Philzone.org Discussion Board: Archive 2004: Non-PF/Dead Show Reviews Archive 2004: Bridge benefit shows.

I went saturday with Doogs and met up with Hall, Emily and Dennis (is that right dude?...quit yer lurkin!!). I had a blast. I thought the show was fantastic. Seven plus hours of great music that I hope somebody taped.

It poured rain a couple times but the crowd stuck through the wetness. Really amazing to see people hold on through the show.

Highlight of the night might of been watching Neil Young and Paul Mcartney sing together....or was it the dude on the big screen with the green 3D glasses!!!

Worth every penny.

I'm going to be the first one to grovel for this.
Can't wait to hear it, if you got this please write.

hi-lite sunday--surprisingly, tony bennett

'i love a piano'

>> hi-lite sunday--surprisingly, tony bennett

Did he sing "I Left Mickey Hart In San Francisco"..??..

no but he did play drop the mic with macca

Tony Bennett was AMAZING, for lack of a better word. WOW!!! To hear Tony and Sir Paul sing that duet really moved me. To dance with my girlfriend while being serenaded by Tony Bennet . . . WOW.

Paul, Neil (who busted out a new song in his first set), Eddy Vedder . . . all this was amazing. I even enjoyed Sonic Youth. Which came first, Sonic Youth or The Cure? They sure sound similar to me!

I missed the Chili Peppers to do boyfriend duties, but ran into an old friend while I was down there, so it was cool.

I can't think of any other way I'd want to spend a cold, rainy Saturday afternoon than bundled up with some old and friends, drinking rain water beer, listening to some of the very best music America (okay, and Liverpool) has to offer...

>>>Did he sing "I Left Mickey Hart In San Francisco"..??..


Saturday he did...

Sonic Youth also deadicated a song to Jerry but it was nothing I knew and the Chile Peppers sang Brandy and some other random tune.

Saturday...

Neil (show opener)

Sugar Mountain
Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?
Field Of Opportunity


Tegan & Sara

I've Got You
Walking With A Ghost
Monday Monday Monday
Not Tonight
I Know I Know I Know
Living Room


Eddie Vedder

Soon Forget
Better Man
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
Masters of War


Los Lonely Boys

Crazy Dream
Hollywood
More Than Love
Senorita
My Loneliness
Real Emotion
Heaven

Sonic Youth

I Love You Golden Blue
(w/ Lee on pump organ + Jim on piano)
Stones
Unmade Bed
Paper Cup Exit
Rain on Tin


Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Wicked Man
People Lead
She's Only Happy In The Sun
Where Could I Go
Burn One Down
With My Own Two Hands/War


Red Hot Chili Peppers

By The Way
Lotta Love (Neil Young cover)
Otherside
Parallel Universe
Road Trippin
Desecration Smile (new song)
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)
Under The Bridge
They're Red Hot

Tony Bennett
? (I'd guess 10+ songs including the duet with Paul McCartney)


Neil Young

Pocahontas
Harvest Moon (with Eddie Vedder)
Journey Through The Past
On The Way Home
Human Highway
Old King
Comes A Time
Four Strong Winds


Paul McCartney (order of songs unconfirmed)

Drive My Car
Til There Was You
In Spite Of All The Danger
Blackbird
Here Today
*new song* (title?)
Only Love Can Break Your Heart (with Neil Young)
Michelle
Yesterday
Get Back
Let It Be
Lady Madonna
Hey Jude (with everyone)

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/10005517.htm?1c

Posted on Sun, Oct. 24, 2004

Bridge School Benefit concert powers through rain, cold weather

MCCARTNEY CROONS WITH BENNETT, PUTS ON A SOLID SHOW

By Brad Kava

Mercury News


There were plenty of powerful moments at Saturday night's Bridge School Benefit concert at Shoreline Amphitheatre, enough to fight back heavy rains and a muddy lawn that threatened the night.

Former Beatle Paul McCartney joining with Tony Bennett, a crooner from a previous generation. Neil Young playing with grunge-rocker Eddie Vedder, who's career was inspired by Young's. And a host of stars playing not just to a sold-out audience, but for the special children and their families who shared the stage with them.

Midway through Ben Harper's ``Burn One Down,'' percussionist Leon Mobley took his strap-on conga and walked along the row of students behind the stage, letting them each of the kids take some mighty swipes.

As they heard their resounding thuds soar over the 22,000 people, their faces lit up over the giant video monitors with enough electricity to burn off the chilly weather.

It was the kind of moment fans have come to expect during the 18 years of benefits that Woodside's Neil Young has staged for this Hillsborough school that helps integrate developmentally disabled students into the mainstream.

Artists donate their time to these massive shows (this year's first of two days stretched from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.) and playing for free brings out both tender moments and musical surprises.

Long anticipated headliner McCartney provided both when he ran onstage during Bennett's set. As if it wasn't surprising enough that Bennett's old-school crooner voice scaled the heights of the outdoor theater's lawn with the power of the loudest electric guitar, and his set was sandwiched between rockers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Young.

A sprightly McCartney, deftly defying his 62 years, joined the ever sharp-looking 78-year-old, arm-in-arm, for the ballad that is a wedding standard, ``Just the Thought of You.''

When they finished, the former Beatle raised his thumb in the air and gleefully yelled: ``I got to sing with Tony Bennett!'' before running offstage.

The blue-suited lounge singer, carrying on Sinatra's mantle of cool, continued unphased, and was the only performer called back for an encore.

McCartney's 50-minute closing set was a winner. The challenge of playing acoustic made it even better than his last more-polished tour.

He spent a lot of time in the old Beatles catalog, opening with 1966's ``Drive My Car,'' fueled by twin lead acoustic guitars, of his more than competent touring band (expect them to perform this summer).

He pulled out songs from the days before the Beatles went really electric, the Meredith Wilson ballad ``Till There was You,'' the foursome recorded in 1964, and 1965's ``Michelle,'' before which he recalled trying to be cool at parties attended with the older John Lennon, and sitting in a corner with George Harrison and their guitars, pretending to sing in French.

There was a soft ``Blackbird'' and ``Yesterday'' and newer songs, ``Here Today'' and unreleased, ``Follow Me.'' Young joined him for a performance of his own 1971 hit, ``Only Love Can Break Your Heart,'' during which Sir Paul smiled as he flubbed the same lyric missed in years of campfire singalongs (``try and be sure right from the start'' instead of ``what if your world should fall apart.'')

McCartney and band continued with ``Get Back'' and ``Let it Be,'' after which he slipped in some political sentiment, yelling, ``Let it be Kerry.'' Finally, the entire troupe returned for ``Hey Jude.''

Other bright moments:

Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder did a scathing solo version of Bob Dylan's ``Masters of War,'' with its Vietnam War lyrics still relevant. ``Even Jesus would never forgive what you do,'' he sang, not needing the mention of George W. Bush that preceded the song.

Dropping their rap/rock origins for a kind of psychedelic surf rock the Red Hot Chili Peppers couldn't have fit better with the acoustic format. Any questions one had about Anthony Kiedis's singing abilities were dropped as, in his Lord Fauntleroy haircut and a vest and tie, he clearly and powerfully led them through the appropriate ``Under the Bridge'' and surprising covers of Young's ``Lotta Love'' and Looking Glass's 1972 guilty pleasure, ``Brandy.''

``This is the greatest gig in the world,'' said Flea, whose acoustic bass, amplified over the public address system was as powerful as an electric.

Sonic Youth, famous for being booed off a Bridge show after a few songs 13 years ago and complaining about the sound system, played a fine half hour this time, including the mournfully electric sounding ``Stones.'' One could only wonder why a band that plays intentionally and artfully off-key, could find any problems with the sound.

The three Garza brothers from Texas's Los Lonely Boys, who are the Hootie-style Latin crossover flavor-of-the-month with their hit ``Heaven,'' talked about the show as a family affair, both for them and the Bridge families, who stay on stage through the whole night.

But later, Flea, may have summed it up best: ``These guys need a little extra love and light and it's up to you to give it to them,'' he said.

Only two questions remained at the end of a long night: How would they get up to do it again at 2 p.m. Sunday? And how would Young top this lineup next year?

>>How would they get up to do it again at 2 p.m. Sunday?

Rasta, how was Sunday??

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/25/DDG4F9EUE11.DTL

REVIEW
Lawn crowd sticks it out through rain and mud for McCartney, Young and Bennett at benefit
- Neva Chonin, Chronicle Critic at Large
Monday, October 25, 2004



Forget the celebrities onstage. The real stars of Saturday's 18th annual Bridge School Benefit were the audience members up on the Shoreline Amphitheatre's lawn. Besides holding the venue's most distant seats, they braved a torrent of rain, wet grass and mud and still managed to stay put, their enthusiasm battered but intact, for eight hours.

This stoicism did not go unnoticed. Everyone from benefit co-founder Pegi Young to headliner Paul McCartney gave the sold-out show's most ardent fans a respectful tip of the hat. They deserved it.

To varying degrees, the music made it worth their while. Bridge School Benefit perennial Eddie Vedder performed a short, but moving, set that included "Soon Forget," "Betterman" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away." Los Lonely Boys brought the crowd to its feet with their Latin rhythms, and Sonic Youth sat it back down for an ethereal performance that proved Thurston Moore doesn't need an electric guitar to create beautiful distortion.

Ben Harper's repertoire of soul breakdowns and ballads ranged from the soppy "She's Only Happy in the Sun" to the politically charged "People Lead" and the rousing, reggae-infused "With My Own Two Hands." The unusually subdued Red Hot Chili Peppers followed with a string of hits that included "By the Way, " "Other Side" and "Under the Bridge." Still managing to purvey the funk on mostly acoustic instruments, they tossed in a few covers to round out their set: "Lotta Love" ("Neil's version!" quipped singer Anthony Kiedis) and, incredibly, the execrable "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl") by Looking Glass.

Had the outdoor Amphitheatre boasted a ceiling, applause for veteran crooner Tony Bennett would have brought it down. Looking dapper in black tie and backed by a slick combo, he inspired slow dancing and multiple ovations as he glided through a repertoire that included "The Best is Yet to Come," "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and an extended version of "Maybe This Time." Highlights: An unexpected anti-war sentiment ("My personal prayer is that someday someone will find a way for people to stop killing each other," Bennett said by way of introducing "If I Ruled the World") and a duet, brief waltz and chaste kiss with guest Paul McCartney during "The Very Thought of You."

After opening the day with a trio of songs ("Sugar Mountain," "Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It" and "Field of Opportunity"), Neil Young returned for a performance that opened with "Pocahontas." Vedder and Young's wife, Pegi, joined in for "Harvest Moon," with Pegi also supplying vocals on "Human Highway" and "Four Strong Winds."

Resplendent in his trademark faded flannel shirt, Young chatted with the crowd and threatened to tell run-on anecdotes about his dog before taking up a banjo for "Old King." His 30-minute set also featured run-throughs of "Comes a Time," Buffalo Springfield's "On the Way Home" and the haunting piano number, "Journey Through the Past."

Paul McCartney played for 50 minutes, beginning with a string of Beatles songs -- "Drive My Car," "'Til There Was You," "In Spite of All the Danger" and "Blackbird." This set a pattern, with the bulk of his remaining time devoted to compositions by his most famous band, including Fab Four-related anecdotes before "Michelle" ("One of those daft songs [I] used to do in French") and, of course, "Yesterday" (for which he brought out the guitar he used on the Ed Sullivan show). A few non-Beatles songs made it into the mix, including "Here Today," his tribute to the late John Lennon, and a cover of Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," with Young assisting on vocals and guitar.

Switching between a bevy of acoustic guitars and his famous bass (for "Get Back" and other upbeat numbers), McCartney finally settled at a piano for his final three numbers. "Let It Be" included a shout out to John Kerry, then led into a bright rendition of "Lady Madonna." Finally, in keeping with tradition, the evening ended with the benefit's other musicians massing onstage for the last number, "Hey Jude." The audience joined on the song's famous "na-na-na-na" coda. Rain-soaked, but still game, the lawn crowd sang the loudest.

E-mail Neva Chonin at nchonin@sfchronicle.com.

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Sunday Show, Oct. 24, 2004
thanks to hyperrust.org for posting waht they could

1. Neil (show opener) Sugar Mountain
2. Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?
3. Long May You Run

1. Tegan & Sara You Wouldn't Like Me
2. Monday Monday Monday
3. Walking With A Ghost
4. I Know I Know I Know
5. Not Tonight
6. Living Room

1. Eddie Vedder I Am Mine
2. Man of the Hour
3. I Believe in Miracles
4. Baby Beluga
5. Here's to the State of Mississippi
6. Last Kiss

1. Los Lonely Boys Crazy Dream
2. Hollywood
3. More Than Love
4. Senorita
5. My Loneliness
6. Real Emotion
7. Heaven

1. Sonic Youth I Love You Golden Blue
(w/ Lee on pump organ + Jim on piano)
2. Stones
3. Unmade Bed
4. Paper Cup Exit
5. Rain on Tin

1. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals Oppression
2. Homeless Child
3. Where Could I Go
4. Diamonds On The Inside (with Eddie Vedder)
5. Amen Omen
6. There Will Be A Light
7. In The Lord's Arms (with Ben's mom)

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers By The Way
2. Lotta Love
3. Otherside
4. I Just Wanna Have Something To Do (Ramones cover)
5. Parallel Universe
6. Road Trippin'
7. Brandy
8. Under The Bridge
9. They're Red Hot

1. Tony Bennett .
2. .
3. .

1. Neil Young Pocahontas
2. Harvest Moon (with Eddie Vedder)
3. Journey Through The Past
4. On The Way Home
5. Human Highway
6. Old King
7. Comes A Time
8. Four Strong Winds

1. Paul McCartney (order of songs unconfirmed) Drive My Car
2. Til There Was You
3. In Spite Of All The Danger
4. Blackbird
5. Here Today
6. Follow Me
7. Only Love Can Break Your Heart (with Neil Young)
8. Michelle
9. Yesterday
10. Get Back
11. Let It Be
12. Lady Madonna
13. Hey Jude (with everyone)

okay...

I had a gret time yesterday and would do it again in a heart beat.

I am totally exhausted after standing on the Shoreline slope for 8 hours. I forgot how that felt the next day. Now I remember why I would usually take the Saturday show off when the Dead were doing three show runs at Shoreline.

Met up with Hall at the Toke-em pole and in true Zoner form, I handed him some shows and he handed me shows. Then he trumped me with a couple of kind nugs!

The show was incredible!!!!!

Sir Paul was the highlight for me. He's the reason I was there and he didn't disappoint! He had the same band he had on his US tour in 2002 and hearing some of the arrangements with the acoustic instruments was very cool. The "Hey Jude" finale with everyone up on stage doing the "nas" on the reprise was awesome. There was a lot of star power on the stage for the reprise. Breathtaking.

It had been a long time since I had seen Neil Young and I really enjoyed his set. Neil was surrounded with guitars and I loved when he picked up a banjo and sang "Old King." Man, he is good.

Tony Bennett was as good as the above reveiwers wrote. I was pretty indifferent about seeing Bennett. I was figuring that at leaast I could say I saw Bennett sing "I left my Heart in San Francisco." But, I ended up really digging his set. Kind of like how much I enjoyed the Funk Brothers NYE.

more later...

one thing Nancy will like:

Terin Humphrey was on my flight from San Jose to Houston this morning.

right on, rasta! talk about there and back again!

glad to see you're safely back at your computer and that you had a super time at the show!

I'm pretty sure the Cure predates Sonic Youth...and I can't say that I agree with the comparison, although I do like them both.

http://hyperrust.org/Bridge/Bridge18.html

updated setlists with Tony Bennett's set from the good folks at hyperrust.org!

So many great memories compacted into such a short span of time, but like Doogs said, no better way to spend a rainy Saturday than with some old and newfound friends and great music... (I think I met half a dozen Zoners over the course of the weekend).

Zang, thanks a ton for hookin' me up with a ticket and thank Guil again for sharing the tarp space... man was that key! Oh, and I'll brag for Zang's wife who withstood the rain and hours of lawn dwelling after having RUN 20 MILES earlier in the day! HARDCORE!!!!

And Rasta, thanks for the above setlists, reviews and above all the tunes! Can't wait to hear that Dylan!

But I gotta say, it was a huge difference the next night having seats (203R)... I never left the tarp once on Saturday (just didn't feel like steppin' on people's scenes), whereas Sunday I was able to move freely and still not miss any music (except Sonic Yute while burnin' down with Rasta and Guy...).

Another difference was being able to share the touching moments (Sunday) with my wife... I swear, Neil had us all teary eyed with Comes A Time, then later Paul got us verklempt with Let It Be.

And I'll never forget Paul JAMMING the piano on Lady Maddona!! He really gave us a nice performance and was very kind to the kids afterwards giving them each a little personal attention.

Something that surprised me and made me hopeful for the future of music was the amount of teens and 20 something year olds who were having a blast dancing to the old guys as if it was music from "their era"... I really expected a totally old school crowd, but the youngsters were well represented and they seemed STOKED (though I could have lived without the slam dancers behind us on the lawn though... WTF was up with that?).



NAH NAH NAH NANANA NAH...

Hey, Jude.

I thought it was Hey, Doog

>updated setlists with Tony Bennett's set from the good folks at hyperrust.org!

except they've left out 'the very thought of you' the one tune that tony and paul sang together.......

>Hey, Doogs

LOL -- now that's all I'll hear!

Na na na nanana na nanana na Heeeeeey doogs

Bridge stuff:
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/wheatfield.html

download Neil's "Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It?" from Satuday's show here:
http://www.rustradio.org/bsb/
**Recorded with Schoeps mics. The complete show will circulate eventually. Enjoy!**

looks like some of the sets are floating around. I've got a buddy sending me the Neil set and Paul set from Sunday. he also said the Vedder and Peppers set is up now as well!