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Date Posted: 02:04:07 07/06/17 Thu
Author: Anonymous
Subject: Got super-busy, sorry...
In reply to: Anon 1001 Fan 's message, "Where's the next review?" on 13:30:12 07/04/17 Tue
I wasn't entirely sure I was going to make it to Woodinville this year, for various reasons. Then I decided WTH, I've got to go - it's tradition. Luckily my friend was down for last minute planning. I texted her on my way to Portland. So, we met up part of the way, still without tickets, but I figured we could get GA with no problem. I called them earlier and Kim said she thought we'd be okay. Anyway, when we met around 4:30 I got on my phone and got excellent tickets. Yay us! We took my friend's car, she just got a classic 90's Mercedes and she wanted me to drive. I have such car envy! I don't care much about car status and drive my cars until they die. Then I replace it with another nondescript, but hopefully reliable, car. But, I am a leadfoot and this car is my dream. It was also green, my favorite color. We got there pretty quickly and had time to hang out.
One time, when Chris still did the merchandise line, he told me there are peacocks that roam the grounds and I should try and see them sometime. Never have yet though. Now all our communication is non-verbal. I try to Morse Code blink my phone number to him, but although he said at the beginning of the concert they watch the audience too, he's never looked at me long enough to get it. Frankly, I only really know SOS from some cartoon a million years ago, so that could be the issue too. He probably thinks the sequins are blinding me. In Woodinville he wore my, current, all-time favorite black and white suite. This time I was close enough to see the incredible stitching in the suit. What I don't care for is others in the crowd looking at me or asking about me - which happened there. Some stranger asked my friend about me when she went to the restroom. Weird.
Anyway, both nights his voice was so incredible. When he sang You Owe Me Some Kind of Love, his emphasis on "I don't want to fight," went straight to my heart. For me personally, if he sang that to me I'd quit fighting with him. I've said it before, I am normally the type to walks away and doesn't look back, but Chris could sing to me and I'd be all "What? Was I mad? Oh honey, I love you." Jealousy would be the tough one, well according to any behind-the-scenes shows I've watched. Another trait I thought I didn’t have, much, because of the aforementioned walking away – however, it would be tough if your partner flirted with an audience for a living. I guess I get passionate about many things, and protective, so people in my life just have to remember that there are times when they’re very happy with the passion. Speaking of passion, I wondered when is that tie coming off and it still gets me. Clip-ons will never have the same effect. Then, being greedy, I thought, and my friend voiced, “C’mon take off your jacket.” Which he didn’t until the encore, but at least he did and that crisp white shirt and manly arms are still there.
Worked it out Wrong, in the encore, was so heartfelt. He said when he wrote it he thought of being somewhat arrogant and self-assured that (whoever the woman is) she would be coming back and he didn’t have to worry, but he worked it out wrong. Again as he sings “come back to me” I think “c’mon lady, give this guy a chance.” In Woodinville he also threw in Only the Lonely, which he kills, of course. This was during the part when they do a sort of acoustic set. The Way Things Really Are was another gem I was glad to hear. Usually, when I listen I’m all: “Yeah Chris just have a heart and tell me so, if you want to let me go.” And even though he started with a funny joke, when he sings, I want the girl to tell him “Oh hells yeah, you’re the one. I’ll never let you go.”
Chris talked about how Woodinville is one of their favorite places in the world to play. It was a spectacular day. The weather was perfect, but he noted that it’s not just about the weather, but the audience. I pretty much agree, too much wine/alcohol is the only problem, but also not if I don’t have to interact with any drunks. They’ve also changed the layout a bit, there’s no separation, or aisle, between A and B and the chairs are closer to the stage. So there was no easy way to get up front and I think that, plus having more seats to sell, is the point. As I write I think “wow judgy wudgy,” but I do also have issues with people telling me what to do. One drunk guy kept trying to make everyone stand up and I couldn’t obey him. Ha ha. Naturally, though I did want to stand, and did, as often as I could – simply not when a guy is telling me to. I didn’t see staff stopping anyone from going up front, or making them go back, except for one inebriated woman who kept forcing her way to the front row. They looked at her ticket and made her go back, later though she made it up front. Her persistence paid off. It’s just a smaller area in the front. I was in the middle of the row, though, since the seats are not separated sections and I didn’t want to push my way through. The guy next to me was really a fussy pot too. It seemed like he wanted his daughter to have a good time and it was understandable that he was fussy and manspreading. Later, she grabbed and kneaded his leg and they held hands and other PDA, so maybe even more understandable that he was trying to alpha-male for his not daughter.
Worked it out wrong may seem a pretty sad song to end on, but I left feeling very uplifted and happy. Chris earns his money and his art is palpable in every note. When he walked off and handed the guitar to the tech I let out an audible “mmmm” at his gorgeous silhouette. It was loud enough though that no one heard me, so don’t tell anyone y’all. I also spelled silhouette correctly on the first try and you can tell everyone that. I guess you can say I, of course, still love Chris Isaak, albeit from afar. This nonsense of almost not going to Chateau Ste Michelle was simply an almost anomaly. I did get to see behind the scenes of the winery, a little. I had to be escorted to the other side’s will call for tickets and on the way back, the guy used his key card to let us walk through that way. It was kinda cool, but mainly just big vats that probably wouldn’t be very interesting to many. I loved the setlist, even though recently Reverie is a favorite and Dancin’ is top of the list for me, we weren’t disappointed at all. Get to a show and report back, please.
Oh yeah, I got to be nosy and see someone's VIP swag as they sat in front of me. It did look cool. There's a special booklet, magazine size, with drawings and pictures I haven't seen elsewhere. I love a tote, which looked nice too. Hope you enjoy this - as usual written off the cuff and bouncing around the setlist.
One more Smokey Robinson and The Miracles tune. Didn’t they used to be just The Miracles? Just like it used to be The Supremes, before Diana Ross and The Supremes? Let's not eve talk about poor Dawn and that scoundrel Tony Orlando. :) Seems like that’s always a bad sign for the backing folks, except maybe The Pips, I think they were always The Pips. Anyway, if I were Chris’ gf I’d be making the opposite of the break up move The Miracles do in Tracks of my Tears, whatever that might be. Obviously, I need to go to back-up singing and dancing school. Chris has a real point about the choreography, it’s so good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKQtWMETbfo
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- That's a pleasant attitude -- Anonymous, 19:17:01 07/06/17 Thu