Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utflis.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!utai!utflis!wayne From: wayne@utflis.UUCP (Wayne Young) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Latest Jane Siberry news Message-ID: <238@utflis.UUCP> Date: Sat, 10-Aug-85 14:51:29 EDT Article-I.D.: utflis.238 Posted: Sat Aug 10 14:51:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 16:41:48 EDT References: <1655@dciem.UUCP> Reply-To: wayne@utflis.UUCP (Wayne Young) Distribution: net Organization: FLIS, University of Toronto Lines: 62 Keywords: Jane Siberry, great concert, Haizman's brain. Summary: [munch, munch, boxed lunch...] Speaking of Jane Siberry, I went to see her at the Ontario Place forum on the 6th of August. She was fantastic. The band included Ken Myrh, her guitarist; John Switzer, her bassist; Al Cross, her drummer; and a new member who was not on the _No_Borders_Here_ album, Anne Bourne, the keybordist. The line-up also included someone operating a Fairlight, but I can't remember his name now. Two female vocalists did the voices where, on the album, Jane's over-dubbed voice would have been. The exception to this was when Jane did "Map of the World, part 1": she sang one of the parts live (the middle one on the album sleeve), and the other two parts were pre-recorded. The show reflected her album well: the music was clean (the only way I can think of describing it, unfortunately), and her voice well controlled.The fact that the lighting was simple, there were no sudden flashes of giga-candle- light spotlights, for instance, and that the only special effect was a smoke pot at the beginning of the show, complimented her style. Jane did all the songs from the _No_Borders_ album, a few from her previous album (I can't remember the title...it may have been self titled), and a few songs from her up-coming album. Jane basically kept to the lyrics on the _No_Borders_ songs, but she ad-libbed the speaking part in "Extra Executives", much to the delight of the audience. The songs from the new album that she sang included "Taxi Ride", a slow, weeping sort of song; "Map of the World, part 2", a song with a powerful rhythm and very much unlike "Map, part 1"; and "The Big Hut", another song with a strong beat. Jane's shyness was apparent throughout the concert, and she seemed to panic a bit during the ab-lib in "Extra Executives". I've heard that Jane prefers playing small clubs, previously the only audience that she COULD play to. The audience was, I thought, very conscious of her shyness, and only two people rushed the stage to give Jane a hug. For those of you who are not familiar with the Ontario Place Forum, rushing the stage is easy, and the gaurds are hardly threatening. Just the same, though, I think a lot of the fans stayed in their seats simply out of respect for Jane's shyness. The audience numbered about 1000 (I can't count above 2), and consisted mostly of late high shool and university people. Ironicly, about half the audience was the preppie-jock set ("Oh their all jocks/Both boys and girls"). I strongly recommend you see Jane Siberry perform live if you can. She didn't tour much, as far as I know, after the _No_Borders_ album, but she will, apparently, do so after this coming album. The album is due out in September. Unfortunatley, I can't remember the title, though Jane mentioned it during the concert. The album promises to be a good one (sorry I can't be more specific). -Wayne Young +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ "Haizman's brain is calling It's right outside my door It wants to step inside Just a little more" -The Angry Samoans, or, more affectionately, The Angry Samosas +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+