Not counting the dancing girls who I guess came with the show, is there a single moment in this performance that is not completely disarming, open, and emotionally direct? Tracey Thorn’s unassuming outfit and tentative dancing, even the slight false notes here and there in her otherwise silken voice, give the impression that she’s just some girl who after months and months of sitting in her apartment thinking these thoughts finally found the courage to sing them. “Tonight I feel above the law–I’m comin’ in to land”…if you can find a better encapsulation of that blissfully, knowingly foolhardy confidence you get when you’re finally gonna make your move on the person you want, I want you to please let me know. This is a perfect little song.
