Music Makes Me Smile

This morning i watched some music related items that i had DVR'd. First up was Okkervil River playing on Austin City Limits. After playing a great version of LOst Coastlines (Complete with Jonathan Meiburg), they played an *excellent* moody, piano driven, feedback laden version of For Real. That was worth the price of admission all by itself. Then they ended with two more songs, Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe, and Unless it's Kicks. All good choices!

Then i watched the end of the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary concert. U2 played 7 songs, and while the songs they did by themselves were mostly "safe" choices (Vertigo and Beautiful Day), they did play a nice version of Magnificent. Such a good song that the general music fan probably doesn't know. The real fun however was the songs they played with others. U2 and Bruce Springsteen doing a rendition of I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For; Bruce, and Patti Smith joining U2 for Because The Night; Fergie, Will I am, and Mick Jagger doing Gimmie Shelter with U2, and a version of Stuck In A Moment with Bono and Mick Jagger dueting. Good Times.

All this stuff makes me excited about a good year of live music in 2010. Already have Wilco lined up for February, Matthew Good in March, and U2 twice in July. Looking forward to all the fun more concerts that may show themselves as the year starts. A Silver MT Zion releases a new album in February so I'll be crossing my fingers for a tour. *Nothing* is quite like live Silver Mt Zion...