Word: concert
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Responding to the mindless presumption of critics and concert audiences expecting a Junior John, Lennon is inspiringly optimistic, "The novelty of me being John Lennon's son is definitely going to get old very quickly and what will be left will...
...first headlining tour and with Into the Sun behind him, Lennon is acquiring a real taste for what it is like to be a "life-minded" musician. The album is a beginner's triumph whereas the live performance ends up being a muddled, lusterless array. While a concert portrays the band in constant, labored transition without a coherent identity, Into the Sun represents an entertaining range of rock styles from contained experimentation to guitar pop. Although there are shades of the recognizable John voice in Sean, he never fully appropriates his father's style...
...example, the songs "Close" and "No Time for Waiting" are both extremely reminiscent of Broadway ballads. Although "Close" has a grabbing opening guitar line, it soon is overtaken by whininess and sounds too much like it should be sung on the Great White Way, not at a grunge concert. "No Time for Waiting" also feels like a showtune--it is too cartoonish, with no reality to its emotions. Perhaps these two songs would fare well as inspirational (read: cheesy) Broadway songs, but for listeners expecting depth, they do not make the cut by a long shot...
...instrument was strangely appropriate on Wednesday evening in a casual concert in the Charles Square Courtyard, a pleasant brick area behind the Charles Hotel...
...chorus of eight trombonists, a loosely organized group called the Gazebones, played for a relaxed and slightly bemused audience of about 50 people from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The performance was the second in a Wednesday concert series that continues until September...