So, I have to say that I think this Albuquerque performance of "Beautiful" is my favorite performance yet from our Mr. Jon Peter Lewis. I can't belive how fabulous this must have been in person!
Jon has such a graceful way of expressing complex emotions. The songs/lyrics are wonderful but make sure to hang around for the final verse of this performance. Jon shuts his eyes and lets loose with that last verse with such power that I swear I can feel the air around him crackling with emotion right through the monitor...lol.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
This song and the way Jon performs both leave me rather speechless. How do you describe perfection? Jon seems to enter another world as he sings this and draws listeners into that world. This is perhaps is his most evocative performance we have on video, and that is really saying something since he always gets the emotion right in songs. The lighting in this really adds to the mood too. When Jon ends the song, he seems a little embarrassed to have poured so much emotion into it. It is a sweet reaction. He sounds extraordinary on it. The whole thing is all so real and so lovely. Couldn't you just see a music video of this?
**************************** California Christmas this year.
Ha...a pro music vid of this song would be amazing! I'm really hoping this song makes the new album, cause then there's a better chance I'll get to hear it live the next tour
I think I agree, Mish. Jon really relaxes into that one. He's the best when he stops watching the audience and just lets go... that's when he's really all there, awake to the music. Sublime, dude.
Originally posted by Mishtat: Ha...a pro music vid of this song would be amazing! I'm really hoping this song makes the new album, cause then there's a better chance I'll get to hear it live the next tour
On the YouTube that you posted, Jon says in the beginning that it will be on the next record. I'm hoping for "Plastique on the Inside" and "Mad Science" too! *fingers crossed. And if all my wishes come true we will hear "Mary With Grey Eyes" again some day.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.. It's about learning to dance in the rain."
I can't wait to hear all of Jon's wonderful new songs! I can't really play video files all that well on my computer, so I'll have to wait until the CD is released.
It's interesting how many of my favourite artists have a song called Beautiful:
Jon Peter Lewis The Go-Go's Amy Grant Anna Waronker
