I just got my dvd/cd/mini poster and picture book today. I'm listening to the cd right now and I can't wait till Sept 17th. Washington DC will be rocking that night for sure.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
I just got my dvd/cd/mini poster and picture book today. I'm listening to the cd right now and I can't wait till Sept 17th. Washington DC will be rocking that night for sure.
Peace
My 3rd time listening to the song "Younger Than Today" very nice.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Really fucking good album. That's what you should call music....it's at his best.
Lifeline is all the money worth and even if it would have cost 3 times more it would have been worth.
The roots of rock melted with a hole lot of emotions....pefect.
Beavis : Is this Pearl Jam?
Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
Anyway, a quick question for those who've seen Ben live...do you know if they have the same camera policy as Pearl Jam (or a similar one)?
Probably depends on the venue. At the show i attended, there was a guy standing a few feet away from me in he front row, and Harper came down from the stage, leaned over the barricade, and posed for a photo with the guy. Safe to say the band is camera friendly.
"When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
The DVD is live session done in a studio in Washington. It contains the same exact songs than the CD.
And IMHO Ben is always much better live than on a studio album.
You should've been at the shows on the 1996 US tour. It was INCREDIBLE!
Seeing BHIC in New Orleans @ Voodoo Music Festival this October. Can't wait!
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Yes, this was the first time that I had seen him- open for PJ in Lauderdale- damn good show.
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1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest 2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1 2022: Nashville 2023: Ft. Worth II
I love all of Ben's stuff, but I'm loving the latest more than I ever have with any of his other albums. Paris Sunrise #7 and Lifeline in particular, I could listen to all day long and still appreciate their beauty. The first time I heard Paris Sunrise #7, I just had to close my eyes and drink it in. Pure heaven. And THEN I watched the XM DVD and my jaw just dropped watching him play it. I had no idea how complicated it actually was; it sounded very simple when I first heard it. But yeah, definitely worth the money if you're into this kind of music.
2003: Toronto
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle 2016: Toronto 1 & 2 2022: Hamilton/Toronto 2023: EV Seattle 1&2
Just saw BHIC and man what a show at the intimate Warner Theatre in DC. He played about 6 songs from LIFELINE and my favorites "Fight Outta You" and "Younger Than Today".
He was funny cracking it up with the crowd the highlights..."Use Me" by Bill Withers and "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan. Lowlights..F...ing security staff didn't want us to stand up and dance until he played The great rendition of "Use Me".
Overall a great show ran into the percussionist Leon Mobley before the show who said hi to us and shook my hand. Man, he has some strong hands. Then after the 1st 3 songs BH wanted to see the crowd, lights went up and he points out people from all then points out me with because of my peace sign t-shirt and again at the end of the show.
Totally awesome and we did end up dancing are asses off, the overwhelming mass couldn't be stopped by security.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Just saw BHIC and man what a show at the intimate Warner Theatre in DC. He played about 6 songs from LIFELINE and my favorites "Fight Outta You" and "Younger Than Today".
He was funny cracking it up with the crowd the highlights..."Use Me" by Bill Withers and "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan. Lowlights..F...ing security staff didn't want us to stand up and dance until he played The great rendition of "Use Me".
Overall a great show ran into the percussionist Leon Mobley before the show who said hi to us and shook my hand. Man, he has some strong hands. Then after the 1st 3 songs BH wanted to see the crowd, lights went up and he points out people from all then points out me with because of my peace sign t-shirt and again at the end of the show.
Totally awesome and we did end up dancing are asses off, the overwhelming mass couldn't be stopped by security.
Peace
That's a great review, thanks! I am going to see my first Ben Harper show this November in Seattle.
That's a great review, thanks! I am going to see my first Ben Harper show this November in Seattle.
It was a really great show and here's another version of Masters Of War which was much closer to the version he played tonight only more, much more intense.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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Im sure he's disappointed sometimes - Like when he catches his kids drinking out of the milk carton or something.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
My 3rd time listening to the song "Younger Than Today" very nice.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7xZsOsVSQQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7PGKnNyH18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy-O_ZdaOYE
Really fucking good album. That's what you should call music....it's at his best.
Lifeline is all the money worth and even if it would have cost 3 times more it would have been worth.
The roots of rock melted with a hole lot of emotions....pefect.
Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
About the milk. Disappointed, no. Violently Angry? You Betcha!
"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"
"What's your name?"
"FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
Probably depends on the venue. At the show i attended, there was a guy standing a few feet away from me in he front row, and Harper came down from the stage, leaned over the barricade, and posed for a photo with the guy. Safe to say the band is camera friendly.
The DVD is live session done in a studio in Washington. It contains the same exact songs than the CD.
And IMHO Ben is always much better live than on a studio album.
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
1996: Ft Lauderdale
1998: Birmingham
2000: Charlotte, Tampa
2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
2004: Kissimmee
2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
2010: MSG2
2012: Music Midtown
2014: Memphis
2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
2022: Nashville
2023: Ft. Worth II
2005: Kitchener/Hamilton/Toronto
2006: Toronto 1 & 2
2008: Hartford/EV Toronto 1 & 2
2009: Toronto/Philadelphia 3 & 4
2010: Buffalo
2011: Montreal/Toronto 1 & 2/Hamilton
2013: London/Buffalo/Vancouver/Seattle
2016: Toronto 1 & 2
2022: Hamilton/Toronto
2023: EV Seattle 1&2
He was funny cracking it up with the crowd the highlights..."Use Me" by Bill Withers and "Masters Of War" by Bob Dylan. Lowlights..F...ing security staff didn't want us to stand up and dance until he played The great rendition of "Use Me".
Overall a great show ran into the percussionist Leon Mobley before the show who said hi to us and shook my hand. Man, he has some strong hands. Then after the 1st 3 songs BH wanted to see the crowd, lights went up and he points out people from all then points out me with because of my peace sign t-shirt and again at the end of the show.
Totally awesome and we did end up dancing are asses off, the overwhelming mass couldn't be stopped by security.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Fight Outta You, In the Colors, Fool for a Lonesome Train, Say You Will, Put It on Me
All killer tunes!!!
It was a really great show and here's another version of Masters Of War which was much closer to the version he played tonight only more, much more intense.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)