From: patd@groucho.moneng.mei.com (Patrick Davies)
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Subject: Milwaukee Show - 3/15/94
Date: 16 Mar 1994 14:45:03 GMT
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Here's some "more of the same" type of stuff to chew on, folks:

I was at the Billy Joel concert last night (March 15, 1994) at the Bradley
Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was the first time he had been to
Milwaukee since July 14th, 1981 (I'm pretty sure it was the 14th, that was
a long time ago, Glass Houses tour, ya kno). That concert was at the Arena
across the street from the new Bradley Center. Billy said: "We haven't
played here in a long time... I don't know why... How the hell are ya?"

The show was similar to the show I saw at the Rosemont Horizon, which is
near Chicago, Illinois in November of 1993, but it was different enough to
make it seem real fresh. He changed the opener from "A Matter of Trust" to
"No Man's Land".  Billy played "The Ballad of Billy the Kid", which I
haven't heard him play in concert since the first time I saw him in
1981. He played the cover "I Want to Hold your Hand". He also said: "So
this is where they make Harley Davidson's?" and then he started playing
"Born to be Wild". It was quite funny, because Billy didn't know all the
words and cut the song off after the first "Born to be Wild" chorus. I
think the audience knew the lyrics better than he did. Other than that, the
songlist was pretty close to what we've been reading on the net. He has
changed his dialog a little bit. He still does the Dylan joke, and the
accordian bit, but he added some other new things as well.

I'll go out on a limb here: "Innocent Man" is the best song on the tour. I
think the way he sings this on stage is very nice. I think his matured
voice really fills the song very well. Crytal's high notes just top it off
very nicely. Many of the older tunes (plus the more recent ballad material)
really come to life when Billy plays live, and last night was no exception.

The Bradley Center is not acoustically very good, but the mix where I was
sitting (lower level) was O.K. Milwaukee is a tamer crowd than Chicago, but
by the end of the show the whole place was nuts.

Please have a "It just might be a lunatic you're lookin' for" day,

Patwick.

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Subject: MILW concert
Date: 30 Mar 1994 21:32:20 GMT
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I saw Billy in in concert on March 15th in Milwaukee - the show was
great.  For those interested the play list was as follows:
No Man's Land
Pressure
Ballad of Billy the Kid
Lullabye
River of Dreams
Angry Young Man
Allentown
Scenes
My Life (after Beethoven intro)
Born to be Wild (ala Steppenwold - Billy stopped half way through because
he did not know all the words)
I go to Extremes
Innocent Man
Roll out the Barrel - with accordian
Downeaster Alexa
Goodnight Saigon
She loves you - The Beatles  (Billy sounded awesome on this song)
We didn't start the fire
Its Still Rock and Roll to Me
You May be Right
Only the Good Die Young
Encore 1 - Big  Shot
Encore 2 - Piano Man

The show was tremendous.  One question - he was using an earpiece - an
earphone or something. He said it was a new thing, and kept making jokes
because he felt like he was doing the nightly news.  He never did exactly
tell us what it was for.  Does anyone know anything about this - I don't 
remember him using it on the Storm Front tour. 

Tom