July 12th: Hearing the original lineup of Dinosaur Jr. — reunited, making great records, virtuosic, fantastic — perform "SludgeFeast" at South Street Seaport, under a pinkening sky.
Built close to Lake Geneva, there was a sense of calmness that was fantastic for performing.
Darwin himself noted the apparent similarities between dance rituals in birds and humans in The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, writing, "the males sometimes pay their court by dancing, or by fantastic antics performed either on the ground or in the air".
"I was blown away by his presence and the way he was not just playing fantastic music but performing and interacting with the audience and he did do that at this concert.
Several band-members have since stated that it is one of their favourite tracks, with Dickinson describing it as "fantastic" and that performing it live is like "narrating a movie to the audience".
"But I think every player performed in a fantastic way, individually and as a team it was a fantastic performance".
His final live show was a 2006 charity event where he performed Fantastic Voyage, Wild is the Wind and Changes as a duet with Alicia Keys.
It's absolutely fantastic: there are dancers performing in the street, in soil, in water, some of the really memorable ones are done outside.
Absolutely fantastic to see you performing in Manchester as part of what has been an amazing MiF (and great weather too).
"We're not on a good run at the moment but the way we're performing is fantastic.
