October 8, 2004
Cake
Tonight Adam and I went to the Orpheum theater in Boston to see one of the best bands in the entire universe, CAKE.
As always, Cake put on a fantastic show and threw in a little social commentary along the way.
John McCrae "Cake firmly believes that there is no hope for the future, so you might as well have a great today"
The opening band, an all female copycat of the Beastie Boys called 'Northern State" was entertaining, but in the long run merely frustrating.
The Cake set ran from their new song "No phone" all the way back to a bunch of great songs from their first album "Motorcade of Generosity" including; You Part the Waters, Haze of Love, Is This Love and How Do You Afford Your Rock and Roll Lifestyle.
They also threw in:
- Stickshifts and Safety Belts
- The Distance
- Daria
- Never There
- Sheep go to Heaven
- Comfort Eagle
- Wheels
- No phone
- Carbon Monoxide
- Comanche
and some others that I can't remember now.
And ended with "I will survive" which is by far the best remake of this classic 70's hit which is probably better known than the original.
Awesome show.