

Yet.įreedy’s setlist included many of the usual suspects, touching on at least one song from each of his albums except for “Blue Days, Black Nights” and “Rain on the City.” As you would imagine, there was a reasonable selection of tunes from the new album, but the set was not really slanted obviously in any direction, except for the direction that pleased his audience – immensely. Thankfully, there is no vaccine for that.

the joke has died down as the fandom has grown and. this started a slew of jokes as well as people coming to see them in carrot costumes, sending Louis carrots, etc. it started in one of one direction’s x factor video diaries, where Louis said he likes girls who eat carrots. Perhaps partially it’s because of the release of his new album Back on the Road to You and partially because he’s back in front of audiences after a pandemic induced road hiatus, but whatever the cause, the joy was contagious. a carrot has multiple meanings in the context of the 1d fandom. I’ve seen him many, many times since that first gig of his I attended back in early 1995 at Club Café in Pittsburgh where The Clarks opened and Freedy’s first song was “I Can Hear The Laughs.” He’s always been genial, pleasant and funny, but there was something special about this show in DC he was practically euphoric. Know what? The audience was incredibly happy to do so. Then he picked up his setlist, glanced over it carefully, looked back at the audience and said something like “…welp, …none of those on HERE.”Īnd so it was – the happy moments could be found in the covers he played (“Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” and “Bennie and the Jets”), but the rest of the show was devoted to enjoying Freedy’s very catchy – but often very dark – songs. “….I might play some happy songs,” mused Freedy Johnston from the stage. Freedy Johnston at City Winery, Washington, DC October 6, 2022
