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| "In this beautiful life there's always some sorrow..." And that sorrow was the knowledge that Ordinary Day signaled the end of the regular set. Could I hope for at least two encores? Maybe even three? After all, this was New York Cty, a place well-loved by the band and vice versa. Fingers crossed, I settled back to enjoy my very first GBS song heard way back in 1997 in Cape Breton. I only took one photo because I was trying to get a little video of the song for my class. They love the song and I'm currently teaching 10 of them to play it on guitar. The guitars were provided to us by an organization trying to keep music in the schools, called Little Kids Rock. We lost our music teacher 4 years ago and my program is it for music in the school. Maybe by the time the b'ys come back to Philly, we can have it down and invite them to hear it. Hey, it could happen! They always play this song like they mean it. I think it embodies the pervasive spirit of those who live in Newfoundland. Spread the love, lads! It was no Ordinary Day, however - Great Big Sea was in NYC! |
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| Yes, I felt like screaming. I took a surprising number of photos during this song. Probably because I wanted to concentrate on something else. Please take what I say as my opinion only. I heard others in attendance cheering over that song. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. |
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| After a very short period of chanting "Great Big Sea," the b'ys sauntered out, Alan first carrying an electric guitar. I figured it would be Straight To Hell for the next song, but oh boy, was I wrong! hey opened the encore with a song least likely to be thought of as a GBS song - something called Oh Yeah! I am pretty sure Alan wrote it, but Karen insists it's very much like another song she's heard. It was a hard rock song, sung with a very growly voice by Alan. Honest-to-God, it sounded like something in the vein of Metallica to me. Bob appeared very nervous playing the song, but that could have been because it's fairly new to him, not because any tomatoes were being thrown. There weren't any tomatoes, of course, but if I were the tomato-throwing type, there would have been. I didn't enjoy the song at all. I hated listening to my sons' favorite heavy metal bands and punk bands when they were growing up. I can't stand that type of music. If it is on the new album, I am sure to be skipping it every time. I'll be calling Oh Yeah, Oh No! Sorry, Bob. You warned me about it I think and I didn't get what you said 'till now. But at least I like three of the four new songs I've heard from the new album. |