Many of rock's biggest bands will perform in the Twin Cities in the next month, including the Rolling Stones, U2, Coldplay and Green Day. They'll have their giant video screens and neato-keeno stage props, and their shows will undoubtedly be big spectacles.
They can all only hope, though, that they'll have half the visceral energy, raw oomph and all-out bravery that the biggest little band in rock, the White Stripes, showed Friday during their first of two sold-out nights at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
In an era when arena shows and flashy rock 'n' roll in general are back in vogue, the Stripes made the refreshing decision to downsize venues (from the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in 2003) and keep their music the one and only spectacle.
Except for their red-and-white stage coloring, the bluesy Detroit duo was absolutely frill-less but positively thrilling for 95 straight minutes. In that time, they crammed in 30 songs and varied the setlist greatly from other cities (something else you rarely get at big arena shows).
Opening with the feisty "Black Math," frontman Jack White, 29, came out in a gunfighter hat, pointy moustache and tight black pants, looking like a cross between old Michael Jackson and recent Bob Dylan. He seldom spoke to the crowd, but his enthusiasm flashed throughout the show with kid-like smiles. All the while, his ex-wife Meg White -- whom he still calls his sister -- egged him on by mouthing the lyrics behind her drum kit. More>>>
The White Stripes' setlist Friday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis:
1. Black Math
2. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
3. Passive Manipulation (Meg White on vocals)
4. Jolene
5. Blue Orchid
6. Party of Special Things to Do
7. I Want To Be the Boy That Warms Your Mother's Heart
8. Death Letter
9. Hotel Yorba
10. You're Looking Pretty Good
11. Hello Operator
12. I Think I Smell a Rat
13. The Nurse
14. My Doorbell
15. Do
16. The Denial Twist
17. In the Cold, Cold Night (Meg vocals)
18. Forever for Her (Is Over for Me)
19. Offend in Every Way
20. ???
21. Passive Manipulation (reprise)
22. ???
23. Little Ghost
24. Instinct Blues
25. As Ugly as I Seem
26. We Are Going to Be Friends
27. I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself
Encore:
28. Hardest Button to Button
29. Seven Nation Army
30. Boll Weevil
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posted by ADMIN @ Saturday, August 27, 2005
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