dear ms. teng, please consider my humble marriage proposal

[such_heights]

So, glass_icarus and I went to go see Vienna Teng perform tonight. It was SO AMAZING, a;sldjas;lj.

Set List:

Augustine
The Tower
Stray Italian Greyhound
Antebellum
Blue Caravan
Don't Be Afraid (Paper Raincoat song)
I Don't Feel So Well
No Gringo
My Medea
One Bedroom, One Bath
Radio
City Hall
Harbor
Help Is On The Way (cover)
Grandmother Song

A Thousand Oceans (Tori Amos cover)
Idioteque (Radiohead cover)
Soon Love Soon

kaydeefalls, I thought of you a lot when she was playing all your vid songs! :D Oh, Stray Italian Greyhound particularly was so amazing, I smiled and smiled and got a little teary and had the vid playing in my mind.

Everything was completely wonderful. She talked a little bit about writing My Medea whilst grappling with depression for the first time - funnily enough, I'd never read the song like that before, and so I was really glad to discover that new resonance. Listening to City Hall (a song about same-sex marriage in San Francisco) was a strange mix of gorgeous and not a little heartbreaking. And Harbor just made me beam. I think hearing Idioteque was my other favourite, because omg Vienna Teng/Radiohead/me is pretty much my musical ot3.

She had Alex Wong with her, who was delightful, and the two of them are a lot of fun together. There was also some other guy - he was fun too! A lot of the joy of the show was just in listening to Vienna talk about her travels and the history behind some of the songs and encouraging audience participation. There was also the bit in One Bedroom, One Bath when she and Alex broke into A Whole New World, having talked about performing it at karaoke. It was hilarious.

The last song was so gorgeous - they led the crowd in a three part harmony, and we actually sounded pretty good! I got a pretty decent mp3 copy of it (thanks to being so close to the stage, eeee). You can hear me singing, but I'm mostly in tune so hopefully that won't damage your experience too badly! Soon Love Soon

Picspam! We were sitting at a table right by the side of the stage where Vienna sat with her piano, which was just perfect. God, she's so beautiful I hardly know what to do with myself, and her voice! *swoon*

Comments

[miss_haitch]

Eeee, that sounds amazing! After avendya did a big giveaway of Vienna's music, I majorly got into her. Love the pictures, and her dress looks so gorgeous! is shallow

[avendya]

Yay, I am really glad that you enjoyed her music!

[gorgeousnerd]

Wow, that view! That's seriously perfect; I would've been staring at her hands the entire time.

[thingswithwings]

EEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee! I have so much jealousy!

[chaila]

Yay! I'm glad you had fun! I've seen her play and she is indeed amazing.

(Also, "other guy" is my neighbor. It is my only paltry claim to fame. And played cello etc. for this band. /random)

[such_heights]

He played in Jump, Little Children? That's so awesome! That is an excellent claim to fame to have.

[heathershaped]

*________* Jealous!

She's gorgeous and looks like your seats were great!

[eruthros]

Oh wow, those are great seats! And a great set list! I've never seen Vienna Teng live, but it looks like a great time :)

[glass_icarus]

Eeeeeeeeeee! *\o/* Your pictures came out fabulous! (and I now wish to icon them, ahahaha.)

... I may or may not have been singing all the way home. :D

[such_heights]

*grabby hands* icons please! :D

[100indecisions]

Sounds a lot like my experience--i.e., awesome. (Also yes, her cover of Idioteque is basically the BEST THING EVER.) Did she talk about the story behind "Blue Caravan"? Because it's kind of hilarious.

[such_heights]

If she did, I do not remember! I did find a website that collated all of the stories she's told, though, I will have to look it up again.

[100indecisions]

Basically she has all these happy memories of her family's minivan from her childhood as a suburbanite and at some point she was like, "Nobody ever writes romantic songs for minivans. I think I will fill that gap." Which--I mean, it's kind of awesome and hilarious, and at the same time I remember that every time I hear that song, and now it's like "...that song is so much less magical now!"

[topaz_eyes]

I am so jealous! And thrilled you had a great time. :-) One of these years I will take in a Vienna Teng concert, I will.

[ursamajor]

Do it sooner rather than later - she's actually headed to business school this fall. She did mention at the Cambridge show that she'll still try to play during school breaks, but obviously, concert frequency will go down from being a full-time musician.

[topaz_eyes]

Oh, I'd love to, but unless she decides to tour Western Canada or the Pacific Northwest I don't think I'll be able to afford it. Oh well, I can dream. :-)

[ursamajor]

Actually, she'll be at the Bumbershoot Festival in a couple of weeks - don't know how far away you are from Seattle, but it might be worth checking out :)

Vienna Teng <3 <3 <3

[ursamajor]

Here via glass_icarus to mutually flail and squee; I got to see both of their Cambridge sets (my pix here) on Tuesday, and I am still completely BWEEEEE about it. Jealous that you got City Hall and A Thousand Oceans, but happy about what I got to hear as well. :)

Re: Vienna Teng <3 <3 <3

[such_heights]

Oh, those pictures are so great, thanks for sharing!

[raven]

Oh, oh, I saw her in London with Alex Wong, I made noises of <33333. She's so awesome.

[builtofsorrow]

Eeee! Alex & Vienna are so amazing. They're hilarious together too; I love their banter and their stories. I'm so sad I missed this concert, butttt. I'm glad you got to experience them! Were you there for Joey Ryan too?

[such_heights]

I was - he was pretty adorable!

[wintercreek]

Oh, a world of yes to this post! Vienna Teng, how so amazing/beautiful/talented? I got to see her in concert last year and by the end of it my face hurt from smiling so much.

[fightingarrival]

I am sitting here so jealous right now.

(Glad you had fun!)

[lady_ganesh]

Those pictures are wonderful! Got here from glass_icarus, and so glad you both had a wonderful time.