Unlike the
Dwayne Gretzky halloween show this post-Halloween concert didn't have much buy-in on the costume front. Hard to do anything after the fact. However the bands did get in the spirit as the four members of
Sheezer decked themselves in
Kiss make-up and costume, with
Laura Barrett even rocking some mechanical wings. I'm not sure if it's a testament to
Weezer, who the band obviously covers, or people's taste as they only cover the
Blue and
Pink.. albums, or Toronto fans loving their own - regardless of the reason it was amazing to see
Lee's Palace damn-near capacity, having sold out of pre-sale tickets for the gig. Opening with
Tired of Sex and then blasting through a fine number of tracks from these beloved early albums it was a joyous atmosphere with much singing along as the ladies themselves played the music pretty accurately. Three of the four of them swapped out
Rivers' vocals as well, not that it mattered as there were passionate singalongs to most of the tunes anyhow - especially
Buddy Holly, El Scorcho, and
Undone (The Sweater Song).
To commend those who did bother to dress up they were invited onstage to give the opening conversation of Undone and this quickly spiralled into a fan-stage party which was fun to see also. In the end they may have given away the hits a little early during the main set leaving a couple B-sides (
Susanne included) and
Only In Dreams for the end of the night but regardless of ending on slightly less than a high, it was a super fun night.
On a personal note
Undone was the song that won me access to the gig as I wrote in to declare it as my favourite:
"Undone (the sweater song) because I discovered it WAY back when on some Spin magazine giveaway mix CD and loved how unique it felt, from the intro conversations through to the music as well as the semi silly, yet easy to envision lyrics. Still a Weezer classic and a fan favourite!" Thanks
Exclaim!
Planet Creature opened in matching blonde wigs - though I'm not sure exactly who they were going for. It was pretty basic punk influenced rock that truthfully wasn't very good.
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