The Spree in Denver
We saw the Polyphonic Spree in concert again last Sunday. It was a mind-blowing show, a truly moving experience to everyone in the venue. If they ever come anywhere near you, go see them -- even if you've never heard their stuff.
A couple of fun highlights:
- Tim DeLaughter noticed a person taking pictures with his little camera, so he beckoned for it, took the camera from him, and proceeded to take a bunch of photos of himself, the spree, and the audience before returning it.
- During the first encore, Tim was so impressed with the energy of a man up front (who had been dancing and singing along all night) that he pulled him up on stage and had him sing the final chorus of "Hold Me Now" as a duet. (See more about this in my upcoming article.)
- Tim came down into the audience a couple of different times to sing. At one point, he announced that the audience was the show and the Spree was the audience, and he encouraged us to sing louder to entertain the group (who were still onstage, obviously).
- The bulk of the show contained material from their new album The Fragile Army, and they wore the accompanying uniforms that looked militaristic in nature, but contained hearts sewn on them. At the beginning of the encore, the re-emerged wearing their now iconic white robes with colored hems. The went back to the stage by walking through the audience, not by coming from the stage. This meant that all 22 of them had to change, walk around the back of the theatre, and re-enter it from the front door to come inside behind the crowd. What must that have looked like to people driving by at the time??
- Of course we met him after the show.
This time we brought our own photographer: http://www.rockymountainjazz.com/photos/spree/5%20star/index.html
A couple of fun highlights:
- Tim DeLaughter noticed a person taking pictures with his little camera, so he beckoned for it, took the camera from him, and proceeded to take a bunch of photos of himself, the spree, and the audience before returning it.
- During the first encore, Tim was so impressed with the energy of a man up front (who had been dancing and singing along all night) that he pulled him up on stage and had him sing the final chorus of "Hold Me Now" as a duet. (See more about this in my upcoming article.)
- Tim came down into the audience a couple of different times to sing. At one point, he announced that the audience was the show and the Spree was the audience, and he encouraged us to sing louder to entertain the group (who were still onstage, obviously).
- The bulk of the show contained material from their new album The Fragile Army, and they wore the accompanying uniforms that looked militaristic in nature, but contained hearts sewn on them. At the beginning of the encore, the re-emerged wearing their now iconic white robes with colored hems. The went back to the stage by walking through the audience, not by coming from the stage. This meant that all 22 of them had to change, walk around the back of the theatre, and re-enter it from the front door to come inside behind the crowd. What must that have looked like to people driving by at the time??
- Of course we met him after the show.
This time we brought our own photographer: http://www.rockymountainjazz.com/photos/spree/5%20star/index.html