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The venue where J played was tiny but picturesque. Before J two groups played: the Joe Laeman (italian guys) and the Fuck (american). There were few people. Not more than 70. Don’t know why. Maybe the driving rain over Rome. Maybe Italians don’t like or don’t understand good music. But all the people over there were real fans of J and Dinosaur Jr. You could realize it cause most of them knew all J’s songs and very often sang with him.
Before the gig I met J near the bathroom but I couldn’t tell him anything. He quickly walked into a room. A little later, during Fuck performance, he appeared in a room near the concert hall. I greeted him and asked to take a picture. He followed me in a place with more light and my girlfriend took the picture. He didn’t say anything to me, only nodded to my words. He was very polite but seemed to have an absent look. He looked sad and thoughtful. While he was waiting for starting the gig, he standed alone in a corner of the room.
Finally he started to play (it was late: about 0.30) and a magic fell among us. He played for about 1h and 20’.
This is the setlist:
1. Someone Said
2. Thumb
3. Freak Scene (I never heard it acoustic before: great)
4. Quest
5. What Else Is New
6. Everybody Lets Me Down
7. Flying Cloud
8. Ammaring
9. Keeblin
10. Sameday
11. Little Fury Things
12. If That’s How Its Gotta Be
13. Repulsion
14. Get Me
15. Not You Again
16. Just Like Heaven
17. Waistin
18. Alone
Encore:
19. The WagonUnfortunately he didn’t play Severed Lips and Drawerings, two of my favourites. According to me the best songs were Get Me (long version), Ammaring and … all the others. Before start playing he went up on the bandstand and spent few minutes assembling his “famous pedalâ€
hey plissken, thank you very much for the show review & setlist
Even with only such a small audience it sounds like it was a wonderful gig
Great that you had the chance to meet J & to take a pic with him – it would be great in the new photo album here on the site
…and even better: you filmed the whole show 
wow, hopefully it turns out good
yes, J often makes the impression of being a bit absent… other members here had the same impression when they met him. Hopefully it’s not a depressive "absence".
hey plissken … you’re a lucky guy to have been in an audience of 70
to see j play … sounds like you a had a great time …thanks for the review …
and would LOVE to see that video …and thx to you f-c … i never knew there was a photo album here …
silly me missed that somehow … i have a few pix of j too, so when i get a chance i’ll add them in …I also just found out about the photo album yesterday, it’s quite new – it’s great, isn’t it?!
Would be fantastic, if there would appear more and more pics …great review plissken. I was there with you that night.
I come from Milano (600 km from Rome) to see for the first time an acoustic (?) show of J, and he was great: he gave to the little audience (70 is optimistic) everything they could want. He did the same thing in Milano the two other times I’ve the honor to see him (Milano, 2000 and 1994), and so I can say that I’m really thankful that he is my unique idol.(sorry for the italian, but my english is so terrible …)
plissken: per il video, se tu riuscissi a farne una copia su una normale vhs e a inviarmela ti sarei davvero grato. Naturalmente mi accollerei anticipatamente ogni tua possiblie spesa. Fammi sapere, ciao graziebye, chiodo33
Hi! I was there too! i’m Italian. It was my first J show (because I had problems to go to Milan in 2000), so it was OUTSTANDING!!!
The atmosphere was warm and private, people know many songs and sang with him (me too
). First and after J was very kind. His solos are AMAZING, in Alone I could hear him for many hours! Do u know anyone who records (with minidisc) the show?
hey chiodo33 & Tere,
thanks for your remarks & the additional perspectives
Even if there were not many people – it seems nonetheless, that J made a few of his Italian fans very happyi was wondering how many people are there to jay’s show in usa
because i was sad to see we were only a few in paris -in an other hand, i was glad to be just in front of himCan’t say anything bout the states, but the gig in Norway is sold out -which means that about 300 happy faces will be cheering for Joseph all night long.
don’t call him joseph, i can’t help laughing everytime i hear that name
one of my usa friends who’s a huge fan of lou always calls jay donald joseph
i should :slap: him !in the good ole u s of a people pack the house just like soccer games in europe. it is total mayhem and madness. riot police, swat teams, tear gas, the whole nine yards. yer lucky to get out alive.
I was surprised to see few people…
I think 70 is optimistic for Rome. But I think it’s not because of poor J popolarity in Italy but for poor promotion: there weren’t announcements in every musical magazine! It’s unbeliavable! 
The site http://www.rockol.it (the most important in Italy for music) wrote about J’ show just 5 days before!!! And you can remember that the OFFICIAL date was 3 DIC at Classico not 2 DIC at Circolo degli Artisti: it seemed like bingo!!! 
I left suddenly: 4 hours of train and checks with my band cancelled…… The concert in Oslo will have a electric feel. A friend of mine who has not heard too much of J`s material will do a big favour for me. He will film with my dv camera. Thanks Rikard
!!! Just hope he finds a good spot without covering everyones´view. 
To see some pics of the show
go to the photo album section
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