The 4/14 New Pornographers Show Should Have Been Cancele

Yeah, I saw her with them at the Black Cat on the Electric Version tour. She struck me as no more than a glorifed back-up singer, like I mentioned above. If memory serves me correctly, she sang lead on maybe two songs. Maybe.

I get your point about Newman, but would you be bitching if Dahle were sick? I mean, his singing is pretty integral to one or two songs, and he sings back up on a few more. Seems to hold just as much weight, if you ask me. Of course, he's not quite as attractive, but whatever.

Originally posted by lomein:
Well in that case, why not just get another Canadian with a lisp to fill in for AC Newman and close your eyes and imagine he's there. I'm sure tickets would be a lot cheaper.
Have you seen Neko Case play with them? She has an amazing voice and blows Kathryn Calder out of the water.

The onstage banter?

Originally posted by nkotb:
I'm honestly curious: what's the big deal about having Neko there? A pretty voice? The bragging rights of seeing her on stage? I don't really get the draw.

I think that's what nailed it for me too. She sounded spot on.

Originally posted by brennser:
I'm with nkotb on this one. In fact during Bleeding Heart Show last night, I remembering thinking to myself, damn, she is totally nailing Neko's soaring vocal at the end of the song…..

Originally posted by nkotb:
Yeah, I saw her with them at the Black Cat on the Electric Version tour. She struck me as no more than a glorifed back-up singer, like I mentioned above. If memory serves me correctly, she sang lead on maybe two songs. Maybe.

I get your point about Newman, but would you be bitching if Dahle were sick? I mean, his singing is pretty integral to one or two songs, and he sings back up on a few more. Seems to hold just as much weight, if you ask me. Of course, he's not quite as attractive, but whatever.

When I saw them last fall she sang lead vocals on a lot more than 1 or 2 songs. Challengers and Twin Cinema feature her more than the first 2 albums did.

Yeah, but those songs aren't nearly as good :D

Originally posted by lomein:
When I saw them last fall she sang lead vocals on a lot more than 1 or 2 songs. Challengers and Twin Cinema feature her more than the first 2 albums did.

Damn. When I saw this at 1 AM I wasn't able to find my new favorite emoticon for this board:
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Here's a hint:

1) Close your eyes.

2) Listen to the female voice.

3) Mentally picture Neko.

That's really all that missing.

As for two bigs chunks of the band missing, how many tours has Bejar even been on? One or two? That's definitely a vast majority of shows without him.

I'm honestly curious: what's the big deal about having Neko there? A pretty voice? The bragging rights of seeing her on stage? I don't really get the draw.

Originally posted by shoelaces22:
I've never seen them with Neko, so maybe that would make the difference in helping me understand the whining more.

I don't either – that's what I'm trying to say. I thought they were fantastic without her and that Kathryn did a great job in her own right, but I was offering room for the possibility that since I really don't know what shows with Neko are like, maybe there's something I'm missing that would justify the whining about her absence. As it is, I thought it was a great show and I didn't really care one way or another about Neko being there.

Originally posted by shoelaces22:
I was offering room for the possibility that since I really don't know what shows with Neko are like, maybe there's something I'm missing that would justify the whining about her absence.

She has sex on-stage with anyone who asks nicely and then she does your taxes for you.

next time they should tour without ac newman

I knew dcist would whine about it:

http://dcist.com/2008/04/15/the_mysteries_o.php

I can't imagine that anyone can sing like Neko Case.

Originally posted by nkotb:


I'm honestly curious: what's the big deal about having Neko there? A pretty voice? The bragging rights of seeing her on stage? I don't really get the draw.

the bragging rights, i would imagine. everyone who saw BSS at Lollapalooza in 06 with what, almost everyone there, feels really cool that they did. if you people all just lived in Canada, none of this would be such a hassle!

or that she's (you know) part of the band

Originally posted by nkotb:
Here's a hint:

1) Close your eyes.

2) Listen to the female voice.

3) Mentally picture Neko.

Here's what NKOTB saw at the 9:30 club last night:

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And again this morning.

Then in the car going to work.

Then during my lunch break.

And right now as I type this.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
]Here's what NKOTB saw at the 9:30 club last night:

Are those photoshopped? Her face was greasy last time.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
]Here's what NKOTB saw at the 9:30 club last night:

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Is that Neko Case? I'd be pissed if she wasn't on stage last night, either.

Brian

Originally posted by nkotb:
And again this morning.

Then in the car going to work.

Then during my lunch break.

And right now as I type this.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
]Here's what NKOTB saw at the 9:30 club last night:

Good lord. I bet…

to me the bottom line is you have to accept that ac newman is the only member that is ever a sure bet to show up at a np show, unless they bill the tour differently from the get go. they didnt do that here, so no one should have been surprised

now, it takes away from my enjoyment of the band if neko and bejar arent there, and i'd go if at least either are supposed to be there. they didnt bill it that way when tickets went on sale, though