Lee's Palace Pics & Report -- Post Here!

[Ceeje]

Please post your Lee's Palace pics and reports here.

[Trees]

The Tangible Sounds article has been moved to the Press Room

[Treed]

trees said:

Tangible Sounds - www tangiblesounds.com
Lee's Palace

- Alyssa Caplin

Marty is one of those rare frontmen that can pull off almost anything onstage. From his spastic, weird, yet strangely cool dance moves, to his knack of looking people in the back of the venue in the eye; it was obvious that he appreciated the crowd as much as they appreciated him. Not to mention, he pulls off even the cheesiest of stage antics and still manage to make it seem natural, something that usually takes years and dozens of tours to achieve. Before everyone assumes this was a typical, stand around, staring at the stage Toronto audience, think again. There was dancing and screaming and during a few songs, “Eyes Can’t See” especially, Marty didn’t need to sing, he just let everyone else do it for him.

Great review, Trees! Marty always seems so completely in his element onstage...it IS mesmerizing. It even catches "non-believers" off guard ;D ;D ;D.

[Trees]

Just love reading about those moments, eh!!! ;D ;D ;D

[helene]

Marty video from Lee's Palace August 10, 2006:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjP0NFkf1g

So happy to have been there...

[natasha]

Helene -

WOW! Thanks so much for the video! That was an awesome clip of the show. I absolutely loved how Marty went into the audience and sang and jumped around with them. The crowd musta loved that! The boys sounded great!

By the way, welcome to the boards! If you have any questions... just ask!

[hammerheadfl]

woo hoo! f***ck! yea nice video

[ShyNoMore]

helene said:

Marty video from Lee's Palace August 10, 2006:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJjP0NFkf1g

So happy to have been there...

Wow, Helene, that video showcased all of Marty's signature movements! That was great!

[lisafaith]

wow! helene! that video clip was Fan-freaking-tastic!! Thank you soo soooo much! Love them!!!!!!

[suezer2]

Helene -- AWESOME! Thank you so much for posting this. And welcome to the board.

[mcmaniac]

Awesome video Helene. Thanks so much for sharing. For those who have seen them live it is such a reminder of the fun and great times had at their live shows. For those who haven't seen them live, how could you not want to see this band

[wendyc122]

trees said:

Marty is one of those rare frontmen that can pull off almost anything onstage. From his spastic, weird, yet strangely cool dance moves, to his knack of looking people in the back of the venue in the eye; it was obvious that he appreciated the crowd as much as they appreciated him. Not to mention, he pulls off even the cheesiest of stage antics and still manage to make it seem natural, something that usually takes years and dozens of tours to achieve. Before everyone assumes this was a typical, stand around, staring at the stage Toronto audience, think again. There was dancing and screaming and during a few songs, “Eyes Can’t See” especially, Marty didn’t need to sing, he just let everyone else do it for him.

What a great review! The reporter from Tangible Sounds captured this show perfectly. And now she's a Hammerhead!

One really nice feature of Lee's Palace is the big stage, which is also five feet off the ground. After the Canal Room, which unfortunately has a stage the size of a postage stamp, it was great that Marty had room to move, and he took full advantage of it. He actually used the whole room ... he climbed onto the narrow ledges around the pit, climbed up onto a speaker, went into the crowd ...

And I was one of the people who helped sing "Eyes Can't See"! I was near the stage on Billy's side. At one point during the song, Marty was crouching down in front of me. I was singing at the top of my lungs, along with all the other Hammerheads around me. Marty made eye contact with me, held his gaze and then STUCK THE MICROPHONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.

I sang "I can't depend on noone else" and then he patted me twice on the top of my head. I haven't sung in public since 8th grade! It was an unbelievably cool moment.

The two encores, two songs each, were awesome. He did "Mr. Brightside" and at the end, after "I never ..." he added "... thought I'd be on a reality TV show."

All in all, the show was great, the room was great, the crowd was great ... yay, Canada!

[Sharon (sdbrins)]

thanks Helene for the video link....way cool!!

Hey Wendy *waves* thanks for the great review. I sure wish I had been there.

Anybody got pics?

Sharon

[nats]

Great review! I was lucky enough to meet Alyssa before the show. She is very nice. I was even luckier to have met the guys before the show. They were just hanging out on the street before sound check. First, I got my picture with Bobby and talked to him for a little while. I told him I was waiting to take a picture with Marty, who was talking to a gentleman, Bobby told me to just grab Marty by the hair and tell him I want a picture. Bobby was just being funny. Then I got a picture with Dino, who was joking around the whole time. Then finally my picture with Marty. I left and went back to our restaurant and my friend comes back with a poster that Marty signed for me. He wrote Natalie Rocks and signed it. I was so excited that she got that for me.

The show was unbelievable. High energy all the way. The fans were loud and dancing non stop. Tara Sloan and Suzy McNeil were at the concert. Suzy was standing right beside me. There was a short M&G afterwards but Marty stopped it and invited everyone that was still there to the bar they were going to. So we went to the bar and just hung out talking to the guys. Dino came over to my friend and put his arm around her(he snuggled) with her for a few moments. I bought Bobby a beer which I had promised him before the show. The guys were gracious to all the fans. Marty told us that he was very pleased with the turn out at the concert and the reaction from the crowd. That was great to hear!!!

It was an amazing night. A memory that will last a life time!!!

[Treed]

Absolutely nobody does it better onstage... - or on further review...even offstage...

Billy - looking uptown with the lid...He always absolutely rocks.

Great video, helene - thanks for sharing, loved it!

[heartotexas]

Hugs and kisses to you for posting this video!!! So great to see clips of the different songs and Marty moves. (*sigh*, I'm still a marty virgin.)

[wendyc122]

Re. pics, I was too into it to even take out my camera but Yak and Jenny (who doesn't post here that often) both should have some pics.

[Trees]

And the waiting is killing me.... Thanks everyone for you posts Sure helps keeping me emotionally involved.....

[redjasper]

I just joined mc.org today. I've been lurking since whenever the board started up. I wish I had jumped in earlier, because I would have met more people in Toronto. I hung out with chifan and yerbamate at the show - thanks you guys for making me feel welcome!!! I've been madly obsessed with Marty since Lithium and this was the most amazing concert experience I've ever had!! (not enough exclamation points and emoticons to describe it.... I'm still in dreamy Martyland

I have pics and I'll post them once I figure out how to use photobucket. Oh, and then there's that avatar thing. I'm a beginner - can you tell?

At some point, I'll tell the story about how I was such a dork at Bovine's - the bar that everyone went to after the show.

[Diva]

Welcome aboard Redjasper, I can attest that Chifan and Yerbamate are great, special girls! Glad to see you posting and thanks to all those with Toronto reviews.