There's nothing I really need to say more about their live prowess. I'll just jot down, however, a few notes on *new* stuff I heard from last night's show at the Warfield in San Francisco:
*Jealous of the Moon introduced as a waltz, and it works! I never thought of it that way before... And Chris commenting on waltzing with strangers or just somebody beautiful next to you was hilarious!
*Andrew Bird (the opener)'s drummer coming out to perform the climax for Helena - Wow, had to be the most dramatic part of the show! First time seeing Nickel Creek with drums for me
*Why abstain from your caffeine? Chris points out that out of the many things in life you'd like to accomplish each day, you're most likely to go through your day not accomplishing them. But your morning caffeiene? Why not! It's something totally controllable and dammit, why refrain yourself from at least getting one thing done. This was the introduction to Stumptown, their ode to the coffee in Portland (i think?)
*World class whistler Andrew Bird coming out to whistle during Sara's performance of Anthony! How awesome is that.
*Their cover of Britney Spear's Toxic - Wow... Who knew you could make a Britney Spears song sound so good. And Chris's Britney impersonation was classic!
*The Fox led into a cover of The Band's "The Weight", wow, great sing-a-long
*Cover of Radiohead's Nice Dreams with Sara singing on lead
*Cover of Hop High, My LuLu Girl
*Not just Mark clogging, but Chris as well!!! WOW, that was just a sight to be seen!
*Some Bach performed solo by Chris and his mando
*The Christmas songs during the encore was just so fun. Imagine listening to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, with audience participation! The band sings, with the audience chiming in with end-of-the-line lyrics such as "LIKE A LIGHT BULB!", "GLEE!" Priceless
*In the House of Tom Bombadil with a jam of Randy Newman's "Short People"!! SOOO appropriate and sooo fun. (Tom Bombadil from Lord of the Rings Hobbit fame)
So much more, check out Liz's blog for more!! The three friends I brought summed it up the best - They're just full of energy and LOVE TO PLAY! Yep. Exactly.
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