# Any Cranes fans left out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740 "2002-03-23T20:17:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/1 "2002-03-23T20:17:45Z")
I’m kind of excited, they are touring and they’ll be in my area this April. I’ve never seen them live before. I love that Alison Shaw’s voice… 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/2 "2002-03-24T01:05:38Z")
My hand is raised! I’ve loved the Cranes for quite a few years, but I’ve only seen them live once (great show!) I love Alison’s voice too, it’s one of the oddest voices in music. I just wanted to let you know you weren’t alone. Eq ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/3 "2002-03-24T01:19:17Z")
I love the Cranes! I first heard them live in 1992 and bought “Wings of Joy.” Can’t remember who they were opening for. I see they’re swinging through Austin in May… I’ll mark it on my calendar! -fh ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/4 "2002-03-24T08:11:11Z")
I’d be lying if I declared myself some major fan, but I have a few of their albums which get a spin now and again (_Forever_, _Wings of Joy_ and _Self-Non-Self_). Saw them back in the day at the Metro in Chicago (March 22nd 1997 according to the stub in my _Forever_ jewel case). If the chance came up, I’d see them again 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/5 "2002-04-13T19:08:10Z")
Ah, boy, ordered a lyric book (autographed by alison!) from [cranes-fan.com](http://www.cranes-fan.com). So sweet to sit back and listen to the music loud and read away… I don’t think I’ve ever done that except with, er, the Cure. The show here in Boston (well, Cambridge… my town, yea!) approaches so quickly, two weeks away. Got a friend flying in from out of town to see it with me. So very excited. I am positively gushing. This band hides betwen the Misfits, DK, and Fugazi as my “dirtly little secret”. I adore them so very much it borders on unhealthy. Ok, enough rambling for a pathetic bump. 😃 On one hand, there just aren’t enough Cranes fans in the world. On the other hand, if there were more then I couldn’t see them at such a nice, small venue. A mixed blessing if ever there were one. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/6 "2002-04-15T05:17:42Z")
I love the Cranes. Got into em more recently, like about four years ago, but they are really great. I heard Lilies and bought a singles collection that was really great. Erek ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cranes-fans-left-out-there/99740/7 "2002-04-26T06:13:59Z")
OK, just got back from the show tonight here in Cambridge and what can I say but holy fucking shit. I’ve been to quite a few shows in my time and while I have enjoyed myself I often prefer to listen the CD/LP/tape/whatever to actually seeing the band live. But I gotta say this was a totally different thing altogether. They sounded so clean… and Alison is so damned angelic. I don’t know how to praise the band without sounding like some stalker fanboy, so I guess I will just leave it at that. There is nothing I could say without sounding like I am drooling. Hell, I am drooling. I’ve been speechless about the affair for the last hour or so. They are a fantastic band, and they both lived up to and far surpassed my greatest expectations of them. They played a nice, long set and I couldn’t believe it when I checked my watch… “Damn it,” I thought, “they just got on stage!” Well, sure, maybe an hour and a half ago they just got on stage. The time flew by like some dream state. To stand _right there_, not ten feet away from her… I’ll tell you, an experience I can never forget. Jim Shaw writes some fantastic music, and she can sing (and write!) a killer song. Kudos, Cranes! Thanks for playing a well-rounded set. Something old, something new… 😃 😃 😃 😃