The Feelies Live At Johnny Brenda’s 03.13.09

March 15, 2009 by -tom
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The Feelies, Then(1991) and Now (2009)

The Feelies, Then(1991) and Now (2009)

It’s been a little over 18 years since The Feelies last graced a stage in Philadelphia but Friday night’s show at Johnny Brenda’s showed that in the intervening time, they haven’t lost any of the power earned them their influential underground legend status. The band Qatsi kicked off the festivities with an enjoyable opening set of jangle pop. Then, touching on songs from all of their records plus a couple new songs, The Feelies played a finely tuned set that gradually built in intensity and culminated with the frenetic one two punch of Raised Eyebrows and Crazy Rhythms that left the crowd in a frenzy for more. They then upped the energy level a notch by kicking off each of their three encores with blistering covers of the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Neil Young respectively and ending the night with The Modern Lovers’ I Want To Sleep In Your Arms.
But don’t just take my word for it, here’s a nice recording of the whole show for you to enjoy as well.

The Feelies 03.13.09 @ Johnny Brenda's

The Feelies 03.13.09 @ Johnny Brenda

The Feelies
03.13.09 Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia PA

01 On The Roof
02 High Road
03 Nobody Knows (new)
04 Let’s Go
05 Invitation
06 Deep Fascination
07 Higher Ground
08 The Final Word
09 Time Is Right (new)
10 Away
11 Slipping Into Something
12 Doin’ It Again
13 Too Far Gone
14 Raised Eyebrow
15 Crazy Rhythms

Encore 1
16 She Said, She Said (Beatles)
17 Sooner Or Later

Encore 2
18 Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
19 Fa Ce La

Encore 3
20 Barstool Blues (Neil Young)
21 I Want To Sleep In Your Arms (Modern Lovers)

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9 Comments on The Feelies Live At Johnny Brenda’s 03.13.09

  1. Aaron on Sun, 15th Mar 2009 4:08 pm

    2. Wow! Great quality. Thanks so much for posting this. Can’t follow them around like I used to back in the day. Saw them in Boston back in October and it sounds like they’re even tighter, if that’s possible. Thanks again!

  2. Scott on Thu, 19th Mar 2009 6:28 pm

    3. Love me some Feelies. Thanks a lot for the great sounding show. I wish they would make it down South for some shows.

  3. Bri on Sun, 22nd Mar 2009 10:02 am

    4. Thanks Tom! Grabbed it as soon as I got up today. A welcome addition to the hard drive. Good to see y’all @ Steve’s. - Duck Itt

  4. Dan on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 9:30 am

    5. I was at that show in Philly and it was awesome. I haven’t seen them since a performance at The Green Parot in Neptune, NJ, sometime in the mid-80s, I think. Wow! They sounded great. I hope they consider a more extended tour.

  5. btidmatt on Mon, 23rd Mar 2009 9:46 pm

    6. Awesome quality. I had absolutely no reason not to get off my ass and see this show. I should be ashamed of myself…

  6. The Warden on Fri, 12th Jun 2009 7:15 pm

    7. Thanks a bunch for this Feelies set. Huge fan. Like what you’re doing in general on this site, then to find this post… very nice.

  7. Mike on Tue, 28th Jul 2009 10:13 pm

    8. Thanks for posting the show. I’m in England so I don’t get to see them live.

    Do you know where I can get hold of ‘Decide’ from Time For A Witness? I used to have it on cassette but haven’t heard it since 1995. There is a big hole in my soul!

    Mike

  8. tjd9 on Wed, 19th Aug 2009 7:34 pm

    9. Thanks for this post. I’m looking forward to hearing this set.

  9. chris nickey on Thu, 31st Dec 2009 12:19 pm

    10. hey tom the set sounds great !!! it was a great time …i’m glad i recorded it !!! now it will live forever in posterity at bag of songs !!!!!

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