08-23-09 Binghamton NY set list

by **ladybugkris** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:24 pm

Melissa came into town and did soundcheck at around 8:30 am. The venue is beautiful, covered seating area with lawn seats in the back. The setlist is:

Ain't it heavy
California
Similar features
I need to wake up
Chrome plated heart
Shriners park
Angels
The weakness in me
Come to my window
Cover - still unknown what it will be
Place your hand
If I wanted to
Meet me in the dark
I run for life
I want to come over
I'm the only one
Bring me some water
Like the way I do
Piece of my heart

So cannot wait until tonights show!

by **nybabe58** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:39 pm

ladybugkris wrote:Melissa came into town and did soundcheck at around 8:30 am. The venue is beautiful, covered seating area with lawn seats in the back. The setlist is:

Ain't it heavy
California
Similar features
I need to wake up
Chrome plated heart
Shriners park
Angels
The weakness in me
Come to my window
Cover - still unknown what it will be
Place your hand
If I wanted to
Meet me in the dark
I run for life
I want to come over
I'm the only one
Bring me some water
Like the way I do
Piece of my heart

So cannot wait until tonights show!

Wow got it already Kris!!!

Have a great night and it might change if some requests are done!! Enjoy the show!!

by **nybabe58** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 4:52 pm

Just got the word..change in setlist by Request for tonights show..still waiting on that cover!!
Not Angels but Occasionally ..this won't be the only change I can imagine!!

Im hearing the cover now on the phone!! :biggrin:

Ain't it heavy
California
Similar features
I need to wake up
Chrome plated heart
Shriners park
Occasionally(by Request)
The weakness in me
Come to my window
"Ain't No Sunshine" cover by Bill Withers(WOW)
Place your hand
If I wanted to
Meet me in the dark
I run for life
I want to come over
I'm the only one
Bring me some water

Encore:
Like the way I do
Piece of my heart

by **kathyb** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:03 pm

Thanks kris & nyb. As I much as I love Melissa's own music, I'm soooo enjoying this cover song thing she's doing on this tour. Glad you're enjoying the show!

by **nybabe58** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:54 pm

Lets hear about the show folks!!! Anyone up late to post about it???

by **toomuchgirl** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:27 pm

The show was fantastic!!!!!!!!! I was in the second row pretty much center, just off to the right. The guitar work on the cover "Ain't no Sunshine" was outrageously good!!!! I was thrilled to witness it. What a musician, what an entertainer!!!!! She was sooo funny tonight and in very good spirits. She forgot the words to parts of "Shriners Park", but hey, the crowd was forgiving and found it kind of funny really. Met some boardies I hadn't met before and just had a super good time!!!!!!!

by **bikergal** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:32 pm

The concert was alright. Can't say it was anywhere near the top of my list. My tickets were all the way in the 13th row. I think that had something to do with it. I wasn't down with the "real fans" having fun.

The people behind us were so nasty. Anytime we stood up they would yell for everyone to sit down. It got so annoying. The girl next to me yelled back that "it is a concert and people stand!" I thought there was going to be a fist fight or something. Besides the fact that the women behind me was trying to sing the songs so loudly it was hilarious. Especially when she kept messing up the words. Arrgghhh... It is late and I am very tired...

by **dogrescuergirl** on Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:44 pm

Angie and I just wanted to share some stuff. Just uploaded some great stuff from tonight's outstanding performance at Binghamton, New York. Melissa was on fire and the show was fantastic. Thanks to Karen and Angie, Mare enjoyed a 20-minute very special meet and greet with Melissa. Mare was thrilled and really appreciated it and had a great chat with Melissa about football and other personal things.

Here are the videos. Enjoy!

Clip of BMSW where Melissa eyes Angie’s lit-up water bottle, she had a small flashlight under the bottle, said flashlight also used to light up my Canadian flag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr2sGcjG3Gg

Melissa did a great cover tonight – Bills Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt5WNSpU2Tc

Melissa sang a song that most have probably never heard live – Place Your Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T3i-ean3-k

Another fantastic show, Melissa.

by **nano** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:00 am

Amazing videos! Thanks for sharing..

oh my...."Ain't No Sunshine"

by **hippie** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 2:28 am

Hola! Muchas Gracias Mi Amigas!!

by **nybabe58** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:19 am

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!!

by **endie17** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:37 am

Wow...thanks so much...I love "Place you hands" and have never heard her do it live.

by **BlueHaze** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:03 am

The show was Smokin'!! :biggrin:

I never did hear anyone say - "SIT DOWN"

by **Cruisin** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:27 am

Thanks DRG, we SO wanted to go to that show, you gave us a good glimpse, appreciate it

by **Tracy** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:29 am

What an awesome weekend! Lots of driving, but definitely fun.

Last nights show was terrific. I finally got to hear Place Your Hand live and it was worth the wait

Thanks Melissa! Also, the cover was AMAZING! Her guitar work on that song was just so awesome. Got the entire song in video and will post it up to YouTube tonight. I forgot to bring my camera to work today...silly me.

It's very funny to me how she always wants to hear, AND answer people as they talk to her... At one point last night, a long drawn out "whaaaat?!?" came out of her mouth. She should put a couple of mics in the audience so she gets our questions and comments in her ear thingy's...LOL.

I had a hard time getting up for work today. I was supposed to be off today but since I got the new job only last week I couldn't actually take today off...so I guess I'm sucking it up and drinking a lot of coffee today...LOL.

Hope everyone has a great day!

by **kathyb** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:33 am

dogrescuergirl wrote:Angie and I just wanted to share some stuff. Just uploaded some great stuff from tonight's outstanding performance at Binghamton, New York. Melissa was on fire and the show was fantastic. Thanks to Karen and Angie, Mare enjoyed a 20-minute very special meet and greet with Melissa. Mare was thrilled and really appreciated it and had a great chat with Melissa about football and other personal things.

Here are the videos. Enjoy!

Clip of BMSW where Melissa eyes Angie’s lit-up water bottle, she had a small flashlight under the bottle, said flashlight also used to light up my Canadian flag.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr2sGcjG3Gg

Melissa did a great cover tonight – Bills Withers’ Ain’t No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt5WNSpU2Tc

Melissa sang a song that most have probably never heard live – Place Your Hands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T3i-ean3-k

Another fantastic show, Melissa.

Great Videos Kat - any more on Mare's meet & greet. So nice that MLE's sharing some one on one time with some of her fans!!

by **sevenwonders81** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:13 am

The show was great !!!! I thought hearing Place Your Hand was awesome!!! I was in row H and thought it was great. I did hear some women yell sit down pleae and then someone said get off your ass. The cover song was very good. It seems that she is having fun with the cover songs and her choices are very interesting.

Looking forward to next years tour!!!

by **bikergal** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:19 am

BlueHaze wrote:The show was Smokin'!!

I never did hear anyone say - "SIT DOWN"

You must not have been far enough back to hear people screaming just about every song to sit down. They spent more time yelling at people than enjoying the show. All they did was complain over and over again, song after song. It was so annoying... :roll:

by **toomuchgirl** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:44 am

After the concert: Jared got a set list, Amanda, I got Melissa's water bottle, and Janet got Melissa's sweat towel. :biggrin:

by **toomuchgirl** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:17 am

Here's a few pics from a fantastic concert last evening. More later. 8-)

by **bikergal** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:24 am

toomuchgirl wrote:After the concert: Jared got a set list, Amanda, I got Melissa's water bottle, and Janet got Melissa's sweat towel.

Thats great! Congrats

by **mleaddict** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:12 am

Awesome show and my first 'live and alone' concert! i have to agree with whoever posted about the women in the 14th (?) row...my friend and I were in the 10th and found them to be rude yelling for everyone to sit down. sheesh! i too, thought there was gonna be some throwing down, the woman who yelled the 'it's a concert, stand up' or whatever was right in front of me!

but that aside, what a great set. i loved, loved, loved 'chrome-plated heart', 'the weakness in me', 'shriners park', etc.

here are my photos on flickr!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/erinhanlon706/sets/72157622005367051/

:biggrin:

by **Giant** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:03 am

Great show. We stood for the most part and had no problem with anyone saying anything. Great set list...Place Your Hand was amazing live and I haven't heard Similar Features in a while.

Mare had a great time at her M&G, she was very surprised.

by **sevenwonders81** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:19 am

I have alot of video footage and photos that I will upload probably tomorrow night due to work related stuff I have to finish.

Matt

by **BlueHaze** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:14 am

bikergal wrote:You must not have been far enough back to hear people screaming just about every song to sit down. They spent more time yelling at people than enjoying the show. All they did was complain over and over again, song after song. It was so annoying...

Nope.. my seat was perfect :biggrin:

. Oh, I heard them on the surface, but chose not to let it sink in :innocent:

by **nybabe58** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:19 am

BlueHaze wrote:
bikergal wrote:You must not have been far enough back to hear people screaming just about every song to sit down. They spent more time yelling at people than enjoying the show. All they did was complain over and over again, song after song. It was so annoying...

Nope.. my seat was perfect . Oh, I heard them on the surface, but chose not to let it sink in

Hey Blue! Glad to see you and hear you were at the show. Wasn't at this one but was at Westbury? We're you there and did you get my recent email?

by **nybabe58** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:23 am

Tracy wrote:What an awesome weekend! Lots of driving, but definitely fun.

Last nights show was terrific. I finally got to hear Place Your Hand live and it was worth the wait Thanks Melissa! Also, the cover was AMAZING! Her guitar work on that song was just so awesome. Got the entire song in video and will post it up to YouTube tonight. I forgot to bring my camera to work today...silly me.

It's very funny to me how she always wants to hear, AND answer people as they talk to her... At one point last night, a long drawn out "whaaaat?!?" came out of her mouth. She should put a couple of mics in the audience so she gets our questions and comments in her ear thingy's...LOL.

I had a hard time getting up for work today. I was supposed to be off today but since I got the new job only last week I couldn't actually take today off...so I guess I'm sucking it up and drinking a lot of coffee today...LOL.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Tracy & Kris

Glad you had a blast and thanks for the call for the cover and place your hand!

Glad you got some vids too!! Lots are posting and they are great!

Toomuchgirl and crew, nice pictures and great to now with a face to name!! Glad you had a blast!!

by **SPLASH** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:25 am

o.k...THAT's it
Theres going to have to be sitting and standing sections
everyone who wants to stand...UP FRONT
Those who want to sit...Behind them :biggrin:

by **Tracy** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:19 am

Agreed! Sitting and Standing sections would be awesome! I hate sitting down at a show.

by **kathyb** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:30 am

Tracy wrote:Agreed! Sitting and Standing sections would be awesome! I hate sitting down at a show.

SIT DOWN at a Melissa concert???? ughhhh!!

by **kathyb** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:33 am

toomuchgirl wrote:After the concert: Jared got a set list, Amanda, I got Melissa's water bottle, and Janet got Melissa's sweat towel.

Hey Amanda & Kath - great souvenirs!! Looks like you had a blast!!

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:59 am

It was a fantastic show...I ignored the requests to sit...drew second row tickets... WOO HOO...Hmmm...TMG...tell how you ended up in the second row!

I have 4 full videos...a ton of pics...I'll work on them shortly. Fun fun fun!!! Got to meet alot of people...my poor husband in pain the whole time but he still enjoyed the show...he did tell me after that when the girls in front of him stood he couldn't see Melissa...sorry Steve but ya gotta stand in a Melissa show!

After the show I did a bad bad thing. I jumped on stage and stole her towel and gave her water bottle to Kathleen :oops:

by **bikergal** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:07 am

mleaddict wrote:Awesome show and my first 'live and alone' concert! i have to agree with whoever posted about the women in the 14th (?) row...my friend and I were in the 10th and found them to be rude yelling for everyone to sit down. sheesh! i too, thought there was gonna be some throwing down, the woman who yelled the 'it's a concert, stand up' or whatever was right in front of me!

The women who yelled "its a concert, stand up!" was in the 13th row right next to me. She was pretty funny. She was like "jeeze it's Melissa" hahaha....

I wish I was in the front standing with everyone. How the heck do you sit still with Melissa playing?

I prefer to stand and cheer her on

Great Idea - A sitting section and a standing section.

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:42 am

here are some of my favorite pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13854533@N00/

by **NYST8OfMind** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:53 am

bikergal wrote:The concert was alright. Can't say it was anywhere near the top of my list. My tickets were all the way in the 13th row. I think that had something to do with it. I wasn't down with the "real fans" having fun.

The people behind us were so nasty. Anytime we stood up they would yell for everyone to sit down. It got so annoying. The girl next to me yelled back that "it is a concert and people stand!" I thought there was going to be a fist fight or something. Besides the fact that the women behind me was trying to sing the songs so loudly it was hilarious. Especially when she kept messing up the words. Arrgghhh... It is late and I am very tired...

You know I had someone behind me keep poking me in the ribs to sit down, now mind you I was seated for all the slow stuff, but this chick was unreal, I finally said "hey it's a concert, if you can't see stand up like EVERYBODY else is doing" geez wasn't like I was holding up a sign or a bobblehead :lol:

by **Bitewound** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:36 pm

Janet wrote:
After the show I did a bad bad thing. I jumped on stage and stole her towel and gave her water bottle to Kathleen

Ooh - like this Shot Janet-100_3930
um WHY

Why would anyone want a sweaty towel - that's yucky

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:47 pm

who knows Bitey! :lol:

Here's Shriners Park...she skipped a verse!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKU86Zg5iPI

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:53 pm

Weakness in Me and Meet Me in the Dark are uploading...the video isn't great but the audio is fine...

by **Bitewound** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:00 pm

Janet wrote:who knows Bitey!

OK

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:18 pm

Meet Me In The Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4MMDQwe6Tc

The Weakness in Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y92L_Hszlyg

Ain't No Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5cc64dmGe0

by **nybabe58** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:13 pm

Great stuff Janet!! Thanks for sharing!!

by **nybabe58** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:14 pm

NYST8OfMind wrote:
geez wasn't like I was holding up a sign or a bobblehead

by **james0479** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:42 pm

Sounds like it was such a great show!!!!!!!!!!! And Kat....it's great to hear from you again. Can't wait to hopefully get the chance to say hello in Oklahoma!

by **girlbreaksbeat** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:23 pm

last night...i don't even know what to say!

this was the best show i have ever been to! (my first MLE show) i had great seats in the 4th row and the setlist was amaaaaazing! so was the energy (minus being yelled at to sit down constantly)

...and i also ended my night with a brief encounter with MELISSA!

i have some video's (mostly clips) on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/girlbreaksbeat

by **dogrescuergirl** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:38 pm

From BingPop.com

--start--

Melissa Etheridge: And why she’s better to see live in Binghamton than Britney Spears. Most of the time.
August 24th, 2009
by Joshua B

Yeah, OK, Melissa Etheridge is a gay icon. And an environmental awareness icon. And a breast cancer survivor icon. And a rock chick icon. And a songwriting icon.

Jesus Christ, Melissa, leave room for somebody else to have a cause, would ya?

But more than all of these things, she’s a brilliant live performer. I had never known that till last night, and I suspect I’m not the only one who discovered it at the Anderson Center in Binghamton. Well, OK, Vestal; but she said Binghamton. “Are you ready to rock, Vestal?!?” doesn’t have the same ring…

See, what’s unique about going to a concert in the Bing is this: we get so damn few of them; we’re a lot more willing to go see a show from an artist that we maybe kinda liked just a little bit in college because their single was stuck in our broken CD player. So Bing concerts are filled with the unconverted—not the hooting, hollering, crying, shrieking, (maybe even) tripping concert-goers you’d find in the “big city”.

It took me a while to realize this; beforehand, I just thought that we were all f*cking lame. And I’m not convinced that some touring performers don’t feel that way when they show up here.

BTW, I heard one set of concert-goers last night scream at another set of concert-goers to sit down because they weren’t as excited about the show and they didn’t think that anybody else should be either.

On another BTW, I pretty much suck at listening to new music; what do you want from me? I work in radio. And if a lyric hasn’t been drilled into my head every four and a half hours before being used as the underscore for a Toyota commercial and the theme song for an Amy Adams romantic comedy, I have a difficult time sitting through its live performance.

But that’s what separates a really really really great live performer from, well, Britney Spears. Because while we all want to have sex with Britney (even the gays; it’s OK, you can admit it), we pretty much just tolerate her singing on the off chance that she may lose her sh*t on stage and rip her clothes off for no particular reason.

This is not true for Melissa Etheridge. (OK, maybe it’s true for some of the lesbians reading.) I, for one, am not sure quite why I liked her live show so much last night. More than 70% of the show was tunes I didn’t know. But it didn’t matter. It might have been her voice—which was in perfect form and didn’t sound any different from what you’d hear in a studio recording. It might have been her laid-back vibe: you felt like she could have been playing a bar as small as Frankie’s or a space as big as the Broome Arena, she’d be having a ball either way. I actually think, more than anything else, it was her chemistry with the audience.

She’s an engaging storyteller, and every lyric seemed vitally important when delivered live. Message songs like “I Run for Life” (her breast cancer anthem) and “I Need to Wake Up” (her Oscar-winning environmental anthem) which before seemed to me like “charity jingles” when they first came out, suddenly just worked. It’s impossible to deny that’s she’s genuine when you see her in the flesh.

I can’t tell you for sure if I’ll buy Melissa’s next album—I’ve never been blown away by her CDs; but I can tell you I won’t miss her next concert. Unless Britney Spears is in town. And having a breakdown. Half-naked.

Now that’s entertainment.

PS: We interviewed Melissa on the Star Morning Show. She was just as cool to speak to by phone as she was live in concert.

--end--

by **Janet** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:58 pm

GREAT article!!!

Anyone know who was videotaping it to the right of the stage?

by **nano** on Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:13 pm

thanks for the great article!

by **nybabe58** on Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:26 am

girlbreaksbeat wrote:last night...i don't even know what to say!

this was the best show i have ever been to! (my first MLE show) i had great seats in the 4th row and the setlist was amaaaaazing! so was the energy (minus being yelled at to sit down constantly)

...and i also ended my night with a brief encounter with MELISSA!

i have some video's (mostly clips) on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/girlbreaksbeat

Girlbreaksbeat

Tell us about your brief encounter

by **Bitewound** on Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:43 am

dogrescuergirl wrote:BTW, I heard one set of concert-goers last night scream at another set of concert-goers to sit down because they weren’t as excited about the show and they didn’t think that anybody else should be either.

by **kathyb** on Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:27 am

nybabe58 wrote:
girlbreaksbeat wrote:last night...i don't even know what to say!

this was the best show i have ever been to! (my first MLE show) i had great seats in the 4th row and the setlist was amaaaaazing! so was the energy (minus being yelled at to sit down constantly)

...and i also ended my night with a brief encounter with MELISSA!

i have some video's (mostly clips) on my youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/girlbreaksbeat

Girlbreaksbeat

Tell us about your brief encounter

2nd that nyb...I want to hear more about mare's and girlbreaksbeat's M&G...how about it???