. REVIEW: #JohnMellencamp #music #concerts /92PWeyIXIR Quick clip of John Mellencamp's "Small Town" at Orpheum Theatre last night, 2nd of 2 concerts in #Vancouver where he invited adoring fans to check it out. Still, Mellencamp’s well-rehearsed current tour reveals a man who embraces his hit-filled history and has the confidence to carry on in a more refined, equally charismatic way, with some re-imagined songs that resonate. He’s also kinda grumpy these days, or maybe always has been. His voice doesn’t have the same power, and he doesn’t dance as well as in his ’80s heyday. The Indiana icon still rocks, just a little less so. He’s 71 and feeling mortal these days, judging by the tone and musical content of his second Vancouver concert in consecutive nights at Granville Street’s Orpheum Theatre on Tuesday (March 14). ![]()
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