[Dreamboat] Niagara Falls Show

[Susan]

Well said Grant.  I felt the same way.  Don't get me wrong,
 I was so happy to see Heart after 12 yrs. of not seeing them!
But I was very disappointed that they didn't sing more "Heart" songs,
esp. more from their self titled album in 85', Bad Animals and Brigade.
Not even one song from Brigade.  So, I felt it was more like a cover band
and a greatest hits in the 70's concert as well.  This is just my opinion.
But they sounded great.  Ann was awesome, as usual.

Not even "What About Love?:(    Ok, I'm done.  lol

Susan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grant Burgess" <grantburgess2001 at yahoo.ca>
To: <dreamboat at monger.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:08 AM
Subject: [Dreamboat] Niagara Falls Show


> Hi!
> This would be my first post to the list and it may
> spark a little bit of debate.
>
> The Niagara Falls Set:
> Rock and Roll
> Love Alive
> Kick It Out
> Straight On
> Bebe Le Strange
> These Dreams
> Alone
> Lost Angel
> Even It Up
> Magic Man
> Barracuda
> Crazy On You
> Black Dog
> Misty Mountain Hop
> The Battle Of Evermore
>
> Overall the band played and sounded very well and it
> was the fist time I saw them since 1993.
>
> I kind of have some mixed feelings on the set list.
> First of all the eleven Heart songs that were played
> we almost like a greatest hits album and that's fair
> since these songs are pretty much favorites and when
> you chosse to do a show in a casino enviornment, many
> of the people attending the show are not long term
> fans as there are a lot of people getting tickets
> through casino packages.
>
> I would question whether or not it was a good idea to
> play four Led zeppelin songs or more direct one-half
> of Led zeppelin's fourth album. I am also coming from
> a pro-Led Zeppelin bias as I have organized serveral
> Led Zeppelin conventions in Canada and USA, and in the
> past published a Led Zeppelin fanzine as well.
>
> Here's my reason of questioning this: The show was 60
> minutes in length with a 20 minute encore. The Led
> Zeppelin material was the encore and the first song of
> the official set. Heart only played 55 minutes of
> their material. On the Alive in Seattle DVD they did 2
> or 3 Led Zeppelin songs in a 2 hour show and that's
> fine.. I just felt that if you are doing a short set
> under 90 minutes, devoting 30 percent of the show to
> Led Zeppelin might dissapoint some of the long term
> fans such as people who would joing a mailing list
> like this.
>
> Just for a little bit of fun, I spoke with the lady
> who did the merchandising work for the band and I told
> her I had organized Led Zeppelin shows. I jokingly
> said to her that if the learned a few more Led
> zeppelin numbers, maybe the could play my next Led
> Zeppelin convention.
>
> I've heard they may come to Canada to play Casino Rama
> in August from a couple of sources and I will try to
> go to that show as well. I had no criticisms on their
> ability to perform.
>
> By the way the shows I've seen Heart play or Toronto
> 1980 opening for the Who, Toronto 87, Hamilton 88,
> Toronto and Hamilton 1990, Toronto and Detroit 1993.
>
> Take care
> Grant
>
>
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