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Amy is Hot!
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Dunkin'Donuts Ctr. Providence (Providence, RI)
Concert Date: April 4th, 2007
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9.03
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Amy Lee cements her status as the core of Evanescence
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, April 5, 2007
By Rick Massimo
Journal Pop Music Writer
PROVIDENCE — There’s a reason the chanting late last night at the
Dunkin’ Donuts Center consisted of “Amy Lee! Amy Lee!” rather than
“Evanescence!” And it wasn’t just the number of syllables. Frontwoman
Lee is the musical and focal point of Evanescence, and last night’s
show, taken roughly equally from last year’s The Open Door album and
the band’s 2003 breakthrough release, Fallen, only cemented her status.
Compared with her recorded work, Lee’s voice last night had more warmth
and was less piercing on high notes. This had its pluses, like on “Call
Me When You’re Sober,” and its minuses, such as on the opener “Sweet
Sacrifice.” But while the group came out swinging, it soon didn’t have
many places left to go.
Lee’s lyrical trademark is the kind of confusion, searching and regret
that typically comes when one is alone behind closed doors, yet there
she was performing to thousands of people who were singing and cheering
right along with her. That’s a tough gap to bridge, and it was a little
odd to see Lee triumphantly fist-pumping to lyrics such as “Feels like
the weight of the world/ Like all my screaming has gone unheard” from
The Open Door’s “Weight of the World.” Also, dedicating “All That I’m
Living For” to “the hardcore fans” might have made titular sense, but
“Lock the last open door/ My ghosts are gaining on me” isn’t quite the
love letter she might have been hoping for.
Lee also wasn’t helped by the rest of the band. Her gloomy melodicism
and lyrics were all that stood between the group and virtually standard
nu-metal, with perhaps a touch of new-school goth. Only on the unisons
that closed the final encore, “Your Star,” did anyone but Lee
distinguish themselves instrumentally.
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