Welsh soul singer, Duffy, made her Boston debut on Tuesday night and yours truly was there to witness it (notice the lovely photo taken on my camera phone). Duffy took to the stage for a short set that was the perfect length. Coming out in a polka dotted romper she looked like a 40's pinup. She was sporting her signature red heels that can be seen in the video for her hit "Mercy". Her voice was amazing live, better than on the record. She has a kind of awkward yet lovable dance moves personality to her. My personal favorite part of her performance besides the singing would be the many times she would swing her microphone around on its wire (sassy DIVA). She would also strike some divatastic poses. She was so cute. I love her. The thing that marks the true success of a concert especially a concert with a new artist where you only know a few songs is whether they can get you into their other songs. Duffy succeeded with this. I had listened to clips of her other songs, but that hadn't grabbed me as much as "Mercy", "Warwick Avenue", and "Delayed Devotion". Then, when she sang them, her beautiful voice turned them into yearning, soulful love songs. She sang a great version of "Rockferry", and "Syrup & Honey" was a superb, aching vocal performance. "Serious" bounced buoyantly along, and "Warwick Avenue" soared. Duffy performed "Stepping Stone", the jubilant"Distant Dreamer", and a great, upbeat B-side to "Mercy" called "Tomorrow". "Delayed Devotion" was lovely and "Mercy", the last song before the encore, made me smile with its infectiousness. She was fun having the audience respond to her saying "Hello, Boston" repeatedly because she loved saying it. A wonderful set by a rising star.The opener was Eli "Paperboy" Reed and the True Loves, from Boston, who performed a great set of their retro '50's and '60's soul jams that made you want to do the twist and mashed potato. Reed had hair slicked and looked like a young Johnny Cash, and a certain saxophone player was damn fiiine! An unexpectedly great opening act.
1 comment:
it was so good! thanks park for the awesome review, I agree that she was super sassy (and also shorter than i thought she would be!)I have happily hung my poster on the wall, and am still in mourning that my relationship with a certain saxaphonist did not come through. :)
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