|
Setlist
Tour Dates
10/15/13 Chicago, IL - Bank Of America Theatre
10/17/13 Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre 10/19/13 Philadelphia, PA - Merriam Theater 10/21/13 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre 10/22/13 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre 10/23/13 Boston, MA - Emerson Colonial Theatre 10/25/13 Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre 10/26/13 Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre Read More
|
"TEACH ME HOW" was scrawled on the chalkboard at the start of Fiona Apple and Blake Mills' "Anything We Want" show at last night's O'Shaughnessy theater in Saint Paul. Just before they launched in to "Tipple", Apple quickly wrote "… to be free"!
As the tour title suggest, this was an "anything goes" type of show from Apple and Mills. Even as they took pride in suggesting that they have absolutely no idea what they were going to do on stage, they seem to be well-rehearsed (Mills had nine guitars at his feet, ready to go!) and have a solid direction of what songs they were going to play.
The set list had a good mix of Fiona Apple and Blake Mills songs, which sort of serve different views from a boy and girl. The counter-balance work best when the two are singing duets, in particular "Seven". That song actually was Mills' "favorite Fiona song", despite the fact that he would later confessed it was also "Left Alone".
Understandably, most songs were written by Apple and Mills, but you know both of them love other songs. Their choice of cover was "It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty, a country singer who died in the early 90s.
There was a moment when Apple drew attention to the name "Trevor" written on her shoe on paper tape. She said that it was a reminder for her to let us (Trevor from Berkeley) know that she will be sending him a letter in the mail because she doesn't have his email address, "So, you know it's going to take a few days." To be honest, I didn't think Apple was a digital sort of girl. She seems to me like a girl who paints and writes pen pal letters.
Highlight of the show was a riveting performance of "Anything We Want". Apple's emotional hand-clawing on her own skin suggests there's something much deeper going on in this song.
They ended their set with an orchestra-inspired version of "Waltz (Better Than Fine)" then quickly followed by "Regret". No encores, but hey, it's Apple and Mills' 'anything they want' show so they can do whatever they want.
As the tour title suggest, this was an "anything goes" type of show from Apple and Mills. Even as they took pride in suggesting that they have absolutely no idea what they were going to do on stage, they seem to be well-rehearsed (Mills had nine guitars at his feet, ready to go!) and have a solid direction of what songs they were going to play.
The set list had a good mix of Fiona Apple and Blake Mills songs, which sort of serve different views from a boy and girl. The counter-balance work best when the two are singing duets, in particular "Seven". That song actually was Mills' "favorite Fiona song", despite the fact that he would later confessed it was also "Left Alone".
Understandably, most songs were written by Apple and Mills, but you know both of them love other songs. Their choice of cover was "It's Only Make Believe" by Conway Twitty, a country singer who died in the early 90s.
|
Hand-drawn photo pass
|
Highlight of the show was a riveting performance of "Anything We Want". Apple's emotional hand-clawing on her own skin suggests there's something much deeper going on in this song.
They ended their set with an orchestra-inspired version of "Waltz (Better Than Fine)" then quickly followed by "Regret". No encores, but hey, it's Apple and Mills' 'anything they want' show so they can do whatever they want.
|
Fiona Apple and Blake Mills at the O'Shaughnessy, St Paul (10/14/13) |
)