Back to the music. There were up to seven people on stage as they played a handful of tracks from the recently released (and atrociously titled) At the Moment of Our Most Needing or if only they could turn around they would know they weren't alone, though I hear the second clause of the title has been dropped. Varying the instrumentation there was a beer bottle played by a drumstick, and both drumsets were simultaneously put to use. Breaking out the first single from the latest album there was a brassy ending to (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men. This was the first set of this year's Hillside to really bring a load of energy with it (even if that energy had a tinge of hoedown in it). With the final tune Rock Plaza Central commanded My Children Be Joyful! And we were - as singing, dancing and general merriment abounded.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
The RPC Family (Hillside '09)
"I am an Excellent Steel Horse" came the wail from the Island Tent as Rock Plaza Central took to the stage, and took care of necessary business by getting that song out of the way. They carried on with the next track, How Shall I to Heaven Aspire off the excellent 2006 album Are We Not Horses, in a night that turned out to be a family affair. Not only did lead singer Chris Eaton recall the very young daughter of a bandmate playing alongside RPC at Hillside '07 but he also took the opportunity to announce to the crowd that his wife is pregnant (letting us in on the secret the first day that they'd told anyone outside the family). In addition to all of that there was also a proposal! After A Town at the Bottom of the Ocean and When We Go How We Go (Part I) there was a flurry of activity and I can't say for sure that it was a legitimate marriage proposal right there in front of us, but it appeared to be something of the sort as a lady from the front row ran up to plant a big one on the drummer. This was followed by Chris Eaton making up some vows on the spot, 'by the power vested in him by Hillside' or something. Peculiar but heartwarming nonetheless.
Back to the music. There were up to seven people on stage as they played a handful of tracks from the recently released (and atrociously titled) At the Moment of Our Most Needing or if only they could turn around they would know they weren't alone, though I hear the second clause of the title has been dropped. Varying the instrumentation there was a beer bottle played by a drumstick, and both drumsets were simultaneously put to use. Breaking out the first single from the latest album there was a brassy ending to (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men. This was the first set of this year's Hillside to really bring a load of energy with it (even if that energy had a tinge of hoedown in it). With the final tune Rock Plaza Central commanded My Children Be Joyful! And we were - as singing, dancing and general merriment abounded.
Back to the music. There were up to seven people on stage as they played a handful of tracks from the recently released (and atrociously titled) At the Moment of Our Most Needing or if only they could turn around they would know they weren't alone, though I hear the second clause of the title has been dropped. Varying the instrumentation there was a beer bottle played by a drumstick, and both drumsets were simultaneously put to use. Breaking out the first single from the latest album there was a brassy ending to (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men. This was the first set of this year's Hillside to really bring a load of energy with it (even if that energy had a tinge of hoedown in it). With the final tune Rock Plaza Central commanded My Children Be Joyful! And we were - as singing, dancing and general merriment abounded.
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