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I Put Together a Playlist of some of the highlight music of the summer. I suppose that with today being the last day of September its time to concede that Fall is here and the summer concert season is over. 

I had an amazing Concert season by anyone's standards. Started with The Hip in March (if you can call March Summer. (I do, its spring...which is close enough.) There was still snow on the ground and it was cold enough to freeze Jet Fuel but that didn't stop the Hip from heating things up and getting us pumped for a string of shows that would last through September.

Heres the Concerts:

March: The Hip in Rochester...I ordered tickets for this show after the two Buffalo Shows sold out in 2 minutes.

June: Not Music but two of my favorite comedians, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher

July: 5440 twice, Rush on July 4th, The Alarm, The Fixx and The Psychadelic Furs, and The Lemonheads

September: Elvis Costello and Feist

We could have capped off an even better summer with the Cure show in Toronto but that will have to start a great summer of '08  next May

The Playlist:

Feist- 1234 possibly the best song I saw live all summer. Heavenly and Im not religious.

Elvis Costello- Tramp The Dirt Down

The Fixx- One Thing Leads To Another, They sounded better than ever.

Rush- Spirit of the Radio, had already seen them on the 30th anniversery tour from the 8th row, sat next to Alex's family and everything...Was afraid this show would disappoint, but it was surprisingly good. Rush Still Rocks

The Psychadelic Furs-  Heartbreak Beat, they were the only disappointing one of the summer. However, they got to this song and started to pick up the pace in the second half of their set.

Rush- Circumstances, one of a few seldom played gems that made going to this one worth while.

Rush- The Way the Wind Blows, The new stuff off Snakes and Arrows kept growing on me. Great CD comes to life live.

5440- Golden Sun, they are amazing everytime I see them. Best part of both times I saw them...They were free shows!

Rush- Far Cry, see above

Elvis Costello- Allison, seeing this song live was simply amazing. He was one artist I have always wanted to see but never had before. Well worth the wait.

Elvis Costello- Radio Sweetheart, A pleasant surprise in his set that thrilled everyone there.

The Alarm- Rain in the Summertime, a song that sounds so sweet against a setting sun. Mike Peters has beaten Cancer and the Alarm sounded great. Is it okay to play this song during the winter or will it just torture me with thoughts of warm summer days?

The Lemonheads- Its a Shame About Ray, it was the Lemonheads and about 500 of their closest fans. Amazing show.

Rush- Mystic Rhythms, another sweet surprise from Geddy and the boys.

Rush- Vital Signs, Yet another...Rush Rocks

The Lemonheads- Mrs. Robinson, classic CFNY favorite...great live.

Elvis Costello- Indoor Fireworks- on a hot summer night in September this song was truly incredible. Elvis had such a stage presence.

5440- Nice To Luv You, It has almost gotten to the point where if I don't see 5440 during the summer in Buffalo or somewhere close, its just not summer. Neil was great both nights but at the Canal Concert series in Tonawanda, he was electric.

The HIp- Lonely End of the Rink, was so looking forward to hearing this one live and it was awesome.

The Hip- Hundreth Meridian- Always my favorite Hip tune Live. They were amazing as always. I wish they would play a 2 hour show, they have enough material.  

Elvis Costello- Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes, led off with this at the show and immediately got everyone singing along. and this one will complete my list.

This may have been my best overall summer for concerts. The only one better may have been Summer of 2000 seeing the Cure front row center at Molson Ampitheatre but it was one show that summer. This was a string of shows that just seemed to keep coming.