gnarls barkley at del mar racetrack

gnarls barkley played at del mar racetrack tonight after the conclusion of the day's horse racing (and money losing). there was a microbrew festival going on too, which put everyone in a fine mood for a solid performance. i was curious as to how a lot of the dark stuff off the new album would translate live, but they pulled it off well. besides, the laid-back crowd was only going to get up for "crazy" anyway. highlights:

1) cee-lo green's voice. way up in the mix, he belted out song after song flawlessly. the man is a machine.
2) a rocking version of "going on" off the new cd, complete with cee-lo flailing his big-ass arms about
3) noting that it "smells like you guys are smoking some good weed", cee-lo was promptly rewarded with something flung to him onstage
4) a slowed-down, semi-acoustic version of transformer



setlist:

charity case
surprise
gone daddy gone
run
blind mary (cee-lo forgot the lyrics on the second verse)
st. elsewhere
going on
neighbor
whatever
transformer
storm coming
crazy
a little better
(encore)
save my soul
(more, but we left - probably smiley faces, based on this very similar setlist)

video: run