At first, seeing Thom Yorke on stage without Radiohead was sorta like seeing one's father with his NEW wife for the first time. You're sure she's nice and all but you hate her because its not your mom and your afraid life is going to be ruined now and how could he do this to you!And so it was last night.
It took a few songs for me to relax into the Eraser stuff. Its NOT Radiohead in any way other than that 5' 5" lead man Thom Yorke singing sweetly and dancing across the stage as only he and Ed Grimley can.
Matching his footwork was Flea of the RHCP... who I wanted to hate, but just couldn't. Effortlessly working his bass.... I could tell where the bass ended and he began. Its sounds lame, but its true... he was mesmerizing.
About 2/3rds of the way through, they all left the stage and after 5 solid minute of applause, Thom came back alone to play some new Radiohead stuff. (insert deafening cheers). He moved between solo guitar and solo piano... and though he was alone, I could see Jonny, Coz, Phil and Ed building the music around him. Deep sigh of relief.
So.... all is right with the world. Tonight, we see them again and this time, from note one I'll be at ease, able to enjoy the Eraser as a 1-night stand, knowing Radiohead is still in the studio coming up with new ways to leave me breathless.
-Catherine
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