<< Where and when was the show? Did she play the Boston Garden or something,
later in the year? The show I went to was during the summer.
>>
OK, now this gets very interesting...I pulled the 2 CD's, and they state
"Boston Commons, Boston, MA, July 20, 1983".
Now you may ask, well Bob, how do you know it was REALLY Boston?
On the domestic part of her world tour, during "Solid Love" she would sing
'right in the middle of this ********* heartache", and substitute whatever
town she was in, or sometimes the State. (Oklahome heartache, Los Angeles
heartache, etc.) I listened to the version of Solid Love and she clearly
sings "right in the middle of this BOSTON heartache"....further to that, she
closes the 'pre-encore' portion of the show with Chinese Cafe/Unchained
Melody, and says:
"Thanks, Boston, my apologies again, we've got a lot of technical difficulty
up here, I hope you'll come back sometime and see the show with its full
lighting and staging and, uh, and we can present it properly. Thank you very
much for your attention"
Maybe you left too early, Jim, and she came back out and played all this
later that same night, who knows? But here's what I've got from that night:
Coyote
Free Man In Paris
Cotton Ave.
Edith & The Kingpin
You Turn Me On...
You Dream Flat Tires
Song For Sharon
Wild Things Run Fast
Sweet Bird
Banquet
Raised On Robbery
Refuge Of The Roads
You're So Square...
Solid Love
Chinese Cafe
Grapevine
Underneath The Streetlights
Woodstock
Not a bad set, I'd say! Typically that '83 set list was 23/24 songs long and
she did 18 (that I have). Except for what you've said, it doesn't seem to
jive...but it does sound like Joni tried her best to give the crowd it's
money's worth!
I'd love to hear if anybody else can shed light on this one...
Bob
NP: "Heard It Through The Grapevine", Boston '83
