Comments on: Off the Wall: Erykah Badu at Governors Island http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/off-the-wall-erykah-badu-at-governors-island Seriously, this could not be more beta Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:55:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: soundsaboutright http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/off-the-wall-erykah-badu-at-governors-island#comment-16833 soundsaboutright Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:05:14 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9175#comment-16833 But how was Janelle Monae IRL? But how was Janelle Monae IRL?

]]> By: Apparatchik http://www.theawl.com/2009/08/off-the-wall-erykah-badu-at-governors-island#comment-16368 Apparatchik Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:49:24 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=9175#comment-16368 The venue is a problem, especially sound-wise. I was camped with my friends at the border between the beach and the pavement and the sound was a little faded back there, but when I walked in to about 10 feet from the stage, the amps were loud, flat and a little overpowering - I think that's part of the reason she was pushing the echo effects, etc. Also, I was with two friends who wanted to get off the island and were stuck in that crowd trying to make it to the boats during the encore - leaving before the end of a Badu show is near sacrilege to true believers like me (forgiveness, plz, Ms. Wright). She was definitely more in her own musical world than usual. She basically played straight through until the break and didn't make any of her clever monologues in between songs - that's usually a favorite part of her shows for me. And she DID look amazing, esp for having a baby six months ago. The venue is a problem, especially sound-wise. I was camped with my friends at the border between the beach and the pavement and the sound was a little faded back there, but when I walked in to about 10 feet from the stage, the amps were loud, flat and a little overpowering – I think that's part of the reason she was pushing the echo effects, etc. Also, I was with two friends who wanted to get off the island and were stuck in that crowd trying to make it to the boats during the encore – leaving before the end of a Badu show is near sacrilege to true believers like me (forgiveness, plz, Ms. Wright).

She was definitely more in her own musical world than usual. She basically played straight through until the break and didn't make any of her clever monologues in between songs – that's usually a favorite part of her shows for me.

And she DID look amazing, esp for having a baby six months ago.

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