Awwww yeah, that was an awesome show. I don't know the names of all the songs (bad fan, I know; but I did recognize all but one), so I can't do the setlist. But I can tell you they did every song I wanted to hear, including Wake Up. Yay!
My favorite part of the show was the end of the main set, when they slammed into Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) and then segued into Rebellion (Lies). Then the encore was My Body Is a Cage and a full-band non-audience involving Wake Up.
So, so good!
The after-show benefit shindig was really weird, with these bizarro acts. One involved a Moby lookalike playing strange sounding songs on a guitar while three women did weird interpretive dance behind him ... and ended with them all jumping around on stage doing jumping jacks and screaming their fool heads off. Oh, and at one point the three women put empty plastic bread bags on their hands and shook them around. Um. Yeah.
We did get one free drink with price of admission, and the only option was a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Hey, if it was good enough for my grandpa, it was good enough for me.
But the good news is that my $15 party ticket was well spent, for I got to talk to Win, Regine and Marika. I was in right spot to be able to see them all as they came in, and said "Hey, great show" to Regine and one of the other members whose name I didn't know.
Then they came out of their little room and stood right by me, so I got to say the same to Win and tell him how pleased I was that they played Wake Up. He was very pleasant to talk to. I would have talked more, but I couldn't think of anything else to say and didn't want to monopolize him from all the little indie hipster kids hanging around.
I approached Regine with some inane comment about her singing. She was very nice, but seemed a little shy. Then I struck up a conversation with Marika, who was a lot easier to talk to, and we had a nice conversation about the Pacific Northwest.
Win told me he hoped they'd play Seattle in the fall, so I'll keep my fingers crossed. And gosh, that Win Butler is tall.
Ahhh, good times. I love a good concert.