Word: concertized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...concert, from "Three Days" on, the distinction of Jane's Addiction only became clearer and clearer--thankfully no "Been Caught Stealing" here. Nuance and new life gave a glow to the songs, making the studio form of their main sources (Nothing's Shocking and Ritual de lo Habitual) seem downright claustrophobic and cluttered in comparison. A good band like this can always avoid rehash and make one never want to hear them canned again. The goods...
...Classic Girl" gained a renewed pride and updated ode-like feel (even if it was serenaded to a sheer body-suited Amazonian goddess on a catwalk), with Navarro getting the lightly capering riffs just right. The dreamily pastoral "Summertime Rolls" responded particularly well to the limitless dynamics of the concert; Farrell tweaked nostalgic into near-wistful, letting that "me and my girl-friend" just hang...
...Steve Perkins gamely took up that sad, child-like tin-role with normal drums, to surprisingly good effect. The old favorite, although inevitable, was actually made a surprise through Farrell's roundabout, shaggy-dog introduction. His lyrical patter with the audience was, in fact, more a highlight to the concert than not: however dippy, they were drenched with sincerity and often reached unexpected beauty...
Jane's Addiction hadn't played anything from the somewhat popular Kettle Whistle, but they did improve upon the tried and true. This was concert as subtle interpretation, a process of intelligent selection that brought out trademark opening bass riffs, for example, but chose to twist slightly the solemn hollering of "Mountain Song." Overcoming the odds, the band and the man who founded Lollapalooza had a very convincing, very good relapse, with music so full you could breathe...
That aside, however, the second half of the program was truly brilliant. Chang's treatment of Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2 in D Major was both seductive and whimsical, and she performed Sarasate's warhorse Concert Fantasies on Carmen with finesse and precision...