Radiohead-show-san-jose-2012* Notes *
Radiohead played a show at the HP Pavilion in San Jose on Wednesday, before heading south to Santa Barbara and Coachella. Though half of a dozen of the songs played were from The King of Limbs, the show featured works from nearly all of Radiohead's albums. The visual aspect of the performance was striking. There were many screens on wires that were arranged in a variety of ways above the stage, sometimes showing images of the performers. Thom Yorke danced quite a bit, in his characteristic fluid manner. Much of the audience was also dancing.

* Tattling *
The audience was very excited and there was not a lot of talking. I was befuddled that the performance was taking place in a hockey arena, and imagined what would happen if the ice were not covered.

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4 responses to “Radiohead at the HP Pavilion”

  1. sfmike Avatar

    What musical byways are you being dragged down these days? I suppose we shall just read and find out.

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  2. The Opera Tattler Avatar

    I’ll be back to my normal fare soon enough. Off to hear the Ring in New York quite soon.

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  3. patty Avatar

    I’ve played in the arena a few times. Once with Pavarotti, once with Domingo, and at least one other job. It was VERY weird to play there. With Pavarotti there were women in strapless gowns … they must have been freezing. At the end of the performance he spoke to the audience, saying he hadn’t sounded very good because it was the worst place he’d ever sung in. With Domingo the conductor tripped when coming in for his very first entrance and he fell hard, face down. The gasp from the audience was pretty amazing. The conductor got himself up (he was a young guy), sort of shrugged, and went on to conduct as if nothing had happened. The other gig I vaguely remember (I think it was “Young Messiah”), but WE were the ones sitting on the covered ice.
    (Great to see you at the opera tonight. Sorry I was just a wee bit (hah!) negative ….)

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  4. The Opera Tattler Avatar

    Wow. That does sound really weird.
    Great to see and hear you!

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