The Tallest Man on Earth: NEW SONGS & COVER (These Days!)
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
I'm absolutely smitten with The Tallest Man on Earth. He played with Red Cortez and The War on Drugs (just finishing up a tour with The Hold Steady). They all played at Schubas this past Sunday. We missed Red Cortez unfortunately, but The War on Drugs were great! Apparently Craig Finn bumbled up the lead singers guitar a bit before a solo show. Oops.
Anyhow, on to TTMOE! He was cute, he was charming, he made eye contact with me (okay, and everyone else), he wore lovely boots, and spiky hair. He performed fun chicken scratching feet dances and couldn't seem to decide where to sit or stand, restless in the best possible way. A good entertainer.
New songs: The Wild Hunt, and another I don't know the title of, but quite possibly called something like The King of Spain. I can't wait to hear a recorded versions. Below is a video of The Wild Hunt, take listen for yourself!
Kristian Matsson, as he is so dandily Swedishly named, also did a cover of These Days. It was wonderful. He forgot a few lyrics and the audience helped him out; it was glory. Another video of this below!
By the way, read this blog post on a previous show of his in Minneapolis, mostly to view the FANTASTIC photos. Dear lord they are beautiful. I can only dream. :)
Other videos: This Wind, Pistol Dreams, I Won't Be Found
Labels: concerts, Flickr, Kristian Matsson, pics, Red Cortez, Schubas, self-made videos, tallest man on earth, The Tallest Man on Earth, The War on Drugs, ttmoe, videos
Great videos. Looks like you were practically sitting on the stage.
Practically! :) And I was in between sets, hehe.
This was an amazing show. I took video of The Wild Hunt and The King of Spain too. I'm so glad you posted that video of These Days. My girlfriend and I actually requested it, and helped him out with the lyrics. You can even see him give us hugs! heh. This was one of my favorite shows ever.
"These Days" is originally by Jackson Browne..
Okee doke, danke!
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