the setlist...
Up The Beach
Ocean Size
Ain't No Right
Then She Did...
Stop! (first part)
Whores
Stop! (conclusion)
Three Days
Mountain Song
Summertime Rolls
Jane Says
Chip Away
Ted, Just Admit It...
From Lainie--
I remember a comedian making fun of the whole enchor concept, like "the band
pretends to go away and waits and acts like they're giving people something
extra..." and I certainly felt I saw a full show with more specialness and variation
(like the second stage) than usual without any enchor being necessary. As much
as I would have loved to hear I Would for You, I don't blame them for wanting
to just do it all in one great burst, and when it's over...it's over. I believe
they did play longer than they used to in the 'old days.' They certainly did
at the 2hr+ second LA Universal show, and it was smashing. Perry spoke an awful
lot which accounts for the extra time. I found him engaging, thoughtful, sober
and witty. Two kind of unusual things he said, he loved Jesus, and he had Laker's
season tickets. Meaning people shouldn't dislike others over religion (his grandmother
used to tell him not to tell people he was Jewish since they killed Jews) (and
basketball was fun but shooting a basket in a hoop wasn't art)...paraphrasing
wildly.
Dave was in a very charming manic (up) state that had him constantly on the
move (jumping into the audience, climbing up down and all around, running, fishing
around in his cK's, singing along to all the words, saying "I love you" to girlies
in the audience, saying "I love you" to the roadie who brought him a cigerette....)
Glancing back and forth, perry - dave - dave - perry....They both seemed to
be savoring every moment and in no hurry to leave the stage. Flea was more stationairy
but seemed thrilled if a little antsy about the pauses between playing janes
tunes. The overall theme was very sexual. Perry kept pulling his drawers down.
Early on in the show, Perry alluded to Dave's obvious eye candy appeal with
"I want some of that" and proceeded to lick him like a lollipop. Later Dave
returned the stage flirting with some fondling&thrusting&etc. They did their
regularly schedualed kiss during Aint no right or 3 days rather than the instrumental
break in Stop. All in all they were 'very familar' with each other and obviously
enjoyed bouncing sexual energy off one another throughout the cozy hometown
performance.
Whores was played but Perry didn't seem too eager to sing it properly, he just
roared through it. I think he had an insurrection from the set list. At one
point before or after mountain song Perry did seem quite upset and Dave was
very quick to huddle with him near the drum riser and kept his arm around Perry
the whole time til he seemed over it. I read a report saying Dave looked annoyed
with Perry during this show but I saw no such thing (I was up front). Dave had
no guitar sound during the opening of Summertime and was a little hot about
that so that may have been it. I sense Flea loves Mt Song. On it's opening,
Dave ran up to him in time for them to stand nose to nose screaming "mountain!"
to each other. During Ted, Flea, Dave and Perry were bodies careening and wilding
spinning too close together onstage.
As far as jerks in the crowd, there were a few : repeatedly yelling "Take it
off, baby" (directed at guess who- like he has to be asked...) and "Shut up
and sing!" (at perry) but it wouldn't be a public gathering without that element
and most people were wonderful. A guy who has no business looking so much like
Perry was up on stage moving and grooving in a completely unobtrusive way. I
just assumed it was Perry's brother, and when Dave gave him a hug that kind
of confirmed my suspicion he was family.
While on the second stage they were told the show was way overtime. Dave said
"I say we keep going" and Perry asked if the guy who owns the place was there-since
he wasn't the park's curfew was irrelevent and they did go back to the main
stage to do Ted... After it finished, Perry did the introductions but Flea had
already fled the stage as they all had been doing at past shows. Perry then
requested another pole dance from Dave since he missed the earlier climb up
the tower and he spurred him on by remarking how Dave's improved at pole dancing.
So Dave did a "risque" (perry's word) saunter up the pole, bumping and grinding.
When he reached the top he removed his black mini, whipped it around then let
it fly. It landed on Stephen 'birkenstocks' Perkins who feigned a squeal of
delight then laughed and chucked it away. It was a fitting end to a crazy, searing
and memorable night. Hopefully they (especially dave & perry) will play together
a lot more often.
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The following was taken from a 9/01 LA Weekly article..
The [Relapse '97 tour] shows were generally well-received, especially by
the fans who hadn't seen the band in its heyday, but on their second of two
evenings at the Universal Amphitheater a repellent, not-right vibe emanated
from the stage. As a hyper, ill-at-ease Navarro roamed the stage in a topless
black dress and garters, Perry's barely coherent lectures went on for small
eternities. Flea and Perkins appeared embarrassed. Some epic hard-drug use --
later acknowledged by both Perry and Navarro -- was definitely going on, and
it wasn't pretty.