Best Chicago Concert 2006
This year the award goes to Gnarls Barkley at Lollapallooza 2006. This was the set.
* We Are the Champions* (the crowd got so into it. cliche but perfect)
* Go Go Gadget Gospel (fast)
* Who Cares (groovin', my favorite album track)
* The Boogie Monster (slow blues version. let's cee-lo shine)
* Just a Thought
* St. Elsewhere
* There's an End (Greenhornes cover)* ((great song since the Greenhornes were kind of at the fest too. That is the Raconteurs (jack white + the greenhornes). The Raconteurs actually covered Gnarls "Crazy" at this fest too. They must have hung out))
* Gone Daddy Gone (good violent femmes rip off)
* Feng Shui
* The Last Time
* Who Scared You? (Doors cover)* (a great doors song I had never heard. obscure)
* Crazy
* Transformer (slow blues version. cee-lo at his peak)
* Storm Coming
* Smiley Faces
They all came out it tennis outfits and really pumped the crowd up. It was hot. Wolfmother just played (also great). They were THE hottest band at the world right then. Perry even came out to introduce these guys. Cee-lo sang and played tambourine. Dangermouse played keyboards (I didn't even know he did). They also had 3 backup singers, a bass player, a guitarist, another keyboard player/dj/soundman, and a 5 piece string section. It was great. Epic.
Here's a clip of their biggest hit "Crazy" at this show. There was an energy that I can't explain any better than this blog.