Originally posted by dcwizard:FWIW, I was at the Birchmere a couple of days ago (buying a Knitters ticket!) and they had free passes to this screening sitting by the cash register. Seating is a first come/first serve basis so it may be the same as RSVPing online.
You can now RSVP for the May 3 showing in Georgetown, though this does not guarantee you a seat.
The Frames @ The Fillmore 4/7
Originally posted by georgewendt:sorry, I only saw this now - in general we are left to our own devices, although there have been instances in the past where a band will make specific requests (usually requests NOT to play a certain genre or style), e.g., Nickel Creek asked me not to play any bluegrass or country before their show
Brennser, tell me more about the dj gig. Can you play anything you want or do you have some guidelines relative to the band each night?
Philly Setlist
Song For Someone
Seven Day Mile
Rise
The Cost
God Bless Mom
Stars Are Underground
Happy
What Happens When the Heart Just Stops
Rent Day Blues
Too Many Sad Words Make A Sad, Sad Song
When Your Mind's Made Up
The Dancer (!!!!!!!!)
Pavement Tune
Fake
Your Face
Santa Maria
++
The Blue Shoes
A Rob Solo Song
Finally
Revelate
Friends & Foe
Falling Slowly
Star Star
Neil Young song
Where Is My Mind (yes, a Pixies cover)
Song For Someone
Seven Day Mile
Rise
The Cost
God Bless Mom
Stars Are Underground
Happy
What Happens When the Heart Just Stops
Rent Day Blues
Too Many Sad Words Make A Sad, Sad Song
When Your Mind's Made Up
The Dancer (!!!!!!!!)
Pavement Tune
Fake
Your Face
Santa Maria
++
The Blue Shoes
A Rob Solo Song
Finally
Revelate
Friends & Foe
Falling Slowly
Star Star
Neil Young song
Where Is My Mind (yes, a Pixies cover)
Originally posted by earth intruder:I disagree. I think Falling Slowly is one of the best songs Glen's written in years and I love both the Swell Season version and The Frames version. There are a couple of dogs on the album, but all in all, not disappointed.
Is it just me or is the new Frames really disappointing? Glen's voice (from start to finish) sounds like he's moping because someone stole his lunch or his bike. The songs lack melodies and none of them are that memorable…
So how come there is no thread about the Damien Rice concert? …
Now 9 by Damien is a whole different story - TOTALLY disappointed in that one and haven't listened to it in months as a result. A few songs are gems, but the production on Elephant is terrible, Dogs is quite possibly the worst song he's ever seen fit to record, and Sleep Don't Weep is just Cold Water with different words. I expected MUCH more after waiting for so friggin long for him to put something new out.
Originally posted by lily1:Over 2 hours - they left the stage twice and returned. Hey Day was tacked on to Star Star.
smackie, show was about about hour and half, hour and three quarters, yes?
was hey day full band version, or was it a tack on to star star? its rare they do it as a separate song, in fact only time i've heard it is from an australian ep, about a year or so after mic christopher's death.
anyone that is not sure about going to the frames show tonight should definitely go… the philly show last night was outstanding. sound, setlist, and interaction were all above expectations… enjoy the show
Tonight is going to be phenomenal, I can FEEL it!!!
It's also going to be broadcast on NPR.
very good show - maybe not their best but good nonetheless - played 2.5 hours at least, w/ multiple encores and finished with Glen asking for no final applause and sending everyone out into the night singing - I'll post my DJ setlist later
second half, and especially the encores, were the best part. but agree, not their best show here in dc, but very good nonetheless. they really kicked back during the encoures and just had fun. so weird to see glen surronded by groupies these days. and that they have a set list? though half thre songs they played were not even on it. for years they never used a set list.
brennser, you played mic christopher at the end! thankie! which t shirt did you end up getting for mrs brennser?
i believe we have made bags a frames convert. have fun in st. john!
brennser, you played mic christopher at the end! thankie! which t shirt did you end up getting for mrs brennser?
i believe we have made bags a frames convert. have fun in st. john!
Printed set list:
Song for someone
Seven day mile
Keepsake
The cost
God bless mom
Stars are underground
Happy
Sad songs
When your mind is make up
Rent day blues
Pavement tune
Fake
Your face
Santa maria
Blue shoes
Finally
Revelate
Friend/foe
Falling slowly
Star star
Song for someone
Seven day mile
Keepsake
The cost
God bless mom
Stars are underground
Happy
Sad songs
When your mind is make up
Rent day blues
Pavement tune
Fake
Your face
Santa maria
Blue shoes
Finally
Revelate
Friend/foe
Falling slowly
Star star
Wow, last night's performance isn't even considered their best? I saw them for the first time and I was floored. The quality of the playing, Glen's passionate singing, his humor, his rapport with the crowd…I could go on and on. I've always liked listening to their music, but this show confirmed it to me. The Frames are now on my short list of must-see bands. Early frontrunner for one of top 3 shows of the year.
I just came back from seeing the advanced screening of "Once." Yes, it lives up to the to its recognition at Sundance. Not overproduced, not overacted, not overdone. It leaves with a good basis of discussion with whomever you saw it with on modern Ireland, love, life choices, immigration, and musical artistry. At least that's my take on it. The director, John Carney, Glen and Marketa were all present and did about 40 minutes of q&a, and then Glen and Marketa did 2 songs. Carney summed it up best when he said that "Once" was in essence a visual song. It opens on May 25. For those of you somewhat close to DC, both Landmark Theatres will be showing it. Soundtrack is also coming out that day, on Sony, of all labels. They made the film for $125K Euro. Yes, you read that right.
Originally posted by lily1:Since it appears some folks are unaware, this show is also available for download from NPR/PBR/Frames/9:30:
Printed set list:
http://anon.npr-mp3.speedera.net/anon.npr-mp3/npr/asclive/2007/04/20070426_asclive_frames.mp3
WSJ
FILM REVIEW
By JOE MORGENSTERN
Magical 'Once'
Is Pitch-Perfect
Rock Love Story
Thirteen Eloquent Songs
And a Battered Guitar;
Shrek's Welcome Return
May 18, 2007; Page W1
It takes all of 10 seconds for John Carney's "Once" to announce itself
as something special. A handsome young street musician in Dublin
raises his voice in song, then raises it higher with heart-stopping
fervor. When a mysteriously endearing young woman stops to interrogate
the busker about his music – she turns out to be a musician too –
the movie reveals itself as something magical. When they sing their
first duet, it's a song of such transporting passion that you wonder
where the drama can possibly go, since they're obviously made for each
other and should instantly leave the screen to live the rest of their
lives in private bliss.
The lovers are played by Glen Hansard, the lead singer of the Irish
rock group The Frames, and Marketa Irglova, a musician from the Czech
Republic. (Amazingly, given her gifts as a singer, pianist and
actress, Ms. Irglova was only 17 years old when the movie was shot.)
Both performances give new meaning to the timeworn phrase
"pitch-perfect," while both characters do nicely without names;
they're listed in the credits only as the Guy and the Girl. Coy
appellations of this sort often serve as warning labels for
faux-simple fables that are fatuous or downright cloying, but that's
hardly the case here. "Once" proves to be as smart and funny as it is
sweet; it swirls with ambiguity and conflict beneath a simple surface.
In all of 88 minutes, Mr. Carney's singular fable follows its guy and
girl through a week of musical and emotional growth that could suffice
for a lifetime.
Music is intrinsic to the filmmaker's plan. The love story can be seen
– and felt and heard – as a succession of chord changes, and the
exquisite resolution amounts to a mutual musical offering. At a time
when movie musicals have come to be synonymous with emotional and
visual extravagance – the super-mega-over-the-topness of "Chicago" or
"Dreamgirls" – Mr. Carney has dared to take everything down to its
essence. What's left is two intensely likable people trying urgently,
through very few words and a baker's dozen of eloquent songs, to come
to terms with love they've lost and collaborate on the future.
As Guys go, this one seems like the answer to a Girl's prayer. He
sings like an angel – a loud angel who's no stranger to anger. He
summons sumptuous sounds from his battered guitar, and writes
brilliant songs when he isn't fixing Hoover vacuums in his father's
Dickensian shop. As Girls go, this one is irresistible from the first
moment she opens her mouth: When was the last time you couldn't wait
to find out what a movie character was all about? She's got spunk to
spare, speaks with a slightly extra-terrestrial accent, sings with no
accent at all, writes her own powerful songs and, miracle of miracles,
has a Hoover that needs repair. (In one of the many memorable
sequences in the film, which was shot by Tim Fleming, she trails her
ailing vacuum cleaner, like a blue dog on a hose, as she and her Guy
stroll through Dublin's streets.)
In 1991, the year that Glen Hansard started The Frames, he also played
Outspan, the baby-faced Dublin guitar player in "The Commitments," a
feature that has gained a global following. (It's one of my favorite
films ever.) What makes "The Commitments" so widely loved is, among
other pleasures, its use of a working-class rock band's rise and fall
as an armature for individual drama. "Once" may earn the same special
status by doing something similar, albeit on a more intimate scale –
using pop-rock songs to shape its characters' ecstatic feelings. And
very much like "The Commitments," this remarkable new Irish film
grounds its Guy and Girl in the rock-solid specifics of musicianship.
When she plays Mendelssohn on a piano in a music store, he listens
with enchanted intensity. When they finally get to singing lyrics she
has written to his melody, the sense of their intimacy transcends
physicality. (It's worth noting that the story neither needs nor
bothers with conventional sexual interludes.)
My own feeling is that I should say something negative here; how else
will anyone trust all this praise? In fact, the film presents
inevitable language problems – not bad language, of which there is
more than a soupçon, but the authentic and sometimes impenetrable
language of a guy from Ireland and a girl from Moravia who don't speak
in mid-Atlantic tones. Another problem could be more substantial, or
may have been confined to the projection at my screening, where the
audio quality of some of the music tracks left a lot to be desired.
Enough of that, though. The title of one of those tracks is "You Must
Have Fallen From the Sky." That's the way I came to feel about "Once."
FILM REVIEW
By JOE MORGENSTERN
Magical 'Once'
Is Pitch-Perfect
Rock Love Story
Thirteen Eloquent Songs
And a Battered Guitar;
Shrek's Welcome Return
May 18, 2007; Page W1
It takes all of 10 seconds for John Carney's "Once" to announce itself
as something special. A handsome young street musician in Dublin
raises his voice in song, then raises it higher with heart-stopping
fervor. When a mysteriously endearing young woman stops to interrogate
the busker about his music – she turns out to be a musician too –
the movie reveals itself as something magical. When they sing their
first duet, it's a song of such transporting passion that you wonder
where the drama can possibly go, since they're obviously made for each
other and should instantly leave the screen to live the rest of their
lives in private bliss.
The lovers are played by Glen Hansard, the lead singer of the Irish
rock group The Frames, and Marketa Irglova, a musician from the Czech
Republic. (Amazingly, given her gifts as a singer, pianist and
actress, Ms. Irglova was only 17 years old when the movie was shot.)
Both performances give new meaning to the timeworn phrase
"pitch-perfect," while both characters do nicely without names;
they're listed in the credits only as the Guy and the Girl. Coy
appellations of this sort often serve as warning labels for
faux-simple fables that are fatuous or downright cloying, but that's
hardly the case here. "Once" proves to be as smart and funny as it is
sweet; it swirls with ambiguity and conflict beneath a simple surface.
In all of 88 minutes, Mr. Carney's singular fable follows its guy and
girl through a week of musical and emotional growth that could suffice
for a lifetime.
Music is intrinsic to the filmmaker's plan. The love story can be seen
– and felt and heard – as a succession of chord changes, and the
exquisite resolution amounts to a mutual musical offering. At a time
when movie musicals have come to be synonymous with emotional and
visual extravagance – the super-mega-over-the-topness of "Chicago" or
"Dreamgirls" – Mr. Carney has dared to take everything down to its
essence. What's left is two intensely likable people trying urgently,
through very few words and a baker's dozen of eloquent songs, to come
to terms with love they've lost and collaborate on the future.
As Guys go, this one seems like the answer to a Girl's prayer. He
sings like an angel – a loud angel who's no stranger to anger. He
summons sumptuous sounds from his battered guitar, and writes
brilliant songs when he isn't fixing Hoover vacuums in his father's
Dickensian shop. As Girls go, this one is irresistible from the first
moment she opens her mouth: When was the last time you couldn't wait
to find out what a movie character was all about? She's got spunk to
spare, speaks with a slightly extra-terrestrial accent, sings with no
accent at all, writes her own powerful songs and, miracle of miracles,
has a Hoover that needs repair. (In one of the many memorable
sequences in the film, which was shot by Tim Fleming, she trails her
ailing vacuum cleaner, like a blue dog on a hose, as she and her Guy
stroll through Dublin's streets.)
In 1991, the year that Glen Hansard started The Frames, he also played
Outspan, the baby-faced Dublin guitar player in "The Commitments," a
feature that has gained a global following. (It's one of my favorite
films ever.) What makes "The Commitments" so widely loved is, among
other pleasures, its use of a working-class rock band's rise and fall
as an armature for individual drama. "Once" may earn the same special
status by doing something similar, albeit on a more intimate scale –
using pop-rock songs to shape its characters' ecstatic feelings. And
very much like "The Commitments," this remarkable new Irish film
grounds its Guy and Girl in the rock-solid specifics of musicianship.
When she plays Mendelssohn on a piano in a music store, he listens
with enchanted intensity. When they finally get to singing lyrics she
has written to his melody, the sense of their intimacy transcends
physicality. (It's worth noting that the story neither needs nor
bothers with conventional sexual interludes.)
My own feeling is that I should say something negative here; how else
will anyone trust all this praise? In fact, the film presents
inevitable language problems – not bad language, of which there is
more than a soupçon, but the authentic and sometimes impenetrable
language of a guy from Ireland and a girl from Moravia who don't speak
in mid-Atlantic tones. Another problem could be more substantial, or
may have been confined to the projection at my screening, where the
audio quality of some of the music tracks left a lot to be desired.
Enough of that, though. The title of one of those tracks is "You Must
Have Fallen From the Sky." That's the way I came to feel about "Once."
Originally posted by Bags:my girlfriend saw a sneak-preview of this in georgetown a couple of weeks ago and the guy from the frames actually came out and played a couple of songs solo after the movie
Magical 'Once'
Is Pitch-Perfect
Rock Love Story
I saw Once last night and completely and utterly fell in love with it. What a fabulous film. When the year's up, I fully expect it to be in my top five for 2007. I'm an instant fan of the music as well. I just wish I had been a fan a month ago when The Frames were here. I'm a little too late as usual. :roll: Do they tour often? I hope to see them next time they come through.