All the way up to 11
I was at the Copenhagen show last night and just wanted to make a little report. The set list was just about the same as in Stockholm with the exception of a couple of numbers, unfortuately I didn't write them down for your benefit! But I can say that the place he played was a GREAT venue for an EC/Imposter's show. Intimate and good atmosphere. I actually made the fatal mistake of jumping up right in front of the stage in my eagerness to get close to the Man. That was perhaps a mistake, as the sound is much better away from the stage. VON O who I had the pleasure of meeting at the show, can perhaps give a better evaluation of the sound.
IN GENERAL I was happy with the concert, as the Imposters rocked big time, but Elvis looked like hell and like he's on his death bed. He did NOT look healthy at all, not as fresh as he was for the North gigs. At the risk of sounding like a dick, he played pretty shabbily last night, especially on some of his standards and older hits. Everything got played just a little too fast and he lost timing on a lot of the numbers and fumbling with chords at times. Of course nobody can really hear that when you crank it up to 11 on your amp and crack out a bunch of distortion. The Wall of Sound also drown Elvis out at times and one couldn't hear his voice that clearly, although I was in the front of the stage and maybe his guitar amp blasted me and overshadowed the P.A. from where I stood.
All in all a very good show, and he was incredibly generous as usual, playing a LONG time 2 and a half hours and singing his guts out and performing with sweat and spit flying over the place.
I think he's been touring for way too long. He needs a break, but he's still the most compelling act as far as I'm concerned. Unless Bob Weir and the Boys come to Europe of course.