Jason Mraz in Denver :: campaign 08 :: and a quick hit

FROM THE FILLMORE, DENVER, COLORADO, 10/27:
Jason Mraz only played one song Monday night before a female fan threw her bra on the stage. "Already?" he said before throwing it back. Going to a Mraz show is probably distinctly different if you are a woman (maybe 80 percent of the audience Monday night?) or a man, so here we present our review of the show, with C giving the female perspective and JF the male.

JF: There's lots of girls here. Like, teenyboppers
C: Although he has a new album out, Jason still sang old favorites like "You and I Both" and "Sleeping to Dream" and "Clockwatching." He had a horn section, with sax, trumpet and trombone.
JF: Iiiiit's poppy. Deeeeefinitely poppy
C: They performed "The Remedy" with a reggae twist, and the audience sang along. During the singalong, Mraz said, "Now just the ladies!"
JF: It sounded the same!
C: He also sang "I'm Yours." During one song, a photo of Barack Obama flashed on the screen behind Mraz and the audience started cheering really loudly. The horns moved up into the audience in the balcony and played from there to the surprise of the crowd.
During another song, Mraz tried to teach the audience some dance moves so they could dance along.
JF: He's kind of a weiner.
C: After about 45 minutes, he closed with Bob Marley's "Three Little Birds," asking different parts of the audience to sing out the chorus. But the lights stayed low and he came out for a loooong encore. He started with "Lucky" with opening act Lisa Hannigan singing Colbie Caillait's part. Also did a cover of "Buttercup."
JF: This is the part of the show where the girls are taking pictures of themselves and their friends. And two days later they're gonna put it up on their clipboards on their refrigerators, and it'll say "BFF" over it.
C: Also "There's No Stopping Us" and "A Beautiful Mess." It's possible the encore lasted as long as the main part.
JF: He's kind of full of himself.





Quick hit:
Delicatessen: If your music could be on a soundtrack for any TV show past or present.....any preference? Any certain song? and Why!

Ann Yu of LoveLikeFire: I don't watch a lot of TV, but my bandmates and friends have told me the show "Deadwood" was really awesome. I could see a couple of our songs being on a western drama show. We all really like old westerns, Morricone, Lee Hazlewood and some of that seeps into the tunes every now and then.